Development of the Hiesho (sensitivity of hands or feet to cold) Care Practice Scale for pregnant women.

Aim: Evidence-based indicators are needed to increase the frequency of practicing care for hiesho, which can be a risk factor during childbirth. Such practice will lead to hiesho prevention. This study aimed to develop a Hiesho Care Practice Scale (HCPS) for pregnant women and examine its reliability and validity.

Effects of web-based learning for nurses on their care for pregnant women with hiesho (sensitivity of hands or feet to cold): A randomized controlled trial.

Aim: Hiesho is a condition characterized by having a cold sensation in the hands or feet (i.e., sensitivity of the hands or feet to cold).

Effects of muscle potential depression and muscle stimulation caused by different insulation coating configurations on cardiac pacemakers.

Insulation coating was added to the external pacemaker surface to prevent unnecessary electric current leakage to the periphery because the pulse generator body is used as an anode in unipolar pacing. However, a model without insulation coating has recently been used, so we studied the effects on muscle potential inhibition and muscle stimulation of pacemakers in unipolar pacing with different parts of the pacemaker body coated with insulation. Case comparisons were made for the following models: insulated except for the center of one side (33, group C), insulated except for the peripheral zone (10, group E), and noncoated models (11, group N).

Comparison of m-RNA expression for inflammatory mediators in leukocytes between on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.

Objective: Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is associated with a systemic inflammatory response. This is mainly attributed to cytokine release caused by CPB and global myocardial ischemia. Coronary artery bypass grafting without cardiopulmonary bypass (off-pump CABG, OPCAB) is now accepted as a less invasive technique than conventional CABG.