Accuracy of anemia screening by point-of-care hemoglobin testing in patients seeking abortion.

Objective: Accurate and timely diagnosis of anemia in pregnancy is necessary for safe management of abortion care. Screening for anemia in abortion care is often accomplished using commercially-available point-of-care tests from capillary blood, but the validity of this test has not been investigated in the context of abortion care. We sought to determine the accuracy of a capillary hemoglobin (Hb) among pregnant patients seeking induced abortion.

A National Survey of Motor Vehicle Crashes Among General Surgery Residents.

Objectives: Evaluate the frequency of self-reported, post-call hazardous driving events in a national cohort of general surgery residents and determine the associations between duty hour policy violations, psychiatric well-being, and hazardous driving events.

Summary Of Background Data: MVCs are a leading cause of resident mortality. Extended work shifts and poor psychiatric well-being are risk factors for MVCs, placing general surgery residents at risk.

Microbial Colonization of Germ-Free Mice Restores Neointimal Hyperplasia Development After Arterial Injury.

Background The potential role of the gut microbiome in cardiovascular diseases is increasingly evident. Arterial restenosis attributable to neointimal hyperplasia after cardiovascular procedures such as balloon angioplasty, stenting, and bypass surgery is a common cause of treatment failure, yet whether gut microbiota participate in the development of neointimal hyperplasia remains largely unknown. Methods and Results We performed fecal microbial transplantation from conventionally raised male C57BL/6 mice to age-, sex-, and strain-matched germ-free mice.