Behavioral and self-concept differences in tattooed and nontattooed college students.

235 college students rated themselves on a series of bipolar adjectives and answered questions about their involvement in a variety of "risky" behaviors, including tattooing and body piercing. 29 tattooed students rated themselves as more adventurous, creative, artistic, individualistic, and risky than those without tattoos. The 98 tattooed males considered themselves more attractive. Behaviorally, those with tattoos reported smoking more cigarettes. Tattooed men also reported more sexual partners, were more likely to report they had been arrested, and were more likely to have body piercings. The 21 tattooed women were more likely to report use of drugs other than alcohol, shoplifting, and body piercings in places other than their ears.

Comparison of one dose cefazolin versus one dose cefotetan for cesarean section prophylaxis.

During one year, 646 women who delivered by cesarean section entered into a prospective randomized clinical trial to determine if a single intraoperative dose of cefazolin was as effective as cefotetan in the prevention of postoperative endomyometritis. Of 336 patients receiving 2 gm cefazolin intravenously at the time of clamping of the cord, endomyometritis developed in 30 (8.91%), and of 310 patients who received 2 gm cefotetan intravenously at the time of clamping of the cord, endomyometritis developed in 36 (11.6%). There was no statistically significant difference in the incidence of endomyometritis between the two groups (p = .269). We conclude that since the two drugs are equal in efficacy 2 gm of cefazolin is a cost effective method of prophylaxis for cesarean section.