bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Transition Towards Transradial Approach Improves Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction PCI
Authors: Kalpak Oliver , Donev Donco , Pejkov Hristo , Antov Slobodan , Kalpak Gjorgji , Kedev Sasko 
Published: October 2017

AbstractIntroduction and aim: Transradial (TRA) instead of transfemoral (TFA) approach strategy has been presented in research literature as superior access strategy especially for acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). There is a paucity of registry-based data of outcomes from default TRA strategy compared to TFA.Materials and methods: All-comers STEMI PCI institutional Registry identified 1808 consecutive patients in time-frame of 40 months from 2007 to 2010, without making any exclusions. Moreover, we applied Propensity Score Matching (PSM) to replace randomization, address the potential confounding and selection bias. PSM derived 565 congruent pairs of patients from the groups.Results: After 30 days the primary composite endpoint of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) was in favor of TRA 6.5% vs. 12.4% in TFA group, simultaneously secondary endpoints of death in TRA with rate of 4.8% and with rate of 10.1% in TFA. Moreover, the rate of major access related bleeding was 1.1% in TRA vs. 8.5% in TFA, in contrast the major non-access related bleeding was 1.8% and 2.4% respectively showed no significant difference. One year Kaplan Meier survival plots were in favor of TRA.Conclusions: Default transradial access strategy is associated with improved STEMI PCI outcomes.
Hypoglycaemia in the Newborn
Authors: Stomnaroska Orhideja , Petkovska Elizabeta , Ivanovska Sanja , Jancevska Snezana , Danilovski Dragan 
Published: October 2017

AbstractAim:Severe neonatal hypoglycaemia (HG) leads to neurologic damage, mental retardation, epilepsy, impaired cardiac performance and muscle weakness. The aim was to assess the frequency and severity of HG in a population of newborns.Patients and methods:We investigated 739 patients with neonatal hypoglycaemia (HG) (M:F=370:369) born at the University Clinic for Gynaecology and Obstetritics in Skopje in the period 2014-2016 and treated at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). 1416 babies were treated in the same period in NICU, and HG was observed in 52.18%. The birth weight was dominated by children with low birth weight: very low birth weight (VLBW)(<1500g) 253 children, (34,23%), low birth weight (1500-2500g) 402 (54.39%), appropriate for gestational age (AGA) 78(10.55%), and high birth weight (>4000g) 6 babies (0.81%). The gestational age was also dominated by children with low gestational age: gestational week (GW) 20-25 four children (0.54%), 26-30 GW 133 babies (17.99%), 31-35 GW472 (63.87%), and 36-40 GW130 neonates (17.59 %).241 mothers (32.61%) have had an infection during pregnancy, 82 preeclampsia or eclampsia (11.09%), 20 diabetes mellitus (2.70%), 78 placental situations (placenta previa, abruption) (10.55%). In this study 47 babies (6.35%) with HG and co-morbidities died.There was a significant positive correlation between HG birth weight (p<0.01), gestational age (p<0.05), and the lowest Apgar score (p<0.01). Neonatal deaths were significantly correlated with GA (р>0,01), co-morbidities of the mothers (р>0,05) but not with the birth weight (р>0,05). In contrast, a significant positive correlation was found between convulsions and body weight (р<0.05). The lowest Apgar score was positively correlated with the gestational age (0.01), but not with the birth weight (0.05).Conclusion:Low birth weight, low gestational age, maternal risk factors, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and neonatal infections are associated with HG and are a significant factor in overall neonatal mortality. Those results indicate that diminishing the frequency of the neonatal HG and the rates of neonatal mortality requires complex interaction of prenatal and postnatal interventions.
Surgical Treatment of Pleural Empyema – Our Results
Authors: Kondov Goran , Spirovski Zoran , Kondova-Topuzovska Irena , Kokareva Anita , Colanceski Risto , Srceva M. , Kondov Borislav , Dzikovski I , Toleska-Dimitrovska N. , Petrusevska-Marinkovic Sanja 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
Pleural infection is a frequent clinical condition. Prompt treatment has been shown to reduce morbidity, mortality and duration of hospital stay. Unfortunately, advanced stages of empyema need to use extensive surgery - decortications or thoracoplasty. Early recognition of the parapneumonic effusion and the adequate treatment with thoracentesis or pleural drainage, which is minimally invasive, is possible not to prograde the process and not to become empyema.

