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8° vs Non-stiff 100.2°,
=0.001) and poorer function (Constant score - Stiff 23.5 vs Non-stiff 43.2,
<0.001). Post-operatively, both groups of patients had increased range of motion, strength and reported lesser pain compared to pre-operation. There were no significant differences in post-operative outcomes between both groups.

Single-stage surgery combining capsular release and rotator cuff repair is effective for patients with stiffness as they are able to achieve similar results to those without shoulder stiffness.
Single-stage surgery combining capsular release and rotator cuff repair is effective for patients with stiffness as they are able to achieve similar results to those without shoulder stiffness.
Hyponatremia is a common electrolyte disorder. This can be associated with nausea, disorientation and in more serious cases a decreased level of consciousness or neurological deficits. These symptoms may lead to increases in the cost of hospital care and significant morbidity. The purpose of this retrospective, observational cohort study is to investigate the impact of hyponatremia on patient and systems specific outcome measures in those undergoing elective, unilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA) at two hospitals in Auckland, New Zealand over a twelve-month period.

Patients were stratified into two groups based on the presence or absence of post-operative hyponatremia (defined as a blood sodium of <135mmol/L with a concurrent decrease of ≥5mmol/L between the pre- and post-operative recordings). Outcomes collected included Quality of Recovery - 15 (QOR) scores, time to assisted mobilisation, discharge ICD-10 complication codes and hospital length of stay.

During the study period 236 patients underwent surgery. Eighty-six (36.4%) patients met criteria for post-operative hyponatremia. This finding was associated with prolongation of the hospital length of stay (4.17 (3.26-5.18) versus 4.28 (3.31-5.45) days, p=0.031) and a reduction in the QOR score on the second post-operative day (113.0 (99.5-126.5) versus 105.0 (94.0-118.0), p=0.039). There was no difference in the time to assisted mobilisation.

Hyponatremia is a common finding following TKA. This abnormality is associated with small changes in patient specific outcome measures. These implications of these findings may become more significant in settings where same day or rapid discharge from hospital is targeted.
Hyponatremia is a common finding following TKA. This abnormality is associated with small changes in patient specific outcome measures. These implications of these findings may become more significant in settings where same day or rapid discharge from hospital is targeted.
To determine the relationship between Posterior Tibial slope in terms of medial and lateral in Anterior cruciate ligament deficient patients.

Magnetic resonance images (MRI) of the knee of 100 ACL injured patients and 100 ACL intact patients were studied. Their medial and lateral posterior tibial slopes were measured using MRI. Of 200 subjects, 100 (Male- 63, Female- 37) were controls, other 100 (Male - 68, Female-32) were ACL injured cases. Using DIACOM viewer software,the slopes of both medial and lateral slopes were measured. Range of Variation, mean value and standard deviation of medial tibial plateau slope (MTS), lateral tibia plateau slope (LTS) of controls and ACL injured patients were measured. The data collected were entered into Microsoft excel worksheet and analysed using statistical package for social sciences, Version 15.0 (SPSS Inc. Chicago, IL, USA). Distribution of data was confirmed using Shapiro's Wilk Test and appropriate parametric statistics were applied. For all analysis p value<0.05 was set to be significant.

In control (ACL uninjured) population mean MTS was 5.95° with SD 3.09°, mean LTS was 6.08° with SD 3.48°. In ACL injured population mean MTS 6.41° with SD 2.66°, mean LTS was 8.12° with SD 3.65°. So ACL injured population had MTS steeper than control population with no statistical significance (p value<0.27) and LTS was steeper than control population with statistical significance (p value<0.001),where as there were comparable results between male and females.

Our current results indicate that lateral PTS is a risk factor for patients with primary ACL tears as compared with ligament-intact controls. Therefore,PTS should be considered as independent modifiable risk factors in ACL injury.
Our current results indicate that lateral PTS is a risk factor for patients with primary ACL tears as compared with ligament-intact controls. Therefore,PTS should be considered as independent modifiable risk factors in ACL injury.There is an extensive literature on the causes of educational inequalities, and the life course consequences of educational attainment. Mendelian randomization, where genetic variants associated with exposures of interest are used as proxies for those exposures, often within an instrumental variables framework, has proven highly effective at elucidating the causal effects of several risk factors in the biomedical sciences. We discuss the potential for this approach to be used in the context of social and socio-economic exposures and outcomes, such as educational attainment.Vegetable intake is far below recommendations among African-American adolescents living in economically-underserved urban areas. While the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) helps overcome access barriers, vegetable intake remains challenging and novel interventions are required. R406 A two-year, multi-phase, school-based intervention was conducted at an urban, economically-underserved, and predominantly African-American high school in Baltimore, Maryland to determine whether stakeholder-informed addition of spices and herbs to NSLP vegetables would increase intake. The stakeholder engagement phase included assessment of NSLP vegetable attitudes/preferences among 43 school stakeholders and subsequent student sensory testing. The second phase was conducted in the school cafeteria and consisted of eight weeks comparing student intake of typical vegetable recipes versus otherwise-identical recipes with spices and herbs. 4,570 student lunch plates were included in the vegetable intake comparison. Vegetable intake was measured by lunch tray plate waste.
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