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Physical activity can be a conduit for improving men's social connectedness as well as physical gains for well-being. However, marginalised men, and fathers in particular, can be challenged to engage in leisure time physical activity. This qualitative study reports how fathers, who experience complex and significant social and health inequities, conceptualise and experience barriers to physical activity. Drawing from focus groups with 17 fathers, and semi-structured interviews with seven service providers about their perspectives on men's physical activity in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES), a highly marginalised neighbourhood. A masculinities framework was used to describe and contextualise physical activity in fathers' lives. Three themes were inductively derived through the analyses: (1) 'they're busy surviving' a finding referencing the work and limits invoked by poverty wherein survival was triaged ahead of leisure time physical activity; (2) 'there is no activity centre' chronicling the lack of physical activity spaces, programmes and resources available to fathers; and (3) 'lifestyle affects our capability to exercise' a theme detailing how social isolation amplified by factors including housing and opioid crises, and being a father in a resource poor setting imposed significant barriers to physical activity. The findings support reconceptualising physical activity programmes with men who are living in marginalising conditions to address behavioural and structural health inequities in tailoring father-centred programmes and resources.
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- Francine E Darroch
- Francine E Darroch, Department of Health Sciences, Carleton University, 3303 Health Sciences Building, Ottawa, ON K1S5B6, Canada.
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Webb JM, Giles AR, Darroch FE. Absent and Problematic: The Representation of Fathers in the Program Policies of Organizations that Provide Family-Centred Services in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. J Child Fam Stud 2022; 32:1643-1654. [PMID: 35965633 PMCID: PMC9362642 DOI: 10.1007/s10826-022-02385-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Parenting education interventions and parenting programs are important for health promotion efforts among children and families; however, the majority of parenting programs are directed towards and attended by mothers. This is problematic because research has consistently demonstrated that fathers' active participation in the family can have a positive influence on mothers' well-being, children's self-esteem, success in school, and interpersonal relationships. In this paper, using an intersectional poststructuralist framework, document analysis, and Bacchi and Goodwin's "What's the problem represented to be" approach (WPR), we analyzed the program policies of 12 organizations that provide family-centred services in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. We identified the following three discourses: organizations strive to be client-centred and provide choices; organizations want to empower their participants; and women need safe place to raise their families. Our analysis revealed that fathers are absent or represented as problems in program policies, and that this has consequences for not only fathers but also mothers and children.
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- Jessica M. Webb
- School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON Canada
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- School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON Canada
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Webb JM, Jacobus LM, Sullivan SP. The state of systematics of North American Baetis Leach, 1815 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae), with recommendations for identification of larvae. Zootaxa 2018; 4394:105-127. [PMID: 29690385 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.1.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The North American species of Baetis Leach (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) are reviewed. Nearly one-third of species are either unknown or inadequately described in the larval stage, a fact not reflected in most keys or standard taxonomic efforts for bioassessment, which typically recommend species-level identifications of larvae. Furthermore, our new observations indicate that some previously published stage associations should be viewed as only tentative, and molecular evidence suggests that current species taxonomy does not reflect biological species. In order to acknowledge these deficiencies, but at the same time provide a degree of higher taxonomic resolution beyond the genus level, we recommend a scheme for identifications incorporating previously established species groups and the species complexes and species included within them. Species complexes are proposed for instances when there are either multiple species that cannot be differentiated in the larval stage or when multiple lines of evidence indicate more than one actual species is included in a single species concept. Complexes include B. flavistriga complex (B. flavistriga McDunnough + B. phoebus McDunnough + B. rusticans McDunnough), B. intercalaris complex (B. intercalaris McDunnough), B. vernus complex (B. brunneicolor McDunnough + B. vernus Curtis), B. bicaudatus complex (B. bicaudatus Dodds), B. tricaudatus complex (B. tricaudatus Dodds), and B. piscatoris complex (B. piscatoris Traver + B. palisadi Mayo + B. persecutus McDunnough [=B. persecutor McCafferty n. obj. syn]). A new larval identification key incorporating the B. piscatoris complex is provided.
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- J M Webb
- Rhithron Associates, Inc. 33 Fort Missoula Road, Missoula, MT 59804, USA..
