Raising the 'environmental question' in social work in Canada and Scotland.

This article contributes a comparative review of social work in Canada and Scotland to international conversations about social work and the environment. The 'environmental question' of the 21st century is a radical challenge to social work developed in relation to the 'social question' of the 19th century. Work to begin to include the natural environment within high-income state social work can expect to encounter established infrastructures of thinking and doing that will be difficult to shift.

Efficacy of Medical Operations and Layout Planning Onboard Nontraditional US Navy Vessels at High Seas.

Introduction: Attempting to expedite delivery of care to wounded war fighters, this study aimed to quantify the ability of medical and surgical teams to perform lifesaving damage control and resuscitation procedures aboard nontraditional US Navy Vessels on high seas. Specifically, it looked at the ability of the teams to perform procedures in shipboard operating and emergency rooms by analyzing motion of personnel during the procedures.

Methods: One hundred and twelve damage control and resuscitation procedures were performed during a voyage of the US Naval Ship Brunswick in transit from Norfolk, Virginia, to San Diego, California.

Laparoscopic extramucosal partial bladder resection in a patient with symptomatic deep-infiltrating endometriosis of the bladder.

Endometriosis is a complex disease, affecting the urinary tract, mainly the bladder, in 1% to 2% of cases. Thus far, partial cystectomy has been the treatment of choice for long-term relief of symptoms. Here, we describe the case of a 26-year-old patient with deep-infiltrating bladder endometriosis who was completely cured by laparoscopic extramucosal bladder resection.

Cervical screening in Canadian First Nation Cree women.

Purpose: Attitudes and beliefs of First Nation Cree women living in a reserve community were explored to gain insights into how cervical screening could be better utilized.

Method: Focused ethnography utilizing participant observation and interviews ( n = 8) with participants having experience with cervical screening and/or cancer was conducted.

Results: Women did not believe they had adequate information and were resistant to screening because of embarrassment caused by the procedure and fear of cancer, which was viewed as a "death sentence.

Self-reporting software for bipolar disorder: validation of ChronoRecord by patients with mania.

With the widespread recognition of the value of active patient participation in their care, ChronoRecord software was developed to automate daily self-reporting by patients with bipolar disorder. A prior study demonstrated concurrent validity between self-ratings on ChronoRecord and clinician ratings on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD), but validity with the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) could not be shown due to a lack of data when the outpatients were manic (Bauer et al., Bipolar Disorders 6, 67-74, 2004).

The utility of aspartate aminotransferase/platelet ratio index in HIV/hepatitis C-co-infected patients.

Liver biopsy is currently the gold standard for determining the stage of liver fibrosis. There are risks associated with liver biopsy; therefore, surrogate markers to predict the severity of disease would be useful. We studied 50 patients with HIV/hepatitis C co-infection who had liver biopsies and determined that no patient with an aspartate aminotransferase/platelet ratio index (APRI) of 0.

Pyogenic liver abscess: recent trends in etiology and mortality.

Background: Pyogenic liver abscess, a potentially life-threatening disease, has undergone significant changes in epidemiology, management, and mortality over the past several decades.

Methods: We reviewed the data for patients admitted to Bellevue Hospital and New York University Downtown Hospital (New York, New York) over a 10-year period.

Results: Of 79 cases reviewed, 43% occurred in patients with underlying biliary disease.