Aim: To analyze the results of the surgical treatment in patients with empyema treated at Clinic for thoracic surgery.

Material and methods: In the retrospective study we analyzed 234 patients with empyema which were treated at the Clinic for Thoracic Surgery in 5 year period (2011-2015). The mean age of the patients was 51.94 years. They were treated with pleural drainage, decortications or thoracoplasty.

Results: With pleural drainage were treated 165/234 (70.51%) patients, of which successfully were finished 124/165 (75.15%), but 41/165 (24.85%) were indicated after the decortications. A total of 108/234 (46.15%) were treated with decortications from which, primary decortications were indicated in 67/234 (28.63%) patients. 5/234 (2.14%) patients were treated with thoracoplasty – 3 of the patients with decortications and 2 with primary indicated thoracoplasty according to the local findings, long term untreated empyema and bad general condition. The Mean hospitalization was 17.4 days, of which 13.4 days after surgery. In the group with primary drainage it was detected a lethal outcome in 7/124 (5.64%) patients, 5/105 (4.76%) in the group with decortications and 2/5 (40%) in the group with thoracoplasty.

Conclusion: Early detection of the parapneumonic effusion and the adequate treatment will prevent the appearance of empyema. If the empyema is detected it is necessary as early as possible to start the treatment with minimally invasive pleural drainage. In earlier stages it is possible to use less invasive decortications, using VATS than the open thoracotomy decortication which is more extensive surgical intervention.
Let’s Go Bananas! Green Bananas and their Health Benefits
Authors: Apostolopoulos Vasso , Antonipillai Juliana , Tangalakis Kathy , Ashton John F , Stojanovska Lily 
Published: October 2017

AbstractBananas have enormous health benefits as a food for both animals and humans. They have been used as a complimentary medicine to treat pathological conditions since ancient times. Recently, there has been increased interest in the scientific validity of the beneficial effects of bananas in alleviating and treating disease conditions including, ulcers, infections, diabetes, diarrhea, colitis and blood pressure. Herein, we write on the potential therapeutic and functional benefits of certain species of bananas when consumed green as well as considering the properties of extracts from the non-fruit parts of the plant. We conclude that green bananas appear to deliver an array of health and therapeutic benefits
Serum and alveolar procalcitonin had a weak diagnostic value for ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with pulmonary infection score ≥ 6
Authors: Shokri Mehran , Ghasemian Roya , Bayani Masomeh , Maleh Parviz Amri , Kamrani Masoumeh , Sadeghi-Haddad-Zavareh Mahmoud , Ebrahimpour Soheil 
Published: October 2017

Abstract

Background. Measuring the serum and alveolar procalcitonin level as inflammatory marker in the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) has been taken into account. In this study, serum and alveolar procalcitonin levels in patients with suspected VAP and patients with confirmed VAP were compared.

Methods. This cross-sectional study was conducted using 50 intubated intensive care unit (ICU) patients, connected to ventilator, from October 2014 to April 2015. 50 patients with clinical pulmonary infection score ≥6 were divided into two groups. Patients whose bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) has shown the growth of more than 104 CFU/mL were included in confirmed VAP group and other patients were included in suspected VAP group. Serum and alveolar procalcitonin levels were measured and compared between both groups.

Results. Mean age of patients was 69.10 ± 42.13 with a range of 16-90 years, out of which 23 patients were male (46%) and 27 patients were female (54%). Moreover, patients’ mean clinical pulmonary infection score was reported to be 7.02 ± 1.07. There was a significant relationship between serum and alveolar procalcitonin in suspected patients and patients with an approved form of pneumonia (p = 0.001 and 0.027). Area under the curve for alveolar procalcitonin was 0.683 (sensitivity = 57%; specificity = 80%) and for serum procalcitonin 0.751 (sensitivity = 71%; specificity = 73%) for the diagnosis of VAP.

