Effect of cognitive dysfunction on the relationship between age and health literacy.

Objective: Age is generally an inverse predictor of health literacy. However, the role of cognitive dysfunction among older adults in this relationship is not understood.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 446 adult patients in a large urban academic level one trauma center, assessing health literacy and cognitive dysfunction.

Left versus right intra-abdominal umbilical arteries: comparison of their Doppler waveforms.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare Doppler velocimetric indices between the left and right intra-abdominal umbilical arteries in normally grown and growth-restricted fetuses.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, Doppler indices of the intra-abdominal segment of the left and right umbilical arteries were measured lateral to the fetal bladder. Measurements, including the systolic to diastolic ratio and pulsatility index, were obtained from both anatomic locations.

Components of the systemic fetal inflammatory response syndrome as predictors of impaired neurologic outcomes in children.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare interleukin-6 and funisitis as predictors of impaired neurologic outcomes in children by performing a secondary analysis on data that were collected prospectively for another purpose.

Study Design: We examined umbilical cords for funisitis and obtained cord blood for interleukin-6 levels. A psychomotor developmental index score was determined for each child at age 18 months.