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Rosenman ED, Dixon AJ, Webb JM, Brolliar S, Golden SJ, Jones KA, Shah S, Grand JA, Kozlowski SWJ, Chao GT, Fernandez R. A Simulation-based Approach to Measuring Team Situational Awareness in Emergency Medicine: A Multicenter, Observational Study. Acad Emerg Med 2018; 25:196-204. [PMID: 28715105 DOI: 10.1111/acem.13257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Revised: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 07/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Team situational awareness (TSA) is critical for effective teamwork and supports dynamic decision making in unpredictable, time-pressured situations. Simulation provides a platform for developing and assessing TSA, but these efforts are limited by suboptimal measurement approaches. The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate a novel approach to TSA measurement in interprofessional emergency medicine (EM) teams. METHODS We performed a multicenter, prospective, simulation-based observational study to evaluate an approach to TSA measurement. Interprofessional emergency medical teams, consisting of EM resident physicians, nurses, and medical students, were recruited from the University of Washington (Seattle, WA) and Wayne State University (Detroit, MI). Each team completed a simulated emergency resuscitation scenario. Immediately following the simulation, team members completed a TSA measure, a team perception of shared understanding measure, and a team leader effectiveness measure. Subject matter expert reviews and pilot testing of the TSA measure provided evidence of content and response process validity. Simulations were recorded and independently coded for team performance using a previously validated measure. The relationships between the TSA measure and other variables (team clinical performance, team perception of shared understanding, team leader effectiveness, and team experience) were explored. The TSA agreement metric was indexed by averaging the pairwise agreement for each dyad on a team and then averaging across dyads to yield agreement at the team level. For the team perception of shared understanding and team leadership effectiveness measures, individual team member scores were aggregated within a team to create a single team score. We computed descriptive statistics for all outcomes. We calculated Pearson's product-moment correlations to determine bivariate correlations between outcome variables with two-tailed significance testing (p < 0.05). RESULTS A total of 123 participants were recruited and formed three-person teams (n = 41 teams). All teams completed the assessment scenario and postsimulation measures. TSA agreement ranged from 0.19 to 0.9 and had a mean (±SD) of 0.61 (±0.17). TSA correlated with team clinical performance (p < 0.05) but did not correlate with team perception of shared understanding, team leader effectiveness, or team experience. CONCLUSIONS Team situational awareness supports adaptive teams and is critical for high reliability organizations such as healthcare systems. Simulation can provide a platform for research aimed at understanding and measuring TSA. This study provides a feasible method for simulation-based assessment of TSA in interdisciplinary teams that addresses prior measure limitations and is appropriate for use in highly dynamic, uncertain situations commonly encountered in emergency department systems. Future research is needed to understand the development of and interactions between individual-, team-, and system (distributed)-level cognitive processes.
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- Department of Psychology; Michigan State University; East Lansing MI
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- Department of Psychology; Michigan State University; East Lansing MI
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- Division of Emergency Medicine; University of Washington; Seattle WA
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- Department of Psychology; Michigan State University; East Lansing MI
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- Department of Emergency Medicine; Wayne State University; Detroit MI
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- Division of Emergency Medicine; University of Washington; Seattle WA
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- Department of Psychology; University of Maryland; College Park MD
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- Department of Management; Michigan State University; East Lansing MI
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Shackleton ME, Webb JM. Revision of the genus Caenota Mosely (Trichoptera: Calocidae), with descriptions of 2 new species and the larva of C. nemorosa Neboiss. Zootaxa 2015; 3972:451-81. [PMID: 26249505 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3972.4.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The caddisfly genus Caenota Mosely 1953 (in Mosely & Kimmins 1953) currently contains 5 species known from eastern Australia. Caenota is distinguished from other Calocidae genera by having adult males with greatly expanded maxillary palpi and a large membranous process associated with the antennal scape. Of the 5 described species, the larvae of only 1 is known. Here, we describe 2 new species, Caenota cudonis sp. nov. and C. equustagna sp. nov., from adult, larval, and pupal material. Also, we describe for the first time the larva of C. nemorosa Neboiss. These descriptions increase the number of Caenota species to 7 and the number of associated and described larvae to 4. This paper also provides descriptions of features associated with the adult head capsule of all described species of Caenota. Each of the known species is considered, with illustrations and re-descriptions of these features given.
