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ONS the ADNEX model could probably be successfully applied when an expert examiner is not available and, therefore both a subjective assessment and the two-step strategy cannot be performed. OBJECTIVES Many providers often use terms such as "this might hurt", or "you might feel pressure" during exams with the intention to be compassionate and to help decrease discomfort. No evidence exists to support this practice. Our objective was to evaluate the impact of the use of words with unpleasant emotional connotation on perceived discomfort at the time of vaginal speculum examination. STUDY DESIGN A randomized trial was performed on premenopausal women undergoing a routine well-woman speculum exam. 120 total patients were included and randomized into one of two groups; phrases with unpleasant connotation (n = 60) vs. objective phrases (n = 60). During the speculum exam, the provider used either phrases with unpleasant connotation (i.e., "You are going to feel a lot of pressure"), or objective phrases (i.e., "I am going to introduce the speculum"). Following the exam, patients were asked to rate the level of discomfort/pain experienced during the exam and to compare their actual experience to their anticipated experience. Descriptive statistics were performed. Chi-square and independent samples t-test were used with a significance of p less then 0.05. RESULTS Patients in the phrases with unpleasant connotation group had significantly higher pain scores than the objective phrases group (2.9 ± 1.5 vs. 0.8 ± 0.8 (p less then .01)). The majority of the patients in the phrases with unpleasant connotation group reported the exam "as painful as anticipated" or "more painful than anticipated" whereas the majority of the patients in the objective phrases group reported the exam as "pain free" or "less painful than anticipated". CONCLUSION Healthcare providers performing speculum examinations should use objective statements and avoid the use of phrases with unpleasant connotation with the intention to minimize perceived pain during exams. OBJECTIVE To present a comprehensive evaluation of anterior/apical and/or posterior prolapse repair systems with a focus on safety and surgical efficacy. METHODS Two hundred and twenty women with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) stage II-IV were referred for single-incision transvaginal mesh procedures in a single institution. Pre- and postoperative assessments included pelvic examination, urodynamic studies, and personal interviews about patients' quality of life and urinary symptoms. RESULTS The anatomical success rate was 92.3 % (203/220), regardless of primary or de-novo POP, at 12-38 month follow-up. The POP quantification parameters, except total vaginal length, improved significantly after surgery (p less then 0.05). Complications included bladder injury (one case), mesh exposure (six cases) and urinary retention that required intermittent catheterization (five cases). There were no cases of bowel injury during surgery. The results indicated that 29 % of patients had de-novo stress urinary incontinence and 7.7 % of patients had de-novo POP after surgery. CONCLUSION The apical vaginal suspension system is a safe and effective procedure, creating good anatomical restoration and significant improvement in quality of life. However, the rate of de-novo POP in the anterior compartment of the vagina (31.8 %) seems high after treatment with apical and posterior prolapse repair systems. BACKGROUND Offspring of individuals with bipolar disorder (BD) are at greater risk for developing BD. Adiponectin (ADP), a hormone produced by adipocytes, plays a central role in energy homeostasis, insulin sensitivity and inflammatory response. ADP is negatively correlated with Body Mass Index (BMI) and is abnormal in patients with BD. Understanding the role of ADP among these offspring may help identify those likely to develop BD. The primary objective of this paper was to compare ADP levels among offspring of individuals with BD (symptomatic [SO], and asymptomatic [AO]) to offspring of healthy parents (HC). The role of ADP on cognition and ROI-based gray matter values in SO and AO offspring was secondarily assessed and compared to HC. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in China by the Guangzhou Brain Hospital in offspring of individuals with and without BD. Participants underwent neuropsychiatric and cognitive assessments, MRI scans and blood analyses. BMI z-scores (zBMI) were calculated adjusting for age and gender. RESULTS Analyses included 117 participants (HC = 48, AO = 36, SO = 33). No significant differences were observed in plasma levels of ADP optical density (OD) among HC, AO and SO participants. No significant interaction effects on cognition were observed between symptomatic status and ADP OD, symptomatic status and BMI z-score, nor symptomatic status, zBMI and ADP OD. Multivariate tests revealed a significant interaction between offspring symptomatic status, ADP OD, and zBMI on gray matter volume in the right cerebellum (p = 0.05). CONCLUSION These findings suggest that an interaction exists between BMI and CNS structure. BACKGROUND The development and validation of clinical outcome measures to detect early cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers is imperative. Semantic intrusions on the Loewenstein Acevedo Scales of Semantic Interference and Learning (LASSI-L) has outperformed widely used cognitive measures as an early correlate of elevated brain amyloid in prodromal AD and has distinguished those with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and high amyloid load from aMCI attributable to other non-AD conditions. METHODS