OBJECTIVE Development of an evaluation tool of psychosocial constructs for use by participants in 2 federal programs, Food Stamp Nutrition Education and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program. DESIGN Cross-sectional data from a longitudinal study. PARTICIPANTS Limited-resource women (n = 111) living in low-income communities. MEASURES Test-retest reliability, internal consisten...

Endovascular intervention has become the first-line therapy for aortoiliac occlusive disease because of lower operative mortality and morbidities. However, there is little data comparing outcomes prolonged complex endovascular procedures with those open bypasses. In this study, we asked whether longer time adversely affects cases at what point long negates benefits over The American College Sur...

OBJECTIVE. To determine the effectiveness of an automated ultraviolet-C (UV-C) emitter against vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), Clostridium difficile, and Acinetobacter spp. in patient rooms. DESIGN. Prospective cohort study. SETTING. Two tertiary care hospitals. PARTICIPANTS. Convenience sample of 39 patient rooms from which a patient infected or colonized with 1 of the 3 targeted patho...

OBJECTIVE To compare the quality of referrals of patients with complex medical problems from nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs), and physicians to general internists. PATIENTS AND METHODS We conducted a retrospective comparison study involving regional referrals to an academic medical center from January 1, 2009, through December 31, 2010. All 160 patients referred by NPs a...

BACKGROUND The recently introduced concept of health care-associated pneumonia (HCAP), referring to patients with frequent healthcare contacts and at higher risk of contracting resistant pathogens, is controversial. METHODS This prospective observational study recorded the clinical features, microbiology, and outcomes in a UK cohort of hospitalized patients with pneumonia. The primary outcome...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The goal of this study is to obtain updated surveillance statistics for hysterectomy procedures in the United States and identify factors associated with undergoing a minimally invasive approach to hysterectomy. METHODS A cross-sectional analysis of the 2009 United States Nationwide Inpatient Sample was performed. Subjects included all women aged 18 years or older wh...

BACKGROUND Up to 40% of women gain excessive weight during pregnancy. Obesity complications and risks in parturient women undergoing cesarean section (CS) with different anesthetic methods remain unknown. This study aimed to assess the safety and risk of obese women undergoing CS delivery with various perioperative anesthetic methods. METHODS Seven hundred ninety parturient women underwent CS...

INTRODUCTION Despite a substantial body of literature refuting an association between third molar eruption and crowding of the anterior dentition, the issue continues to be controversial. METHODS A survey was developed to evaluate and compare the current opinions of orthodontists (n = 393) and oral and maxillofacial surgeons (n = 458) regarding the link between third molars and the developmen...

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES To evaluate the relationship between measurements of lung volume (LV) on inspiratory/expiratory computed tomography (CT) scans, pulmonary function tests (PFT), and CT measurements of emphysema in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-six smokers (20 females and 26 males; age range 46-81 years), enrolled in the Lung Tissue ...