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Carlin A, Connolly S, Redpath T, Belton S, Coppinger T, Cunningham C, Donnelly A, Dowd K, Harrington D, Murtagh E, Ng K, O'Brien W, Rodriguez L, Woods C, McAvoy H, Murphy M. Results from Ireland North and South's 2022 report card on physical activity for children and adolescents. J Exerc Sci Fit 2024; 22:66-72. [PMID: 38173796 PMCID: PMC10762465 DOI: 10.1016/j.jesf.2023.12.003] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Revised: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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Background The Ireland North and South Report Card on Physical Activity (PA) for Children and Adolescents aims to monitor progress in PA participation across a range of internationally established indicators. Methods Data were collated for 11 indicators and graded following the harmonised Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance report card process. Six representative studies (sample size range n = 898 to n = 15,557) were primarily used in the grading, with many indicators supplemented with additional studies and reports. Data collected since the implementation of COVID-19 public health measures in March 2020 were excluded. Results Grades were awarded as follows: 'Overall physical activity', C-; 'Organised Sport and Physical Activity', C; 'Active Play', INC; 'Sedentary Behaviours', C-; 'Physical Fitness', INC; 'Family and Peers', D+; 'School', C-; 'Physical Education', D; 'Community and Environment', B+ and 'Government', B. Separate grades were awarded for disability as follows; 'Overall physical activity', F; 'Organised Sport and Physical Activity', D; 'Sedentary Behaviours', C-; 'Family and Peers', C; 'School', C- and 'Government', B. 'Active Play', 'Physical Fitness', 'Physical Education' and 'Community and Environment' were all graded INC for disability. Since the last report card in 2016, four grades remained the same, three increased ('Overall physical activity', 'School' and 'Physical Education') and two ('Family and Peers,' and 'Government') were awarded grades for the first time. Conclusion Grades specific to children and adolescents with disability were generally lower for each indicator. While small improvements have been shown across a few indicators, PA levels remain low across many indicators for children and adolescents.
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- Angela Carlin
- Centre for Exercise Medicine, Physical Activity and Health, School of Sport, Ulster University, Belfast, UK
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- Centre for Exercise Medicine, Physical Activity and Health, School of Sport, Ulster University, Belfast, UK
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- Centre for Exercise Medicine, Physical Activity and Health, School of Sport, Ulster University, Belfast, UK
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- School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Department of Sport, Leisure & Childhood Studies, Munster Technological University, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Medicine Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, Ulster University, Belfast, UK
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- Physical Activity for Health Research Centre, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland
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- Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technological University of the Shannon, Athlone, Westmeath, Ireland
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- Psychological Sciences and Health, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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- Physical Activity for Health Research Centre, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland
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- Physical Activity for Health Research Centre, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland
- Faculty of Education, University of Turku, Rauma, Finland
- School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, 80101, Finland
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- School of Education, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Physical Activity for Health Research Centre, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, V94 T9PX, Ireland
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- Centre for Exercise Medicine, Physical Activity and Health, School of Sport, Ulster University, Belfast, UK
- Physical Activity for Health Research Centre, Institute of Sport Physical Education and Health Sciences, Moray House School of Education & Sport, UK
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Forte C, McDowell CP, Woods CB, Hallgren M, O'Brien W, Belton S, Murphy MH, Powell C, Herring MP. Differential Associations of Total and Context-Specific Sedentary Time with Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents: Results from Ireland's CSPPA Study. Int J Behav Med 2023; 30:682-692. [PMID: 36199008 DOI: 10.1007/s12529-022-10133-2] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND Higher levels of sedentary behaviour (SB) and screen-time are associated with greater symptoms of depression in adolescents, but the effect of the type and context of SB and screen-time remains underexplored. As part of a nationally-representative observational study, the current cross-sectional study examined associations between SB, screen-time and depressive symptoms among 422 adolescents (13.5 ± 0.92 years; 125 female) in the Republic of Ireland. METHOD Participants completed the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology and self-reported weekly SB, categorised into mentally-active screen-time (e.g., computer use for fun), mentally-passive screen-time (e.g., television viewing) and mentally-active non-screen-based SB (e.g., reading). Mann-Whitney U tests and Kruskal-Wallis H tests examined differences in screen-time and depressive symptoms by relevant covariates. Linear regression quantified crude and adjusted associations between total SB and mentally-active and mentally-passive screen-time and SB, and depressive symptoms. RESULTS Crude and adjusted linear regressions showed total SB was significantly, positively associated with depressive symptoms (unadjusted: β = 0.27, p = 0.002, adjusted: β = 0.27, p = 0.002). When type and context were examined in the same model, only mentally-active screen-time was positively associated with depressive symptoms (unadjusted: β = 0.37, p = 0.009, adjusted: β = 0.39, p = 0.007). CONCLUSION Differential associations between total SB and mentally-active screen-time and SB, versus mentally-passive screen-time, and depressive symptoms among Irish adolescents were observed. Findings highlight the importance of investigating the context and type of SB and screen-time in adolescents.
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- Chloe Forte
- Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
- Physical Activity for Health Cluster, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
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- School of Medicine and The Irish Longitudinal Study On Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin, D02 R590, Ireland
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- Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
- Physical Activity for Health Cluster, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Epidemiology of Psychiatric Conditions, Substance Use, and Social Environment (EPiCSS), Department of Global Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 171 77, Sweden
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- School of Education, Sports Studies and Physical Education Programme, University College Cork, 2 Lucan Place, Western Road, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- Doctoral College and School of Sport, Ulster University, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
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- Physical Activity for Health Cluster, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
- High Performance Unit, Sport Ireland National Sports Campus, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
- Physical Activity for Health Cluster, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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Khodaverdi Z, O'Brien W, Duncan M, Clark CCT. Motor competence interventions in children and adolescents - theoretical and atheoretical approaches: A systematic review. J Sports Sci 2022; 40:2233-2266. [PMID: 36469747 DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2022.2148897] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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This study aimed to compare for the first time the immediate and retention effects of theory-based and atheoretical motor competence (MC) interventions, by conducting a systematic review to determine which intervention approach resulted in the most improvements for motor outcomes. In accordance with PRISMA guidelines, studies were identified from searches across seven databases, for articles relating to theory-based (Achievement Goal Theory, Dynamic Systems Theory, and Social-Cognitive Theory) and atheoretically-derived MC interventions in typically developing children and adolescents. Publication bias was assessed using an adapted form of Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials statement. Of the thirty two included studies, seventeen utilized theory-based intervention approaches. The majority of studies were grounded in Achievement Goal Theory. Also, the majority of MC interventions elicited immediate (short) and/or long-term effects for children and adolescents. Studies varied with regards to intervention components and MC assessment. Many studies scored poorly for risk of bias items. Overall, the levels of success for theoretical and atheoretical intervention programmes were not distinguishable. Findings open up new horizons for motor skills instruction to be taught using developmentally appropriate pedagogy, a research field which has gained significant traction among stakeholders in recent years.
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- Zeinab Khodaverdi
- Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- School of Education, Sports Studies and Physical Education Programme, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Research Center for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Coventy University, Coventry, UK
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- Research Center for Intelligent Healthcare, Coventry University, Coventry UK
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Belton S, Connolly S, Peers C, Goss H, Murphy M, Murtagh E, Kavanagh J, Corr M, Ferguson K, O'Brien W. Are all domains created equal? An exploration of stakeholder views on the concept of physical literacy. BMC Public Health 2022; 22:501. [PMID: 35287646 PMCID: PMC8922859 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-12931-5] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Developing physical literacy at population levels provides a transformative appeal for those working in sport, health, education, recreation and physical activity settings. Interdisciplinary approaches to development of policy in this area is recommended. The purpose of this study was to gather empirical data from key stakeholders working with young people in areas related to physical literacy across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, to capture their current understanding and awareness of the physical literacy to help inform the development of the first all-island consensus statement for physical literacy. METHODS A total of 1,241 participants (52% male), from a range of stakeholder groups (health, physical activity, sport, recreation and education) completed a researcher developed physical literacy questionnaire. A one-way MANOVA was carried out to investigate differences across stakeholder grouping in terms of perceived importance of three domains of physical literacy. Overlap of independent confidence intervals was analysed to determine importance of the physical literacy domains within stakeholder grouping. RESULTS A majority (63%) of respondents indicated they were aware of an existing definition of physical literacy, but this varied by stakeholder group (e.g. 86% for higher education, versus 47% of coaches). Participants working in higher education (69%), or working as physical education specialists (67%), were more likely to rate themselves as experts or near experts in physical literacy, while coaches, education generalists, and decision makers were more likely rate themselves as having no expertise (9%, 12% and 12% respectively). Non-specialist teachers and physical education teachers rated the importance of all domains of physical literacy significantly higher than decision makers, and significantly higher than coaches in the cognitive and affective domains. All stakeholders significantly rated the importance of the physical/psychomotor domain of physical literacy higher than the affective or cognitive domains of physical literacy. CONCLUSIONS Differences observed across stakeholder groups underline the importance of developing a shared vision for physical literacy, and the need to clarify and gain consensus on a definition of the term and its domains. Engaging and understanding the voice of stakeholders is critical in ensuring the relevance, ownership of and commitment to physical literacy statement operationalisation.
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- Sarahjane Belton
- School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland.
