Lower health literacy levels are independently associated with longer index hospitalization lengths of stay for patients who are undergoing major abdominal surgery. The role of health literacy needs to be further evaluated within surgical practices to improve health care outcomes and use.
S aureus colonization (including MRSA) was extremely common in this cohort of maternal-infant pairs. Infants born to mothers with staphylococcal colonization were more likely to be colonized, and early postnatal acquisition appeared to be the primary mechanism.
These findings demonstrate that steatotic livers have increased susceptibility to metastatic tumor growth and that silencing tumor cell TLR4 reduces metastatic tumor burden in steatotic liver.
(Am J Obstet Gynecol 2015;213(6):755–760)
Morbidly adherent placenta (MAP) includes the spectrum of placenta accreta, increta, and percreta and is a cause of major morbidity and mortality in pregnant women. In the last century, the incidence of MAP has risen from approximately 1 in 20,000 live births in 1928 to 1 in 533 in 2002.
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