Effects of an Educational Intervention Program on Positional Cranial Deformity in Premature Infants.

Positional cranial deformities are associated with prematurity evolving during the first 2 years of life due to the malleable characteristics of the skull, the first year being the main/primary therapeutic window for intervention. The objectives were (a) to describe health characteristics, peri- and postnatal pathologies, and positional cranial deformities in infants enrolled in an early intervention program and (b) to analyze the effects of a parent education-based intervention program on positional cranial deformity in premature infants. A quantitative, analytical, longitudinal study was conducted.

[Suspected hypersensitivity probably related to the use of morphine: A case report].

The case of a 46-year-old male patient is presented. He was admitted to the emergency department with a clinical picture of oppressive chest pain of 10/10 intensity on the pain analog scale, which had been evolving for one hour. After evaluation and based on electrocardiographic and laboratory findings, the patient was diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction with st elevation.

Empathy, psychometrics, cut-off points in nursing students from Latin America.

Background: Currently, there are no cut-off points for levels of empathy, making it difficult to assess the change experienced in its development or as a result of its intervention. It is an unsolved problem.

Introduction: Empathy is a cognitive-affective attribute that enables nursing staff to maintain a professional relationship that entails various benefits for the patient.

[Factors associated with inactivity during COVID-19 confinement among Latin American adults].

Background: The confinement caused by the COVID-19 pandemic changed the lifestyles of the population affecting their levels of physical activity.

Aim: To determine the factors associated with a low level of physical activity in adults during confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Material And Methods: Adults from Chile, Colombia, México and Perú were invited through social networks to answer an online survey.

Pilot Demonstration of Hot Sheet Metal Forming Using 3D Printed Dies.

Since the popularization of press hardening in the early noughties, die and tooling systems have experienced considerable advances, with tool refrigeration as an important focus. However, it is still complicated to obtain homogeneous cooling and avoid hot spot issues in complex geometries. Additive Manufacturing allows designing cavities inside the material volume with little limitation in terms of channel intersection or bore entering and exit points.

Inflamma-miR-21 Negatively Regulates Myogenesis during Ageing.

Ageing is associated with disrupted redox signalling and increased circulating inflammatory cytokines. Skeletal muscle homeostasis depends on the balance between muscle hypertrophy, atrophy and regeneration, however during ageing this balance is disrupted. The molecular pathways underlying the age-related decline in muscle regenerative potential remain elusive.

An International Perspective of Transition of Neurological Disease: The Latin American and the Caribbean Region.

There are roughly 600 million people in the Latin America and the Caribbean region, of whom approximately 36% are living at or below the poverty line. According to this, neurologic injury disorders disproportionately affect this population, which faces not only most risk factors, but also has less developed health systems to deal with illness recovery. Further, most of the risk factors can be attributed to classic preventable cardiovascular risk factors, although there are important differences in demographics, socioeconomic status, and injury mechanisms that may influence the patient's outcome.

Accelerated hardening of nanotextured 3D-plotted self-setting calcium phosphate inks.

Unlabelled: Direct ink writing (DIW) techniques open up new possibilities for the fabrication of patient-specific bone grafts. Self-setting calcium phosphate inks, which harden at low temperature, allow obtaining nanostructured scaffolds with biomimetic properties and enhanced bioactivity. However, the slow hardening kinetics hampers the translation to the clinics.