Alcohol is the drug most commonly abused by pregnant women and the leading cause of preventable birth defects across the United States. Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral for Treatment is a program developed by the Emergency Nurses Association that has demonstrated success in treating patients who have alcohol use disorders. This interventional program can be useful to perinatal nurses caring for pregnant women with alcohol use disorders in a variety of settings.
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BMC Oral Health
January 2025
Eastman Institute for Oral Health, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.
Objectives: Pica is a non-nutritive eating behavior. The potential impact of pica on oral health and the association between pica and anemia are understudied. We examined the current evidence on the relationship between pica practices, anemia, and oral health outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Nephrol
January 2025
Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, University Hospital of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Background: Renal functional reserve (RFR) measures the difference between the stimulated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and the baseline GFR to detect early signs of renal functional decline. The protein load test (RFR-T) is the gold standard for RFR assessment but is a complicated procedure. Renal intraparenchymal resistance index (RRI) variation test (DRRI-T) is a non-invasive method to measure renal function reserve using ultrasound.
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December 2024
General Surgery Department, Bariatric Surgery Program, Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
Background: Women represent 40% of patients undergoing bariatric surgery. This highlights the importance of understanding its effects on pregnancy and newborns (NBs).
Objective: To compare pregnancy and neonatal outcomes between a group of pregnant women with obesity and those who had prior bariatric surgery.
J Mol Cell Cardiol
December 2024
Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Rady College of Medicine, Max Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, The Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Electronic address:
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death for women worldwide. One of the risk factors for CVD in women is complications during pregnancy. Pregnancy complications include a wide arena of pathologies, including hypertension, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, preterm delivery and miscarriage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMJ Open
January 2025
Clinical and Research Center on Acute Lung Injury, Beijing Shijitan Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, Beijing, China
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the predictive value of the cough peak flow (CPF) for successful extubation in postcraniotomy critically ill patients.
Design: This was a single-centre prospective diagnostic study.
Setting: The study was conducted in three intensive care units (ICUs) of a teaching hospital.
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