Healthier Dietary Patterns Are Associated with Better Sleep Quality among Shanghai Suburban Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: More is to be explored between dietary patterns and sleep quality in the Chinese adult population.

Methods: A cross-sectional study including 7987 Shanghai suburban adults aged 20-74 years was conducted. Dietary information was obtained using a validated food frequency questionnaire.

Delirium Care by Intensive Care Unit Nurses: Focus Group Studies in a Medical Center of Southern Taiwan.

Objectives: Studies have identified many nursing interventions that can prevent delirium and fall accidents in clinical patients, detect and treat delirium early to prevent functional decline in the patient, shorten hospitalization duration, and lower the death rate. This study aimed to explore delirium care by intensive care unit (ICU) nurses in a medical center of southern Taiwan.

Methods: This study conducted 3 semistructured focus group interviews, each for a single medical ICU, involving groups of 6 to 8 nurses each.

Association between Metabolic Phenotypes of Body Fatness and Incident Stroke: A Prospective Cohort Study of Chinese Community Residents.

This study aimed to assess the association of body mass index (BMI)-based and waist circumference (WC)-based metabolic phenotypes with the risk of stroke among Chinese community residents. A total of 34,294 participants (mean ± standard deviation age: 56.05 ± 11.

Adherence to DASH Dietary Pattern and Its Association with Incident Hyperuricemia Risk: A Prospective Study in Chinese Community Residents.

Hyperuricemia represents a great burden on global public health, and it is important to provide effective guidance at the level of dietary patterns. We evaluated the association between the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet and the risk of hyperuricemia in a large-scale, community-based cohort in East China. In total, 45,853 participants that did not have either hyperuricemia nor gout were included and assigned a DASH dietary score based on their baseline dietary intake.

Fish Consumption and Risk of Stroke in Chinese Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study in Shanghai, China.

Present studies on the association of fish consumption with risk of stroke have shown controversial results, and this association within the Chinese population remains unknown. We aimed to investigate the association between fish consumption and incidence of total stroke, ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke among adults in China. We analyzed the data of 57,701 adults aged 20-74 years, with no history of stroke, in a prospective cohort study in Shanghai.

Association between four nontraditional lipids and ischemic stroke: a cohort study in Shanghai, China.

Background: The correlation between nontraditional lipids and ischemic stroke (IS) is inconsistent and controversial. This study aimed to examine the association of four nontraditional lipids with IS risk in Chinese adults.

Methods: This prospective community-based cohort study was performed in Songjiang District, Shanghai, China.

["Arrhythmia Reading": A Diverse Teaching Approach to Improve the Ability of 2 Year NPGY Nurses to Interpret and Manage Arrhythmias].

Background: The author of this paper works in the critical care ward of an internal medicine department. During the study period, current trainees in a nurse post graduate year (NPGY) program joined our nurse team. While at our ward, they were required to demonstrate clinical nursing competencies in intensive care units in the facets of nursing knowledge, equipment use, prediction of emergencies, emergency response, and patient evaluation and management.

[Project to enhance accuracy of nursing assessments performed by medical and surgical ICU nursing staffs].

Background: Some nurses do not have the skills necessary to evaluate general ICU patient condition and the meaning of laboratory data adequately. This can influence nursing care quality and patient safety. Between October 16th and 29th, 2009, this project employed a checklist to evaluate nursing assessment accuracy in medical and surgical ICUs.

Usefulness of the ratio of transmitral E wave velocity to isovolumic relaxation flow propagation velocity for predicting left ventricular end-diastolic pressure.

Transmitral E wave velocity was reported to be positively related to left ventricular (LV) filling pressure and negatively related to LV relaxation constant, and isovolumic relaxation flow propagation velocity (IRFPV) was proven recently to be negatively related to LV relaxation constant and independent of preload alterations. Therefore, the combination index, E/IRFPV, may eliminate the influence of LV relaxation and bring the LV filling pressure into focus. However, it is unknown whether E/IRFPV is a useful index in prediction of LV filling pressure.

The one-pot synthesis of dextran-based nanoparticles and their application in in-situ fabrication of dextran-magnetite nanocomposites.

The dextran-based nanoparticles containing carboxyl groups were synthesized by a one-pot approach, without using any organic solvents and surfactants. The resultant dextran-based nanoparticles was used as a host for the growing and organization of Fe(3)O(4) nanoparticles. The approach consists of the mixture of ferrous/ferric ions aqueous solution and host nanoparticles and subsequent coprecipitation of ferrous/ferric ions in basic medium.

Positive interference from contrast media in cardiac troponin I immunoassays.

Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) has been found to be a sensitive and reliable marker of myocardial damage, and elevated levels of cTnI can indicate high risk for acute coronary syndrome. To determine how to intervene in possible cases of acute coronary syndrome, cTnI levels must be measured by immunoassay. However, cTnI immunoassay results are prone to interference from many substances such as heparin and common drugs.