Preoperative MRSA screening using a simple questionnaire prior elective total joint replacement.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the management and results of our standarized protocol for preoperative identification of MRSA colonisation in patients undergoing primary total hip and knee replacement procedures.

Methods: Following hospital protocol, between January 2016 and June 2019 37,745 patients awaiting elective joint replacement underwent a standardized questionnaire to assess the risk of MRSA infection, identifying patients requiring preoperative MRSA screening. An evaluation of the questionnaire identified effective questions for identifying infected patients.

Soil organic carbon, aggregation and fungi community after 44 years of no-till and cropping systems in the Central Great Plains, USA.

Implementing sustainable agricultural land management practices such as no-till (NT) and diversified crops are important for maintaining soil health properties. This study focuses on the soil health of three long-term (44 years) tillage systems, NT, reduced tillage (RT), and conventional tillage (CT), in monoculture winter wheat-fallow (W-F) (Triticum aestivum L.) and wheat-soybean (W-S) (Glycine max (L.

Multiple Anti-Kasha Emissions in Transition-Metal Complexes.

In this Letter, we present first-principles evidence that several higher-lying excited states are responsible for the emission spectrum of [M(CO)4(bpy)] (M = Cr, Mo, W and bpy = 2,2'-bipyrimidine) complexes. These results highlight the violation of Kasha's rule, which states that after irradiation, molecules emit light with appreciable yield only from their lowest energy excited state. Furthermore, in [W(CO)4(bpy)] and [Mo(CO)4(bpy)], the breaking of Kasha's rule is two-fold because at least two different excited states besides T1 are involved in emission.

Unilateral hearing loss in children: a retrospective study and a review of the current literature.

Unlabelled: Despite the introduction of universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS), unilateral hearing loss (UHL) is sometimes recognized late. This diagnostic delay has adverse repercussions, given the importance of binaural hearing for the development of normal auditory processing. It is incorrect to maintain that unilateral hearing is the minimum requirement for adequate speech development and that hearing aid provision is consequently unnecessary.

Proteomics to display lovastatin-induced protein and pathway regulation in rat liver.

Lovastatin is a lipid lowering agent that acts by inhibiting 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, a key regulatory enzyme in cholesterol biosynthesis. In this study the pattern of gene network regulation induced in hepatic proteins as a response to lovastatin treatment was analyzed by proteomics. In livers of male F344 rats treated with 1.

[Wild is not really wild: brain weight of wild domestic mammals].

Domestication leads to the reduction of brain weight, decreases reach from 8.1% in laboratory rats up to 33.6% in domesticated pigs.

[Are zoo Przewalski horses domesticated horses?].

Analysed were the brain case capacities and brain weights of wild przewalski horses, przewalski horses from zoological gardens and domesticated horses. Domesticated horses have about 14% less brain case capacity and 16% less brain weight than wild przewalski horses. Przewalski horses from zoological gardens also have about 14% less brain capacity than wild przewalski horses.

Volumetric analysis of brain structures, especially of the visual system in wild and domestic turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo).

The total brain volume, the volumes of the main brain subdivisions and regions belonging to the visual system of wild and domestic turkeys of either sex were measured and related to body weight. Using allometric methods sex-related reductions in brain size from wild to domesticated state was examined. Male domestic turkeys have 29% and female domestic turkeys 24% less brain volume.

[The comprehensively oriented complex rehabilitation of laryngectomized patients].

We report 14 patients who took part in a specially designed comprehensive rehabilitation programme for the laryngectomee. Our results clearly indicate that it is only possible to carry out such a project successfully if there is intensive communication between all participants in the programme, including the patient and his/her partner.

[The concept of comprehensively oriented rehabilitation of laryngectomized patients].

A comprehensive rehabilitation program for laryngectomized patients is presented, consisting of close cooperation between the ENT clinic, phoniatric department and post-operative reconvalescent institution. Four main points are emphasized: (1) rehabilitation with both the oesophageal voice and the vibrator voice; (2) involvement of the patient's partner in the whole rehabilitation program, including participation in the 4-week stay in a post-operative reconvalescent institution; (3) information for the employer about the special needs of a laryngectomee; (4) contact with the regional branch of the laryngectomees' association.

[Early rehabilitation of laryngectomized patients with the electrolarynx?].

Seventy-three patients were asked to fill in a questionnaire to determine whether a laryngectomee can be rehabilitated better with the oesophageal voice or with the vibrator voice. This evaluation showed no significant difference between these two methods of voice rehabilitation. Patients rehabilitated with the vibrator learn oesophageal voice in addition without undue difficulties.

[Vocal function after laser therapy].

A prospective study of vocal function was undertaken before and after CO2-laser surgery for benign tumors and lesions of the larynx: 50 patients with polyps, Reinke's oedema's, leukoplakia etc. were investigated and controlled phoniatrically, including indirect microlaryngoscopy and microstroboscopy. 3 investigators rated the results independently.