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Clendennen SL, Case KR, Sumbe A, Mantey DS, Mason EJ, Harrell MB. Stress, Dependence, and COVID-19-related Changes in Past 30-day Marijuana, Electronic Cigarette, and Cigarette Use among Youth and Young Adults. Tob Use Insights 2021; 14:1179173X211067439. [PMID: 34987299 PMCID: PMC8721399 DOI: 10.1177/1179173x211067439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Studies show smoking and vaping behaviors increase risk of contracting and worse symptoms of COVID-19. This study examines whether past 30-day youth and young adult users of marijuana, e-cigarettes, and cigarettes self-reported changes in their use of these substances due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and cross-sectional associations between perceived stress, nicotine or marijuana dependence, and COVID-19-related changes in use. METHODS Participants were 709 past 30-day self-reported substance users from the Texas Adolescent Tobacco and Marketing Surveillance study (TATAMS; mean age = 19; 58% female; 38% Hispanic, 35% white). Multiple logistic regression models assessed cross-sectional associations between perceived stress and dependence and increased, decreased, or sustained past 30-day use of marijuana, e-cigarettes, and cigarettes due to COVID-19 (e.g., "Has your marijuana use changed due to the COVID-19 outbreak?"). Covariates included age, race/ethnicity, socio-economic status (SES), dependence (exposure: stress), and stress (exposure: dependence). RESULTS Most participants reported sustained (41%, 43%, 49%) or increased (37%, 34%, 25%) use of marijuana, e-cigarettes, and cigarettes due to COVID-19, respectively. Participants who reported symptoms of dependence were significantly more likely than their non-dependent peers to report increasing their marijuana (AOR: 1.66; 95% CI: 1.15-2.39) and e-cigarette (AOR: 2.57; 95% CI: 1.38-4.77) use. Those who reported higher perceived stress were significantly more likely to report increasing their marijuana use (AOR: 1.55; 95% CI: 1.01-2.42). CONCLUSIONS Most youth and young adults did not decrease their substance use amid a global, respiratory disease pandemic. Health messaging and interventions that address the health effects of smoking and vaping as well as factors like stress and dependence that may be barriers to decreasing use are vital in curbing the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Stephanie L Clendennen
- Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health, Austin, TX, USA,Stephanie L. Clendennen, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health, 1616 Guadalupe, Suite 6.300, Austin, TX 78701, USA. Email:
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- Center for Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH), UTHealth San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health, Austin, TX, USA
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Wylie SA, Bashore TR, Van Wouwe NC, Mason EJ, John KD, Neimat JS, Ally BA. Exposing an "Intangible" Cognitive Skill among Collegiate Football Players: Enhanced Interference Control. Front Psychol 2018; 9:49. [PMID: 29479325 PMCID: PMC5811505 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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American football is played in a chaotic visual environment filled with relevant and distracting information. We investigated the hypothesis that collegiate football players show exceptional skill at shielding their response execution from the interfering effects of distraction (interference control). The performances of 280 football players from National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I football programs were compared to age-matched controls in a variant of the Eriksen flanker task (Eriksen and Eriksen, 1974). This task quantifies the magnitude of interference produced by visual distraction on split-second response execution. Overall, football athletes and age controls showed similar mean reaction times (RTs) and accuracy rates. However, football athletes were more proficient at shielding their response execution speed from the interfering effects of distraction (i.e., smaller flanker effect costs on RT). Offensive and defensive players showed smaller interference costs compared to controls, but defensive players showed the smallest costs. All defensive positions and one offensive position showed statistically smaller interference effects when compared directly to age controls. These data reveal a clear cognitive advantage among football athletes at executing motor responses in the face of distraction, the existence and magnitude of which vary by position. Individual differences in cognitive control may have important implications for both player selection and development to improve interference control capabilities during play.
