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Factors affecting pharmacists' selection of rural or urban practice sites in Nebraska.
A questionnaire was used to determine why pharmacists in Nebraska chose urban or rural practice sites and to help the University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy encourage students to consider rural practice. Questionnaires were mailed to 1427 Nebraska pharmacists to gather data about their practice, job satisfaction, location of rearing, location of spouse's rearing, and prepharmacy and clerkship training. Usable responses were sorted into those from urban pharmacists (residing in Omaha and Lincoln and their suburban areas) and those from rural pharmacists (all others). Of the 689 usable responses, 315 (45.7%) were from urban pharmacists and 374 (54.3%) were from rural pharmacists. Of the rural pharmacists, 93% [corrected] grew up in communities of fewer than 100,000 people and 60% grew up in communities of fewer than 5,000 people. Respondents cited income potential, desirability of practice site, influence of spouse and family, and quality of children's schools as factors that most influenced their choice of practice site. Based on the survey results, the University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy took actions to recruit students from rural communities and increase students' exposure to rural practice settings. Pharmacists who were reared or trained in rural areas were more likely to practice in rural Nebraska than pharmacists who had only urban experience.
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Prevalence and potential vectors of Haemoproteus in Nebraska mouring doves.
Three hundred and nine mourning doves (Zenaida macroura) from Lancaster County, Nebraska, were examined for species of Haemoproteus. Older doves possessed higher Haemoproteus prevalences than younger doves. Mean total prevalence for each dove age group was as follows: adults, 61% H. sacharovi and 83% H. maccallumi; immatures, 35% H. sacharovi and 42% H. maccallumi; and nestlings, 31% H. sacharovi and 16% H. maccallumi. Yearly prevalences were less variable in mature doves than in immature and nestling doves. No correlation between nestling and parent Haemoproteus infections were observed, but nestmates in 10 or 18 nests harbored equivalent infections. Stilbometopa podopostyla and Microlynchia pusilla (Hippoboscidae) were collected from Nebraska doves. Hippoboscidae were collected from doves of all ages from April to August. Dove baited fly traps yielded Culex tarsalis and C. pipiens in Nebraska and Culicoides haematopotus, C. crepuscularis, and Simulium aureaum in Ames, Iowa.
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Early childhood vaccination in two rural counties--Nebraska, 1991-1992.
The national vaccination objectives for the year 2000 include increasing coverage for the recommended primary vaccination series* among children aged less than 2 years to at least 90% and to vaccinate at least 95% of school-aged children (1). Although baseline data for these two goals have been obtained in numerous urban settings (2), similar baseline data from rural populations are limited. To determine the vaccination status of children in rural Nebraska, where 51% (812,000) of Nebraska's residents live, the Nebraska Department of Health, in collaboration with Hastings College, conducted a retrospective study of school-aged children in grades kindergarten through six in two rural counties during the 1991-92 school year. This report summarizes the study findings.
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A rural-urban comparison of prehospital emergency medical services in Nebraska.
BACKGROUND: Provision of emergency medical services (EMS) in the rural United States presents a unique challenge. While rural and urban EMS outcomes have been compared, differing urban-rural population characteristics and roles for rural ambulance teams can confound such comparisons. METHODS: A year-long study of the prehospital EMS was conducted in rural Richardson County, Nebraska. Data were collected on the age, sex, and race of patients, response time, transport distance, medical problems encountered, and treatment rendered enroute. These data compared with those from an urban Lancaster County comparison group and statistical data from the Nebraska State Health Department. RESULTS: In the rural county, 70 percent of calls involved the elderly, whereas 38 percent of the urban calls and 36 percent of the Nebraska State calls involved the elderly. The rural ambulance service was more likely to provide for routine transfers, to involve patients with fractures and cardiorespiratory and neurologic problems, and twice as likely to result in hospital admission than was the urban ambulance service. The frequency with which advanced life support measures were applied in the rural area was similar to that in the urban area. The rural area response times were equivalent to the urban area response times after the rural area long-distance transfers were excluded. The location of service in the rural area was more likely to be the hospital or nursing home, whereas the urban location was more likely to be a home, on a highway, or in a public setting. CONCLUSIONS: Prehospital EMS in this rural location involved a predominantly elderly population with a large number of routine transfers linking the nursing home and community hospital. Further comparisons of rural and urban EMS outcomes should account for possible differences in type and severity of illness and type and location of service.
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The impact of transplantation on the clinical laboratory. Experience at the University of Nebraska with bone marrow and liver transplantation.
