Hypertension and hypertension severity in Hispanics/Latinx with MS.

Background: Vascular comorbidities (VCs) including hypertension (HTN) are associated with worse multiple sclerosis (MS) outcomes. HTN is common in Latinx, but the prevalence and relationship with disability are unknown in Latinx with MS.

Methods: Latinx ( = 451) from the Alliance for Research in Hispanic MS (ARHMS) seen between 2007 and 2019 were included.

Effectiveness of film as a health communication tool to improve perceptions and attitudes in multiple sclerosis.

Background: Health communication tools like film are capable of reducing health disparities and could be effective in addressing negative illness perceptions of MS in Hispanics/Latinx.

Objective: To test the feasibility of using a culturally appropriate short narrative film to examine illness perceptions overtime and attitudes in Hispanics/Latinx affected with MS.

Methods: Participants were assigned to view a short narrative film (n = 130) or not (n = 106).

Rectal Perforation by an Intrauterine Device Leading to Fatal Intra-Abdominal Sepsis and Necrotizing Fasciitis.

Background: Colorectal injury from an intrauterine device (IUD) is rare but may lead to major complications.

Case: A 55-year-old woman presented to a tertiary care hospital with 4 days of generalized weakness, confusion, dysuria, and lower back pain. She provided a vague history of an unsuccessful attempt to remove an IUD 30 years prior.

Directive clinique N 395 - Excision génitale féminine.

Objectifs: La présente directive clinique vise à diminuer la probabilité que la pratique de l'excision génitale féminine (EGF) se poursuive et à améliorer les soins prodigués aux filles et aux femmes qui ont subi une EGF ou qui risquent d'en subir une en fournissant (1) des renseignements destinés à améliorer les connaissances et la compréhension de la pratique, (2) des renseignements sur les enjeux juridiques liés à cette pratique, (3) des directives relatives au traitement des complications obstétricales et gynécologiques connexes et (4) des directives sur la compétence culturelle dans la prestation de soins aux filles et femmes touchées par l'EGF.

Options: Des stratégies de prévention primaire, secondaire et tertiaire de l'EGF et de ses complications. RéSULTATS: Les conséquences à court et à long terme de l'EGF.

Guideline No. 395-Female Genital Cutting.

Objectives: To decrease the likelihood that the practice of female genital cutting (FGC) be continued in the future and to improve the care of girls and women who have been subjected to FGC or who are at risk by providing (1) information intended to strengthen knowledge and understanding of the practice, (2) information regarding the legal issues related to the practice, (3) guidance for the management of its obstetrical and gynaecological complications, and (4) guidance on the provision of culturally competent care to girls and women affected by FGC.

Options: Strategies for the primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of FGC and its complications.

Outcomes: The short- and long-term consequences of FGC.

Native ancestry is associated with optic neuritis and age of onset in hispanics with multiple sclerosis.

Background And Objective: Hispanics with multiple sclerosis (MS) present younger and more often with optic neuritis (ON) as compared to Whites in the western United States. Regional differences related to Hispanic genetic admixture could be responsible. We investigated the association between global genetic ancestry and ON and age at onset of MS in Hispanics.

No. 279-Female Sexual Health Consensus Clinical Guidelines.

Objective: To establish national guidelines for the assessment of women's sexual health concerns and the provision of sexual health care for women.

Evidence: Published literature was retrieved through searches of PubMed, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Library from May to October 2010, using appropriate controlled vocabulary (e.g.

No. 279-Female Sexual Health Consensus Clinical Guidelines.

Objective: To establish national guidelines for the assessment of women's sexual health concerns and the provision of sexual health care for women.

Evidence: Published literature was retrieved through searches of PubMed, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Library from May to October 2010, using appropriate controlled vocabulary (e .g.

The Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool: A Study of Reliability and Validity.

Patient falls and fall-related injury remain a safety concern. The Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool (JHFRAT) was developed to facilitate early detection of risk for anticipated physiologic falls in adult inpatients. Psychometric properties in acute care settings have not yet been fully established; this study sought to fill that gap.

No. 345-Primary Dysmenorrhea Consensus Guideline.

Objective: This guideline reviews the investigation and treatment of primary dysmenorrhea.

Intended Users: Health care providers.

Target Population: Women and adolescents experiencing menstrual pain for which no underlying cause has been identified.

Clinical Characteristics of Pediatric-Onset and Adult-Onset Multiple Sclerosis in Hispanic Americans.

Multiple sclerosis can affect pediatric patients. Our aim was to compare characteristics between pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis and adult-onset multiple sclerosis in Hispanic Americans. This was a cross-sectional analysis of 363 Hispanic American multiple scleroses cases; demographic and clinical characteristics were analyzed.

Cellular properties of extensor carpi radialis brevis and trapezius muscles in healthy males and females.

In this study, we sought to determine whether differences in cellular properties associated with energy homeostasis could explain the higher incidence of work-related myalgia in trapezius (TRAP) compared with extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB). Tissue samples were obtained from the ECRB (n = 19) and TRAP (n = 17) of healthy males and females (age 27.9 ± 2.

Preliminary observations on high energy phosphates and metabolic pathway and transporter potentials in extensor carpi radialis brevis and trapezius muscles of women with work-related myalgia.

This study compared both the extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) and the trapezius (TRAP) muscles of women with work-related myalgia (WRM) with healthy controls (CON) to determine whether abnormalities existed in cellular energy status and the potentials of the various metabolic pathways and segments involved in energy production and substrate transport. For both the ECRB (CON, n = 6-9; WRM, n = 13) and the TRAP (CON, n = 6-7; WRM, n = 10), no differences (P > 0.05) were found for the concentrations (in millimoles per kilogram of dry mass) of ATP, PCr, lactate, and glycogen.

Excitation-contraction coupling properties in women with work-related myalgia: a preliminary study.

We investigated the potential role of selected excitation-contraction coupling processes in females with work-related myalgia (WRM) by comparing WRM with healthy controls (CON) using tissue from extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) and trapezius (TRAP) muscles. For the ECRB, age (mean ± SE) was 29.6 ± 3.

A pilot study to determine whether differences exist in histochemical properties between the trapezius and extensor carpi radialis brevis muscles in women with work-related myalgia.

To investigate fibre-type abnormalities in women with work-related myalgia (WRM), tissue samples were extracted from their trapezius (TRAP) and the extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) muscles and compared with healthy controls (CON). For the ECRB samples (CON, n = 6; WRM, n = 11), no differences (P > 0.05) were found between groups for any of the properties examined, namely fibre-type (I, IIA, IIX, IIAX) distribution, cross-sectional fibre area, capillary counts (CC), capillary to fibre area ratio, and succinic dehydrogenase activity.