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Maternal obesity is associated with a small increase in child behavior problems

Maternal Obesity Tied to Increase in Child Behavior Problems

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Increase in internalizing behaviors, externalizing behaviors, and attention problems
A protocolized handover process correlates with a sustained reduction in the number of errors for children being transferred to the intensive care unit after cardiac surgery

Protocolized Handover Process Sustainable for Reducing Errors

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Improved handover process is sustainable for children being transferred to ICU after cardiac sx
Incretin-based drugs are not associated with increased risk of hospitalization for heart failure

Incretin-Based Drugs Don’t Up Heart Failure Hospitalization Risk

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Rate of hospitalization for heart failure not up among those with or without a history of heart failure
If offered $50

Financial Compensation May Encourage Kidney Donation

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59 percent of survey respondents said that $50,000 would make them more likely to donate a kidney
Esophageal rupture can occur in association with colonoscopy preparation

Esophageal Rupture Described After Drinking PEG Solution

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Case report describes 71-year-old man with severe epigastralgia and dyspnea after drinking PEG
More women in the United States are choosing to deliver their babies at home or in birth centers

More U.S. Women Opting for Out-of-Hospital Births

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Most tended to be low-risk pregnancies, and Pacific Northwest saw greatest increase
The Zika virus likely arrived in the Americas between May and December 2013

Genome Sequencing IDs Time of Zika’s Arrival in the Americas

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Findings suggest one person carried the virus to the region in 2013
High intake of dietary vitamin C may help delay the onset of cataracts

Diet High in Vitamin C May Help Delay Cataract Formation

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Key is to get the nutrient from foods rather than a supplement, researchers say
A case of acquired syphilis leading to involvement of the bone marrow and liver is described in a report published online March 22 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Report of Bone Marrow/Liver Pathology Caused by Syphilis

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Case study describes 65-year-old patient with late-latent syphilis with normocytic anemia
Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) who survive one week or more of mechanical ventilation can be stratified into disability groups based on age and ICU length of stay

Age, ICU LOS Can Stratify Patients Into Disability Groups

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Seven-day post-ICU Functional Independence Measure determines recovery trajectory to one year