Background The global emergence of infections caused by Enterobacteriaceae resistant to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins (ESCs) in intensive care units (ICUs) is, at least partly, driven by cross-transmission. Yet, individual transmission capacities of bacterial species have not been quantified. Methods In this post hoc analysis of a multicenter study in 13 European ICUs, prospective surveill...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Intracranial hemodynamic status varies in patients with unilateral significant carotid artery stenosis. It ranges from normal, because of sufficient collaterals, to poor, because of a severely reduced blood supply that puts the patient at an increased risk of stroke or cerebral ischemia. The present study examined patterns of abnormal cerebrovascular hemodynamics in patie...

BACKGROUND There is increasing recognition that the use of certain medications contributes to falls in seniors. Our objective was to update a previously completed meta-analysis looking at the association of medication use and falling to include relevant drug classes and new studies that have been completed since a previous meta-analysis. METHODS Studies were identified through a systematic se...

A source of illumination with good color properties, daylight or electric, should reveal a full range of colors, should enable good color discrimination between objects of similar spectral reflectance, and should not distort colors. We presently have only one recognized measure of color rendering in the lighting industry, color rendering index (CRI), developed in the early 1960s. However, CRI s...

One of the goals of psychological assessment focuses on the adaptation of its instruments to different populations. The objective of this study is to establish the psychometric properties and dimensional structure of the Spanish version of the Coping Responses Inventory-Adult Form (CRI-Adult, Moos, 1993). The following criteria were analyzed: a) descriptive statistics; b) internal consistency r...

Lighting plays an important role in supporting retail operations, from attracting customers, to enabling the evaluation of merchandise, to facilitating the completion of the sale. Lighting also contributes to the identity, comfort, and visual quality of a retail store. With the increasing availability and quality of white LEDs, retail lighting specifiers are now considering LED lighting in stor...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Cri Du Chat syndrome is a chromosomal disorder with peculiar clinical characteristics including airways abnormalities that require special care by anesthesiologists when handling those patients. OBJECTIVE To present a case of outpatient anesthesia in a patient with Cri Du Chat syndrome and discuss the anesthetic aspects related to this disorder. CASE REPORT Male pa...

Chronic renal insufficiency (CRI) is associated with growth failure in children and laboratory rats and is considered to be due, in part, to co-existent malnutrition. Alterations in hypothalamic control of growth hormone (GH) secretion have been suggested in uremic patients. We sought to determine whether factors unique to CRI play a role in this disturbance of GH regulation. Using in situ hybr...

Advanced technologies using polymerase-chain reaction have allowed for increased recognition of viral respiratory infections including pneumonia. Co-infections have been described for several respiratory viruses, especially with influenza. Outcomes of viral pneumonia, including cases with co-infections, have not been well described. This was observational cohort study conducted to describe hosp...

BACKGROUND New direct-acting antiviral agents for hepatitis C genotype 1 infection, boceprevir and telaprevir, offer enhanced sustained virologic response (SVR) among both treatment-naïve and treatment-experienced patients. AIM To determine the relative efficacy of the new direct-acting antiviral agents by applying a multiple treatment comparison meta-analysis. DESIGN We included published ...