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- Faculty of Science and Health, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Institute, Ulster University, Coleraine, UK
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- Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- School of Public Health, Physiotherapy, and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board, Wicklow, Ireland
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- School of Education, Sports Studies and Physical Education Programme, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Woods CB, Crowley E, Powell C, O'Brien W, Murphy MH, Belton S, Saunders J, Connolly S, Farmer O, Ng K. Socio-ecological correlates of physical activity in a nationally representative sample of adolescents across Ireland and Northern Ireland. Prev Med Rep 2021; 23:101472. [PMID: 34258178 PMCID: PMC8259398 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Adolescent physical activity (PA) can be categorized into different levels. Categories include inactive, somewhat active, active, or daily active. Demographic, intrapersonal and interpersonal factors varied by PA category. Depending on PA category, school- and community-related factors also varied. As Every Move Counts, future correlate analyses may benefit from PA categorization.
Physical activity (PA) is associated with a range of health benefits for adolescents. Few adolescents meet one hour daily of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). The World Health Organisation (WHO) now recommends an ‘on average’ accumulation. In light of these updates, comparing correlates associated with meeting versus not meeting the PA guidelines provides limited understanding of adolescent behavioural choices. The aim of this study was to fractionate PA behaviour and investigate influential socio-ecological correlates across a diverse range of PA categories. A nationally representative sample (N = 6,563; age = 13.5 ± 1.9 years; male = 46.2%) completed a researcher supervised self-report survey. Empirically established instruments assessing the socio-ecological correlates of PA were included. Levels of MPVA were categorised into daily active (60mins.MVPA.daily), active (60mins.MVPA.5–6 days), somewhat active (60mins.MVPA.3–4 days) or inactive (60mins.MVPA.0–2 days). Descriptive statistics, chi-square analyses and multivariate blockwise binary logistic regression models were run separately for each PA category. Few were daily active (12.7%), 33.6% active, 36.5% somewhat active and 17.2% were inactive. Results showed that correlates differed in terms of direction and strength, depending on individual activity status. Increasing age was positively associated with being somewhat active, but not with being active or daily active. Attending an ‘all-girls school’ was negatively associated with daily active. High interpersonal support from family, friends or teachers was negatively associated with inactive or somewhat active, reducing the likelihood of adolescents remaining in these unhealthy PA categories. This novel information is useful for exploring previously established inconsistent relationships with PA. More sensitive categorisation and intervention tailoring to diverse PA categories is required.
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- Catherine B Woods
- Physical Activity for Health, Health Research Institute, Ireland.,Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Ireland
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- Physical Activity for Health, Health Research Institute, Ireland.,Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Ireland
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- Physical Activity for Health, Health Research Institute, Ireland.,High Performance Unit, Sport Ireland National Campus, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Education, Sports Studies and Physical Education Programme, University College Cork, Ireland
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- Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Institute, Ulster University, United Kingdom
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- School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Ireland
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- Claddagh Statistical Consultancy Services, Shannon & CSTAR@UL, University of Limerick, Ireland
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- Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Institute, Ulster University, United Kingdom
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- School of Education, Sports Studies and Physical Education Programme, University College Cork, Ireland
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- Physical Activity for Health, Health Research Institute, Ireland.,Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Ireland.,School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
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Bolger LE, Bolger LA, O'Neill C, Coughlan E, O'Brien W, Lacey S, Burns C, Bardid F. Global levels of fundamental motor skills in children: A systematic review. J Sports Sci 2020; 39:717-753. [PMID: 33377417 DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2020.1841405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Competence in fundamental motor skills (FMS) facilitates physical activity participation and is important for children's holistic development. This study aimed to systematically review the FMS levels of children worldwide, using the Test of Gross Motor Development-2 (TGMD-2). In accordance with PRISMA guidelines, studies were identified from searches across 7 databases. Studies were required to: (i) include typically developing children (3-10 years), (ii) be published in English, (iii) have been published between 2004 and 2019 and, (iv) report ≥1 TGMD-2 outcome scores. Extracted data were evaluated based on importance of determinants, strength of evidence, and methodological quality. Data from 64 articles were included. Weighted mean (and standard deviation) scores were calculated for each FMS outcome score. Analyses revealed FMS competence increases across age during childhood, with greater proficiency in locomotor skills than object control skills. Additionally, boys exhibit higher object control skill proficiency than girls. Compared to TGMD-2 normative data, children demonstrate "below average" to "average" FMS levels. This review highlights the scope for FMS development among children worldwide. These findings reinforce the necessity for FMS interventions in early educational settings, as FMS competence is positively associated with physical activity and other health outcomes.
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- Lisa E Bolger
- Department of Sport, Leisure and Childhood Studies, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Sport, Leisure and Childhood Studies, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Sport, Leisure and Childhood Studies, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Sport, Leisure and Childhood Studies, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Education, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Mathematics, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Sport, Leisure and Childhood Studies, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Education, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.,Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Ng K, Kokko S, Tammelin T, Kallio J, Belton S, O'Brien W, Murphy M, Powell C, Woods C. Clusters of Adolescent Physical Activity Tracker Patterns and Their Associations With Physical Activity Behaviors in Finland and Ireland: Cross-Sectional Study. J Med Internet Res 2020; 22:e18509. [PMID: 32667894 PMCID: PMC7492981 DOI: 10.2196/18509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Revised: 06/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background Physical activity trackers (PATs) such as apps and wearable devices (eg, sports watches, heart rate monitors) are increasingly being used by young adolescents. Despite the potential of PATs to help monitor and improve moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) behaviors, there is a lack of research that confirms an association between PAT ownership or use and physical activity behaviors at the population level. Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the ownership and use of PATs in youth and their associations with physical activity behaviors, including daily MVPA, sports club membership, and active travel, in 2 nationally representative samples of young adolescent males and females in Finland and Ireland. Methods Comparable data were gathered in the 2018 Finnish School-aged Physical Activity (F-SPA 2018, n=3311) and the 2018 Irish Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity (CSPPA 2018, n=4797) studies. A cluster analysis was performed to obtain the patterns of PAT ownership and usage by adolescents (age, 11-15 years). Four similar clusters were identified across Finnish and Irish adolescents: (1) no PATs, (2) PAT owners, (3) app users, and (4) wearable device users. Adjusted binary logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate how PAT clusters were associated with physical activity behaviors, including daily MVPA, membership of sports clubs, and active travel, after stratification by gender. Results The proportion of app ownership among Finnish adolescents (2038/3311, 61.6%) was almost double that of their Irish counterparts (1738/4797, 36.2%). Despite these differences, the clustering patterns of PATs were similar between the 2 countries. App users were more likely to take part in daily MVPA (males, odds ratio [OR] 1.27, 95% CI 1.04-1.55; females, OR 1.49, 95% CI 1.20-1.85) and be members of sports clubs (males, OR 1.37, 95% CI 1.15-1.62; females, OR 1.25, 95% CI 1.07-1.50) compared to the no PATs cluster, after adjusting for country, age, family affluence, and disabilities. These associations, after the same adjustments, were even stronger for wearable device users to participate in daily MVPA (males, OR 1.83, 95% CI 1.49-2.23; females, OR 2.25, 95% CI 1.80-2.82) and be members of sports clubs (males, OR 1.88, 95% CI 1.55-2.88; females, OR 2.07, 95% CI 1.71-2.52). Significant associations were observed between male users of wearable devices and taking part in active travel behavior (OR 1.39, 95% CI 1.04-1.86). Conclusions Although Finnish adolescents report more ownership of PATs than Irish adolescents, the patterns of use and ownership remain similar among the cohorts. The findings of our study show that physical activity behaviors were positively associated with wearable device users and app users. These findings were similar between males and females. Given the cross-sectional nature of this data, the relationship between using apps or wearable devices and enhancing physical activity behaviors requires further investigation.
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- Kwok Ng
- School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland.,Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.,Physical Activity for Health Cluster, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- LIKES Research Centre for Physical Activity and Health, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- LIKES Research Centre for Physical Activity and Health, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- School of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Science and Health, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Education, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Sport, Ulster University, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Physical Activity for Health Cluster, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.,Performance Department, Swim Ireland, Irish Sport HQ, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.,Physical Activity for Health Cluster, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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Forte C, McDowell CP, Belton SJ, O'Brien W, Murphy M, Powell C, Woods C, Herring MP. Associations Between Screen-time And Depressive Symptoms: Results From CSPPA-2. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2020. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000686024.90085.3f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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PurposeHigher Education Institutions observe that many students are experiencing mental health issues, such as high levels of anxiety and stress. Young adults are recognised as a vulnerable group who carry the burden of mental health problems worldwide. Mental health interventions can be effective in positively influencing students' emotional and behavioural wellbeing.Design/methodology/approachIn the current study, the principles of Intervention Mapping (IM) were applied to guide the development, implementation, and evaluation of a specifically tailored mental health programme for a selected student cohort in a large Higher Education Institute in Ireland. Mixed qualitative (Delphi technique and focus group discussions) and quantitative (survey) data were gathered to gain a broad perspective of mental health concerns and learning needs among a sample of higher education students (n = 99).FindingsExisting evidence guided by theoretical frameworks were blended to create a specifically tailored mental health programme to meet the needs of higher education students in Ireland. Results indicate that the established six-stages of IM provide an empirical process that has the potential to effectively respond to the mental health needs of students in higher education. IM identifies the priority needs of students in higher education and ensures that suitable behaviour change techniques for mental health are addressed. 10;Originality/valueIM is a suitable method to critically and collaboratively develop a mental health intervention for the overall wellbeing of the general higher education student population, both nationally and globally. 10;
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Bolger LA, Bolger LE, O'Neill C, Coughlan E, Lacey S, O'Brien W, Burns C. Fundamental Movement Skill Proficiency and Health Among a Cohort of Irish Primary School Children. Res Q Exerc Sport 2019; 90:24-35. [PMID: 30707088 DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2018.1563271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate the relationship between fundamental movement skills (FMS) and markers of health among a cohort of Irish primary school children. METHODS Participants (N = 296, mean age: 7.99 ± 2.02 years) were senior infant (n = 149, mean age: 6.02 ± 0.39 years) and 4th class (n = 147, mean age: 9.97 ± 0.40 years) students from three primary schools in Cork, Ireland. FMS proficiency (TGMD-2) and markers of health (BMI percentile, waist circumference percentile, blood pressure percentiles, resting heart rate, cardiorespiratory fitness, objectively measured physical activity; PA) measurements were recorded. Correlation and hierarchical stepwise multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to investigate the relationship between FMS and markers of health. RESULTS A small, positive relationship was found between FMS (Gross Motor Quotient; GMQ) and cardiorespiratory fitness with small negative correlations between GMQ and 550 m time SDS among 6-year-olds (r(129) = -.286, p < .05) and 10-year-olds (r(132) = -.340, p < .05). A moderate, positive correlation was found between GMQ and light PA (r(71) = .400, p < .05). Small positive correlations were revealed between GMQ and moderate PA (r(71) = .259, p < .05) and between GMQ and total PA (r(71) = .355, p < .05). After adjusting for age, sex, the interaction effect of age and sex, and school attended, FMS explained 15.9% and 24.8% of the variance in 550 m time SDS among 6- and 10-year-olds, respectively, and 6% and 6.5% of the variance in light PA and moderate PA, respectively. After adjusting for age and sex, FMS explained 11.6% of the variance in total PA. CONCLUSION A wide range of FMS is important for children's cardiorespiratory fitness and PA.
