Feasibility and Acceptability of Spanish-Language Parenting Interventions for Young Children With Developmental Delays.

Hispanic/Latinx parents of children with developmental delays/disabilities (DD) face disparities in service access and research participation. In the present study, 60 Spanish-speaking caregivers of young children with DD participated in randomly assigned stress reduction interventions (psychoeducation/support groups or Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction [MBSR]), followed by behavioral parent training (BPT). Caregiver attendance and satisfaction ratings were measured, and focus groups gathered additional information on caregivers' takeaways from the interventions.

Complications After Heart Transplantation According to the Type of Pretransplant Circulatory/Ventricular Support.

Background: The purpose of the study was to analyze postcardiac transplant complications in patients who received transplants with short-term mechanical ventricular assist devices and to compare complications according to the type of device.

Methods: Ambispective and consecutive study of urgent heart transplants from 2015 to 2019. Pediatric transplants, retransplants, and combined transplants were excluded.

Analysis of the Intrahospital and Long-Term Survival of Heart Transplant Patients With a Short-Term Mechanical Assistance Device.

Background: The purpose of this study was to compare early and late survival among patients who have undergone heart transplantation (HTx) with a short-term mechanical assist device.

Methods: This was an ambispective, single-center, consecutive study of patients undergoing urgent HTx for 5 years. Pediatric transplants, retransplants, and combined transplants were excluded.

Discursive and Non-discursive Symbolization during couple's Conflict.

The purpose of this article was exploring the role of discursive and non-discursive symbolization - specifically gestures - in the negotiation of differences in couples´ interactions. Five married heterosexual couples were invited to hold a conversation about an unsolved problem in their relationship. A videographic analysis was carried out to explore gestures in dialogical sequences and Microgenetic Semiotic Analysis (ASM) was conducted.

Uncommon patterns of antinuclear antibodies recognizing mitotic spindle apparatus antigens and clinical associations.

Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) are key biomarkers in the evaluation of rheumatic diseases. The prevalence and clinical significance of uncommon or rare patterns, particularly those directed at the mitotic spindle apparatus (MSA), are not well understood. We aimed to investigate the prevalence and clinical significance of anti-MSA patterns in a Colombian population.

Predictive factors of risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis C.

Objective: To identify risk factors associated with the development of HCC and develop a score to identify high risk subgroups.

Methods: We conducted a follow-up study, with biannual ultrasound and alpha-fetoprotein screening, in an unselected cohort of patients with chronic hepatitis C referred for evaluation from the primary care.

Results: 863 patients with chronic hepatitis C were followed for an average of 82 months.

Triglyceride levels and apolipoprotein E polymorphism in patients with acute pancreatitis.

Background: Hypertriglyceridemia is an unusual cause of acute pancreatitis and sometimes considered to be an epiphenomenon. This study aimed to investigate the clinical and analytical features and the APOE genotypes in patients with acute pancreatitis and severe hypertriglyceridemia.

Methods: We undertook a one-year, prospective study of patients with acute pancreatitis whose first laboratory analysis on admission to the emergency department included measurement of serum triglycerides.

Dual promoter lentiviral vector generates transgenic mice expressing E2-CSFV glycoprotein in their milk, but impairs early identification of transgenic embryos.

Lentiviral vectors containing the green fluorescent protein gene have been successfully used to select transgenic embryos before transfer to a surrogate mother. However, there are apparently no reports regarding early detection of transgenic embryos using a lentiviral vector carrying an additional transcription unit for tissue-specific expression of a valuable protein. In this study, two HIV-based lentiviral vectors were constructed.

Short communication: contribution of the immunovirological state and traditional cardiovascular risk factors to low HDL-cholesterol in HIV patients.

The prevalence of low HDL-C levels in an HIV population and its related factors was investigated. We undertook a multicenter, cross-sectional study of all HIV patients on regular follow-up in five hospitals (Southern Spain). A physical examination and fasting laboratory analysis were performed and a questionnaire about cardiovascular risk factors was provided.

Postprandial apolipoprotein B48 is associated with asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease: a study in patients with type 2 diabetes and controls.

Background: Postprandial hyperlipidemia is a common feature in type 2 diabetes; our aim was to investigate whether there is an association between subclinical peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and the levels of apolipoprotein B48, as a specific marker for postprandial lipidemia.

Methods: We enrolled 101 patients with type 2 diabetes and 73 controls free from clinical cardiovascular disease. Main outcome measures were the presence of subclinical PAD, assessed by the ankle-brachial index, and the intestinal particles measured as the concentration of apolipoprotein B48 at fasting and 4h after a mixed breakfast.