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- M E Shackleton
- Taxonomic Research and Information Network (TRIN), Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, La Trobe University, University Drive, WODONGA, Victoria, 3690, Australia.;
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- Rhithron Associates Inc., 33 Fort Missoula Road, Missoula, MT, USA 59802.; unknown
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- A C Chang
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Labiobaetis sonajuventus n.sp. is described from nymphs collected in a tributary of the Okanogan River in north-central Washington, USA. The new species is distinguished from North American congeners by the well-developed keel between the bases of the antennae, the concave lateral margin of labial palp segment 2, the apically expanded submarginal setae on the labrum, and its western Nearctic distribution.
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- J M Webb
- Rhithron Associates, Inc., 33 Fort Missoula Road, Missoula, MT, USA 59804;
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Webb JM, Quintã R, Papadimitriou S, Norman L, Rigby M, Thomas DN, Le Vay L. Halophyte filter beds for treatment of saline wastewater from aquaculture. Water Res 2012; 46:5102-5114. [PMID: 22818948 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.06.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2011] [Revised: 06/11/2012] [Accepted: 06/20/2012] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The expansion of aquaculture and the recent development of more intensive land-based marine farms require efficient and cost-effective systems for treatment of highly nutrient-rich saline wastewater. Constructed wetlands with halophytic plants offer the potential for waste-stream treatment combined with production of valuable secondary plant crops. Pilot wetland filter beds, constructed in triplicate and planted with the saltmarsh plant Salicornia europaea, were evaluated over 88 days under commercial operating conditions on a marine fish and shrimp farm. Nitrogen waste was primarily in the form of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (TDIN) and was removed by 98.2 ± 2.2% under ambient loadings of 109-383 μmol l(-1). There was a linear relationship between TDIN uptake and loading over the range of inputs tested. At peak loadings of up to 8185 ± 590 μmol l(-1) (equivalent to 600 mmol N m(-2) d(-1)), the filter beds removed between 30 and 58% (250 mmol N m(-2) d(-1)) of influent TDIN. Influent dissolved inorganic phosphorus levels ranged from 34 to 90 μmol l(-1), with 36-89% reduction under routine operations. Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) loadings were lower (11-144 μmol l(-1)), and between 23 and 69% of influent DON was removed during routine operation, with no significant removal of DON under high TDIN loading. Over the 88-day study, cumulative nitrogen removal was 1.28 mol m(-2), of which 1.09 mol m(-2) was retained in plant tissue, with plant uptake ranging from 2.4 to 27.0 mmol N g(-1) dry weight d(-1). The results demonstrate the effectiveness of N and P removal from wastewater from land-based intensive marine aquaculture farms by constructed wetlands planted with S. europaea.
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- J M Webb
- School of Ocean Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Wales, LL59 5AB, UK
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Lower limb traction is applied with counter traction in the groin. The resultant tissue pressures can be high and may result in skin necrosis or nerve palsies. Volunteers were positioned on a fracture table and traction applied to the left leg. Perineal contact pressures were measured using pressure transducers connected to a laptop computer. Pressure readings and pain scores were recorded with different types of padding, whilst the leg was repositioned. Maximal pressures exceeded the 70 mmHg limit known to cause tissue damage. Larger (10 cm) padding devices significantly reduced the pressures. When employing the perineal traction post, care should be taken to pad this carefully to avoid the sequelae of high tissue pressure.
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- C J Topliss
- Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Westbury on Trym, Bristol BS10, UK.
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Karnezis IA, Fragkiadakis EG, Webb JM, Hardy JR. Quantified kinematics of the injury to the posterior cruciate ligament: a computer-aided design simulation study. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 2001; 16:54-60. [PMID: 11114444 DOI: 10.1016/s0268-0033(00)00067-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To quantify the kinematics of the injury to the posterior cruciate and the other major knee ligaments as a function of the knee flexion angle at the moment of impact. DESIGN Computer-aided design modelling was used to investigate the strain response of all major knee ligaments during antero-posterior abnormal tibio-femoral translation at 0-90 degrees knee flexion. BACKGROUND It is generally believed that the likelihood of injury to the posterior cruciate ligament following anterior impact is higher in the flexed knee. However, there are no kinematical studies to quantify this clinical observation or investigate the role of the other knee ligaments in the above situation. METHODS Computer calculations of the individual ligament strain were plotted against the magnitude of posterior tibial translation. Additionally, the strain rate for each ligament (defined as the ligament strain produced per mm of posterior tibial linear translation) was calculated as the slope of the strain-displacement curve for all tested degrees of knee flexion. RESULTS The posterior cruciate ligament has been shown to be the primary restraint to posterior tibial translation in all degrees of knee flexion. However, at 90 degrees of knee flexion the strain rate of the posterior cruciate ligament is approximately half that in the fully extended knee and the posterior cruciate ligament is the only ligament to resist posterior tibial translation. CONCLUSIONS The strain behaviour of the posterior cruciate ligament during injury is highly dependent on the knee flexion during the moment of impact. Forced posterior tibial translation in the 90 degrees flexed knee may result in isolated posterior cruciate ligament deficit rather than a complex ligament disruption. The strain rate of a ligament as introduced in the present study is a quantified parameter related to the resistance that the ligament imposes to an abnormal joint movement. Relevance. This study provides insight into the differential strain of the knee ligaments during impacts that result in posterior cruciate ligament injury. Studies that quantify the strain behaviour of individual knee ligaments are important to the understanding, diagnosis and prevention of injuries sustained during contact sports and high-energy road traffic accidents.
