"How to Make it Out Alive": A Strengths-Based Analysis of Latinas' Adolescent Sexual Health Experiences.

Background: Ample evidence demonstrates Latina adolescents' elevated risk for sexual health disparities, but knowledge of how they manage their sexual health during this critical period of sexual development is limited. Countering the overfocus on Latina adolescents as "at-risk" girls in extant research, this study uses a strengths-based perspective to explore this topic.

Methods: This study used a narrative research design to gather and analyze the stories of 18 Latina young people who attended school in New York.

ASSESSMENT OF RISK FACTORS FOR SURGERY TREATMENT OF CROHN'S DISEASE: A HOSPITAL COHORT.

Background: New therapies have revolutionized the treatment of Crohn's disease (CD), but in some countries, the surgery rate has not changed, the frequency of emergency surgery is underestimated, and surgical risk is poorly studied.

Aims: The aim of this study was to identify risk factors and clinical indications for primary surgery in CD patients at the tertiary hospital.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort of a prospectively collected database of 107 patients with CD from 2015 to 2021.

Rapid Spread and Control of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in COVID-19 Patient Care Units.

We describe rapid spread of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria among patients in dedicated coronavirus disease care units in a hospital in Maryland, USA, during May-June 2020. Critical illness, high antibiotic use, double occupancy of single rooms, and modified infection prevention practices were key contributing factors. Surveillance culturing aided in outbreak recognition and control.

Chlorhexidine gluconate bathing practices and skin concentrations in intensive care unit patients.

In this 2-phase real-world evaluation of chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) skin concentrations in intensive care unit patients, we found lower skin CHG concentrations when rinsing with water after CHG solution bath (compared with no rinse), but no significant difference in concentrations between the use of CHG solution without rinse and preimpregnated CHG wipes. CHG concentration audits could be useful in assessing the quality of bathing practice, and CHG solution without rinsing may be an alternative to preimpregnated CHG wipes.

Surgical site infection after renal transplantation.

Objective: To identify factors associated with the development of surgical site infection (SSI) among adult patients undergoing renal transplantation

Design: A retrospective cohort study.

Setting: An urban tertiary care center in Baltimore, Maryland, with a well-established renal transplantation program that performs ~200-250 renal transplant procedures annually.

Results: At total of 441 adult patients underwent renal transplantation between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2011.