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Infancy is a critical period during which major developmental transformations occur. Early parenting is one of the strongest influences on infants' immediate and longer-term outcomes. The transition to parenting can be demanding and stressful for mothers and fathers. This paper reports results from a feasibility study of the Empowering Parents Empowering Communities Baby and Us programme, an 8-week, universal, peer-led parenting programme for new parents living in socially disadvantaged communities. This study is a quasi-experimental, one arm, no control group study, assessing the feasibility and acceptability of Baby and Us. Programme participants (n = 158) completed standardised self-report measures of parent goal attainment, self-efficacy, knowledge about parenting, mental wellbeing, parental confidence, and programme acceptability. We found that recruiting parents from disadvantaged backgrounds was feasible (96% of programmes recruited sufficient parents to proceed, mean = 6.6 parents per programme); parent goals closely matched the aims of the programme; programme completion was high (74%), and self-report measurement completion rates were in line with other large scale community delivered parenting programmes; parents rated the programme as highly satisfactory; and they reported significant improvements in their mental wellbeing, confidence, parenting skills, self-efficacy, and goal attainment. These results provide important data to conduct a full-scale trial of Baby and Us.
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Parents , Psychosocial Intervention , Feasibility Studies , Female , Humans , Infant , Mothers , Parenting/psychology , Parents/psychologyABSTRACT
El infarto del omento es una enfermedad poco frecuente que se manifiesta como causa de dolor abdominal. Se requiere un diagnóstico adecuado, basado en las características por imagen, puesto que su reconocimiento orienta el manejo que en la mayoría de los casos es conservador. Sin embargo, en algunos casos puede ser necesario el manejo quirúrgico. Dentro de las modalidades de imagen utilizadas para el estudio del dolor abdominal agudo, la tomografía computarizada multidetector (TCM) es la modalidad de imagen con mayor precisión para realizar diagnóstico de infarto del omento. Se presenta el caso de un paciente con torsión e infarto del omento mayor en el lado derecho, que requirió cirugía. Se realiza una revisión de la literatura sobre el infarto del omento mayor enfatizando los hallazgos por imágenes, los diagnósticos diferenciales más frecuentes y el tratamiento de esta entidad.
Omental infarction is a rare disease that occurs as a cause of abdominal pain. It requires an adequate diagnosis based on the image characteristics, since its recognition guides the management that in the majority of the cases is conservative. However, surgical management may be necessary in some cases. Among the imaging modalities used for the study of abdominal pain, multidetector computed tomography (MCT) is the most accurate imaging modality for the diagnosis of omental infarction. We present a case of a patient with torsion and infarct of the mayor omentum in the right side that required surgery. We make a literature review of omental infarction, emphasizing in the imaging findings, the most common differential diagnosis and treatment of the pathology.
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Humans , Mesentery , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Abdominal Pain , Mesenteric IschemiaABSTRACT
En los pacientes con VIH es frecuente la tuberculosis (TB) extrapulmonar; sin embargo, la incidencia de afectación esofágica es baja. Se requiere de una alta sospecha clínica para realizar un adecuado enfoque diagnóstico y para identificar al Mycobacterium TB como agente causal de infección. Los estudios por imagen, como la radiografía convencional de tórax, el esófagograma, la tomografía computarizada multicorte (TCM) y la endoscopia digestiva superior aportan información basada en hallazgos específicos que pueden orientar hacia el diagnóstico de TB ganglionar y esofágica. Sirven como guía para la toma de muestras de tejidos y la realización de estudios confirmatorios de presencia del bacilo, como las pruebas moleculares y cultivos. Se reseñan 2 casos de pacientes jóvenes, de sexo masculino, con diagnóstico de VIH/sida C3 con coinfección por TB, quienes desarrollaron compromiso ganglionar mediastinal y esofágico, con perforación secundaria y fístula mediastínica.
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is frequent in HIV patients; nevertheless, the incidence of esophageal involvement is low and high clinical suspicion is required for a proper diagnostic approach in order to identify Mycobacterium TB as a causative agent of infection. Imaging studies such as conventional chest radiography, esophagogram, multislice computed tomography (MCT), and upper endoscopy provide information based on specific findings that can lead to the diagnosis of TB. They serve as a guide for tissue sampling and confirmatory molecular tests and cultures. This article presents two cases of young male patients diagnosed with HIV/AIDS C3 and co-infected with TB, who developed esophageal and mediastinal lymph node involvement, with secondary perforation and mediastinal fistula.
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Humans , Tuberculosis , Esophageal Fistula , HIVABSTRACT
El seno coronario (SC) es la estructura vascular que permite el acceso a las venas coronarias en procedimientos intervencionistas como el mapeo y la ablación de arritmias, la implantación de electrodos izquierdos en terapia de resincronización, anuloplastia mitral, tratamiento con células madre y cardioplejía retrógrada. El éxito de estos procedimientos depende del conocimiento de la anatomía del SC, del reconocimiento de sus variantes y anomalías. La tomografía multicorte permite obtener imágenes de la anatomía del SC sin necesidad de procedimientos invasivos de diagnóstico. La resonancia magnética, por su condición no invasiva y sin radiación, también es útil en la evaluación del seno coronario porque permite la valoración morfológica y funcional de diversas anomalías congénitas del corazón.
The coronary sinus (CS) is an important vascular structure that allows access to the coronary veins in multiple interventional procedures such as mapping and ablation of arrhythmias, implantation of left ventricular electrodes in resynchronization therapy, mitral annuloplasty, stem cells therapy, and retrograde cardioplegia. The success of these procedures is facilitated by the knowledge of the CS anatomy, in particular the recognition of its variants and anomalies. The widespread availability of multislice CT (MSCT) allows non-invasive image acquisition with excellent representation of the CS anatomy, avoiding thus the need for invasive diagnostic procedures. MRI is also useful for the non-invasive evaluation of the coronary sinus, without radiation, allowing the morphological and functional assessment of various congenital heart abnormalities.
