Food and Nutrition Security Among Households With Children in North Carolina: Challenges, Opportunities, and Potential Policy Solutions.

In North Carolina, childhood food and nutrition insecurity are persistent problems. This article explores challenges, highlights potential opportunities, and proposes policy solutions for food and nutrition insecurity among households with children. North Carolina is poised to ensure adequate, healthy, affordable, and accessible nutrition for its youngest residents.

Diabetes mellitus is associated with increased risk of positive qSOFA score but not with increased ICU admission in patients undergoing ureteral stent placement for ureteral stone and suspected infection.

Introduction: Patients presenting with an obstructing ureteral stone and urinary tract infection (UTI) are at risk for severe infectious complications. Historically, diabetes mellitus (DM) was considered a risk factor for the development of septic shock in these patients. This study aimed to evaluate DM's impact on risk of septic shock in ureteral stent placement for ureteral stone and presumed UTI.

Data Gap in Sacral Neuromodulation Documentation: Call to Improve Documentation Protocols.

Purpose: We quantified patient record documentation of sacral neuromodulation (SNM) threshold testing and programming parameters at our institution to identify opportunities to improve therapy outcomes and future SNM technologies.

Methods: A retrospective review was conducted using 127 records from 40 SNM patients. Records were screened for SNM documentation including qualitative and quantitative data.

Predicting Septic Shock After Emergent Ureteral Stenting in Stone-Related Obstruction and Presumed Infections.

Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria have long been used to predict septic shock. The sequential organ failure assessment and quick sequential organ failure assessment (qSOFA) scores have been suggested to be more accurate predictors. This study aims to compare SIRS and qSOFA for predicting of septic shock in the setting of retrograde ureteral stenting for obstructing stones and concomitant urinary tract infection.

Management of bladder tumors in pregnancy: A case of tumor prolapse and avulsion during labor.

Pregnancy presents unique obstacles to diagnosis and management of urologic disease. We present a case of a primigravid female with clot retention requiring evacuation in the operating room due to the avulsion of a bladder mass which prolapsed during labor. Tumor pathology demonstrated a low-grade spindle cell lesion positive for progesterone receptor (PR) and high mobility group A2 (HMGA2), suggestive of deep angiomyxoma versus a benign fibroepithelial polyp or inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor.

Capturing the Perspective of Prospective Urology Applicants: Impacts of COVID-19 on Medical Education.

Objective: To capture the perspective of prospective urology applicants experiencing unique challenges in the context of COVID-19.

Methods: A voluntary, anonymous survey was distributed online, assessing the impact of COVID-19 on a large sample of US medical students planning to apply to urology residencies. Themes of (1) specialty discernment, (2) alterations to medical education, and (3) the residency application process were explored.

Predator density and timing of arrival affect reef fish community assembly.

Most empirical studies of predation use simple experimental approaches to quantify the effects of predators on prey (e.g., using constant densities of predators, such as ambient vs.

A flexible approach to training veterinarians in public health: an overview and early assessment of the DVM/MPH dual-degree program at the University of Minnesota.

As a result of the growing need for public-health veterinarians, novel educational programs are essential to train future public-health professionals. The University of Minnesota School of Public Health, in collaboration with the College of Veterinary Medicine, initiated a dual DVM/MPH program in 2002. This program provides flexibility by combining distance learning and on-campus courses offered through a summer public-health institute.