Conclusion. According to the results of the present study, we can diagnose ventilator-associated pneumonia earlier and more accurately by measuring procalcitonin level (particularly alveolar type) in intensive care unit patients.
Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Hispanic Children in Immigrant Families Versus US-Native Families
Authors: Caballero Tania Maria , Johnson Sara B. , Buchanan Cara R. Muñoz , DeCamp Lisa Ross 
Published: October 2017

OBJECTIVES:
To examine the prevalence of child and family characteristics associated with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in Hispanic children in immigrant families compared with Hispanic children in US-native families.

METHODS:
Data were from the nationally representative 2011–2012 National Survey of Children’s Health. Parent-reported child ACE exposure was classified as no ACEs (0), low ACEs (1), or high ACEs (≥2). By using multinomial logistic regression, we evaluated the odds of low or high ACE exposure versus no ACE exposure by immigrant family status and child and family characteristics (eg, insurance status, child health status, or household-to-income ratio).

RESULTS:
The study sample included 12 162 Hispanic children. More children in immigrant families lived ≤200% of the federal poverty level compared with children in US-native families (80% vs 47%, respectively; P &lt; .001). Thirty percent of children in US-native families reported high ACEs compared with only 16% of children in immigrant families (P &lt; .001). The odds of high ACE exposure versus no ACE exposure for children in immigrant families compared with US-native children was 0.46 (95% confidence interval: 0.34–0.61). Child and family characteristics did not explain the difference in odds of ACE exposure by immigrant family status.

CONCLUSIONS:
Children in immigrant families had significantly lower odds of ACE exposure despite higher prevalence of poverty. This may not reflect a true health advantage in this population. There may be unmeasured factors that buffer children in immigrant families from ACE exposure, or ACE questions may not capture the adverse experiences specific to immigrant families.
Динамічні здібності підприємства: теоретико-прикладні основи, сфера застосування, вимір
Authors: Sardak Sergii Eduardovich , Krupskyi Oleksandr P. 
Published: October 2017

Мета дослідження – позначити концептуальні засади теорії динамічних здібностей підприємства та розкрити її прикладний потенціал.
Результати. У дослідженні ідентифіковано актуальні проблемні аспекти теорії динамічних здібностей підприємств та висвітлено шляхи їх розв’язання. По-перше, це імператив подальшого розвитку фундаментальних основ теорії динамічних здібностей та знаходження науково-обґрунтованої ефективної емпіричної методики їх вимірювання. По-друге, це обмеженість проникнення концепції динамічних здібностей в українське наукове середовище та наявність проблем із трактуванням теоретичних і прикладних англомовних розробок. У статті розкрито історичні та науково-методичні засади формування теорії динамічних здібностей підприємств. Визначено концептуальні положення західних фундаторів теорії динамічних здібностей і наукове висвітлення даного напряму досліджень в Україні. Розглянуто потенціал застосування теоретико-прикладних основ динамічних здібностей на підприємствах. Наведено методологічні рішення щодо вимірювання динамічних здібностей українських підприємств.
Практичне значення дослідження. Результати дослідження надають можливість україномовній науковій громадськості опанувати концепцію динамічних здібностей, сформувати у працівників підприємств можливість самостійно діагностувати динамічні здібності та здійснювати порівняння у часі власних здобутків з досягненнями інших учасників ринкових відносин.
Оригінальність/цінність/наукова новизна дослідження. Концептуалізовано логіку формування теорії динамічних здібностей і ідентифіковано перспективні напрями її трансформації у бік вивчення основних факторів, що впливають на результати діяльності ключових людських ресурсів; доведена можливість застосування прикладних методів у країнах з різним типом економічної системи, у різних галузях та ринках підприємствами, що здійснюють комерційну та некомерційну діяльність незалежно від їх типу та розміру; розроблено основи методології адаптації англомовних методичних розробок до рівня їх практичного застосування на українських підприємствах з можливістю отримання статистично значущих результатів і їх подальшого використання для підвищення результативності.
Перспективи подальших досліджень – розробка комплексного прикладного механізму виміру динамічних здібностей підприємства, який би дозволяв проектувати та здійснювати заходи підвищення прибутковості, а також досягнення у тактичному й утримання у стратегічному періоді конкурентного успіху.
Тип статті – теоретична.
Experiencias y propuestas para nuevos modelos de producción, difusión y comercialización de la Edición Contemporánea de Arte / Experiences and proposals for new models of production, diffusion and commercialization of the Contemporary Art Edition.
Authors: Damián Ruiz Antonio 
Published: October 2017

