Nutrition literacy in Vietnamese pregnant women: a cross-sectional study.

Inadequate nutrition intake during pregnancy elevates the risk of adverse health outcomes during pregnancy, with potential long-term repercussions for both mother and child, extending to subsequent generations. Current initiatives to improve individual dietary habits emphasize promoting nutrition literacy (NL), which encompasses the ability to access, comprehend, and use basic nutrition information and services necessary for making appropriate nutrition decisions. However, there were limited data on the NL of pregnant women in Vietnam.

Choline in pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Unlabelled: Context: Choline is a critical nutrient. Inadequate choline intake during pregnancy increases the risk of adverse maternal and offspring health.

Objective: A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to examine the current recommendations for choline intake by pregnant women, estimate the overall prevalence of pregnant women with adequate choline intake, and explore associations between maternal choline level and adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs).

The Treatment Experience of Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescents from Healthcare Professionals' Perspective: A Qualitative Study.

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious psychiatric illness with a high mortality rate and a poor outcome. AN in adolescents can be difficult to treat. The prognosis of patients with AN depends highly on how early specialized AN treatment starts.

Exploring Perceived Stress in Mothers with Singleton and Multiple Preterm Infants: A Cross-Sectional Study in Taiwan.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore mothers' perceived level of stress one month after hospital discharge following the birth of singleton and multiple preterm infants.

Design: A cross-sectional design was used to compare mother's perceived stress in two groups of postpartum mothers and the relationship of the theoretical antecedents and these variables.

Setting: A neonatal intensive care unit in a medical center in Taiwan.

Risk Factors and Neurologic Outcomes Associated With Resuscitation in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

In the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), cardiac arrest (CA) is rare but results in high rates of morbidity and mortality. A retrospective chart review of 223 patients who suffered from in-PICU CA was analyzed from January 2017 to December 2020. Outcomes at discharge were evaluated using pediatric cerebral performance category (PCPC).

The effectiveness of humanoid diagram teaching strategy on care capacity and retention in novice nurses.

Aim: To examine the effectiveness of a Humanoid Diagram Teaching Strategy (HDTS) on care capabilities and retention of novice nurses.

Background: Guiding novice nurses in clinical practice is a matter of concern and the use of diagrams in assisting the learning process and to promote learning efficiency has been acknowledged.

Design: This is a quasi-experimental study with asynchronous repeated measurements for the experimental and control groups.

Exploring the factors related to adolescent health literacy, health-promoting lifestyle profile, and health status.

Background: Health literacy has been concerned a key factor for determining the use of health information and promoting health. The study aimed to explore adolescent health literacy, health-promoting lifestyle profile, and health status and related factors.

Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used; 918 first year junior college students were recruited in Taiwan.

Hemodynamic monitoring and management of pediatric septic shock.

Sepsis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality among children worldwide. Furthermore, refractory septic shock and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome are the most critical groups which account for a high mortality rate in pediatric sepsis, and their clinical course often deteriorates rapidly. Resuscitation based on hemodynamics can provide objective values for identifying the severity of sepsis and monitoring the treatment response.

Exploring the relationships among professional quality of life, personal quality of life and resignation in the nursing profession.

Aim: To explore the relationships between nurses' quality of life, personal quality of life, intention to stay (ITS) and resign and factors related to resignation.

Design: Prospective cohort design.

Methods: The participants were recruited from three different levels of hospital in central Taiwan.

Factors Associated With In-hospital Mortality of Children With Acute Fulminant Myocarditis on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

To analyze the factors associated with in-hospital mortality of children with acute fulminant myocarditis on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO). This was a retrospective cohort study using chart reviews of patients diagnosed with acute fulminant myocarditis at the pediatric intensive care unit of two tertiary medical centers between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2017. The inclusion criteria for this study were: (1) age from 1 month to 18 years; (2) diagnosed with acute myocarditis; (3) cardiogenic shock and need vasoactive-inotropic score ≥20 within 48 h after the use of vasoactive-inotropic agents; and (4) the need for ECMO placement.

The influence of pleurodesis on the outcome of primary spontaneous pneumothorax in children.

Background: Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) has a high rate of recurrence, and pleurodesis has been shown to decrease the rate of recurrence in adult PSP. For pediatric PSP patients, there are only a few case series available and evidence on the benefits of pleurodesis is insufficient. This study aimed to analyze the outcome of pleurodesis among pediatric PSP patients via a nationwide population-based cohort in Taiwan.

Strong correlation between doppler snuffbox resistive index and systemic vascular resistance in septic patients.

Purpose: To compare systemic vascular resistance index (SVRI) as measured by invasive transpulmonary indicator dilution (TPID) and non-invasive Doppler-derived resistive index in septic patients.

Methods: We measured the snuffbox resistive index (SBRI) in both hands of septic patients who received hemodynamic monitoring by TPID prospectively.

Results: Thirty-six patients with septic shock were enrolled (median acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II score: 23; median age: 64 years).

Marked elevation of circulating CD19CD38CD24 transitional B cells give protection against neonatal sepsis.

Background: Adequate functions of immunoregulation, mediated by regulatory cells such as IL-10 producing CD19CD38CD24 transitional B cells (Trans), play an important role in control of excessive inflammatory response. Yet, the role of Trans in neonatal sepsis is incompletely understood. We investigated the role of Trans in late-onset sepsis (LOS).

Beyond the inhaled nitric oxide in persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.

Persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN) is a consequence of failed pulmonary vascular transition at birth and leads to pulmonary hypertension with shunting of deoxygenated blood across the ductus arteriosus (DA) and foramen ovale (FO) resulting in severe hypoxemia, and it may eventually lead to life-threatening circulatory failure. PPHN is a serious event affecting both term and preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. It is often associated with diseases such as congenital diaphragmatic hernia, meconium aspiration, sepsis, congenital pneumonia, birth asphyxia and respiratory distress syndrome.

Estimating the Probability of Rare Events Occurring Using a Local Model Averaging.

In statistical applications, logistic regression is a popular method for analyzing binary data accompanied by explanatory variables. But when one of the two outcomes is rare, the estimation of model parameters has been shown to be severely biased and hence estimating the probability of rare events occurring based on a logistic regression model would be inaccurate. In this article, we focus on estimating the probability of rare events occurring based on logistic regression models.

Bird's Eye View of a Neonatologist: Clinical Approach to Emergency Neonatal Infection.

Though the incidence of neonatal infection in term and near-term infants is relatively low, incidence of infection in preterm very low birth weight infants is as high as 20-30% and may result in neurodevelopmental impairment or mortality. Pediatricians should be familiar with recognition and emergency management of life-threatening neonatal infections, such as congenital pneumonia, early onset sepsis, late onset sepsis, bacterial and fungal meningitis, disseminated neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV), and HSV meningoencephalitis. For the pediatrician, it is logical to approach the management of these infections by time of onset, i.

Critical role of IL-6 in dendritic cell-induced allergic inflammation of asthma.

Unlabelled: Interleukin (IL)-6 plays important roles in autoimmunity and inflammation and is essential for T helper (Th) 2 and Th17 differentiation. However, whether it is involved in the development and function of dendritic cells (DCs) during allergen-induced airway inflammation and airway hyper-reactivity (AHR) remains undefined. In this study, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Der p)-induced airway inflammation and AHR were studied in IL-6 knockout (KO) mice.