Background: Pre-eclampsia is a pregnancy related disorder associated with hypertension and vascular inflammation, factors that are also involved in the pathological pathway of aortic dilatation and aneurysm development. It is, however, unknown if younger women with previous pre-eclampsia have increased aortic dimensions. We tested the hypothesis that previous pre-eclampsia is associated with increased aortic dimensions in younger women.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Younger women with previous preeclampsia have an increased risk of coronary atherosclerosis. It is unknown if this risk is associated with the time of onset of preeclampsia.
Objective: This study aimed to investigate if women with early-onset preeclampsia have a higher risk of coronary atherosclerosis compared with women with late-onset preeclampsia, independent of other perinatal risk factors.
Interprofessional collaboration is vital in the context of service delivery for children with physical disabilities. Despite the established importance of interprofessional collaboration and an increasing focus on research on this topic, there is no overview of the research. A scoping review was conducted to explore current knowledge on interprofessional collaboration for children with physical disabilities from the point of view of the actors involved.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: Eating disorders (EDs) are a cluster of behavioral conditions characterized by uneasy thoughts and behaviors that grow into severe or persistent eating disturbances. The demands on student-athletes may create mental and physical stressors that increase the likelihood of EDs and disordered eating.
Objective: To examine the ED risk through eating attitudes and behaviors in male and female student-athletes and across various sport types (endurance, aesthetic, power, ball or team, or technical sports).