Videolaryngoscopy during Urgent Cesarean Delivery: Association with Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Admission.

Objectives: Parturients are at increased risk for difficult airway management with subsequent fetal complications. Videolaryngoscopy was opined to be the new standard of airway care to facilitate orotracheal intubation under urgent care conditions. We examined in parturients requiring general anesthesia for urgent cesarean delivery the association of the type of laryngoscopy technique and time required to facilitate orotracheal intubation with the incidence of subsequent neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission.

The Significance of Physical Activity Education: A Survey of Medical Students.

Introduction: Less than 20% of US adults meet physical activity (PA) recommendations, yet few physicians provide consistent PA counseling. There is limited research on the state of education of PA counseling in medical school curricula. The purpose of this study was to analyze medical students' perspectives on the current state and perceived quality of PA education in medical school.

Analysis of Airway Management for Cesarean Delivery: Use of Risk and Proportion Differences.

Objectives: Securing the parturient airway is essential during general anesthesia for cesarean delivery. The purpose of this study was to compare inferior airway views provided by the use of three commonly available laryngoscopy blades-Macintosh, Miller, or Glidescope Mac-Style-to the incidence of difficult orotracheal intubation.

Methods: Following institutional review board approval, data from 449 electronic medical records in parturients undergoing general anesthesia for cesarean delivery were extracted during a 6-year period.

Effectiveness and Safety of Oral Anticoagulants Among Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Patients With Active Cancer.

Background: Patients with cancer are more likely to develop nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). Currently there are no definitive clinical trials or treatment guidelines for NVAF patients with concurrent cancer.

Objectives: This subgroup analysis of the ARISTOPHANES study compared the risk of stroke/systemic embolism (stroke/SE) and major bleeding (MB) among NVAF patients with active cancer who were prescribed non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) or warfarin.

Anxiety and Type 1 Diabetes Management: Guardian and Child Report in a Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic.

Background: Childhood anxiety prevents optimal diabetes management yet may be underrecognized by guardians.

Objective: We aimed to investigate associations among anxiety, diabetes treatment adherence, and diabetes symptom control through child and guardian report.

Methods: Cross-sectional pilot study surveying a convenience sample of children (ages 2-21) in a pediatric endocrinology clinic.

Elevated Lung Shunt Fraction as a Prognostic Indicator for Disease Progression and Metastasis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Purpose: To evaluate lung shunt fraction (LSF) as an early predictor for local disease progression or the development of metastatic disease.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective analysis was performed on 52 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent preradioembolization assessment, including the calculation of LSF. Comparison of preprocedural and postprocedural surveillance imaging was performed.

Prospective, randomized, controlled, proof-of-concept study of the Ghrelin mimetic ipamorelin for the management of postoperative ileus in bowel resection patients.

Background: Postoperative ileus is a significant clinical challenge lacking effective management strategies. Ghrelin-receptor stimulation has promotility effects in the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract.

Objective: This proof-of-concept, phase 2, randomized study evaluated the safety and efficacy of the ghrelin-receptor agonist ipamorelin in the treatment of postoperative ileus following abdominal surgery (ClinicalTrials.