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- Scott A. Wylie
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
- Department of Psychology, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States
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Mason EJ, Hussey EP, Molitor RJ, Ko PC, Donahue MJ, Ally BA. Family History of Alzheimer's Disease is Associated with Impaired Perceptual Discrimination of Novel Objects. J Alzheimers Dis 2017; 57:735-745. [PMID: 28304286 PMCID: PMC5389043 DOI: 10.3233/jad-160772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Early detection may be the key to developing therapies that will combat Alzheimer's disease (AD). It has been consistently demonstrated that one of the main pathologies of AD, tau, is present in the brain decades before a clinical diagnosis. Tau pathology follows a stereotypical route through the medial temporal lobe beginning in the entorhinal and perirhinal cortices. If early pathology leads to very subtle changes in behavior, it may be possible to detect these changes in subjects years before a clinical diagnosis can currently be made. We aimed to discover if cognitively normal middle-aged adults (40-60 years old) at increased risk for AD due to family history would have impaired performance on a cognitive task known to challenge the perirhinal cortex. Using an oddity detection task, we found that subjects with a family history of AD had lowered accuracy without demonstrating differences in rate of acquisition. There were no differences between subjects' medial temporal lobe volume or cortical thickness, indicating that the changes in behavior were not due to significant atrophy. These results demonstrate that subtle changes in perceptual processing are detectable years before a typical diagnosis even when there are no differences detectable in structural imaging data. Anatomically-targeted cognitive testing may be useful in identifying subjects in the earliest stages of AD.
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- Emily J Mason
- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.,Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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Mason EJ, Grell JA, West SA, Conover CA. Motor and memory testing of long-lived pregnancy-associated plasma protein--a knock-out mice. Growth Horm IGF Res 2014; 24:251-255. [PMID: 25179152 PMCID: PMC4258118 DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2014.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2014] [Revised: 08/13/2014] [Accepted: 08/14/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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UNLABELLED Mice deficient in pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A), an IGF binding protein protease, have been shown to be resistant to experimentally induced atherosclerosis and diabetic nephropathy, and, in the laboratory environment, live 30-40% longer than wild-type littermates in association with delayed incidence and occurrence of age-related neoplasms and degenerative diseases. OBJECTIVE PAPP-A is highly expressed in the cerebellum and hippocampus of the mouse brain. Therefore, the studies presented here were aimed at determining motor behavior, learning and retention in PAPP-A knock-out (KO) mice compared to wild-type (WT) littermates with age. DESIGN Balance and coordination were assessed using an accelerating rotarod; learning and memory were assessed in a Stone T-maze. RESULTS Time on the rotarod decreased with age but there was no significant difference between PAPP-A KO and WT mice at any of the testing ages. Latency to reach the goal box and number of errors committed in the Stone T-maze did not change with age and there were no significant differences between PAPP-A KO and WT mice. CONCLUSION Lack of PAPP-A in mice did not impact central regulation of coordination, learning or memory.
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- Emily J Mason
- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, 5-194 Joseph, Rochester, MN55905, USA.
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- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, 5-194 Joseph, Rochester, MN55905, USA.
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- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, 5-194 Joseph, Rochester, MN55905, USA.
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- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, 5-194 Joseph, Rochester, MN55905, USA.
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Priming reflects an important means of learning that is mediated by implicit memory. Importantly, priming occurs for previously viewed objects (item-specific priming) and their category relatives (category-wide priming). Two distinct neural mechanisms are known to mediate priming, including the sharpening of a neural object representation and the retrieval of stimulus-response mappings. Here, we investigated whether the relationship between these neural mechanisms could help explain why item-specific priming generates faster responses than category-wide priming. Participants studied pictures of everyday objects, and then performed a difficult picture identification task while we recorded event-related potentials (ERP). The identification task gradually revealed random line segments of previously viewed items (Studied), category exemplars of previously viewed items (Exemplar), and items that were not previously viewed (Unstudied). Studied items were identified sooner than Unstudied items, showing evidence of item-specific priming, and importantly Exemplar items were also identified sooner than Unstudied items, showing evidence of category-wide priming. Early activity showed sustained neural suppression of parietal activity for both types of priming. However, these neural suppression effects may have stemmed from distinct processes because while category-wide neural suppression was correlated with priming behavior, item-specific neural suppression was not. Late activity, examined with response-locked ERPs, showed additional processes related to item-specific priming including neural suppression in occipital areas and parietal activity that was correlated with behavior. Together, we conclude that item-specific and category-wide priming are mediated by separate, parallel neural mechanisms in the context of the current paradigm. Temporal differences in behavior are determined by the timecourses of these distinct processes.
