A Six-Year Follow-Up of Bloodstream Infections in Hemodialysis Facilities in the United States, National Healthcare Safety Network, 2020.

Background: Approximately 500,000 people in the United States undergoing hemodialysis are at risk of bloodstream infections (BSIs). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network conducts surveillance for BSIs among outpatient hemodialysis facilities in the United States. Quality improvement initiatives encourage these facilities to adopt evidence-based interventions to decrease the incidence of BSI in patients.

Impact of patient and public (PPI) involvement in the Life After Prostate Cancer Diagnosis (LAPCD) study: a mixed-methods study.

Objectives: Standardised reporting of patient and public involvement (PPI) in research studies is needed to facilitate learning about how to achieve effective PPI. The aim of this evaluation was to explore the impact of PPI in a large UK study, the Life After Prostate Cancer Diagnosis (LAPCD) study, and to explore the facilitators and challenges experienced.

Design: Mixed-methods study using an online survey and semistructured interviews.

Molecular Deficits Relevant to Concussion Are Prevalent in Top-Ranked Football Players Entering the National Football League Draft.

Kunces, LJ, Keenan, J, Schmidt, CM, and Schmidt, MA. Molecular deficits relevant to concussion are prevalent in top-ranked football players entering the National Football League draft. J Strength Cond Res 35(11): 3139-3144, 2021-Characterization of blood variants in athletes entering the highly competitive contact environment of professional football can help us understand the risk for brain injury.

Multimodal Neuromonitoring During Safe Surgical Dislocation of the Hip for Joint Preservation: Feasibility, Safety, and Intraoperative Observations.

Introduction: Nerve injuries can occur from major hip surgeries, and some may be significant. Our goal was to assess the feasibility and safety of neuromonitoring during hip preservation surgery and the incidence of alerting events during such monitoring.

Methods: Twenty-five adult patients underwent surgical hip dislocation for femoroacetabular impingement.

Iron Supplementation Alters Heme and Heme Oxygenase 1 (HO-1) Levels In Pregnant Women in Ghana.

Background: Iron supplementation is recommended for pregnant women to meet their iron requirement for a healthy pregnancy. The benefits and risks of universal iron supplementation during pregnancy in malaria endemic countries are currently being debated. As part of a broader study that focused on the effect of heme/HO-1 on pregnancy outcomes in malaria in pregnancy, we determined the association between iron supplementation and free heme levels in blood of pregnant women with and without malaria in Ghana.

What Is the More Effective Antibiotic Stewardship Intervention: Preprescription Authorization or Postprescription Review With Feedback?

Background: The optimal approach to conducting antibiotic stewardship interventions has not been defined. We compared days of antibiotic therapy (DOT) using preprescription authorization (PPA) vs postprescription review with feedback (PPRF) strategies.

Methods: A quasi-experimental, crossover trial comparing PPA and PPRF for adult inpatients prescribed any antibiotic was conducted.

A suggested association between hypothyroidism and age-related macular degeneration.

Objective: To explore the relationship between age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and hypothyroidism in a population-based sample of adults 50 years and older in the United States.

Study Population: Participants aged 50 years and older (N = 9,677). Of this total, 356 participants reported having AMD and 9321 reported not having AMD.

Relationship between the nutritional status of breastfeeding Mayan mothers and their infants in Guatemala.

A case-control study was conducted to determine the association between maternal height and infant length-for-age, and to evaluate how this association is modified by either maternal or infant nutritional status. We hypothesised that maternal excess caloric intake [measured as body mass index (BMI)] would increase the association, while infant nutrition (measured in main meals consumed in addition to breastfeeding) will diminish the effect. Mother and infant pairs in Chimaltenango, Guatemala, were measured for anthropometric values and nutritional status, and mothers were interviewed to elicit nutritional and socio-economic information.

Association Between Aflatoxin B1 Albumin Adduct Levels and Tuberculosis Infection Among HIV+ Ghanaians.

Background: Aflatoxin exposure has been shown to cause cell-mediated immune suppression and enhance HIV viral replication. Such immune suppression from aflatoxin can impair resistance to both infectious diseases and chronic infections.

Methods: Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) and a test for trend for opportunistic infections OI) among 141 HIV positive Ghanaians based on quartiles of aflatoxin B1 albumin adduct levels (AF-ALB) were calculated.

Risk factors for clinical leptospirosis from Western Jamaica.

A retrospective, matched case-control study was conducted in Jamaica's Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA). Forty-three individuals developing clinical leptospirosis between January 2005 and December 2007 (i.e.

Use of a simple forearm tourniquet as an adjunct to an intravenous regional block.

Intravenous regional anesthesia (IVRA) is a well-recognized technique for producing anesthesia during surgical procedures of the extremities. It has been suggested that the application of a tourniquet to the forearm may improve the quality of the block. The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether the application of a forearm tourniquet would accelerate onset time and improve the density and quality of an intravenous regional block.