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Bolger LE, Bolger LA, O'Neill C, Coughlan E, O'Brien W, Lacey S, Burns C. Accuracy of Children's Perceived Skill Competence and its Association With Physical Activity. J Phys Act Health 2018; 16:1-8. [PMID: 30518294 DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2017-0371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Perceived movement competence is important in the relationship between actual competence and physical activity (PA). This study examines the accuracy of children's perceptions and investigates the relationship between perceived competence (PC) and PA. METHODS Data collected were part of Project Spraoi, a PA and nutrition-based intervention. Participants (N = 419) were senior infant/first class (n = 202, mean age: 6.5 [0.6] y) and fourth/fifth class (n = 217, mean age: 10.4 [0.6] y) children from 3 schools in Cork, Ireland. The Test of Gross Motor Development-2 and Pictorial Scale of Perceived Movement Skill Competence for Young Children assessed actual and PC in 6 locomotor and 6 object-control fundamental movement skills. Moderate to vigorous PA levels were measured by accelerometry. Wilcoxon signed-rank tests assessed the accuracy of PC. Hierarchical regression analysis investigated relationships between PC and both actual competence and moderate to vigorous PA. RESULTS Children had greater perceived overall and object-control competence than actual. Among younger children, there was no difference between perceived locomotor and actual, while older children had lower perceived locomotor competence than actual. PC did not predict actual competence. Perceived object-control and total PC were significant predictors of moderate to vigorous PA. CONCLUSIONS Children have inflated perceptions of their overall and object-control movement skill competency. Perceived object-control and total FMS is associated with PA and thus, interventions aimed at increasing PA among children should target PC.
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Belton S, O'Brien W, McGann J, Issartel J. Bright spots physical activity investments that work: Youth-Physical Activity Towards Health (Y-PATH). Br J Sports Med 2018; 53:208-212. [PMID: 30315116 PMCID: PMC6362606 DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Sarahjane Belton
- School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Education, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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O'Brien W, Issartel J, Belton S. Relationship between Physical Activity, Screen Time and Weight Status among Young Adolescents. Sports (Basel) 2018; 6:sports6030057. [PMID: 29937496 PMCID: PMC6162488 DOI: 10.3390/sports6030057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 01/12/2018] [Revised: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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It is well established that lack of physical activity and high bouts of sedentary behaviour are now associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between physical activity participation, overall screen time and weight status amongst early Irish adolescent youth. Participants were a sample of 169 students: 113 boys (mean age = 12.89 ± 0.34 years) and 56 girls (mean age = 12.87 ± 0.61 years). The data gathered in the present study included physical activity (accelerometry), screen time (self-report) and anthropometric measurements. Overweight and obese participants accumulated significantly more minutes of overall screen time daily compared to their normal-weight counterparts. A correlation between physical activity and daily television viewing was evident among girls. No significant interaction was apparent when examining daily physical activity and overall screen time in the prediction of early adolescents’ body mass index. Results suggest the importance of reducing screen time in the contribution towards a healthier weight status among adolescents. Furthermore, physical activity appears largely unrelated to overall screen time in predicting adolescent weight status, suggesting that these variables may be independent markers of health in youth. The existing relationship for girls between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and time spent television viewing may be a potential area to consider for future intervention design with adolescent youth.
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- Wesley O'Brien
- School of Education, Sports Studies and Physical Education Department, 2 Lucan Place, Western Road, University College Cork, Cork T12 KX72, Ireland.
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- Centre of Preventive Medicine, School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin D09 W6Y4, Ireland.
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- Centre of Preventive Medicine, School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin D09 W6Y4, Ireland.
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Lester D, McGrane B, Belton S, Duncan MJ, Chambers FC, O'Brien W. The Age-Related Association of Movement in Irish Adolescent Youth. Sports (Basel) 2017; 5:sports5040077. [PMID: 29910437 PMCID: PMC5969029 DOI: 10.3390/sports5040077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 08/01/2017] [Revised: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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(1) Background: Research has shown that post-primary Irish youth are insufficiently active and fail to reach a level of proficiency across basic movement skills. The purpose of the current research was to gather cross-sectional baseline data on Irish adolescent youth, specifically the prevalence of movement skills and patterns, in order to generate an overall perspective of movement within the first three years (Junior Certificate level) of post-primary education; (2) Methods: Data were collected on adolescents (N = 181; mean age: 14.42 ± 0.98 years), attending two, mixed-gender schools. Data collection included 10 fundamental movement skills (FMS) and the seven tests within the Functional Movement Screen (FMS™). The data set was analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0 for Windows; (3) Results: Overall, levels of actual mastery within fundamental and functional movement were low. There were statistically significant age-related differences observed, with a progressive decline as age increased in both the object control (p = 0.002) FMS sub-domain, and the in-line lunge (p = 0.048) test of the FMS™; (4) Conclusion: In summary, we found emerging evidence that school year group is significantly associated with mastery of movement skills and patterns. Results from the current study suggest that developing a specifically tailored movement-oriented intervention would be a strategic step towards improving the low levels of adolescent fundamental and functional movement proficiency.
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- Diarmuid Lester
- School of Education, Sports Studies and Physical Education, University College Cork, 2 Lucan Place, Western Road, Cork, Ireland.
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- School of Arts Education and Movement, Dublin City University, Institute of Education, St. Patrick's Campus, Dublin, Ireland.
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- School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
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- Research Centre for Applied Biological and Exercise Sciences, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK.
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- School of Education, Sports Studies and Physical Education, University College Cork, 2 Lucan Place, Western Road, Cork, Ireland.
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- School of Education, Sports Studies and Physical Education, University College Cork, 2 Lucan Place, Western Road, Cork, Ireland.
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Farmer O, Belton S, O'Brien W. The Relationship between Actual Fundamental Motor Skill Proficiency, Perceived Motor Skill Confidence and Competence, and Physical Activity in 8⁻12-Year-Old Irish Female Youth. Sports (Basel) 2017; 5:sports5040074. [PMID: 29910434 PMCID: PMC5969030 DOI: 10.3390/sports5040074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [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: 08/01/2017] [Revised: 09/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This study examines the relationship between actual fundamental motor skill (FMS) proficiency, perceived motor confidence and competence, and physical activity (PA) among female children (n= 160; mean age = 10.69 ± 1.40 years). The Test of Gross Motor Development-2nd Edition (TGMD-2) was used to assess seven FMSs (locomotor, object-control, and stability). Motor confidence and competence were assessed using a valid skill-specific scale, and a modified version of the Self-Perception Profile for Children. PA levels were assessed using self-report (PA Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C)) and classified as low, moderate, and high active. One-way and two-way ANOVAs (post-hoc honest significant difference (HSD)) and correlation coefficients were used to analyse the data. Findings indicate that the majority of youth (71.8%) were not meeting the minimum 60 min of daily PA recommended for health, and that 98.1% did not achieve the FMS proficiency expected for their age. While there were high levels of perceived physical self-confidence (PSC) reported within FMS skill-specific tasks, there was no significant correlation observed between actual FMS proficiency and perceived PSC among the cohort. Results show that low, moderately, and highly active female participants differ significantly in terms of their overall FMS (p = 0.03) and locomotor (LOC) control scores (p = 0.03). Results from a two-way between-groups analysis of variance also revealed no statistically significant interaction effect between PA grouping and physical performance self-concept (PPSC) on overall FMS proficiency levels. Results of a multiple linear regression indicate that perceived PSC is a significant predictor (beta = 0.183) of participants' overall PA levels. Data show a need for targeting low levels of PA, and low FMS proficiency in female youth, and for developing interventions aiming to enhance perceived PSC levels.
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- Orlagh Farmer
- School of Education, Sports Studies and Physical Education Department, 2 Lucan Place, Western Road, University College Cork, Cork, T12 KX72, Ireland.
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- School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin D09 W6Y4, Ireland.
