BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus (DM) is risk factor for complications after orthopedic surgery. OBJECTIVES We tested the hypothesis that anesthesia preoperative clinic (APC) referral for elevated glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) reduces complication rate after total joint arthroplasty (TJA). PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients (n = 203) with and without DM were chosen from 1,237 patients undergoing T...

The functionality of many materials of both fundamental and technological interest is often critically dependent on the nature andextentof any disorder that may be present. In addition, it is often difficult to understand the nature of disorder in quite well ordered systems. There is therefore an urgent need to develop better tools, both experimental and computational, for the study of such qua...

We extend the functionality of a low-cost CW diode laser coherent lidar from radial wind speed (scalar) sensing to wind velocity (vector) measurements. Both speed and horizontal direction of the wind at ~80 m remote distance are derived from two successive radial speed estimates by alternately steering the lidar probe beam in two different lines-of-sight (LOS) with a 60° angular separation. Dua...

Neisseria meningitidis inhibits the alternative pathway (AP) of complement using diverse mechanisms, including expression of capsule (select serogroups), Neisserial surface protein A (NspA), factor H (fH) binding protein (fHbp), and lipooligosaccharide (LOS) sialylation. The contribution of the latter three molecules in AP regulation in encapsulated meningococci was studied using isogenic mutan...

OBJECTIVES Length of stay (LOS) is a key measure of emergency department (ED) throughput and a marker of overcrowding. Time studies that assess key ED processes will help clarify the causes of patient care delays and prolonged LOS. The objectives of this study were to identify and quantify the principal ED patient care time intervals, and to measure the impact of important service processes (la...

BACKGROUND Little data exist on the burden of device-associated health care-associated infection (DA-HAI) in China. This study examined the DA-HAI rate and evaluated its association with device use (DU), length of stay (LOS), and mortality in intensive care units (ICUs) in 4 Chinese hospitals. METHODS This was a prospective cohort surveillance study conducted in 7 ICUs in 4 hospitals. We appl...

1793. Morbidity and Mortality of a Large Cohort of Peruvian HIV-infected Children, 2003-2012 Amira Baker, MD; Angela Bayer, PhD; Jaime Deville, MD; Rolando Viani, MD; Lenka Kolevic, MD; Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; Pediatrics, In...

Corresponding Author: Benjamin M. Ellingson, PhD Departments of Radiological Sciences and Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, 924 Westwood Blvd, Suite 615, Los Angeles, CA 90024; E-mail: [email protected]