A 9-year-old male patient with congenital dextrocardia and congenital asplenia history was
seen in the emergency room due to parental concern for dehydration as a result of gastritis of …

200 Improving Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality in the 21st Century—Competencies
Required of Future Medical Laboratory Science Practitioners

This paper examines self-efficacy to avoid cigarette smoking and its association with smoking
and quitting behavior, peer and worksite influences, nicotine dependence, and socio-…

… AM Stoddard et al. … AM Stoddard et al. … Gortmaker, Nancy Rigotti, and Michael Segal
and Ellen Frank, Judy Foley, and Jeanne M. Medas. This work would not have …

Worksites represent an untapped resource for reaching teens with tobacco control messages,
given that 80% of teens have held at least one job by the time they graduate from high …

Objectives:To describe the feasibility of implementing evaluation methods for a worksite
tobacco control intervention for teens. Indicators of feasibility included employment stability, …

Purpose: Supplementation with lutein and/or zeaxanthin can reduce the risk of human eye
disease such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and improve visual function. …

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine the ability to identify thrombus within
the left atrial appendage (LAA) in the setting of atrial fibrillation (AF) using transthoracic …

OBJECTIVE Patients with type 2 diabetes are encouraged to lose weight, but excessive
weight loss in older adults may be a marker of poor health and subsequent mortality. We …

This phase 1 clinical trial assessed the safety and immunogenicity of a native outer membrane
vesicle (NOMV) vaccine prepared from a lpxL2(−) synX(−) mutant of strain 44/76 with …