Catheter exit site/tunnel infections are a major cause of S. aureus peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. Hence, the prevention of ESI and tunnel infection due to S. aureus is important. A number of studies have reported that the application of mupirocin ointment intranasally or to the catheter exit site prophylactically, reduces S. aureus ESI/tunnel infection and peritonitis when c...

The electrospray ionization (ESI) is a complex process and there has been a long debate regarding the gas-phase effect on ion generation in the process. In this paper we investigated the effect of liquid chromatographic mobile phase additives (formic acid, aqueous ammonia and their combination) on the ESI signal intensities for a wide variety of compounds. The addition of a trace amount of aque...

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI MS) is a versatile analytical technique in glycomics of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). Combined with enzymology, ESI MS is used for assessing changes in disaccharide composition of GAGs biosynthesized under different environmental or physiological conditions. ESI coupled with high-resolution mass analyzers such as a Fourier transform mass spectrometer ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of triage is to identify patients needing immediate resuscitation, to assign patients to a pre-designed patient care area, and to initiate diagnostic/therapeutic measures as appropriate. This study aimed to use emergency severity index (ESI) in a pediatric emergency room. METHODS From July 2006 to August 2010, a total of 21 904 patients visited the International Departm...

Increasingly, Americans are relying on coverage through a family member to maintain continuous insurance when their own employersponsored insurance (ESI) ends. Meanwhile, employers have responded by limiting access to and imposing surcharges on dependent coverage elections. Between 2005 and 2013, adults who transitioned off ESI became likely to enroll in a non-group plan and were twice as likel...

Ion-mobility spectrometry (IMS) in conjunction with radioactive ionization sources has been employed for field-portable applications for the past two decades. Recently, electrospray ionization (ESI) sources have been shown as a viable ionization source with IMS instruments, enabling the analysis of many nonvolatile compounds. Introduction of a liquid-sheath-flow ESI source enabled the direct an...

OBJECTIVES Recently, there have been increasing concerns about the emergence of mupirocin resistance and increased infections due to lowered inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus. We conducted this systemic analysis to find out whether the application of mupirocin was effective for the prevention of exit-site infection (ESI) and peritonitis in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). METHO...

Emergency Department (ED) crowding is a major problem in the U.S. like in many other countries worldwide. This problem is adversely affecting the safety of the patients who rely on receiving a timely treatment in EDs. As a part of solving this problem, a triage process is utilized. Triage is a pre-hospital process by which patients are sorted according to the severity of their illnesses or inju...

Changes in the Composition of the Workforce and Their Effects on the Future of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance By Gregory Acs and Linda J. Blumberg In this paper, we examine how projected changes in the US economy and workforce may affect employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) for workers. We develop a multivariate model of ESI coverage and use it to forecast coverage rates in 2008 under...

The average energy exDended to create an electron-hole pair in silicon ESi(T) has been measured in the 5-3200K temperature range with thin totally depleted surface barrier and diffused junction radiation detectors. The data have been normalized to a value of ESi (3000K) = 3.62 eV. A dependence of ESi on T much weaker than previously published by other authors has been observed. In the examined ...