Know how: wound management in neonates.
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T Young
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Population-based study of sleep-disordered breathing as a risk factor for hypertension.
BACKGROUND: Clinical observations have linked sleep-disordered breathing, a condition of repeated apneas and hypopneas during sleep, with hypertension but evidence for an independent association has been lacking. Understanding this relationship is important because the prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing is high in adults. OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that sleep-disordered breathing is related to elevated blood pressure independent of confounding factors. METHODS: The sample included 1060 employed women and men aged 30 through 60 years who had completed an overnight protocol as part of the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study. In-laboratory polysomnography was used to determine sleep-disordered breathing status, quantified as the number of apneas and hypopneas per hour of sleep (apnea-hypopnea index). Blood pressure was measured on the night polysomnography was performed. RESULTS: Blood pressure increased linearly with increasing apnea-hypopnea index (P = .003 for systolic, P = .01 for diastolic, adjusted for confounding factors). The magnitude of the linear association increased with decreasing obesity. At a body mass index (weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) of 30 kg/m2, an apnea-hypopnea index of 15 (vs 0) was associated with blood pressure increases of 3.6 mm Hg for systolic (95% confidence interval, 1.3-6.0) and 1.8 mm Hg for diastolic (95% confidence interval, 0.3-3.3). The odds ratio for hypertension associated with an apnea-hypopnea index of 15 (vs 0) was 1.8 (95% confidence interval, 1.3-2.4). CONCLUSIONS: There is a dose-response relationship between sleep-disordered breathing and blood pressure, independent of known confounding factors. If causal, the high prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing could account for hypertension in a substantial number of adults in the United States.
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Wound care--identity crisis.
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Nimbus 3 alternating-pressure replacement mattress.
Alternating-pressure surfaces have been shown to reduce the incidence of pressure sores compared with standard hospital mattresses and pressure-reducing (constant low-pressure) surfaces. Huntleigh Healthcare has recently introduced the Nimbus 3 to its range of alternating-pressure mattress replacement systems. This product has been developed according to new medical device regulations and is indicated for the treatment of patients with all grades of pressure sores and for prevention in patients who are at very high risk of developing pressure sores.
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