The number of both bone marrow and solid organ transplantation programs has increased significantly during the past several years. The implementation of these programs and their growth have had a significant impact on the clinical laboratories that are involved in the support of these programs. Between 1983 and 1985, two major organ transplantation programs were implemented at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha. The clinical laboratories at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have seen a 217% increase in procedure volume and a 165% increase in full-time equivalents during an 8-year period from 1983 to 1991 as a result of these programs. The laboratory procedures that are performed on patients who are undergoing transplantation currently generate approximately $9 million in charges per year. In the present article, I discuss the effect of bone marrow and liver transplantation programs on the entire laboratory and individual laboratory sections.
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New species of Gyrodactylus and Dactylogyrus (Trematoda: Monogenea) from fishes of Nebraska.
Six new monogenetic trematodes are described from Nebraska fishes: Gyrodactylus bulbacanthus sp. n. from Fundulus kansae (Garman); G. callawayensis sp. n. from Notropis lutrensis (Baird and Girard); G. eos sp. n. from Phoxinus eos (Cope); G. nebraskensis from Phoxinus neogaeus (Cope); G. planensis from Notropis dorsalis (Agassiz); and Dactylogyrus pectenatus from Pimephales promelas (Rafinesque). This is the second report of monogeneans from Nebraska fishes.
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Leukemia among Nebraska farmers: a death certificate study.
The risk of leukemia among farmers was studied using records of death certificates from Nebraska, 1957--1974. Comparison of occupation, as recorded on the death certificate, for 1084 leukemia deaths and 2168 deaths from other causes, matched for age at death, year of death, county of residence, race, and sex, revealed an elevated risk of leukemia among farmers (odds ratio = 1.25). The risk was greatest among farmers born after 1900 and dying before age 66 (odds ratio = 1.83). Stratification by county of residence showed a significantly elevated risk for farmers from heavy corn producing counties.
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Nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction) associated with roots of winter wheat and sorghum in Nebraska.
Root segments and root-soil cores (6.5-cm diameter) from fields and nurseries of winter wheat and sorghum were tested for N2 fixation by using the acetylene reduction assay. Wheat samples (approximately 1,200) from 109 sites generally had low or no activity (0 to 3.1 nmol of C2H4 produced per h per g [dry weight] of root segments), even after 24 h of incubation. However, a commercial field of Scout 66, located in western Nebraska, exhibited appreciable activity (290 nmol of C2H4 produced per h per g [dry weight] of root segments). Of 400 sorghum lines and crosses, grain sorghums (i.e., CK-60A, Wheatland A, B517, and NP-16) generally exhibited higher nitrogenase activity than forage sorghums or winter wheats. CK-60A, a male sterile grain sorghum, was sampled at four locations and had the most consistent activity of 24 to 1,100 nmol of C2H4 produced per h per core. The maximum rate extrapolated to 2.5 g of N per hectare per day. Numerous N2-fixing bacterial isolates were obtained from wheat and sorghum roots that exhibited high nitrogenase activity. Most isolates were members of the Enterobacteriacae, i.e., Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter cloacae, and Erwinia herbicola.
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Isolation and identification of mycoplasma agalactiae subsp. bovis from arthritic cattle in Iowa and Nebraska.
Two strains of Mycoplasma were isolated from synovial fluids of arthritic feeder cattle and were identified as Mycoplasma agalactiae subsp. bovis by growth inhibition and fluorescent antibody tests. The strains (Iowa 1136 and Nebraska 2) could not be distinguished from known strains (Donetta and California 01) by immunoelectrophoresis or by agar gel precipitation.
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New purple sulfur bacteria genomes from Nebraska salt marsh enrichments.
Two genomes from a Winogradsky column enrichment from the Nebraska salt marshes were sequenced. The analysis of whole-genome phylogeny and average nucleotide identity comparisons indicated that these belong to species of purple sulfur bacteria, Halochromatium and Ectothiorhodospira marina, that have not been described before.
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Physicochemical properties of Nebraska calf diarrhea virus hemagglutinin.
Highly purified Nebraska calf diarrhea virus (NCDV) was prepared by cesium chloride density gradient centrifugation. The effect of temperature, pH, different concentrations of formaldehyde, chloroform, ether, ethyl alcohol, and methyl alcohol on NCDV hemagglutinin and virus morphology was studied. NCDV hemagglutinin was inactivated by temperature, pH 2.0, chloroform, ethyl alcohol, and methyl alcohol.
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Autosomal dominant spinocerebellar ataxia: locus heterogeneity in a Nebraska kindred.
