The relationships between parental attachment, peer attachment, automatic thoughts, and mindfulness skills among Iranian adolescents.

This study aimed to examine the relationship between parental attachment, peer attachments, and automatic thoughts with adolescent mindfulness skills in Iranian adolescents, drawing on internal working models and social cognitive theory. The data was collected from a sample of Iranian adolescents in Tehran using standardized measurement instruments previously developed by researchers. The collected data was analyzed using both simple and multiple regression analyses. The results revealed a positive and significant association between parental attachment and peer attachments with adolescent mindfulness skills. Conversely, automatic thoughts were found to have a negative impact on adolescent mindfulness skills. These findings suggest that strengthening attachments can contribute to the enhancement of mindfulness skills in adolescents, while addressing automatic thoughts is crucial in preventing the erosion of mindfulness skills. Consequently, experts can design interventions that focus on improving attachments and addressing automatic thoughts to promote adolescent mindfulness skills.

Antecedents and outcomes of job embeddedness among nurses.

Embedding nurses in their jobs is associated with many positive results because they have to deal with varying patient needs and sometimes make close relationships with them. Having mentioned that, we have limited knowledge of antecedents and possible outcomes of job embeddedness. Accordingly, this study aimed to explore the mediating role of job embeddedness (JE) among this group in the relationship between Team-Member Exchange (TMX), Empowering Leadership (EL), and Perceived Organizational Support (POS) with Innovative Work Behavior (IWB). Data were gathered from a group of 800 nurses, who were working in fourteen different public hospitals in the northeast of Iran. Of 800 distributed questionnaires, 723 questionnaires were completely filled. Different statistical analysis methods, such as Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), Pearson correlation coefficient, and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), were used for data analysis. The results indicate the positive influence of TMX and POS on IWB through the mediating role of JE in this group. It is worth noting that the JE-mediated effect of EL on IWB was not significant.

Can Omentopexy Reduce the Incidence of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.

BACKGROUND: De novo gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the complications that may occur after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). This study was conducted to examine whether omentopexy can be effective in reducing the incidence of GERD after LSG. METHODS: A total of 201 patients (145 females) were compared in this retrospective cohort study, including Group A (n = 100) and Group B (n = 101), consisting of patients undergoing LSG with omentopexy and LSG without omentopexy, respectively. One year after surgery, the patients were evaluated by GERD-Q; those obtaining a score of eight or above also underwent upper endoscopy to confirm their de novo GERD. RESULTS: Thirty-seven patients had a GERD-Q score ≥ 8 and therefore underwent upper endoscopy. Seventeen patients had fully normal endoscopy results, and no significant differences was observed between the two groups in terms of the incidence of de novo GERD (P = 0.966). There were also no significant differences between the groups in terms of age (P = 0.517), sex (P = 0.193), diabetes (P = 0.979), and GERD-Q score (P = 0.880). The pre-operative mean weight (P = 0.003) and total weight loss (TWL) showed significant intergroup differences (P = 0.001). The mean body mass index (BMI) showed significant differences between the groups before the operation (P = 0.001) and 1 year after the surgery (P = 0.009). Excess BMI loss (EBMIL) was also significantly higher in Group A 1 year after the surgery (P = 0.004). Even after omitting confounder effect of BMI between two groups with and without omentopexy, GerdQ was not significantly different. CONCLUSION: Omentopexy does not have a significant effect on reducing the incidence of de novo GERD after LSG, even in individuals with higher BMI and weight.

Cocaine-induced renal infarction: report of a case and review of the literature.

BACKGROUND: Cocaine abuse has been known to have detrimental effects on the cardiovascular system. Its toxicity has been associated with myocardial ischemia, cerebrovascular accidents and mesenteric ischemia. The pathophysiology of cocaine-related renal injury is multifactorial and involves renal hemodynamic changes, alterations in glomerular matrix synthesis, degradation and oxidative stress, and possibly induction of renal atherogenesis. Renal infarction as a result of cocaine exposure, however, is rarely reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 48 year-old male presented with a four-day history of severe right flank pain following cocaine use. On presentation, he was tachycardic, febrile and had severe right costovertebral angle tenderness. He had significant proteinuria, leukocytosis and elevated serum creatinine and lactate dehydrogenase. Radiographic imaging studies as well as other screening tests for thromboembolic events, hypercoagulability states, collagen vascular diseases and lipid disorders were suggestive of Cocaine-Induced Renal Infarction (CIRI) by exclusion. CONCLUSION: In a patient with a history of cocaine abuse presenting with fevers and flank pain suggestive of urinary tract infection or nephrolithiasis, cocaine-induced renal infarction must be considered in the differential diagnosis. In this article, we discuss the prior reported cases of CIRI and thoroughly review the literature available on this disorder. This is important for several reasons. First, it will allow us to discuss and elaborate on the mechanism of renal injury caused by cocaine. In addition, this review will demonstrate the importance of considering the diagnosis of CIRI in a patient with documented cocaine use and an atypical presentation of acute renal injury. Finally, we will emphasize the need for a consensus on optimal treatment of this disease, for which therapy is not yet standardized.

Efficacious response with low-dose indapamide therapy in the treatment of type II diabetic patients with normal renal function or moderate renal insufficiency and moderate hypertension.

We examined the efficacy of low daily dose (1.25 mg/day) of indapamide in the treatment of high blood pressure in patients with diabetes mellitus with normal renal function and those with moderate renal insufficiency (serum creatinine <1.5 mg/dl). The study was an open label one of four months duration. Twenty-eight patients were enrolled in the study and only 15 completed it. Within 2 weeks of therapy, systolic blood pressure fell from 173 +/- 4.5 to 144 +/- 2.0 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure from 96 +/- 2.1 to 80 +/- 1.8 mm Hg (p < 0.01) and blood pressure remained at these levels throughout the study. The results show that low dose indapamide is effective in the treatment of moderate hypertension in patients with diabetes mellitus who have normal renal function or moderate renal insufficiency. Therefore, this dose of 1.25 mg/day is recommended for the treatment of such patients.