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- I A Karnezis
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Bristol, UK.
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The intensive care unit (ICU) represents a dynamic interaction between patient factors and interventional factors. The complexity of this situation can generate an impaired consciousness in the patients. The critical care provider is faced with deducing the etiology and treatment of delirium in the ICU. Many of the therapeutic agents that are used in the ICU may precipitate delirium. Patients may also experience delirium as part of their underlying medical conditions. Withdrawal syndromes, delirium tremens in particular, are known to cause delirium. By a combination of appropriate selection of medications and an awareness of delirium as a side effect, the patient in the ICU may be treated in a manner to minimize the clouding of consciousness. An understanding of the proposed pathophysiology of various types of delirium will allow appropriate clinical measures to be taken.
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- J M Webb
- Department of Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA
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Percutaneous repair of the ruptured tendo Achillis has a low rate of failure and negligible complications with the wound, but the sural nerve may be damaged. We describe a new technique which minimises the risk of injury to this nerve. The repair is carried out using three midline stab incisions over the posterior aspect of the tendon. A No. 1 nylon suture on a 90 mm cutting needle approximates the tendon with two box stitches. The procedure can be carried out under local anaesthesia. We reviewed 27 patients who had a percutaneous repair at a median interval of 35 months after the injury. They returned to work at four weeks and to sport at 16. One developed a minor wound infection and another complex regional pain syndrome type II. There were no injuries to the sural nerve or late reruptures. This technique is simple to undertake and has a low rate of complications.
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- J M Webb
- Southmead Hospital, Bristol, England
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Corry IS, Webb JM, Clingeleffer AJ, Pinczewski LA. Arthroscopic reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament. A comparison of patellar tendon autograft and four-strand hamstring tendon autograft. Am J Sports Med 1999; 27:444-54. [PMID: 10424213 DOI: 10.1177/03635465990270040701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 392] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We compared the outcome of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using hamstring tendon autograft with outcome using patellar tendon autograft at 2 years after surgery. Patients had an isolated anterior cruciate ligament injury and, apart from the grafts, the arthroscopic surgical technique was identical. Prospective assessment was performed on 90 patients with isolated anterior cruciate ligament injury undergoing reconstruction with a patellar tendon autograft; 82 were available for follow-up. The hamstring tendon autograft group consisted of the next 90 consecutive patients fulfilling the same criteria; 85 were available for follow-up. Clinical review included the Lysholm and International Knee Documentation Committee scores, instrumented testing, thigh atrophy, and kneeling pain. These methods revealed no difference between the groups in terms of ligament stability, range of motion, and general symptoms. Thigh atrophy was significantly less in the hamstring tendon group at 1 year after surgery, a difference that had disappeared by 2 years. The KT-1000 arthrometer testing showed a slightly increased mean laxity in the female patients in the hamstring tendon graft group. Kneeling pain after reconstruction with the hamstring tendon autograft was significantly less common than with the patellar tendon autograft, suggesting lower donor-site morbidity with hamstring tendon harvest.
