An Unusual Case of Swan Neck Deformity in a Child.

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Predictors of meeting physical activity and fruit and vegetable recommendations in 9-11-year-old children.

Objective: Childhood obesity represents a significant public health problem. This study examined physical activity and nutrition behaviours and attitudes of 9-11-year-olds, and factors influencing these behaviours.

Design: Study participants recorded pedometer steps for 7 days and completed physical activity enjoyment, food attitudes and food frequency questionnaires.

Leisure, recreation, and play from a developmental context.

Participation in activities and experiences defined as play, recreation,and leisure has important developmental implications for youth. Elements and characteristics of leisure experiences contribute directly to the development of identity, autonomy, competence,initiative, civic duty, and social connections. Whether in informal or formal, appropriately structured and organized programs,leisure experiences can help facilitate adolescent development in these areas.

Outcomes and processes at a camp for youth with HIV/AIDS.

The impact of HIV/AIDS on the lives of youth with this chronic illness suggests the need for additional support as youth develop. Summer camp can serve as a therapeutic intervention for youth with HIV/AIDS. Using a case study employing observations, focus groups, and interviews, we examined outcomes associated with participation in a camp for youth with HIV/AIDS, and program processes that influenced outcomes.

Hepatocellular carcinoma metastases to the epidural space.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is relatively uncommon in the United States, although hepatitis C, one of the known risk factors for disease, is currently showing burgeoning growth in the country. Hence, it is possible that the incidence of HCC also will increase. Clinicians and pathologists in the United States are relatively unfamiliar with the patterns of metastatic spread for HCC.

Unilateral cervical facet fractures with subluxation: injury patterns and treatment.

Study Design: This is a retrospective study of patients with unilateral cervical facet fractures from a Level I academic trauma center.

Objective: We sought to examine fracture patterns involving only the facets, to examine the incidence of associated neurologic and vascular injuries, and to determine optimum management strategies for these injuries.

Summary Of Background Data: Most of the literature regarding unilateral cervical facet injuries has resulted from studies evaluating dislocated locked facets, "fracture-dislocations," or fractures of the lateral mass and pedicle.

Iatrogenic deep musculocutaneous radiation injury following percutaneous coronary intervention.

Radiation-induced skin injury has been reported for multiple fluoroscopic procedures. Previous studies have indicated that prolonged fluoroscopic exposure during even a single percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may lead to cutaneous radiation injury. We document a novel case of deep muscle damage requiring wide local debridement and muscle flap reconstruction in a 59-year-old man with a large radiation-induced wound to the lower thoracic region following 1 prolonged PCI procedure.

Surgical management of acquired (cicatricial) buried penis in an adult patient.

The pathological entity of the buried penis occurs most commonly in children and is usually managed by urologists. Its presentation in the adult population may invoke plastic surgery expertise. The pathophysiology of buried penis in the adult is entirely distinct from that in children, and management principles may be complicated.

Comparison of Ca-DTPA and Zn-DTPA in removing 234Th from the rat.

The relative effectiveness of Ca-DTPA and Zn-DTPA as a function of the dose, number of doses and time of their administration in removing 234Th that had been administered as the citrate or nitrate from various rat organs was investigated. With a single early treatment (1.5 min after intravenous injection of 234Th), Zn-DTPA was clearly less effective than Ca-DTPA over the whole dose range (30 mumol/kg body weight-1000 mumol/kg body weight) tested.

Efficacy of different DTPA treatment schedules for removal of 234Th from simulated wounds in rats.

The translocation of 234Th from a simulated wound site and the efficacy of DTPA administration, as a function of the thorium compound injected as well as the DTPA treatment schedule, have been investigated in rats. Much more 234Th injected as citrate was translocated from the injection site than after administration as nitrate, whereas the distribution pattern of 234Th translocated to the various tissues was nearly identical for both 234Th compounds. Combined local and systematic treatment with DTPA was equally or more effective than each of the treatments alone in reducing the retention of 234Th at the injection site and in the organs.