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- School of Education, Sports Studies and Physical Education Department, 2 Lucan Place, Western Road, University College Cork, Cork, T12 KX72, Ireland.
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- G O Cowan
- Royal Army Medical College, Millbank, London
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- Royal Army Medical College, Millbank, London
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Andre M, Heba E, Han A, Lin S, Wolfson T, Ang B, Gamst A, Erdman J, O'Brien W, Sirlin C, Loomba R. WE-EF-210-05: Diagnosis and Quantification of Liver Steatosis with Quantitative Ultrasound Backscatter Technique. Med Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4926028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Sutcliffe JA, O'Brien W, Fyfe C, Grossman TH. Antibacterial activity of eravacycline (TP-434), a novel fluorocycline, against hospital and community pathogens. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2013; 57:5548-58. [PMID: 23979750 PMCID: PMC3811277 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01288-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2013] [Accepted: 08/20/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Eravacycline (TP-434 or 7-fluoro-9-pyrrolidinoacetamido-6-demethyl-6-deoxytetracycline) is a novel fluorocycline that was evaluated for antimicrobial activity against panels of recently isolated aerobic and anaerobic Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. Eravacycline showed potent broad-spectrum activity against 90% of the isolates (MIC90) in each panel at concentrations ranging from ≤0.008 to 2 μg/ml for all species panels except those of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia cenocepacia (MIC90 values of 32 μg/ml for both organisms). The antibacterial activity of eravacycline was minimally affected by expression of tetracycline-specific efflux and ribosomal protection mechanisms in clinical isolates. Furthermore, eravacycline was active against multidrug-resistant bacteria, including those expressing extended-spectrum β-lactamases and mechanisms conferring resistance to other classes of antibiotics, including carbapenem resistance. Eravacycline has the potential to be a promising new intravenous (i.v.)/oral antibiotic for the empirical treatment of complicated hospital/health care infections and moderate-to-severe community-acquired infections.
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- J A Sutcliffe
- Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts, USA
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Griffiths D, Sturm J, Heard R, Reyneke E, Whyte S, Clarke T, O'Brien W, Crimmins D. Can lower risk patients presenting with transient ischaemic attack be safely managed as outpatients? J Clin Neurosci 2013; 21:47-50. [PMID: 23683740 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.02.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2012] [Revised: 02/05/2013] [Accepted: 02/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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This study aimed to examine outcome in low risk transient ischaemic attack (TIA) patients presenting to emergency departments (ED) in a regional Australian setting discharged on antiplatelet therapy with expedited neurology review. All patients presenting to Gosford or Wyong Hospital ED with TIA, for whom faxed referrals to the neurology department were received between October 2008 and July 2010, were included in this prospective cohort study. Classification of low risk was based on an age, blood pressure, clinical features, duration of symptoms and diabetes (ABCD2) score <4 and the absence of high risk features, including known carotid disease, crescendo TIA, or atrial fibrillation. Patients with ABCD2 scores > or =4 or with high risk features were discussed with the neurologist on call (a decision regarding discharge or admission was then made at the neurologist's discretion). Patients were investigated with a brain CT scan and/or CT angiography, routine pathology, and an electrocardiogram. All discharged patients were commenced on antiplatelet therapy and asked to follow up with their local medical officer within 7 days. The patients were contacted by the neurology department to arrange follow-up. Our primary outcome was the number of subsequent strokes occurring within 90 days. Of 200 discharged patients for whom referrals were received, three patients had a stroke within 90 days. None of these would have been prevented through hospitalisation. In conclusion, medical assessment, expedited investigation with immediate commencement of secondary prevention and outpatient neurology review may be a reasonable alternative to admission for low risk patients presenting to the ED with TIA.
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- D Griffiths
- Department of Neurology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Pacific Hwy, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia.
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- Department of Neurology, Gosford Hospital, Gosford, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Gosford Hospital, Gosford, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Gosford Hospital, Gosford, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Gosford Hospital, Gosford, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Gosford Hospital, Gosford, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Gosford Hospital, Gosford, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Gosford Hospital, Gosford, NSW, Australia
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O'Brien W, Crimmins D, Donaldson W, Risti R, Clarke TA, Whyte S, Sturm J. FASTER (Face, Arm, Speech, Time, Emergency Response): experience of Central Coast Stroke Services implementation of a pre-hospital notification system for expedient management of acute stroke. J Clin Neurosci 2011; 19:241-5. [PMID: 22118794 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2010] [Accepted: 06/13/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Despite benefit in acute ischaemic stroke, less than 3% of patients receive tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) in Australia. The FASTER (Face, Arm, Speech, Time, Emergency Response) protocol was constructed to reduce pre-hospital and Emergency Department (ED) delays and improve access to thrombolysis. This study aimed to determine if introduction of the FASTER protocol increases use of tPA using a prospective pre- and post-intervention cohort design in a metropolitan hospital. A pre-hospital assessment tool was used by ambulance services to screen potential tPA candidates. The acute stroke team was contacted, hospital bypass allowed, triage and CT radiology alerted, and the patient rapidly assessed on arrival to ED. Data were collected prospectively during the first 6 months of the new pathway and compared to a 6-month period 12 months prior to protocol initiation. In the 6 months following protocol introduction, 115 patients presented within 24 hours of onset of an ischaemic stroke: 22 (19%) received thrombolysis, significantly greater than five (7%) of 67 patients over the control period, p=0.03. Overall, 42 patients were referred via the FASTER pathway, with 21 of these receiving tPA (50%). One inpatient stroke was also treated. Only two referrals (<5%) were stroke mimics. Introduction of the FASTER pathway also significantly reduced time to thrombolysis and time to admission to the stroke unit. Therefore, fast-track referral of potential tPA patients involving the ambulance services and streamlined hospital assessment is effective and efficient in improving patient access to thrombolysis.
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- W O'Brien
- Department of Neurosciences, Gosford Hospital, Gosford, New South Wales 2250, Australia.
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Carballo-Diéguez A, Dolezal C, Bauermeister JA, O'Brien W, Ventuneac A, Mayer K. Preference for gel over suppository as delivery vehicle for a rectal microbicide: results of a randomised, crossover acceptability trial among men who have sex with men. Sex Transm Infect 2009; 84:483-7. [PMID: 19028952 DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.030478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess whether men who have sex with men (MSM) prefer a gel or a suppository as a delivery vehicle for a rectal microbicide. METHODS 77 HIV-negative MSM with a recent history of inconsistent condom use during receptive anal intercourse (RAI) who acknowledged being at risk of contracting HIV were enrolled in a randomised, crossover acceptability trial. They compared 35 ml placebo gel with 8 g placebo rectal suppositories used on up to three RAI occasions each. RESULTS Participants preferred the gel over the suppository (75% versus 25%, p<0.001) and so did their partners (71% versus 29%, p<0.001). The gel received more favourable ratings overall and on attributes such as colour, smell, consistency, feeling in rectum immediately after insertion and/or 30 minutes after insertion and application process. The gel resulted in less negative ratings in terms of participants being bothered by leakage, soiling, bloating, gassiness, stomach cramps, urge to have bowel movement, diarrhoea, pain or trauma. Participants liked the gel more in terms of feelings during anal sex, sexual satisfaction, partners' sexual satisfaction and liking the product when condoms were used and when condoms were not used. CONCLUSIONS In this sample taken from one of the populations most likely to benefit from rectal microbicide availability, gel had greater acceptability than a suppository as a potential microbicide vehicle.
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- A Carballo-Diéguez
- Unit 15, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Dhar SU, Scaglia F, Li FY, Smith L, Barshop BA, Eng CM, Haas RH, Hunter JV, Lotze T, Maranda B, Willis M, Abdenur JE, Chen E, O'Brien W, Wong LJC. Expanded clinical and molecular spectrum of guanidinoacetate methyltransferase (GAMT) deficiency. Mol Genet Metab 2009; 96:38-43. [PMID: 19027335 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2008.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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] [Received: 08/12/2008] [Revised: 10/13/2008] [Accepted: 10/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Guanidinoacetate methyltransferase (GAMT) deficiency is a disorder of creatine biosynthesis, characterized by excessive amounts of guanidinoacetate in body fluids, deficiency of creatine in the brain, and presence of mutations in the GAMT gene. We present here 8 new patients with GAMT deficiency along with their clinical, biochemical and molecular data. The age at diagnosis of our patients ranges from 0 to 14 years. The age of onset of seizures usually ranges from infancy to 3 years. However, one of our patients developed seizures at age 5; progressing to myoclonic epilepsy at age 8 years and another patient has not developed seizures at age 17 years. Five novel mutations were identified: c.37ins26 (p.G13PfsX38), c.403G>T (p.D135Y), c.507_521dup15 (p.C169_S173dup), c.402C>G (p.Y134X) and c.610_611delAGinsGAA (p.R204EfsX63). Six patients had the c.327G>A (last nucleotide of exon 2) splice-site mutation which suggests that this is one of the most common mutations in the GAMT gene, second only to the known Portuguese founder mutation, c.59G>C (p.W20S). Our data suggests that the clinical presentation can be variable and the diagnosis may be overlooked due to unawareness of this disorder. Therefore, GAMT deficiency should be considered in the differential diagnosis of progressive myoclonic epilepsy as well as in unexplained developmental delay or regression with dystonia, even if the patient has no history of seizures. As more patients are reported, the prevalence of GAMT deficiency will become known and guidelines for prenatal diagnosis, newborn screening, presymptomatic testing and treatment, will need to be formulated.