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- I S Corry
- Australian Institute of Musculo-Skeletal Research, Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia
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Rye B, Webb JM. Pigmented papules and weight loss. Arch Dermatol 1998; 134:861; discussion 864. [PMID: 9681350 DOI: 10.1001/archderm.134.7.861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- B Rye
- University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
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Webb JM, Corry IS, Clingeleffer AJ, Pinczewski LA. Endoscopic reconstruction for isolated anterior cruciate ligament rupture. J Bone Joint Surg Br 1998; 80:288-94. [PMID: 9546463 DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.80b2.7994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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We treated 90 patients with an isolated injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) by reconstruction using a patellar tendon autograft and interference screw fixation. Of these, 82 (91%) were available for review at 24 months. Two grafts and two contralateral ACLs had ruptured during sport and there was one case of atraumatic graft resorption. Using the assessment of the International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC), 86% of the remaining patients were normal or nearly normal. The median Lysholm knee score was 95/100 and 84% of patients were participating in moderate to strenuous activity. All had grade-0 or grade-1 Lachman, pivot-shift and anterior-drawer tests. Measurement with the KT1000 arthrometer gave a side-to-side difference of <3 mm of anterior tibial displacement in 90%. Sixty-six radiographs were IKDC grade A and one was grade B. Pain on kneeling was present in 31% and graft site pain in 44%. At 24 months after operation all patients had excellent knee stability, a high rate of return to sport and minimal radiological evidence of degenerative change. Our series therefore represents a basis for comparison of results using other techniques and after more severe injuries.
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- J M Webb
- Australian Institute of Musculo-Skeletal Research, Sydney
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This prospective, controlled study compared cold compressive dressings with wool and crepe in the postoperative management of patients undergoing total knee replacement (TKR). Forty TKR patients were assessed for blood loss, pain, swelling, and range of motion. Patients in the cold compression group had less blood loss through suction drainage (982 mL versus 768 mL). A higher proportion of patients in the treatment group did not require blood transfusion postoperatively. Mean opiate requirements were lower in the cold compression group (0.57 versus 0.71 mg/kg/48 hours). The cold compression device appeared to reduce blood loss and pain following TKR.
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- J M Webb
- Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Observations and longitudinal comparisons of emerging trends within formerly socialist East European countries offer a unique opportunity to observe some of the social policies typical of the capitalist and socialist systems and their influence on society. Some of the emerging trends in the Czech Republic, former East Germany, and Russia pertaining to general areas of public health, family, and crime are described. Effects of these changes are discussed within the framework of a recently proposed multiple regression model of criminal behavior in which criminality is attributed to the confluence of gross inequalities in the distribution of wealth and to the disintegration of the traditional family. The changes should be considered in the conduct of research.
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- D J Krus
- Department of Measurement, Statistics, and Methodological Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287-0611, USA
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Rye B, Webb JM. Autoimmune bullous diseases. Am Fam Physician 1997; 55:2709-18. [PMID: 9191456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Patients with autoimmune bullous diseases are occasionally encountered in primary care practice, usually in middle-aged and older patients. The differential diagnosis includes nonimmune causes, such as contact dermatitis, infections and bullous reactions to drugs or insect bites. An autoimmune blistering disease may be distinguished by the age of the patient when the disease first appears, the morphology and distribution of the lesions and the presence or absence of mucosal lesions and scarring. Because the clinical presentations of blistering disorders are often similar, special immunofluorescence tests are used to confirm the specific diagnosis. Since diagnosis and management of an autoimmune bullous disease may involve systems other than the skin, coordination by the primary care physician is crucial.