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- Philip C Ko
- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, United States.
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- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, United States; Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, United States
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Mason EJ, Grell JA, Wan J, Cohen P, Conover CA. Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I and IGF-II contribute differentially to the phenotype of pregnancy associated plasma protein-A knock-out mice. Growth Horm IGF Res 2011; 21:243-247. [PMID: 21802327 PMCID: PMC3171618 DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2011.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2011] [Revised: 06/29/2011] [Accepted: 06/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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CONTEXT Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling is essential for achieving optimal body size during fetal development, peak bone mass during puberty, and maximal fecundity in the reproductive period. IGF-II is considered the main fetal IGF, whereas IGF-I is more important postnatally. Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) enhances local IGF signaling through cleavage of inhibitory IGF binding proteins. Conversely, inhibition of PAPP-A results in reduced local IGF action. Thus, PAPP-A knock-out (KO) mice are born as proportional dwarfs due to the dysregulation of IGF-II signaling during early embryogenesis that impacts body size. Relaxation of IgfII imprinting through mutation of a reciprocally imprinted downstream gene, H19, which allowed transcription of IGF-II from the normally silent maternal allele, rescued the dwarf phenotype of PAPP-A KO mice. OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of increased IGF-II expression on postnatal phenotypes of PAPP-A KO mice. DESIGN Young adult wild-type (WT), PAPP-A KO, H19 mutant (ΔH19/WT) and ΔH19/PAPP-A KO mice were characterized for skeletal phenotype (peripheral quantitative computed tomography at the midshaft and distal metaphysis of the femur) and reproductive phenotype (time to first litter, time between litters, pups per litter). RESULTS Serum IGF-II levels were significantly increased in ΔH19/WT and ΔH19/PAPP-A KO mice compared to WT and PAPP-A KO mice; serum IGF-I levels were not affected by H19 mutation. PAPP-A KO mice had reductions in cortical thickness and in cortical and trabecular area, bone mineral content and bone mineral density compared to WT mice. There were no significant differences between PAPP-A KO and ΔH19/PAPP-A KO mice in any of the bone parameters. PAPP-A KO crossed with (×) PAPP-A KO had a longer time until first litter, normal time between subsequent litters, and significantly reduced number of pups per litter compared to WT×WT. ΔH19/PAPP-A KO×ΔH19/PAPP-A KO had an even longer time to first litter, but also longer time between litters. This phenotype was associated with female ΔH19/PAPP-A KO mice. Furthermore, these ΔH19/PAPP-A KO mouse mothers failed to care for their pups. CONCLUSIONS An increase in IGF-II expression did not rescue the skeletal and reproductive deficiencies associated with reduced local IGF-I signaling in PAPP-A KO mice. In addition, the data suggest a potential new role for genomic imprinting at the IgfII/H19 locus affecting maternal behavior.
