Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of disability and mortality globally, stemming from both primary mechanical injuries and subsequent secondary responses. Effective early management of moderate-to-severe TBI is essential to prevent secondary damage and improve patient outcomes. This review provides a comprehensive guide for the resuscitation and stabilization of TBI patients, combining clinical experience with current evidence-based guidelines.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To demonstrate how students, alums and faculty view the effectiveness of the integration of university mission statements into curriculum and their significance for preparing for professional practice.
Background: This study builds on previous research exploring the influence of mission, vision and values statements in informing DNP program curricula and contributing to the development of students' professional identity by analyzing how the themes found were integrated into curricula and their perceived relevancy for practice.
Design: A mixed-methods approach was used called Group Concept Mapping, which built on the previous qualitative data found using quantitative analysis.
The systematics of the family Dendrodorididae, with only three valid genera, is a challenge for integrative taxonomists. Its members lack hard structures for morphological comparisons and their mitochondrial and nuclear markers provide contradictory phylogenetic signals, making phylogenetic reconstructions difficult. This molecular discordance has been hypothesized to be the result of nuclear pseudogenes or exogenous contamination.
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November 2024
Background: Folate and cobalamin status, although essential for pregnancy, are not routinely monitored in prenatal care.
Objectives: To investigate folate and cobalamin status and determinants throughout pregnancy, in the absence of mandatory folic acid (FA) fortification.
Methods: In a cohort study of 831 mothers recruited at <12 gestational weeks (GW), plasma folate, total homocysteine (tHcy), cobalamin, holotranscobalamin (holoTC), methylmalonic acid (MMA), red blood cell folate (RBCF), and the combined cobalamin status indicator (cB12) were determined at ≤12, 15, 24-27, 34 GW, labor and in the cord.