The influence of location and extent of myocardial infarction on long-term ventricular dysrhythmia and mortality.
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K Schechtman
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Beliefs about smoking and diabetes care.
The purpose of this study was to address the following questions: 1) Do smokers with diabetes believe that cigarettes have favorable outcomes associated with diabetes management? 2) Do smokers with diabetes believe that quitting smoking negatively impacts diabetes management? 3) Do smokers with diabetes perceive significant others as being supportive of attempts to quit smoking? and 4) What is the relationship between these factors and attitude toward quitting smoking? Patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) completed a measure of Attitude Toward Quitting Smoking, which assessed desire and confidence in ability to achieve cessation, and the Diabetes and Smoking Beliefs Questionnaire, which assessed beliefs regarding cigarettes and diabetes management. Smokers whose attitudes reflected less desire to quit and less confidence in doing so reported that cigarettes had utility in diabetes management, that quitting has negative effects on diabetes, and perceived significant others as only moderately supportive of attempts to quit smoking. Implications of these findings for diabetes education are discussed.
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Neonatal and infantile pulmonary hemorrhage: an autopsy study with clinical correlation.
We studied the clinicopathologic features of pulmonary hemorrhage in autopsied infants less than 1 year of age for a 12-month period. There were 70 liveborns (LB) and 24 stillborns (SB). The percentage of LB with pulmonary hemorrhage (PH), pulmonary interstitial emphysema (PIE), hyaline membrane disease (HMD), acute bronchopneumonia (ABP), congenital malformations (CM), and surgery (SUR) were analyzed according to weeks of estimated gestational age (EGA) and as an entire group. Overall, 74% of LB and 24% of SB had histologic evidence of PH. A semiquantitative evaluation of the extent of PH among the LB infants disclosed that hemorrhage involved less than one-third of the observed lung tissue in 42%, one-third to two-thirds of the lung was hemorrhagic in 15%, and the remaining 42% had more than two-thirds hemorrhagic lung parenchyma. A total of 31 clinical and pathologic factors were evaluated for their possible association or relationship to PH. Statistical analysis revealed that hyaline membranes and hemorrhage in other extrapulmonary sites were the only significant associations with PH. PH was more frequent in premature infants born between 24 and 39 weeks EGA and was always associated with multiple other conditions. Although the autopsy finding of hemorrhage in the lungs is relatively frequent in the population we studied, it appears that PH as a primary phenomenon in infants is extremely rare, if it occurs at all.
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A community research partnership to improve the diet of African Americans.
OBJECTIVE: To describe a community research partnership in which a national parent education organization collaborated with academic institutions to develop a dietary change program for underserved African American parents. METHODS: Qualitative methods were used to characterize issues that impacted partnership operations. RESULTS: Data are reported on partnership activities including program development and implementation with African American parents. Lessons learned and strategies for improving the partnership are presented. CONCLUSIONS: Ongoing assessment and evaluation of how a partnership operates, especially in the context of multiple sites, are important to sustaining successful functioning.
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