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- Emily J. Mason
- The Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905
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- The Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Mattell Children’s Hospital at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1742
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Mattell Children’s Hospital at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1742
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- The Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905
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Conover CA, Boldt HB, Bale LK, Clifton KB, Grell JA, Mader JR, Mason EJ, Powell DR. Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A2 (PAPP-A2): tissue expression and biological consequences of gene knockout in mice. Endocrinology 2011; 152:2837-44. [PMID: 21586553 DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-0036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A2 (PAPP-A2) is a novel homolog of PAPP-A in the metzincin superfamily. However, compared with the accumulating data on PAPP-A, very little is known about PAPP-A2. In this study, we determined the tissue expression pattern of PAPP-A2 mRNA in wild-type (WT) mice and characterized the phenotype of mice with global PAPP-A2 deficiency. Tissues expressing PAPP-A2 in WT mice were more limited than those expressing PAPP-A. The highest PAPP-A2 mRNA expression was found in the placenta, with abundant expression in fetal, skeletal, and reproductive tissues. Heterozygous breeding produced the expected Mendelian distribution for the pappa2 gene and viable homozygous PAPP-A2 knockout (KO) mice that were normal size at birth. The most striking phenotype of the PAPP-A2 KO mouse was postnatal growth retardation. Male and female PAPP-A2 KO mice had 10 and 25-30% lower body weight, respectively, than WT littermates. Adult femur and body length were also reduced in PAPP-A2 KO mice, but without significant effects on bone mineral density. PAPP-A2 KO mice were fertile, but with compromised fecundity. PAPP-A expression was not altered to compensate for the loss of PAPP-A2 expression, and proteolysis of PAPP-A2's primary substrate, IGF-binding protein-5, was not altered in fibroblasts from PAPP-A2 KO embryos. In conclusion, tissue expression patterns and biological consequences of gene KO indicate distinct physiological roles for PAPP-A2 and PAPP-A in mice.
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- Cheryl A Conover
- Endocrine Research Unit, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, College of Medicine Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, 5-194 Joseph, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
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OBJECTIVES The objective was to assess the prevalence and patterns of modafinil and zolpidem use among emergency medicine (EM) residents and describe side effects resulting from use. METHODS A voluntary, anonymous survey was distributed in February 2006 to EM residents nationally in the context of the national American Board of Emergency Medicine in-training examination. Data regarding frequency and timing of modafinil and zolpidem use were collected, as well as demographic information, reasons for use, side effects, and perceived dependence. RESULTS A total of 133 of 134 residency programs distributed the surveys (99%). The response rate was 56% of the total number of EM residents who took the in-training examination (2,397/4,281). Past modafinil use was reported by 2.4% (57/2,372) of EM residents, with 66.7% (38/57) of those using modafinil having initiated their use during residency. Past zolpidem use was reported by 21.8% (516/2,367) of EM residents, with 15.3% (362/2,367) reporting use in the past year and 9.3% (221/2,367) in the past month. A total of 324 of 516 (62.8%) of zolpidem users initiated use during residency. Side effects were commonly reported by modafinil users (31.0%)-most frequent were palpitations, insomnia, agitation, and restlessness. Zolpidem users reported side effects (22.6%) including drowsiness, dizziness, headache, hallucinations, depression/mood lability, and amnesia. CONCLUSIONS Zolpidem use is common among EM residents, with most users initiating use during residency. Modafinil use is relatively uncommon, although most residents using have also initiated use during residency. Side effects are commonly reported for both of these agents, and long-term safety remains unclear.
