Family-oriented interventions in long-term care residential facilities for older people: A scoping review of the characteristics and outcomes.

Introduction: Family-oriented interventions in long-term care (LTC) residential facilities are heterogenous in design, characteristics, and outcomes.

Objectives: To synthesize characteristics (e.g.

Family-oriented interventions in long-term care residential settings: a scoping review protocol.

Objectives: The objective of this review will be to identify the characteristics (eg, type, duration, and provider) of family-oriented interventions in long-term care residential settings. The authors will also identify which outcomes are reported in the literature when implementing family-oriented interventions.

Introduction: An array of family-oriented interventions in long-term care residential settings exist.

Measuring body composition using the bioelectrical impedance method can predict the outcomes of gemcitabine-based chemotherapy in patients with pancreatobiliary tract cancer.

In order to examine the effect on body composition of anticancer drug treatments, the body composition rate in patients being treated with gemcitabine (GEM)-based chemotherapy was measured over time on an outpatient basis with a simple body composition monitor using the bioelectrical impedance (BI) method. The results revealed a significant reduction in the body fat rate (P=0.01) over the course of treatment in patients with pancreatobiliary tract cancer who became unable to continue GEM-based chemotherapy due to progressive disease or a decreased performance status.

The Tom40 assembly process probed using the attachment of different intramitochondrial sorting signals.

The TOM40 complex is a protein translocator in the mitochondrial outer membrane and consists of several different subunits. Among them, Tom40 is a central subunit that constitutes a protein-conducting channel by forming a β-barrel structure. To probe the nature of the assembly process of Tom40 in the outer membrane, we attached various mitochondrial presequences to Tom40 that possess sorting information for the intermembrane space (IMS), inner membrane, and matrix and would compete with the inherent Tom40 assembly process.

[Two cases of preceded aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis before the cancer operations].

We report two cases of aortic valve replacement (AVR) for severe aortic stenosis (AS) before the cancer operations. Severe AS poses a great risk for noncardiac surgery. In the ACC/AHA 2007 Guideline on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery, if the AS is symptomatic, elective noncardiac surgery should generally be postponed or canceled.

[Two tracheal tubes inserted for endotracheal tube replacement in a patient with severe obstructive sleep apnea: a case report].

A 34-year-old obese, small-jawed and short-necked woman, had severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) with bronchial asthma. A surgical removal of a lingual tumor using a laser knife was scheduled under general anesthesia with sevoflurane. A small diameter tracheal tube for laser surgery (internal diameter (ID) of 5.

[Bispectral index monitoring in fast track pediatric cardiac surgery].

Background: We evaluated the changes in the bispectral index (BIS) as a potential indicator of level of consciousness in infants and children undergoing fast track cardiac surgery.

Methods: Twenty-one children undergoing fast track cardiac surgery were recruited into this study. Anesthesia was maintained with inhaled sevoflurane and intravenous fentanyl 10 microg x kg(-1).