Este artículo está diseñado para transferir la información necesaria que permita la transformación de la redlibrodeartista.info en una herramienta eficiente que pueda ser gestionada de manera colaborativa. Es un documento abierto, sujeto a las aportaciones de terceros, tanto en la evaluación de las actividades realizadas, como en el diseño y planificación de los flujos de trabajo futuros.Parte del supuesto que considera a la edición de arte contemporánea como como una industria cultural, propone analizarla como a cualquier sector productivo en el que intervienen múltiples especialistas con una alta cualificación y que puede, si implementa unas estrategias adecuadas de formación, producción, difusión y comercialización, revitalizar un mercado, a través de los recursos que nos ofrecen las tecnologías digitales.Experiences and proposals for new models of production, diffusion and commercialization of the Contemporary Art Edition.This article is designed to transfer the required information that allows the transformation of redlibrodeartista.info in an efficient tool that can be managed in a collaborative way. It’s an open document, subject to third party contributions, in the evaluation of conducted activities as well as the design and planning of workflows. Part of the assumption which considers contemporary art edition a cultural industry, suggests analyzing it as any productive sector in which many specialists with high qualification take action and which may, if the right educational, production, propagation and marketing strategies are applied, revive a market, through the resources that digital technologies can offer.
El libro, pasajero en clase turista / The book, passenger in economy class
Authors: Aguilar Moreno Marta 
Published: October 2017

A modo de estrategia se van dibujando los destinos soñados, dando visibilidad a la naturaleza oculta del imaginario escondido. El libro, considerado como espacio donde se piensa, se percibe, se sueña, se vive… es el portador habitual de ideas, el contenedor de hallazgos y de presencias, es el administrador del pensamiento estético y las reflexiones más íntimas. Sirva de guía esta memoria sobre libros auto editados, unidos por hipervínculos de temática y procedencia diversa, que muestran experiencias vividas a través del viaje, primando las emociones. Un viaje tanto geofísico como interior, donde el deseo de habitar un espacio adquiere un protagonismo considerable. La percepción del paisaje, las vivencias y reflexiones quedan latentes en cada uno de los libros referenciados.The book, passenger in economy classBy way of a strategy dreamt of destinations are drawn giving visibility to nature hidden in the concealed imagination. The book considered as a space where one thinks, feels, dreams, lives....is the bearer of every day ideas, the receptacle of discoveries and of presences, it is the administrator of aesthetic thought and of the most intimate reflections. This memoir serves as a guide for self edited books, united by hyperlinks through theme and from varied sources, which show experiences as lived through journeys, with emotions taking precedence. A geophysical journey as well as an interior one, where the desire to inhabit a certain space acquires significant role. The perception of the landscape, the experiences and reflections remain latent in each of the referred to books.
QUI… DADA C’EST MOI. Historia de un huevo, por MISE en PLIS. Libro/objeto en memoria a Emilio Sdun. / QUI… DADA C’EST MOI. History of an egg, by MISE in PLIS. Book / Object in memory to Emilio Sdun.
Authors: Santamaria Blasco Lourdes , Alepuz Rostoll Amparo , Villalonga Campos Rocio 
Published: October 2017