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- Brian D McBeth
- From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Regions Hospital (BDM, FKA, EJM, TJF, BRA), St. Paul, MN; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University Medical Center (RMN), Philadelphia, PA; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (LJL), Minneapolis, MN. Dr. McBeth is currently with the San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA. Dr. Mason is currently with the Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, WI. Dr. Asplin is currently with the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Regions Hospital (BDM, FKA, EJM, TJF, BRA), St. Paul, MN; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University Medical Center (RMN), Philadelphia, PA; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (LJL), Minneapolis, MN. Dr. McBeth is currently with the San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA. Dr. Mason is currently with the Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, WI. Dr. Asplin is currently with the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Regions Hospital (BDM, FKA, EJM, TJF, BRA), St. Paul, MN; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University Medical Center (RMN), Philadelphia, PA; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (LJL), Minneapolis, MN. Dr. McBeth is currently with the San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA. Dr. Mason is currently with the Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, WI. Dr. Asplin is currently with the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Regions Hospital (BDM, FKA, EJM, TJF, BRA), St. Paul, MN; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University Medical Center (RMN), Philadelphia, PA; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (LJL), Minneapolis, MN. Dr. McBeth is currently with the San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA. Dr. Mason is currently with the Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, WI. Dr. Asplin is currently with the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Regions Hospital (BDM, FKA, EJM, TJF, BRA), St. Paul, MN; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University Medical Center (RMN), Philadelphia, PA; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (LJL), Minneapolis, MN. Dr. McBeth is currently with the San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA. Dr. Mason is currently with the Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, WI. Dr. Asplin is currently with the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Regions Hospital (BDM, FKA, EJM, TJF, BRA), St. Paul, MN; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University Medical Center (RMN), Philadelphia, PA; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (LJL), Minneapolis, MN. Dr. McBeth is currently with the San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA. Dr. Mason is currently with the Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, WI. Dr. Asplin is currently with the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Regions Hospital (BDM, FKA, EJM, TJF, BRA), St. Paul, MN; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University Medical Center (RMN), Philadelphia, PA; the Department of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (LJL), Minneapolis, MN. Dr. McBeth is currently with the San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA. Dr. Mason is currently with the Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, WI. Dr. Asplin is currently with the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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OBJECTIVES To explore the prevalence of substance use among emergency medicine (EM) residents and compare to a prior study conducted in 1992. METHODS A voluntary, anonymous survey was distributed in February 2006 to EM residents nationally in the context of the national in-service examination. Data regarding 13 substances, demographics, and perceptions of personal patterns of substance use were collected. RESULTS A total of 133 of 134 residencies distributed the surveys (99%). The response rate was 56% of the total EM residents who took the in-service examination (2,397/4,281). The reported prevalence of most illicit drug use, including cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, and other opioids, among EM residents are low. Although residents reporting past marijuana use has declined (52.3% in 1992 to 45.0% in 2006; p < 0.001), past-year use (8.8%-11.8%; p < 0.001) and past-month use (2.5%-4.0%; p < 0.001) have increased. Alcohol use appears to be increasing, including an increase in reported daily drinkers from 3.3% to 4.9% (p < 0.001) and an increase in number of residents who indicate that their consumption of alcohol has increased during residency (from 4% to 12.6%; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Self-reported use of most street drugs remains uncommon among EM residents. Marijuana and alcohol use, however, do appear to be increasing. Educators should be aware of these trends, and this may allow them to target resources for impaired and at-risk residents.
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- Brian D McBeth
- Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital/University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Buchter SC, Fan TY, Liberman V, Zayhowski JJ, Rothschild M, Mason EJ, Cassanho A, Jenssen HP, Burnett JH. Periodically poled BaMgF(4) for ultraviolet frequency generation. Opt Lett 2001; 26:1693-1695. [PMID: 18049702 DOI: 10.1364/ol.26.001693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Ferroelectric domain inversion has been demonstrated in BaMgF(4) . Transparency has been measured to <140nm, and no change in transmission was measured under 157-nm irradiation for >1.1x10(9) shots at 2mJ/cm(2) per pulse. First-order quasi-phase-matched generation of 157 nm is predicted by use of grating periods as long as 1.5mum. This material should permit shorter-wavelength chi((2)) frequency-mixing processes than with any other crystalline material.
