A qualitative study of how maternal morbidities impact women's quality of life during pregnancy and postpartum in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

Aim: Maternal morbidities present a major burden to the health and well-being of childbearing women. However, their impacts on women's quality of life (QoL) are not well understood. This work aims to describe the extent to which the morbidities women experience during pregnancy and postpartum affect their QoL and identify any protective or risk factors.

Understanding Factors that Influence Parents' Provision of Beverages to Their Children: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis.

Objective: Understand parental perceptions of beverages and factors influencing the beverage choices they make for their children.

Data Source: A literature search was conducted using PubMed, Scopus, and CINAHL.

Study Inclusion And Exclusion Criteria: Included studies contained qualitative data examining parents' perceptions of beverages or factors that influence their child's beverage consumption, were conducted in the United States between 2000 and 2022, written in English, and enrolled parents of children aged 18 years or younger.

Effects of Low-Calorie Sweetener Restriction on Glycemic Variability and Cardiometabolic Health in Children with Type 1 Diabetes: Findings of a Pilot and Feasibility Study.

Low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) are commonly consumed by children with type 1 diabetes (T1D), yet their role in cardiometabolic health is unclear. This study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of 12 weeks of LCS restriction among children with T1D. Children ( = 31) with T1D completed a two-week run-in ( = 28) and were randomly assigned to avoid LCS (LCS restriction, = 15) or continue their usual LCS intake ( = 13).

Bronchial blockers under pressure: in vitro model and ex vivo model.

Background: Pressures (Pe) exerted by bronchial blockers on the inner wall of the bronchi may cause mucosal ischaemia. Our aims were as follows: (i) to compare the intracuff pressure (Pi) and Pe exerted by commercially available bronchial blockers in an in vitro and an ex vivo model; (ii) to investigate the influence of both the inflated intracuff volume and cuff diameter on Pe; and (iii) to estimate the minimal sealing volume (VSmin) and the corresponding Pe for each bronchial blocker studied.

Methods: The Pe exerted by seven commercial bronchial blockers was measured at different inflation volumes using a custom-designed system using in vitro and ex vivo animal models with two internal diameters (12 and 15 mm).

Design and characterization of a measurement system for monitoring pressure exerted by bronchial blockers: In vitro trials.

Bronchial blockers (BBs) allow occluding the bronchial duct and collapsing the "dependent" lung in a number of thoracic surgery. The occlusion is obtained through a cuff that, inflated with a proper air volume, exerts a pressure, Pe, on the inner wall of the mainstem bronchus. In this work a measurement chain, based on two piezorestistive force sensors, was developed and calibrated to measure Pe exerted by six BBs, as a function of inflated volume on in vitro models (two latex ducts with diameters similar to the ones of the adult mainstem bronchi: 12 mm and 15 mm).