Since intrusion errors on memory tasks vary widely, we employed a novel method that accounts for the percentage of intrusion errors (PIE) in relation to total responses. Individuals with either high or low amyloid load across the spectrum of aMCI and dementia and amyloid negative cognitively normal older adults (CN) were studied. RESULTS Mean PIE on indices sensitive to proactive semantic interference (PSI) and failure to recover from proactive semantic interference (frPSI) could distinguish amyloid positive from amyloid negative aMCI and dementia groups. Number of correct responses alone, while able to differentiate the different diagnostic groups, did not differentiate amyloid positive aMCI from their counterparts without amyloid pathology. CONCLUSIONS PIE, a novel and sensitive index of early memory dysfunction, demonstrated high levels of sensitivity and specificity in differentiating CN from amyloid positive persons with preclinical AD. Mean levels of PIE are higher for amyloid positive aMCI and dementia participants relative to their amyloid negative counterparts. Plant are better engineers than us. They reproducibly create new organs while we are still far from being able to engineer plant morphogenesis. It is challenging to understand plant morphogenesis due to its complexity. Complex intersecting regulatory networks often mask general principles. Cells and molecular regulators typically behave variably yet the plant uses these inputs to achieve robust outcomes. Regulatory networks often act in the non-linear range near tipping points such that small stochastic variations are used to make important developmental decisions. With the recent employment of 4D growth tracking combined with quantitative analysis of regulatory networks and computational modeling, we now have better capacity to explore and embrace the complexity of plant organ morphogenesis. PURPOSE To evaluate adverse events of fluorescein angiography (FA) in pediatric patients. DESIGN Single-institution retrospective chart review. THAL-SNS-032 PARTICIPANTS Patients 0 to 18 years of age who underwent FA between January 2010 and December 2015 at a single institution in the United States. METHODS Pediatric patients who underwent FA by 3 surgeons were included in the study. Patients with fewer than 24 hours of documented follow-up were excluded. Significant adverse events within 24 hours of FA were evaluated. Detailed intraoperative and perioperative physiological parameters, including heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and ventilation parameters, in inpatients undergoing simultaneous examination under anesthesia were reviewed. Peri-injection effects of FA were evaluated by 2-tailed paired t test comparison of mean 5-minute preinjection and 5-minute postinjection physiological data. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Significant adverse events associated with FA. RESULTS One hundred fifteen patients with a totaled directly with systemic adverse events in pediatric patients in this study. Younger patients more commonly were found to require an inpatient FA, whereas older patients older than 4 years underwent outpatient UWFA. PURPOSE Mutations in the CLN2 gene lead to a neurodegenerative and blinding lysosomal storage disorder late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofucinosis, also known as "CLN2 disease." The purpose of the current study was to characterize the evolution of CLN2-associated retinal manifestations using the Weill Cornell Batten Scale (WCBS) and the age association of the retinal degeneration using central subfield thickness (CST) measurements and then correlate these findings with fundus photography and OCT to determine a critical period for retinal intervention. DESIGN Retrospective, single-center cohort. PARTICIPANTS Eighty-four eyes of 42 treatment-naïve patients with CLN2 disease. METHODS Clinical records, fundus photographs, and OCT imaging for patients with CLN2 disease collected during examinations under anesthesia were reviewed. Imaging was categorized per WCBS criteria by 3 masked graders. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES CLN2-associated retinopathy assessed using WCBS scores, fundus photographs, and OCT imaging, correlat with retina-specific CLN2 gene therapy should occur ideally before or as early as possible within this critical period. The WCBS is a valuable tool and is highly correlated with the extent of retinal degeneration observed in OCT or fundus photographs; by using the fellow eye as a control, this grading scale can be used to monitor the effect of CLN2 gene therapy in future trials. In this study, the feasibility and efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Daily Life (ACT-DL), ACT augmented with a daily life application, was investigated in 55 emerging adults (age 16 to 25) with subthreshold depressive and/or psychotic complaints. Participants were randomized to ACT-DL (n = 27) or to active control (n = 28), with assessments completed at pre- and post-measurement and 6- and 12-months follow-up. It took up to five (ACT-DL) and 11 (control) months to start group-based interventions. Participants attended on average 4.32 out of 5 ACT-DL sessions. On the app, they filled in on average 69 (48%) of signal-contingent beep-questionnaires, agreed to 15 (41%) of offered beep-exercises, initiated 19 on-demand exercises, and rated ACT-DL metaphors moderately useful. Relative to active control, interviewer-rated depression scores decreased significantly in ACT-DL participants (p = .027). Decreases in self-reported depression, psychotic-related distress, anxiety, and general psychopathology did not differ between conditions.
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