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ISSUE ADDRESSED Support for broad policies to prevent childhood obesity is not clear. This study aimed to investigate the level of support for state government health promotion policies among mothers with infants and its associated factors. METHODS This secondary analysis of data from 1155 mothers in NSW assessed approval for six policy options derived from public health approaches to obesity. Descriptive statistics were used to show the extent of policy approval across the cohort. Logistic regression models tested associations between perceived susceptibility and perceived severity of childhood obesity and approval of each policy option. RESULTS The proportion of mothers who felt these policy options were 'about the right amount' (56-68%) or 'not going far enough' (24-36%), collectively represented 89-95% approval of government intervention. In comparison, 5-11% felt that these policies were 'going too far'. Factors associated with their levels of support varied between each policy option, based on mothers' characteristics and perceptions of childhood obesity. CONCLUSION These findings indicate high support for government intervention to prevent obesity among mothers in NSW and support health promotion advocacy in this area. SO WHAT? Governments should give due consideration to implementing each of the six policy options and prioritise the implementation of restrictions on fast food advertising in publicly owned or controlled areas. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.BACKGROUND AND AIM Anterior mediastinal masses which invade the great vessels and heart are rare. We report a case of a 76-year-old male presenting with a large invasive anterior mediastinal mass following recent cardiac surgery (coronary artery bypass grafting and aortic valve replacement via sternotomy). MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a case report study with clinical patient information retrieved from hospital electronic records. RESULTS Computed tomography scanning revealed a large heterogeneous 6.5 × 7.2 × 7.0 cm right anterior mediastinal mass. The mass directly propagated via the left innominate vein into the superior vena cava (SVC) and proximal right atrium. The patient underwent redo sternotomy with the aid of cardiopulmonary bypass and hypothermic circulatory arrest to remove the mass. The mass was sitting in the right pleural cavity and was adherent to the right lung and pericardium. Tumor material was removed from the right atrium, SVC and left innominate vein. The mass was excised en bloc along with a portion of the upper lobe of the right lung. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION Histology of the mass revealed the diagnosis of invasive type A thymoma with transvenous and transcardiac invasion. We advocate for surgeons to be aggressive in their operative resection of such tumours to ensure the best prognostic outlook for the patient. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Biallelic variants of the gene DNAJC12, which encodes a cochaperone, were recently described in patients with hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA). This paper reports the retrospective genetic analysis of a cohort of unsolved cases of HPA. Biallelic variants of DNAJC12 were identified in 20 patients (generally neurologically asymptomatic) previously diagnosed with phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) deficiency (phenylketonuria [PKU]). Further, mutations of DNAJC12 were identified in four carriers of a pathogenic variant of PAH. The genetic spectrum of DNAJC12 in the present patients included four new variants, two intronic changes c.298-2A>C and c.502+1G>C, presumably affecting the splicing process, and two exonic changes c.309G>T (p.Trp103Cys) and c.524G>A (p.Trp175Ter), classified as variants of unknown clinical significance (VUS). The variant p.Trp175Ter was detected in 83% of the mutant alleles, with 14 cases homozygous, and was present in 0.3% of a Spanish control population. Functional analysis indicated a significant reduction in PAH and its activity, reduced tyrosine hydroxylase stability, but no effect on tryptophan hydroxylase 2 stability, classifying the two VUS as pathogenic variants. Additionally, the effect of the overexpression of DNAJC12 on some destabilizing PAH mutations was examined and a mutation-specific effect on stabilization was detected suggesting that the proteostasis network could be a genetic modifier of PAH deficiency and a potential target for developing mutation-specific treatments for PKU. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.The current Covid-19 pandemic is a significant global health threat. The outbreak has profoundly affected all healthcare professionals, including heart surgeons. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/Rapamycin.html To adapt to these exceptional circumstances, cardiac surgeons had to change their practice significantly. We herein discuss the challenges and broad implications of the Covid-19 pandemic from the perspective of the heart surgeons. © 2020 The Authors. Journal of Cardiac Surgery published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Surgical management of patients affected by structural valve deterioration of bioprostheses in tricuspid valve position represents a challenge. Furthermore, transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation (TVIVI) recently emerged as an interesting option in high-risk surgical patients. When surgery is performed, replacement of the dysfunctional tricuspid bioprosthesis could be a difficult procedure due to the risk of heart rupture during the prosthesis removal. Herein we report the case of a 52-year-old female patient in which a transcatheter TVIVI was successfully performed under direct vision as a bailout strategy due to the impossibility of bioprosthesis removal. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.We report a case of successful heart and liver transplantation requiring intraoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for primary cardiac allograft dysfunction in a patient with Fontan failure. A successful outcome for both the heart and the liver can be achieved with the timely management of ECMO support. In describing our experiences treating a Fontan patient requiring multiorgan transplantation, we have shown that challenging cases such as this one can have successful outcomes if multidisciplinary collaborations and proper treatment strategies are utilized at the optimal timing, along with family support and patient cooperation. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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