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Humans ; Male ; Nursing* ; Urinary Incontinence*

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Humans ; Infant* ; Zinc*

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Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effects of aroma foot baths on stress and sleep in terminally ill cancer patients. Methods: We performed a non-randomized interventioncontrol study with 30 terminal cancer patients who were admitted to a palliative care unit.Participants responded to questionnaires on stress and sleep before and after a 5-day interval. The intervention group received a daily aroma foot bath for 5 days. We performed multivariate regression analysis to examine the changes in outcomes on stress and sleep for the intervention group compared to the control group. Results: The differences in baseline characteristics between groups, excluding subjective economic status and general weakness, did not show statistical significance. In contrast to the control group, the intervention group showed a statistically significant change in physical stress and psychological stress levels, but significant changes were not observed in quality of sleep. Compared to the control group, the intervention group showed a significant reduction in physical stress (P=0.068) and psychological stress (P=0.021). Conclusion Aroma foot baths are effective for reducing stress in patients hospitalized with terminal cancer.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effects of aroma foot baths on stress and sleep in terminally ill cancer patients. Methods: We performed a non-randomized interventioncontrol study with 30 terminal cancer patients who were admitted to a palliative care unit.Participants responded to questionnaires on stress and sleep before and after a 5-day interval. The intervention group received a daily aroma foot bath for 5 days. We performed multivariate regression analysis to examine the changes in outcomes on stress and sleep for the intervention group compared to the control group. Results: The differences in baseline characteristics between groups, excluding subjective economic status and general weakness, did not show statistical significance. In contrast to the control group, the intervention group showed a statistically significant change in physical stress and psychological stress levels, but significant changes were not observed in quality of sleep. Compared to the control group, the intervention group showed a significant reduction in physical stress (P=0.068) and psychological stress (P=0.021). Conclusion Aroma foot baths are effective for reducing stress in patients hospitalized with terminal cancer.

BACKGROUNG: The Metabolic Syndrome is highly associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease. C-reactive protein (CRP), a sensitive systemic marker of inflammation, is considered to show an association with risk of coronary heart disease. This study was done to assess the association of circulating levels of CRP with different components of the Metabolic Syndrome. METHODS: Total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), HDL cholesterol, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, fasting glucose, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), blood pressure (BP), and CRP were measured in 1,203 men and women who have visited the Health Promotion Center in Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital. The relationship of CRP and variables of the metabolic syndrome using t-test and regression analysis as assessed. RESULTS:CRP was associated with BMI (P<0.001), waist circumference (P<0.0001), diastolic blood pressure (P= 0.004), HDL cholesterol (P=0.015), and TG (P<0.0001). Subjects with the Metabolic Syndrome had a significantly higher CRP concentration (0.89 mg/L) than individuals without the metabolic syndrome (0.33 mg/L, P<0.0001). CONCLUSION: CRP seems to be related to variables of the metabolic syndrome. The data suggest that a variety of features of the metabolic syndrome are associated with systemic inflammation.
Blood Pressure ; Body Mass Index ; C-Reactive Protein* ; Cholesterol ; Cholesterol, HDL ; Coronary Disease ; Fasting ; Female ; Glucose ; Health Promotion ; Heart ; Humans ; Inflammation ; Male ; Triglycerides ; Waist Circumference

Biliary atresia is a progressive obliterative cholangiopathy, but its actual causes are still unknown. However, a number of factors, such as developmental malformation, viral infection, toxicity of bile constituents and an anatomical abnormality in the hepatobiliary system, have been considered. Herein, two very unusual cases of biliary atresia, associated with ileal atresia, are reported. The pathogenesis of this particular type of biliary atresia is still a matter for debate.
Bile ; Biliary Atresia* ; Intestinal Atresia

PURPOSE: Past studies have reported that S-allylcysteine (SAC) inhibits the migration and invasion of cancer cells through the restoration of E-cadherin, the reduction of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) and Slug protein expression, and inhibition of the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Furthermore, evidence is emerging that shows that ROS induced by radiation could increase Met activation. Following on these reports of SAC and Met, we investigated whether SAC could suppress Met activation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Wound healing, invasion, 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium (MTT), soft agar colony forming, western blotting, and gelatin zymography assays were performed in the human nasopharyngeal cancer cell lines HNE1 and HONE1 treated with SAC (0, 10, 20, or 40 mM) and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF). RESULTS: This study showed that SAC could suppress the migration and invasion of HNE1 and HONE1 cell lines by inhibiting p-Met. An increase of migration and invasion induced by HGF and its decrease in a dose dependent manner by SAC in wound healing and invasion assays was observed. The reduction of p-Met by SAC was positively correlated with p-focal adhesion kinase (p-FAK) and p-extracellular related kinase (p-ERK in both cell lines). SAC reduced Slug, MMP2, and MMP9 involved in migration and invasion with the inhibition of Met-FAK signaling. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that SAC inhibited not only Met activation but also the downstream FAK, Slug, and MMP expression. Finally, SAC may be a potent anticancer compound for nasopharyngeal cancer treated with radiotherapy.
Agar ; Blotting, Western ; Cadherins ; Cell Line ; Emigration and Immigration ; Gastropoda ; Gelatin ; Hepatocyte Growth Factor* ; Hepatocytes* ; Humans ; Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms* ; Phosphotransferases ; Radiotherapy ; Reactive Oxygen Species ; Wound Healing

Delayed gastric emptying (DGE)commonly occurs after Nissen fundoplication in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease. Since the understanding of its pathogenesis is insufficient, an effective method of management has not yet been suggested. The authors report a case of a 16-year-old girl with DGE after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication and treated with intravenous injection of low dose erythromycin.
Adolescent ; Erythromycin ; Fundoplication ; Gastric Emptying ; Gastroesophageal Reflux ; Gastroparesis ; Humans ; Injections, Intravenous