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- S U Dhar
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, NAB 2015, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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BACKGROUND Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the operation of choice for cholelithiasis. AIMS The aims of our study were to assess the feasibility of day case laparoscopic cholecystectomy (DCLC) in selected patients. METHODS DCLC was introduced in this unit in July 1999. The first 50 patients were prospectively evaluated up to February 2001. RESULTS All patients were under 55 years of age with an ASA grade of I (n = 48) or II (n = 2). The mean age was 41.1 years (range 20-55 years) and the male:female ratio was 1:6. All patients had a standard anaesthetic protocol. Patients were discharged 10 to 12 hours postoperatively with a pro forma, which was reviewed at one week in the clinic. The conversion rate was 2%. Three required overnight admission due to excessive nausea, hypertension and for an unforeseen psychosocial problem. Ninety per cent of patients were suitable for same day discharge. No patient required subsequent readmission. CONCLUSION DCLC is feasible and safe in carefully selected patients and has the advantages of convenience and cost-effectiveness.
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- J M Kiely
- Department of Surgery, Limerick Regional Hospital, Limerick, Ireland
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Pollock JS, Webb W, Callaway D, O'Brien W, Howdieshell TR. Nitric oxide synthase isoform expression in a porcine model of granulation tissue formation. Surgery 2001; 129:341-50. [PMID: 11231463 DOI: 10.1067/msy.2001.111700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study was designed to determine whether the nitric oxide (NO) pathway is involved in wound granulation tissue formation. METHODS A section of the pig abdominal wall (excluding the skin) was excised, creating an incisional hernia. The resulting defect was repaired with silicone sheeting in a manner that mimics a temporary abdominal wall closure. During the 14-day experimental period, porcine omentum adhered to the peritoneal edges of the defect and a highly vascularized granulation tissue formed on both sides of the sheeting. Granulation tissue thickness and wound fluid volume were monitored by ultrasonography and epigastric artery flow velocity was monitored by color Doppler flow analysis at days 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, and 14. Fluid was serially harvested from the wound compartment at days 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, and 14 for nitrite/ nitrate (NOx) analysis. Finally, granulation tissue was harvested at day 14 for immunohistochemical and molecular analyses. RESULTS There was a significant increase in granulation tissue thickness and wound fluid volume during the 14-day study period. Blood flow to the wound increased significantly by day 4 and returned toward baseline by day 14. Wound fluid NOx levels significantly increased from days 7 to 11 and then decreased to near baseline values by day 14. Wound fluid arginine levels significantly decreased when compared with peritoneal fluid and plasma levels at day 14, while wound fluid ornithine levels significantly increased. Immunohistochemical analysis of granulation tissue at day 14 revealed nitric oxide synthase (NOS) 2 was present in the majority of the cells in the granulation tissue. NOS 3 was expressed in endothelial cells only, and NOS 1 expression was not observed in the granulation tissue. CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that NO, NOS 2, and arginine may play critical roles in granulation tissue formation and wound healing. Arginase and NOS 2 may compete for available arginine as a substrate, thereby limiting later NO production in favor of sustained ornithine synthesis.
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- J S Pollock
- Vascular Biology Center and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-2500, USA
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Emanuel I, Leisenring W, Williams M, Kimpo C, Estee S, O'Brien W, Hale CB. Authors' reply to the commentary Maternal birthweight and newborn status. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2000; 14:378-80. [PMID: 11101026 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2000.00297.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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O'Brien W. Report from the 4th International Workshop on HIV Drug Resistance and Treatment Strategies. Res Initiat Treat Action 2000; 6:26-9. [PMID: 11708164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2023]
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- W O'Brien
- University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, USA
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Lee B, Yu H, Jahoor F, O'Brien W, Beaudet AL, Reeds P. In vivo urea cycle flux distinguishes and correlates with phenotypic severity in disorders of the urea cycle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:8021-6. [PMID: 10869432 PMCID: PMC16663 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.140082197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Urea cycle disorders are a group of inborn errors of hepatic metabolism that result in often life-threatening hyperammonemia and hyperglutaminemia. Clinical and laboratory diagnosis of partial deficiencies during asymptomatic periods is difficult, and correlation of phenotypic severity with either genotype and/or in vitro enzyme activity is often imprecise. We hypothesized that stable isotopically determined in vivo rates of total body urea synthesis and urea cycle-specific nitrogen flux would correlate with both phenotypic severity and carrier status in patients with a variety of different enzymatic deficiencies of the urea cycle. We studied control subjects, patients, and their relatives with different enzymatic deficiencies affecting the urea cycle while consuming a low protein diet. On a separate occasion the subjects either received a higher protein intake or were treated with an alternative route medication sodium phenylacetate/benzoate (Ucephan), or oral arginine supplementation. Total urea synthesis from all nitrogen sources was determined from [(18)O]urea labeling, and the utilization of peripheral nitrogen was estimated from the relative isotopic enrichments of [(15)N]urea and [(15)N]glutamine during i.v. co-infusions of [5-(amide)(15)N]glutamine and [(18)O]urea. The ratio of the isotopic enrichments of (15)N-urea/(15)N-glutamine distinguished normal control subjects (ratio = 0.42 +/- 0.06) from urea cycle patients with late (0.17 +/- 0.03) and neonatal (0.003 +/- 0.007) presentations irrespective of enzymatic deficiency. This index of urea cycle activity also distinguished asymptomatic heterozygous carriers of argininosuccinate synthetase deficiency (0. 22 +/- 0.03), argininosuccinate lyase deficiency (0.35 +/- 0.11), and partial ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (0.26 +/- 0.06) from normal controls. Administration of Ucephan lowered, and arginine increased, urea synthesis to the degree predicted from their respective rates of metabolism. The (15)N-urea/(15)N-glutamine ratio is a sensitive index of in vivo urea cycle activity and correlates with clinical severity. Urea synthesis is altered by alternative route medications and arginine supplementation to the degree that is to be expected from theory. This stable isotope protocol provides a sensitive tool for evaluating the efficacy of therapeutic modalities and acts as an aid to the diagnosis and management of urea cycle patients.
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- B Lee
- Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics and Pediatrics and Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Diers D, Torre C, Heard DM, Bozzo J, O'Brien W. Bringing decision support to nurse managers. Comput Nurs 2000; 18:137-44; quiz 146-8. [PMID: 10835813] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Modern hospital nursing management requires timely and accurate information to allow nurse managers to adjust resources to patient requirements. We report an experience using production theory to provide the framework for the development of Decision Support Objects: graphic displays of nursing hours budgeted, scheduled, and worked within institution-specific control limits. Every month, nurse managers follow an analytic algorithm to understand nursing resources and trends on their units. Exception reporting closes the accountability loop. The essentials of education for nurse managers include skill training in the use of the decision-support tools and supportive lecture/seminars for understanding the managerial implications of using them.
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- D Diers
- Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, CT 06536-0740, USA.
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Arellano R, Jiang MT, O'Brien W, Hossain I, Boylen P, Demajo W, Cheng DC. Acute graded hypercapnia increases collateral coronary blood flow in a swine model of chronic coronary artery obstruction. Crit Care Med 1999; 27:2729-34. [PMID: 10628618 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199912000-00021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of acute hypercapnia on regional myocardial blood flow in a swine model of chronic, single-vessel coronary artery obstruction. Permissive hypercapnia is being used frequently in critical care settings. One possible detrimental effect of hypercapnia is the initiation of coronary "steal" in patients with coronary artery disease. The effects of hypercapnia on collateral coronary blood flow in the setting of coronary obstruction have not been defined. DESIGN Prospective controlled experimental study. SETTING Institutional animal research facility. SUBJECTS Eight juvenile swine weighing 25-30 kg. INTERVENTIONS Collateral coronary circulation was induced in eight piglets by banding the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery for 8-10 wks followed by total ligation. Graded hypercapnia (mean Paco2, 81 torr [10.80 kPa; Paco2 = 81 torr] and 127 torr [16.93 kPa; Paco2 = 127 torr]) was induced by increasing inspiratory carbon dioxide under isoflurane anesthesia (1 minimum alveolar concentration). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Animals were attached to instruments to measure pulmonary and systemic hemodynamics, regional myocardial blood flow, and cardiac output. Regional myocardial blood flow was determined using radiolabeled microspheres. Cardiac output, mean arterial pressure, and coronary perfusion pressure were unchanged at both levels of hypercapnia compared with baseline values. Heart rate was increased at Paco2 [HI] (p < .05). Regional blood flow was increased at both levels of hypercapnia in the collateral-dependent and normally perfused myocardium (p < .05; as high as 56% for subendocardium and as high as 106% for subepicardium at Paco2 [HI]). The intercoronary blood flow ratio remained unaltered. The transmural flow ratio was reduced at Paco2 [HI] (P < .05). During hypercapnia, regional lactate extraction remained unaltered, and regional oxygen extraction was unchanged or reduced despite the increase in oxygen consumption. CONCLUSIONS In this swine model of chronic single-vessel coronary artery obstruction, acute hypercapnia does not induce coronary steal from collateral-dependent myocardium, but it does increase global coronary blood flow.
