Saint Francis University

About: Saint Francis University is a education organization based out in Loretto, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Osteoblast. The organization has 1694 authors who have published 2038 publications receiving 87149 citations.

Parent's participation and perspectives regarding clinical judgment and clinical guideline development.

Abstract: Increasing parental participation in their child's health and health care is an important process by which the health care system can effectively address and service the needs of its patients Clinicians need to have an appreciation of parental understanding, beliefs, and expectations This paper reviews the recent literature regarding parental needs, concerns, decision-making strategies, and expectations for their children's health and health care

CCR 20th Anniversary Commentary: Bevacizumab in the Treatment of Glioblastoma--The Progress and the Limitations.

Abstract: Vredenburgh and colleagues conducted the first phase II study of bevacizumab plus irinotecan in recurrent malignant glioma, confirming the safety and efficacy of bevacizumab. This study, which was published in the February 15, 2007, issue of Clinical Cancer Research, was a stepping stone for subsequent research, leading to regulatory approval of bevacizumab for recurrent glioblastoma.

High-energy feeding for protein-calorie malnutrition. Results in a rural hospital in Zambia.

Abstract: Over a 1 year period 472 patients with protein-energy malnutrition were admitted into a rural hospital in the Katete district of Eastern Zambia. 290 ranged in age from 1 year to 2 years and 11 months 275 of these children were put on high energy feeding regimens and their nutritional progress and weight gain were recorded. Routine investigations included hemoglobin chest X-ray Mantoux test (10 TU) and urine and stool microscopy. Initial treatment was designed to keep the child warm dry and free from hypoglycemia. Anorexia was so common that nasogastric feeding was used on almost all children. Initial feeding was with a glucose water solution then skimmed milk progressing after 3 days to a protein-calorie mixture made from skimmed milk powder vegetable oil and sugar. Children were fed 150 kcal/kg/day and protein 4g/kg/day. The weight gain achieved for the entire series was 8.93 g/kg/day. For the different diagnostic categories the weight gains were: 12.11 g/kg/day for children with marasmic kwashiorkor; 10.01 g/kg/day for children with kwashiorkor; 7.49 g/kg/day for children with marasmus; and 6.39 g/kg/day for children who were underweight. The hospital case fatality was 4.4%. The length of stay in hospital was determined case by case taking into account the rate of weight gain and the estimated ability of the mother to continue a satisfactory feeding regimen at home. The study shows that a simple high-energy feeding regimen applied under service conditions in a rural hospital with free use of nasogastric feeding accurate daily weighings and therapeutic trials of broad spectrum antibiotics and antituberculous treatment can give results as good as those obtained in specialist units.

Joint Moment-Angle Properties of the Hip Extensors in Subjects With and Without Patellofemoral Pain.

Abstract: Strength deficits of hip extension in individuals with patellofemoral syndrome are commonly reported in literature. No literature to date has examined these deficits with variable positions of the knee and hip; altering knee angle alters the length and therefore potentially the force produced by the biarticular muscles. Beyond strength, neuromuscular control can also be assessed through the analysis of isometric joint moment steadiness. Subjects consisted of a group of individuals with patellofemoral syndrome (n = 9), and a group of age- and size-matched controls with no symptoms (n = 9). Maximum isometric joint moments for hip extension were measured at 4 points within the joint’s range of motion, at 2 different knee positions (0° and 90°) for each group. The joint moment signals were analyzed by computing signal Coefficient of Variation (CV). The results indicate that no significant differences were found between the groups of subjects for the hip extension moments when the knee was extended. However, t...

Nobel Prize and structural chemistry II

Abstract: Numerous discoveries in chemistry that have been awarded a Nobel Prize may be assigned an important role in the development of structural chemistry. Some of the most conspicuous ones during the first half of the twentieth century are reviewed in this Editorial.