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In 1985, the Journal published an article advocating elective cesarean delivery. 1 Although it was provocative, the article had little effect on obstetrical standards. At that time, most efforts within the discipline were focused on arresting the escalation of the rate of cesarean deliveries, 2 which had increased sharply during the preceding decade. Thus, despite that article, the rate of cesa...

We have additional fi ndings regarding our study in CHEST (May 2013) 1 of gastric-to-pulmonary aspiration in adult surgical patients undergoing elective intubation. Th e original study used an enzymatic assay for identifi cation of pepsin A. Since publication, our group has validated an enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) for pepsin A, which we subsequently used to analyze the same airway...

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background: surgical site infection is known as a common complication after cardiac surgery, and cefazolin is the best prophylactic antibiotic to prevent this complication. the goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of continuous and intermittent cefazolin for the prevention of superficial surgical site infection following off-pump coronary artery bypass (opcab). methods: this prospectiv...

there is limited literature on how to engage the rural women in agriculture and improve their contributions to household food security and income. this study aimed to contribute to literature on women engagement in agriculture through vegetable production using good agricultural practices. the empirical data used were drawn from technology demonstrations and experimentation, learning fields, an...