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- R Arellano
- Department of Anaesthesia, Toronto Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Buchman AL, O'Brien W, Ou CN, Rognerud C, Alvarez M, Dennis K, Ahn C. The effect of arginine or glycine supplementation on gastrointestinal function, muscle injury, serum amino acid concentrations and performance during a marathon run. Int J Sports Med 1999; 20:315-21. [PMID: 10452229 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-971137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Gastrointestinal bleeding and increased intestinal permeability have been observed in marathon runners. We sought to determine if L-arginine would be useful for prevention of these complications. Twenty-three runners were randomized to receive L-arginine (A) or glycine (placebo) (G), 10 grams 3 times daily for 14 days prior to the 1997 Houston-Methodist Marathon. Serum, stool hemoccults and lactulose:mannitol permeabilities were obtained at baseline, immediately after completion of the marathon and approximately 48 hours later. Runners rated their symptoms of nausea and vomiting, belching and indigestion, abdominal pain and bloating, diarrhea, and extremity pain on a 1-5 scale of increasing severity. The L:M was unchanged in either group during the three collections. Occult bleeding occurred in 8%/20% in A and G groups, respectively, p = NS) immediately post-marathon. No runners had occult bleeding 48 hours post-race. Gastrointestinal symptom scores were minimal to nonexistent. Extremity pain scores were similar for groups A and G (2.1+/-1.4 and 2.8+/-1.6, respectively, (p = NS). Fluid intake was similar between both groups (1875+/-1547 vs. 1506+/-970 ml, p = NS). Serum amylase was normal at baseline and remained virtually unchanged. Serum lipase was normal at baseline and immediately post-race in both groups, but increased at 48 hours post-race (82.2+/-34.3 to 121.5+/-53.3 mg/dl [A], p = 0.02 and 114.3+/-55.7 to 181.9+/-162.2 mg/dl [G], p = 0.09). CPK increased significantly and similarly in both groups immediately post-race, and even more dramatically 48 hours post-race (130.3+/-130.8 to 738.8+/-902.9, p = 0.007 to 1966.5+/-3.166.0 mg/dl [A] and 140.9+/-77.9 to 863.0+/-772.3, p = 0.003 to 5619+/-10636.8mg/dl [G]). Modest post-race decreases were seen in most serum amino acids in both groups. Finish times were longer than predicted (23+/-21 and 9+/-7 min for A and G groups, respectively, p = 0.049). Our study failed to show a clear benefit of arginine supplementation for the prevention of intestinal ischemia/reperfusion injury associated with endurance running, but either a detrimental affect on performance with arginine, or enhanced performance with glycine. Skeletal muscle injury was unaffected by arginine or glycine supplementation. The delayed increase in serum lipase suggests mild pancreatic injury, affected by either arginine or glycine supplementation.
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- A L Buchman
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, USA.
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Emanuel I, Leisenring W, Williams MA, Kimpo C, Estee S, O'Brien W, Hale CB. The Washington State Intergenerational Study of Birth Outcomes: methodology and some comparisons of maternal birthweight and infant birthweight and gestation in four ethnic groups. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 1999; 13:352-69. [PMID: 10440054 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1999.00184.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A statewide database of vital records and hospital discharge summaries of obstetric and neonatal admissions for Washington State in 1987-95 was linked to the birth certificates of mothers born in the state. A total of 46,000 births to mothers of four racial/ethnic groups were studied: Whites, African-Americans, Native Americans and Hispanics. For all four groups inverse associations were found between maternal birthweight and infant low birthweight and preterm birth. The birthweight distribution of African-American mothers was displaced markedly downwards compared with the Whites; this difference in maternal birthweight is offered as a partial explanation of the greater prevalence of suboptimal pregnancy outcomes in the former. In contrast, the maternal birthweight distributions of Whites, Native Americans and Hispanics are similar; differences in pregnancy outcomes are probably more related to maternal preconceptional and postnatal factors in these groups as well as differences in pregnancy-related factors. Mothers' birthweight may have clinical value in identifying high-risk pregnancies.
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- I Emanuel
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7236, USA
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Lee B, Dennis JA, Healy PJ, Mull B, Pastore L, Yu H, Aguilar-Cordova E, O'Brien W, Reeds P, Beaudet AL. Hepatocyte gene therapy in a large animal: a neonatal bovine model of citrullinemia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:3981-6. [PMID: 10097149 PMCID: PMC22406 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.7.3981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 01/24/2023] Open
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The development of gene-replacement therapy for inborn errors of metabolism has been hindered by the limited number of suitable large-animal models of these diseases and by inadequate methods of assessing the efficacy of treatment. Such methods should provide sensitive detection of expression in vivo and should be unaffected by concurrent pharmacologic and dietary regimens. We present the results of studies in a neonatal bovine model of citrullinemia, an inborn error of urea-cycle metabolism characterized by deficiency of argininosuccinate synthetase and consequent life-threatening hyperammonemia. Measurements of the flux of nitrogen from orally administered 15NH4 to [15N]urea were used to determine urea-cycle activity in vivo. In control animals, these isotopic measurements proved to be unaffected by pharmacologic treatments. Systemic administration of a first-generation E1-deleted adenoviral vector expressing human argininosuccinate synthetase resulted in transduction of hepatocytes and partial correction of the enzyme defect. The isotopic method showed significant restoration of urea synthesis. Moreover, the calves showed clinical improvement and normalization of plasma glutamine levels after treatment. The results show the clinical efficacy of treating a large-animal model of an inborn error of hepatocyte metabolism in conjunction with a method for sensitively measuring correction in vivo. These studies will be applicable to human trials of the treatment of this disorder and other related urea-cycle disorders.
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- B Lee
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Ross DD, Keay T, Timmel D, Alexander C, Dignon C, O'Mara A, O'Brien W. Required training in hospice and palliative care at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. J Cancer Educ 1999; 14:132-136. [PMID: 10512327 DOI: 10.1080/08858199909528602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Over a period of four years the authors developed and integrated into the curriculum of their medical school training programs in palliative medicine. Critical required elements in the freshman year focus on attitudes and the physician's role in the care of terminally ill patients and their families. A 16-hour module has been designed to be a required element for junior students. It includes in-depth classroom and experiential training in palliative medicine. The results of the pilot of this module are presented. METHODS The module consisted of one four-hour half-day session for four consecutive weeks during the ambulatory block in internal medicine. The first half-day class included both lectures and small-group discussions. Pain management, management of non-pain symptoms, and recognition of and basic interventions in spiritual and psychosocial suffering were covered. Required out-of-classroom reading assignments were distributed. The second and third half days were experiential, during which the student, in the company of a hospice nurse, made palliative care evaluations of terminally ill hospice patients. The last half day was a classroom session where the students presented their palliative care plan(s) for the patient(s) they had encountered on half days 2 and 3 to an interdisciplinary team (IDT) of the other students, a hospice medical director, a social worker, a hospice nurse, and a chaplain. Student scores on a 60-item objective test and participation in the IDT meeting were the primary data sources used to evaluate student achievement of the course objectives. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS The majority of students attained the course objectives. Student evaluations of the module were very positive, particularly with regard to the home visits and the need for this training. It is anticipated that the module will be required during the 1999-00 academic year, with each student's performance contributing to his or her final grade in junior medicine.
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- D D Ross
- University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, USA.
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O'Brien W. Resistance to antiretroviral drugs. BETA 1998:11-4, 63. [PMID: 11364970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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- W O'Brien
- University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
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O'Brien W, Karski JM, Cheng D, Carroll-Munro J, Peniston C, Sandler A. Routine chest roentgenography on admission to intensive care unit after heart operations: is it of any value? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997; 113:130-3. [PMID: 9011682 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(97)70408-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 02/03/2023]
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The need for routine immediate postoperative chest roentgenography after heart operations has recently been questioned. In this study we investigated the impact of routine postoperative chest roentgenography on treatment instituted in the cardiovascular intensive care unit immediately after heart operations done via median sternotomy. A total of 404 random patients admitted to the cardiovascular intensive care unit underwent clinical (positioning of endotracheal tube, nasogastric tube, and pulmonary artery catheter) and laboratory (oxygenation) assessment by a cardiovascular intensive care unit physician according to a strict protocol. After clinical assessment, chest roentgenography was done for all admitted patients and the findings reviewed by the same physician. Pathologic conditions noted were recorded on the study form together with any required treatment. Eighteen patients (4.5%) out of 404 required intervention because of abnormalities detected by the chest x-ray film but not predicted by the initial physical and laboratory assessment. None of the pathologic conditions detected was life threatening. We conclude that chest roentgenography done on admission to the cardiovascular intensive care unit should be done only if clinical and laboratory assessment indicate the possibility of underlying pathologic conditions that can only be confirmed or diagnosed by chest roentgenography.
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- W O'Brien
- Department of Anesthesia, The Toronto Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ross DD, O'Mara A, Pickens N, Keay T, Timmel D, Alexander C, Hawtin C, O'Brien W, Schnaper N. Hospice and palliative care education in medical school: a module on the role of the physician in end-of-life care. J Cancer Educ 1997; 12:152-156. [PMID: 9376252 DOI: 10.1080/08858199709528478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND As a part of a program to integrate comprehensive palliative care education at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, a new teaching module was incorporated into the Introduction to Clinical Practice course for freshman medical students. METHODS The module is entitled "The Role and Responsibility of the Physician in Palliative and End-of-life Care: the Inter-disciplinary Team Approach." The teaching objectives are: 1) describe the value of palliative and end-of-life care as a professional practice; 2) delineate the barriers to physician competence in end-of-life care; 3) describe the concept of hospice and the multidisciplinary approach to the care of the terminally ill; 4) List the fundamental areas of knowledge and skills required for a physician to be an effective member of the palliative care team. The format of the module is a 30-minute didactic/interactive overview of the teaching objectives, followed by a 30-minute videotape "Care Beyond Cure," produced by the National Hospice Organization. The class then breaks up into small groups to discuss, over a two-hour period, a hypothetical illustrative case. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS The module was applied to the freshman medical student class in the 1995-1996 academic year. All freshmen were required to take it. Outcome evaluation utilized tools to assess attitude and cognitive domains. The attitude survey revealed that the majority of the students agreed that care of the dying could be a rewarding experience for the physician (72%) and that the case had helped them to understand the physician's role (93%). Overall, 82% wanted to learn more about the subject. Cognitive assessment tools indicated that the students satisfactorily understood the fundamental definitions of palliative care and hospice.
