Racial differences in HPV type 16 prevalence in women with ASCUS of the uterine cervix.

Background: Understanding racial influences on human papillomavirus (HPV) distribution in women with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) cytology via partial genotyping in a statewide population can inform HPV-based prevention efforts.

Methods: Women aged 21 to 65 years with any cytology result and partial HPV genotyping for ASCUS triage between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2017, were included. All women attended a Mississippi State Department of Health clinic.

Association between ethnicity and changes in weight, blood pressure, blood glucose and lipid levels after bariatric surgery: a systematic review protocol.

What is the association between ethnicity and changes in weight, blood pressure, blood glucose and lipid levels after bariatric surgery?

Mississippi Diabetes Telehealth Network: A Collaborative Approach to Chronic Care Management.

Ineffective management of chronic illness and lack of referral sources in underserved areas has contributed to increased health care spending and a decline in quality of life for the affected. In 2016, 15.4% of the adult population of Mississippi had diabetes.

Comparison of vegetarian versus animal-based low protein diets on estimated glomerular filtration rates in chronic kidney disease patients: a systematic review protocol.

The objective of this review is to evaluate studies to determine the effect of a low-protein, vegetarian diet as compared to a low-protein, animal-based diet on estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFR) in adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Anovulatory bleeding in a 12-year-old as presenting sign for rare undifferentiated sarcoma.

Background: Abnormal uterine bleeding is a common phenomenon in perimenarchal females. Though most cases of abnormal bleeding are due to anovulatory bleeding or bleeding disorders, rare cases are attributable to underlying malignancy.

Case: Here we report a 12-year-old female patient who presented with abnormal uterine bleeding three months after menarche.

Evaluation and management of adnexal mass in pregnancy.

With widespread use of ultrasound in early pregnancy, incidental adnexal masses are detected frequently. This article reviews the differential diagnosis, appropriate evaluation, and current treatment options for adnexal masses in pregnancy. With the increased sophistication of ultrasound, observation has become a more viable option.

Changing times: the role of academe in health reform.

What is the role of nursing educators in the politics surrounding health reform? This critical question is posed, and exemplars of how nurse faculty can and should become more involved in the political arena are shared. The authors issue a call to action for every nurse educator in the country to become actively engaged in health reform discussions to bring this all-important perspective to the table. Recognizing and overcoming traditional roles and barriers for nurse faculty on university campuses are essential parts of the political activism that must be assumed.

Using evidence to determine diagnostic test efficacy.

Background: Various measures are used to summarize a diagnostic test's efficacy in deciding on the disease status of patients.

Measures: Sensitivity and specificity indicate the probability of a positive or negative test result, given that the patient either has or does not have, respectively, a specified disease, and are the most commonly reported measures of test efficacy. Predictive values indicate the probability of a disease, given the patient's diagnostic test result is positive or negative, and are more useful in clinical decision making.