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.

Maternal Outcomes and Pregnancy-Related Complications Among Hospitalized Women with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Report from the National Inpatient Sample

Abstract: Previous studies have been inconsistent in reporting the risk of pregnancy-related complications in women with IBD. We aimed to investigate the differences in frequencies of pregnancy-related complications requiring hospitalization in women with IBD compared to women without IBD. We performed a population-based, cross-sectional study using the 2014 USA National Inpatient Sample. Frequencies of ICD-9 codes for pregnancy-related complications in women aged 18–35 years with IBD were compared to women with no IBD controlling for confounders predisposing to pregnancy complications. Adjusted odds ratios were calculated for each outcome. A total of 6705 women with IBD and a pregnancy complication were discharged from the hospital in 2014. In multivariate analyses, there was no statistically significant difference between women with and without IBD for: spontaneous abortion, post-abortion complications, ectopic pregnancy, hemorrhage, severe preeclampsia, eclampsia, early labor, polyhydramnios, hyperemesis, missed abortion, mental disorder during pregnancy, and forceps delivery. Women with IBD had significant lower odds for prolonged pregnancy, gestational diabetes, fetal distress, umbilical cord complications, obstetric trauma, mild preeclampsia, and hypertension. There was, however, higher odds for infectious and parasitic complications (OR 1.74, 95% CI 1.42–2.14, p < 0.0001), UTIs (OR 1.65, 95% CI 1.07–2.60, p = 0.02), and anemia (OR 5.26, 95% CI 4.01–6.90, p < 0.0001). In this large population-based analysis, women with IBD had higher odds for certain infections such as UTIs and anemia during pregnancy when compared to women with no IBD. For other pregnancy-related complications, women with IBD had the same or lower odds than women with no IBD. These data are important to share with women with IBD considering pregnancy.

Super Fair Dominating Set in the Cartesian Product of Graphs

Abstract: In this paper, we characterize the super fair dominating set in the Cartesian product of two graphs and give some important results.

High-resolution electron microscopy of interlysosomal junctions

Abstract: Five different malignant tumors and two nasal polyps were examined by electron microscopy for diagnosis purposes. In all cases occasional large cells containing lysosomes interconnected by characteristic junctions were observed. The interlysosomal junctions appeared organized in zig-zag and ladder like configurations. The ultrastructural and morphometric analyses of these junctions postulated that the two configurations represented the same structure viewed in two different sectioning planes. High-resolution electron microscopic evidence suggests that the interlysosomal junction is organized as a 35-40 A thick pleated ribbon extending between a 200-A wide interlysosomal space, in close contact with the adjoining lysosomal membranes, without apparent integration into the membrane.