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- D D Ross
- Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA.
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Grauel RR, Eger R, Finley RC, Hawtin C, Keay T, O'Brien W, Pickens N, Schnapper N, Timmel D, O'Mara A, Ross DD. Educational program in palliative and hospice care at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. J Cancer Educ 1996; 11:144-147. [PMID: 8877573 DOI: 10.1080/08858199609528417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND The objective of this enterprise was and is to develop a validatable educational program on palliative and hospice care with a multidisciplinary perspective for the University of Maryland School of Medicine. METHODS An interdisciplinary education committee consisting of experts in palliative and hospice care and an expert in educational design and evaluation was established to develop the program. Program development, which is ongoing, includes a comprehensive instructional design phase, vertical integration of the program into the medical school curriculum, and outcome evaluation. RESULTS The instructional design phase has been accomplished; hence, the focus of this paper is on this aspect of program development. In addition, some integration of specific content areas into the medical school curriculum has been implemented. CONCLUSIONS When complete, the program will focus on developing skills and knowledge using a variety of interactive educational modalities, including problem-based learning, case study discussions, role playing, and practical experience at hospice and palliative care sites. Topics to be covered are symptom control, the compassionate approach to patient care, communication between physicians and patients or family members, professional collaboration on a multidisciplinary palliative care team, ethical and legal issues pertaining to end-of-life care, and the value of palliative medicine as a profession.
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- R R Grauel
- Health Sciences Library, University of Maryland at Baltimore, USA
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Pseudoaneurysm formation is a rare complication of knee arthroscopy. Cases reported in the literature have involved the popliteal, superior and inferior medial geniculate, and the inferior lateral geniculate arteries. These cases have all been described as presenting within 2 to 3 weeks of the arthroscopic procedure. Described here are two unique cases, the first a delayed presentation and the second involving the recurrent anterior tibial artery.
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- D Aldrich
- Saint Luke's Medical Center Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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An Q, Liu J, O'Brien W, Radcliffe G, Buxton D, Popoff S, King W, Vera-Garcia M, Lu L, Shah J. Comparison of characteristics of Q beta replicase-amplified assay with competitive PCR assay for Chlamydia trachomatis. J Clin Microbiol 1995; 33:58-63. [PMID: 7699067 PMCID: PMC227880 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.33.1.58-63.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 01/26/2023] Open
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In order to study infections due to Chlamydia trachomatis, we have compared semiquantitative PCR and Q beta replicase-amplified assays for detection of this organism. The PCR assay was directed against the C. trachomatis 16S rRNA gene. Quantitation was accomplished by adding known amounts of a plasmid containing a truncated segment of the 16S rRNA gene target to chlamydia-containing samples and then amplifying with a common primer set. The Q beta replicase assay consisted of reversible target capture of C. trachomatis 16S rRNA, which was followed by amplification of an RNA detector probe in the presence of the enzyme Q beta replicase. In a clinical matrix, the lower limit of detection of both the PCR and Q beta replicase assays was five elementary bodies. The Q beta replicase and PCR assays were quantitative over 10,000- and 1,000-fold ranges of organisms, respectively. Analysis of the effects of endocervical matrix on amplification was accomplished by examining 94 endocervical specimens by each technique. Both assays detected five of six culture-confirmed specimens as well as three culture-negative specimens. PCR inhibitors were detected in 13 specimens. The Q beta replicase assay, in contrast, showed no evidence of sample inhibition. The Q beta replicase and PCR assays should allow quantitative investigation of infections due to C. trachomatis. In addition, because it targets highly labile RNA, the Q beta replicase assay may facilitate investigations into the role of active persisting infection in culture-negative inflammatory conditions.
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- Q An
- Gene-Trak, Framingham, Massachusetts 01701
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Yu X, McLane MF, Ratner L, O'Brien W, Collman R, Essex M, Lee TH. Killing of primary CD4+ T cells by non-syncytium-inducing macrophage-tropic human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994; 91:10237-41. [PMID: 7937869 PMCID: PMC44993 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.21.10237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 01/28/2023] Open
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Understanding the mechanism by which human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) kills CD4+ T lymphocytes is important to the development of therapeutic and prophylactic strategies. Recent studies have indicated that, in some cases, progression to AIDS is associated with the appearance of syncytium-inducing, T cell line-tropic HIV-1 variants. Nevertheless, approximately 50% of subjects with AIDS harbor only non-syncytium-inducing, macrophage-tropic (NSI-M) variants of HIV-1. In most asymptomatic patients, NSI-M HIV-1 isolates are the predominant virus type found. We report here that cytopathicity of NSI-M HIV-1 for primary CD4+ T lymphocytes can be directly detected in vitro. The extent of CD4+ T-cell killing was not completely correlated with the rate of viral replication, suggesting that other characteristics of HIV-1 contribute to its cytopathicity. Our findings suggest that: (i) direct killing by NSI-M HIV-1 may contribute to CD4+ T-lymphocyte depletion in vivo, and (ii) the determinants of HIV-1 cytopathicity for CD4+ T lymphocytes and cell tropism or syncytia-forming ability are not necessarily tightly linked.
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115
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Higashiguchi T, Noguchi Y, O'Brien W, Wagner K, Fischer JE, Hasselgren PO. Effect of sepsis on mucosal protein synthesis in different parts of the gastrointestinal tract in rats. Clin Sci (Lond) 1994; 87:207-11. [PMID: 7924166 DOI: 10.1042/cs0870207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 01/27/2023]
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1. In a previous study we found that the protein synthesis rate was increased by 50-60% in the mucosa of the jejunum and ileum during sepsis in rats. It is not known if sepsis affects protein turnover in other parts of the gastrointestinal tract as well. 2. In the present study, the influence of sepsis on mucosal protein synthesis in different parts of the gastrointestinal tract, from the stomach to the rectum, was determined in rats. 3. Sepsis was induced by caecal ligation and puncture; control rats underwent sham-operation. Protein synthesis rate was measured in vivo after administration of a flooding dose of [14C]leucine. 4. Basal mucosal protein synthesis rates were lower in the colon than in the rest of the gastrointestinal tract. Sixteen hours after caecal ligation and puncture, the protein synthesis rates were increased by 40-85% in the mucosa of the small and large intestine and the rectum, whereas in the gastric mucosa, the protein synthesis rate was reduced by approximately 40%. 5. The results suggest that mucosal protein synthesis rates differ in the various regions of the gastrointestinal tract, and that the metabolic response to sepsis is different in the stomach than in the rest of the gastrointestinal tract. The finding of a reduced protein synthesis rate in the gastric mucosa may partly explain the tendency to gastric stress ulcers and bleeding seen clinically in sepsis.
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- T Higashiguchi
- Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Shriners Burns Institute, Ohio 45267-0558
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Zamir O, O'Brien W, Thompson R, Bloedow DC, Fischer JE, Hasselgren PO. Reduced muscle protein breakdown in septic rats following treatment with interleukin-1 receptor antagonist. Int J Biochem 1994; 26:943-50. [PMID: 8063018 DOI: 10.1016/0020-711x(94)90088-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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1. The role of interleukin-1 (IL-1) in sepsis-induced muscle proteolysis was assessed by treating septic rats with recombinant IL-1 receptor antagonist (rIL-1ra). 2. In initial experiments, we tested the effectiveness of IL-1ra in preventing muscle proteolysis induced by administration of IL-1. 3. When normal rats were treated with rIL-1 alpha (three intraperitoneal doses of 100 micrograms/kg body weight each over 16 hr), total and myofibrillar muscle protein breakdown rates, measured as release of tyrosine and 3-methylhistidine, respectively, by incubated extensor digitorum longus muscles, were significantly increased. 4. This metabolic response to IL-1 alpha was completely abolished by rIL-1ra, administered as three intraperitoneal doses of 3 mg/kg body weight each over 16 hr. 5. In subsequent experiments, sepsis was induced in rats by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP); non-septic rats were sham-operated. 6. Treatment of septic rats over 16 hr with a total dose of 25 mg/kg body weight of rIL-1ra reduced, but did not normalize, the increased muscle protein breakdown rates seen during sepsis. 7. When the dose of rIL-1ra was more than doubled and given as a constant infusion at a rate of 4.2 mg/kg body weight/hr for 16 hr, the increased rate of muscle proteolysis in septic rats was normalized. 8. The present study offers the first direct evidence that IL-1 is involved in the regulation of muscle proteolysis during sepsis.