SCA1 is an adult-onset autosomal dominant ataxia that is genetically linked to loci on chromosome 6p. A highly informative GT-repeat marker, D6S89, has been closely linked to the SCA1 locus in five large kindreds. We have used this marker to perform linkage analysis in a smaller autosomal dominant ataxia family consisting of five generations designated as the Nebraska kindred. This kindred includes 33 affected (12 living) and 40 first-generation at-risk individuals. We examined eight affected individuals; all had gait and limb ataxia. We analyzed the D6S89 locus by the polymerase chain reaction. Based on the analysis of 31 individuals from this kindred, we statistically excluded linkage to D6S89 for moderate-to-tight linkage (less than 11% recombination). These data clearly demonstrate genetic heterogeneity among the autosomal dominant ataxias. In addition, we obtained linkage data for HLA-A and SCA1 in this kindred. Comparison of HLA-A with D6S89 shows the latter marker to be more powerful. Use of D6S89 and other highly polymorphic markers in this region will greatly facilitate genetic classification of ataxias and make presymptomatic diagnosis of SCA1 feasible.
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Aspergillosis in common crows in Nebraska, 1974.
During fall 1974, approximately 1,000 to 1,500 common crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) died of aspergillosis in south-central Nebraska. The birds were debilitated, lethargic and dyspneic. On necropsy, typical lesions of aspergillosis were found in the lungs and air sacs. Histopathologic examination revealed granulomatous lesions around fungal hyphae in the respiratory system.
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An epornitic of avian cholera in waterfowl and common crows in Phelps County, Nebraska, in the spring, 1975.
In the spring of 1975, many species of waterfowl and common crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) were found dead in Phelps County, Nebraska. About 25,000 water fowl and at least 3,000 crows died in the epornitic. Few waterfowl were seen dying, but the crows experienced a chronic illness during which they became debilitated and were lethargic and dyspneic. Gross and microscopic lesions in the waterfowl were typical for acute avian cholera. The crows had dark, firm areas within the lungs, loosely adhered yellow fibrous material in the pericardial sac and air sacs and, occasionally, liver abscesses. Microscopically, focal purulent pneumonia was present and a fibrinopurulent exudate overlaid a granulomatous reaction on the heart and lung surfaces. Isolation of Pasteurella multocida serotype 1 confirmed the diagnosis of acute and chronic avian cholera in the waterfowl and crows, respectively.
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Osteoarthrosis in a coyote x dog hybrid from Nebraska.
Osteoarthrosis is described in a wild, 14-year-old coyote (Canis latrans) x dog (C. familiaris) hybrid shot in southeastern Nebraska. There was ankylosis of five vertebrae, the head of the left femur was absent, and periarticular osteophytes occurred throughout the skeleton. The age is significant because wild coyotes seldom live beyond 6 years and coyote x dog hybrids are considered to be less fit for survival in the wild than coyotes.
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Liver transplantation at the University of Nebraska Medical Center from 1985 to 1992.
Based on our 7 and one-half-year experience with liver transplantation at the University of Nebraska Medical Center: 1. Success and growth of the program has been, in part, the result of close interaction and support of the various specialists involved. 2. We have demonstrated that outstanding patient and graft survival rates can be obtained with cyclosporine/prednisone immunosuppression. 3. Few, if any, technical contraindications exist to liver transplantation. 4. Surgical advances have allowed allografts to be salvaged which would otherwise require replacement. 5. Routine donor-liver biopsy prior to implantation has reduced the rate of primary nonfunction. 6. New strategies to improve survival for patients with hepatitis-B-related liver disease and hepatic malignancies undergoing liver transplantation need to be developed. 7. The management of patients with fulminant hepatic failure is evolving and now includes innovative approaches such as the use of ECLS and auxiliary transplants.
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Merging the departments of psychiatry of a private and state university: the Nebraska experience.
Medical colleges throughout the nation are being pressured to decrease the costs of medical education. In some of our smaller cities, the duplication of faculty expertise and costly technological resources at distinct but neighboring campuses has led to training costs far beyond what can be comfortably supported by either the institutions or their students. While the trend toward collaboration or mergers between identical medical departments on adjacent campuses is gaining ground, the methods required to achieve success in these ventures remain relatively uncharted. This paper provides an overview of the creation of successful merger between the departments of Psychiatry of Creighton University School of Medicine and the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. The development of the merger from conception to completion, along with the lessons learned along the way, are offered in the hope that other medical departments may benefit.
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