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Jin X, Weil MH, Sun S, Tang W, Bisera J, Mason EJ. Decreases in organ blood flows associated with increases in sublingual PCO2 during hemorrhagic shock. J Appl Physiol (1985) 1998; 85:2360-4. [PMID: 9843564 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.85.6.2360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Earlier studies demonstrated that not only the stomach but also the esophageal wall served as an appropriate site for estimating the severity of circulatory shock by using tonometric methods. We then conceived of the option of sublingual tonometry. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that the changes in sublingual PCO2 serve as indicators of decreases in blood flow to sublingual and visceral tissue. In Sprague-Dawley rats, sublingual PCO2 increased from 50 to 127 Torr and arterial blood lactate increased from 0.9 to 11.2 mmol/l during bleeding. Sublingual blood flow simultaneously decreased to approximately 32% of preshock values. After reinfusion of shed blood, organ blood flows and sublingual PCO2 were promptly restored to near-baseline values. There were corresponding decreases in blood flows in the tongue, stomach, jejunum, colon, and kidneys during hemorrhagic shock. Increases in sublingual PCO2 were highly correlated with decreases in sublingual blood flow (r = 0.80), tongue blood flow (r = 0.81), gastric blood flow (r = 0.74), jejunal blood flow (r = 0.65), colon blood flow (r = 0.80), and renal blood flow (r = 0.75). Unbled control animals demonstrated no significant changes. Therefore, we anticipate that sublingual tonometry will provide a useful, noninvasive alternative for monitoring visceral PCO2.
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- X Jin
- Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Palm Springs, CA 92262, USA
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Mason EJ, Wong NC. Observation of two distinct phase states in a self-phase-locked type II phase-matched optical parametric oscillator. Opt Lett 1998; 23:1733-1735. [PMID: 18091897 DOI: 10.1364/ol.23.001733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We demonstrate self-phase locking in a type II phase-matched optical parametric oscillator by mutual injection locking. An intracavity quarter-wave plate provides polarization mixing between the orthogonally polarized signal and idler that induces signal-idler self-phase locking when their frequency difference is within the capture range. We observed two distinct phase states that differ in their oscillator thresholds and their signal-idler phase differences, in good agreement with theory.
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a disease that is being reported much more frequently in the literature, primarily because of the rapid increase in severely immunocompromised patients, but also because of the development of multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis strains. Extrapulmonary M. tuberculosis is also reportedly on the rise, and may manifest itself at a number of sites in the body, including the peripheral skeleton. It is important to recognize peripheral tuberculosis osteomyelitis early because early treatment can effectively eliminate long-term morbidity. The authors present a review of the diagnosis and treatment of extrapulmonary M. tuberculosis, with special emphasis on peripheral skeletal tuberculous osteomyelitis. A case study involving peripheral skeletal tuberculous osteomyelitis in the foot is presented.
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- M B Werd
- HealthSouth Larkin Hospital, South Miami, FL 33143
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Bininger CJ, Mason EJ, Potts NL, Wilson DE. Reviewing the spectrum of patient care, Part I. Nursing 1993; 23:90-2. [PMID: 8371870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Mason EJ, Bialer M. The logical structure and validity of experimental designs in pharmacokinetics and clinical pharmacology. Biopharm Drug Dispos 1989; 10:331-51. [PMID: 2667651 DOI: 10.1002/bdd.2510100402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Much of the literature on research design in clinical pharmacology and pharmacokinetics emphasizes statistical concerns, thus suggesting that a primary ingredient of a valid research design is an appropriate plan for statistical analysis of data. However, statistical validity is only one of several ways to evaluate an experimental study. The present paper reviews the underlying logic and sources of invalidity of experimental drug research suggesting influences and factors which may deceive or lure an experimenter into erroneous conclusions.
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- E J Mason
- Department of Educational & Counseling Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington
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Mason EJ, Daugherty JK. Nursing standards should determine nursing's price. Nurs Manag (Harrow) 1984; 15:34-8. [PMID: 6433247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Mason EJ, Parascandola J. Preparing tomorrow's health care team. Nurs Outlook 1972; 20:728-31. [PMID: 4484864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Swierczewski JA, Mason EJ, Cabrera PB, Liber M. Fulminating meningitis with Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome due to Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Am J Clin Pathol 1970; 54:202-4. [PMID: 4989197 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/54.2.202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Dielman RW, Mason EJ. A uniprobe dynamic function study. J Nucl Med 1967; 8:362. [PMID: 6032665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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