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- O Zamir
- Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, OH 45267-0558
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- J B Lingrel
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH 45267-0524
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Hambaba M, Elsherif H, O'Brien W, Bergstrom E. Intelligent Framework for Part Design. Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems 1994. [DOI: 10.3233/ifs-1994-2107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- M. Hambaba
- Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030
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- Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030
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- Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030
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- Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030
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Lingrel JB, Van Huysse J, O'Brien W, Jewell-Motz E, Askew R, Schultheis P. Structure-function studies of the Na,K-ATPase. Kidney Int Suppl 1994; 44:S32-9. [PMID: 8127032] [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] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Na,K-ATPase catalyzes the movement of sodium and potassium ions across the cell membrane utilizing ATP as an energy source. This enzyme is present in almost all tissues of higher organisms but is most abundant in the kidney where it is responsible for reabsorbing sodium ions from the glomerular filtrate. The enzyme is composed of two subunits and serves as the receptor for cardiac glycosides. Utilizing an expression/selection system it has been possible to identify several amino acid residues that affect sensitivity to the cardiac glycoside, ouabain. Those identified to date are located in the first transmembrane region and first extracellular region. The fact that amino acid residues within a transmembrane region affect ouabain sensitivity suggests that the drug is partially internalized in the lipid bilayer. In an effort to determine whether any of the amino acid residues which affect ouabain sensitivity interact with the sugar part of cardiac glycosides, ouabain and ouabagenin were tested in terms of their ability to inhibit enzyme containing substitutions at these positions. The two compounds differ in that ouabagenin lacks a sugar moiety. Interestingly, the ratio of I50's for the substituted enzymes remains the same as the wild type, which suggests that the amino acids identified as determinants of ouabain sensitivity to date are not likely to interact with the sugar. Another set of studies focused on cation binding. It has been proposed that cation transport involves negatively charged residues in one or more transmembrane regions.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- J B Lingrel
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio
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O'Brien W, Hasselgren PO, Hummel RP, Coith R, Hyams D, Kurtzman L, Neale HW. Comparison of postoperative wound complications and early cancer recurrence between patients undergoing mastectomy with or without immediate breast reconstruction. Am J Surg 1993; 166:1-5. [PMID: 8392300 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9610(05)80572-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 01/30/2023]
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The incidence of postoperative wound complications and early cancer recurrence was studied in 289 patients who had mastectomy alone and in 113 patients who underwent immediate reconstruction following mastectomy. Patients undergoing immediate reconstruction were younger and had less advanced disease than patients who had mastectomy alone. The postoperative hospital stay was 3.8 days and 4.4 days (p < 0.05) in patients with and without reconstruction, respectively. The overall incidence of postoperative complications was similar in the two groups of patients: 31% and 28% in patients with and without reconstruction, respectively. The incidence of postoperative seroma was higher among patients with mastectomy alone (19% versus 3%, p < 0.05), whereas the incidence of other wound complications was similar in the two groups of patients. Prosthesis-specific complications occurred in 17%. Eight prostheses were removed because of complications. During the relatively short follow-up period (approximately 20 months), local recurrence was noted in 16 patients (6%) who had mastectomy alone and in 1 patient (1%) who had immediate reconstruction after mastectomy (p < 0.05). There was no significant difference in the incidence of distant metastases between the two groups of patients. The results suggest that immediate breast reconstruction can be performed following mastectomy for cancer without increased risk for overall postoperative complications, prolonged hospital stay, or local recurrence. However, patients who choose to have immediate reconstruction need to be informed about risks for specific complications associated with the procedure, especially if an implant is used.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Blood Transfusion
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/surgery
- Carcinoma in Situ/pathology
- Carcinoma in Situ/surgery
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/pathology
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/surgery
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Incidence
- Length of Stay
- Mammaplasty/adverse effects
- Mastectomy, Modified Radical/adverse effects
- Mastectomy, Modified Radical/rehabilitation
- Mastectomy, Simple/adverse effects
- Mastectomy, Simple/rehabilitation
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/pathology
- Neoplasm Staging
- Prostheses and Implants/adverse effects
- Retrospective Studies
- Surgical Flaps/methods
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- W O'Brien
- Breast Consultation Center, University of Cincinnati, Ohio
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Ryan T, Mannion D, O'Brien W, Grace P, Bouchier-Hayes D, Cunningham AJ. Spinal cord perfusion pressure in dogs after control of proximal aortic hypertension during thoracic aortic cross-clamping with esmolol or sodium nitroprusside. Anesthesiology 1993; 78:317-25. [PMID: 8094947 DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199302000-00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Spinal cord perfusion pressure may be reduced when sodium nitroprusside is used to control proximal aortic hypertension during thoracic aortic clamping. The effect of esmolol infusion on spinal cord perfusion pressure during thoracic aortic clamping is unknown. This study compares spinal cord perfusion pressure following control of proximal hypertension with either sodium nitroprusside or esmolol during thoracic aortic clamping. METHODS The thoracic aorta was cross-clamped for 30 min in 18 dogs anesthetized with halothane. A control group (n = 6) received no treatment of proximal hypertension during cross-clamping. In two other groups, proximal arterial pressure was controlled (100 mmHg) by infusion of either sodium nitroprusside (n = 6) or esmolol (n = 6). Brachial and femoral arterial pressures, spinal cord perfusion pressure, pulmonary artery occlusion, central venous pressures, and cardiac output were monitored. Neurologic assessment was performed 24 h following surgery. RESULTS Femoral arterial pressure was lower with nitroprusside (14 +/- 3 mmHg) compared to esmolol (24 +/- 4 mmHg) after 15 min of aortic cross-clamping. Cerebrospinal fluid pressure increased during aortic cross-clamping in the sodium nitroprusside group (from 7 +/- 5 to 16 +/- 6 mmHg) but not in esmolol or control groups. Spinal cord perfusion pressure was lower with nitroprusside at 15 min of aortic cross-clamping (2 +/- 4 mmHg) compared to control (15 +/- 7 mmHg) and esmolol groups (17 +/- 11 mmHg). Esmolol infusion reduced cardiac output and increased ventricular filling pressures compared to control and nitroprusside groups. CONCLUSIONS Esmolol was associated with greater spinal cord perfusion pressure, but adverse hemodynamic effects, when compared with nitroprusside during thoracic aortic cross-clamping. When only surviving dogs (4 control, 5 esmolol, 6 nitroprusside) are considered, the incidence of neurologic deficit was greater in nitroprusside-treated dogs than in either control or esmolol-treated dogs. No difference in outcome was present when all dogs are considered.
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- T Ryan
- Department of Anesthesia, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
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Silveira LH, Hubble CL, Jara LJ, Saway S, Martínez-Osuna P, Seleznick MJ, Angel J, O'Brien W, Espinoza LR. Prevention of anticardiolipin antibody-related pregnancy losses with prednisone and aspirin. Am J Med 1992; 93:403-11. [PMID: 1415304 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(92)90170-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 12/26/2022]
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PURPOSE Prevention and treatment of pregnancy loss associated with the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) are controversial. Successful pregnancies have been reported with prednisone and low-dose aspirin in patients with lupus anticoagulant and anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL), but failure has also been reported. The purpose of this prospective study was to define the efficacy of such combination therapy in the prevention of pregnancy loss related to aCL. PATIENTS AND METHODS Consecutive pregnant patients with a minimum of one pregnancy loss and at least two positive aCL determinations more than 3 months apart, and in whom other causes of pregnancy loss were ruled out, were included in the study. aCL concentrations were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay before and during therapy. Patients received prednisone, at a dosage of 40 mg/d, for 4 weeks. The dose was then tapered down 10 mg every 4 weeks, and then to a maintenance dose of 5 mg/d. They also received aspirin, 81 mg/d, throughout the pregnancy. Babies were evaluated during the pregnancy by measurement of fetal heart rate and ultrasonography, and after the delivery by measurement of weight and Apgar scores, and, in some cases, by arterial gasometry. RESULTS Eleven patients with a mean (+/- SD) age of 33.2 +/- 5.01 years were included. Prior to therapy, the rate of live-born babies was 15.6% (32 previous fetal losses and 5 live-born babies), and, after therapy, it was 100% (12 pregnancies and 12 live-born babies). There were no significant adverse effects to either mothers or babies. All the patients had positive aCL determinations. Nine patients had positive IgG aCL. The levels of the antibodies decreased during treatment in these nine patients. IgM aCL determinations were positive in nine patients. The levels of this isotype decreased in eight patients (90%) during treatment. CONCLUSIONS Treatment with prednisone and aspirin appears to be efficacious, safe, and economic in the prevention of pregnancy loss and fetal growth retardation in patients with aCL.
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- L H Silveira
- Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112
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Taggart P, Sutton P, Lab M, Runnalls M, O'Brien W, Treasure T. Effect of abrupt changes in ventricular loading on repolarization induced by transient aortic occlusion in humans. Am J Physiol 1992; 263:H816-23. [PMID: 1415608 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1992.263.3.h816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We have investigated the influence of ventricular loading on repolarization from beat to beat in the human heart. Sixteen patients undergoing routine coronary artery surgery were studied. Left ventricular epicardial monophasic action potentials and local electrograms were recorded during acute changes in ventricular loading induced by transient aortic occlusion. Monophasic action potential duration shortened (P less than 0.0001) and returned to control values within one or two beats after release (P less than 0.0001). Values at 90% repolarization were 325 +/- 31 ms preocclusion, 311 +/- 29 ms during occlusion, 326 +/- 32 ms postocclusion. The Q-T interval of the local epicardial electrogram shortened during occlusion (P less than 0.001) and returned to control values after release (P greater than 0.0001): 396 +/- 44 ms preocclusion, 379 +/- 41 ms during occlusion, and, 399 +/- 42 ms postocclusion. A significant correlation was obtained between changes in peak systolic pressure and changes in monophasic action potential duration (R = 0.96; P less than 0.0001 at 90% repolarization). A significant correlation was also observed between changes in peak systolic pressure and the Q-T interval of the local electrogram (R = 0.91; P less than 0.0001). This study shows that abrupt changes in ventricular loading from one beat to the next induce significant changes in the timing of ventricular repolarization. These results may well be relevant to the initiation of arrhythmia by a single ventricular ectopic beat, particularly under pathological conditions.
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- P Taggart
- Department of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anaesthetics, Middlesex Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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