Tres artistas agrupadas bajo el nombre de MISE en PLIS, ponen en escena (mise en scene) una investigación y diseño sobre la producción, reproductibilidad, difusión y comercialización de obra artística, con una perspectiva interdisciplinar y trabajando en la edición del libro/objeto de artista, tanto como soporte de obras gráficas (ilustraciones, fotografías, collages) como contenedor de objetos siguiendo la tradición Dadaísta y Surrealista respecto a los objets trouvés y los ready mades. Las obras resultantes de esta investigación rinden homenaje a las estrategias creativas de estos movimientos de vanguardia, desde el concepto de lo fragmentado y el de la multiplicidad al de la reproductibilidad técnica; desde las técnicas, medios y procesos empleados (collage, fotomontaje, tipografías, etc.) a la revisión de las artistas menos conocidas del Dadá y del Surrealismo. Estas estrategias son la evidencia de esa complejidad que alcanza a las artes plásticas, constituyendo los precedentes de la creación contemporánea, con unos recursos más virtuales y aplicados a los medios infográficos y digitales actuales. Gracias a esto, lo que aquí presentamos, nos ha permitido poner énfasis en la vigencia de las vanguardias como fuente inagotable de recursos gráficos y conceptuales, y nos señala el campo abierto en los márgenes difusos que existen entre unas manifestaciones artísticas y otras.QUI… DADA C’EST MOI. History of an egg, by MISE in PLIS. Book / Object in memory to Emilio Sdun.Three artists grouped under the name of MISE in PLIS, staged (mise en scene) research and design on production, reproducibility, diffusion and commercialization of artistic work with an interdisciplinary perspective and working on the edition of the book / object artist, both as a support of graphic works (illustrations, photographs, co-llages) as container objects following the Dadaist and Surrealist tradition regarding the found objects and readymades. The works resulting from this research pay tribute to the creative strategies of these avant-garde movements, from the concept of the fragmented and the multiplicity of technical reproducibility; from the techniques and proce-sses used media (collage, photomontage, fonts, etc.) to the revision of the lesser-known artists of Dada and Surrealism. These strategies are evidence of that complexity reaches the visual arts, constituting the precedents of contemporary creation, with more virtual and applied to current computer graphics and digital media resources. Thanks to this, what is here has allowed us to emphasize the effect of the vanguards as an inexhaustible source of graphics and conceptual resources, and points the open field in the diffuse margins between some artistic and other events.
Os caminhos percorridos pela Enfermagem brasileira na pesquisa: estudo documental
Authors: Gomes Andréa Tayse de Lima , Salvador Pétala Tuani Candido de Oliveira , Rodrigues Cláudia Cristiane Filgueira Martins , De Assis Yole Matias Silveira , Bezerril Manacés dos Santos , Santos Viviane Euzébia Pereira 
Published: October 2017

Objetivo: caracterizar as dissertações e as teses disponíveis no Catálogo de Teses e Dissertações (CEPEn) da Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem (ABEn) quanto ao caminho percorrido pela Enfermagem brasileira no âmbito do ensino, da pesquisa, da gestão e da prática assistencial. Método: estudo do tipo documental e quantitativo, cujo material foram os Catálogos de Teses e Dissertações, disponíveis no sítio da ABEn, do Volume XIX ao XXXII. Utilizaram-se os seguintes indicadores de coleta de dados: nível acadêmico, instituição de ensino, ano, local, objeto de estudo, desenho metodológico e implicações e recomendações finais para a Enfermagem. Resultados: foram encontrados 8.720 resumos, dos quais 7.141 (81,89%) compuseram a amostra final. Destes, 627 (8,78%) associaram-se ao ensino, 329 (4,61%) à gestão, 2.564 (35,91%) à prática assistencial e 3.621 (50,71%) à pesquisa. Conclusão: observou-se que houve um substancial crescimento na quantidade e na qualidade das publicações produzidas pela enfermagem brasileira nos últimos 20 anos (1994-2014).
Relações interpessoais no centro cirúrgico sob a ótica da enfermagem:estudo exploratório
Authors: Cordeiro Trajano Maria de Fátima , Gontijo Daniela Tavares , Da Silva Monique Wanderley , De Aquino Jael Maria , Leite Meireles Monteiro Estela Maria 
Published: October 2017

Objetivo: desvelar como os profissionais de enfermagem percebem as relações interpessoais, na equipe multiprofissional, no centro cirúrgico. método: pesquisa qualitativa, descritiva e exploratória, realizada em um centro cirúrgico de um hospital universitário de grande porte, em recife, pernambuco, brasil. participaram 25 profissionais da equipe de enfermagem por meio de entrevista semiestruturada. utilizou-se a técnica de análise de conteúdo temática, para tratamento dos dados. resultados: surgiram três categorias temáticas, a saber: concepção sobre as relações interpessoais; fatores que interferem negativamente nas relações interpessoais e; atitudes e práticas que fortalecem as relações interpessoais. conclusão: contemplar as relações interpessoais, entre os profissionais no centro cirúrgico, contribuir para instrumentalizar a gestão, para estabelecer estratégias de enfrentamento e para assegurar um trabalho em equipe, em ambiente harmônico, que preste uma assistência integral, humanizada e de segurança ao paciente em situação crítica.