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- B Rye
- University of Alabama School of Medicine at Birmingham, USA
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- P Polk
- Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
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Helling TS, Morse G, McNabney WK, Beggs CW, Behrends SH, Hutton-Rotert K, Johnson DJ, Reardon TM, Roling J, Scheve J, Shinkle J, Webb JM, Watkins M. Treatment of liver injuries at level I and level II centers in a multi-institutional metropolitan trauma system. The Midwest Trauma Society Liver Trauma Study Group. J Trauma 1997; 42:1091-6. [PMID: 9210547 DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199706000-00018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The development of trauma systems and trauma centers has had a major impact on the fate of the critically injured patient. However, some have suggested that care may be compromised if too many trauma centers are designated for a given area. As of 1987, the state of Missouri had designated six adult trauma centers, two Level I and four Level II, for the metropolitan Kansas City, Mo, area, serving a population of approximately 1 million people. To determine whether care was comparable between the Level I and II centers, we conducted a concurrent evaluation of the fate of patients with a sentinel injury, hepatic trauma, over a 6-year period (1987-1992) who were treated at these six trauma centers. METHODS All patients during the 6-year study period who suffered liver trauma and who survived long enough to be evaluated by computerized tomography or celiotomy were entered into the study. Patients with central nervous system trauma were excluded from analysis. Information concerning mechanism of injury, RTS, Injury Severity Score (ISS), presence of shock, liver injury scoring, mode of treatment, mortality, and length of stay were recorded on abstract forms for analysis. Care was evaluated by mortality, time to the operating room (OR), and intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital length of stay. RESULTS Over the 6-year period 300 patients with non-central nervous system liver trauma were seen. Level I centers cared for 195 patients and Level II centers cared for 105. There was no difference in mean ISS or ISS > 25 between Level I and II centers. Fifty-five (28%) patients arrived in shock at Level I centers and 24 (23%) at Level II centers. Forty-eight patients (16%) died. Thirty-two (16%) died at Level I centers, and 16 (15%) died at Level II centers. Twenty of 55 patients (36%) in shock died at Level I centers, and 11 of 24 (46%) died at Level II centers (p = 0.428). Forty-three patients (22%) had liver scaling scores of IV-VI at Level I centers, and 10 (10%) had similar scores at Level II centers (p < 0.01). With liver scores IV-VI, 22 of 43 (51%) died at Level I centers and 10 of 14 (71%) died at Level II centers (p = 0.184). There was no difference in mean time or in delays beyond 1 hour to the OR for those patients in shock between Level I and II centers. There was a longer ICU stay at Level II centers (5.0 +/- 8.3 vs. 2.8 +/- 8.4 days, p = 0.04). This difference was confined to penetrating injuries. There was no difference in hospital length of stay. CONCLUSIONS In a metropolitan trauma system, when Level I and II centers were compared for their ability to care for victims of hepatic trauma, there was no discernible difference in care rendered with respect to severity of injury, mortality, delays to the OR, or hospital length of stay. It was observed that more severe liver injuries were seen at Level I centers, but this did not seem to significantly affect care at Level II centers. There was a longer ICU stay observed at Level II centers owing to penetrating injuries, possibly because there were fewer penetrating injuries treated at these facilities. Although the bulk of patients were seen at Level I centers, care throughout the system was equivalent.
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- T S Helling
- St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Rye B, Webb JM. Leg band-limited latex dermatitis from a common method of underwear construction. Arch Dermatol 1997; 133:536-7. [PMID: 9126019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Changes in health care delivery necessitate modification in dermatology training. While the residents at The University of Alabama at Birmingham were planning their 1995-1996 curriculum, several questions regarding the most appropriate allocation of time and resources arose. Interest in other residency curricula prompted the development of a national survey of dermatology residents. Our purpose was to provide comprehensive data regarding the didactic, clinical, surgical, and other aspects of today's U.S. dermatology residency training from the perspective of the residents. It is hoped these data will assist dermatology residency programs with evaluation of their current curricula. A comprehensive 31-question multiplechoice survey was mailed to 631 residents in 70 U.S. dermatology residency programs. Results were tabulated and median values and percentages of responses were obtained. A Wilcoxon rank-sum test, a chi-square analysis, and logistic regression analysis were performed on survey items on the basis of residents' satisfaction with the training program. Two hundred forty-eight responses (39%) were returned with all years of training well represented. Median values and percentages obtained outlined the didactic, clinical, surgical, and other aspects of dermatology residency training. Seventeen percent of residents believed they were not being adequately trained. Satisfaction with training was noted with more didactic faculty involvement, consultations and research, and surgical procedures performed per month. Residents with enriched didactic, clinical, and surgical training experiences are more satisfied with their training programs.
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- J M Webb
- Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
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- J M Webb
- Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
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A computer-assisted, K-fold crossvalidation technique is discussed within the framework of canonical correlation analysis of randomly generated data sets. Results of the analysis suggest that this technique of multi-crossvalidation can be an effective method to reduce the contamination of canonical variates and canonical correlations by sample-specific variance components.
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- J M Webb
- Idaho Falls (Idaho) Dermatology, USA
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Webb JM, Pentlow BD. Double gloving and surgical technique. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 1993; 75:291-2. [PMID: 8379636 PMCID: PMC2497939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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A comparison of double gloving versus single gloving was made with regard to its effects on tactile discrimination and dexterity in 17 surgeons of all grades and specialties. Surgeons were assessed by their ability to tie surgical knots, and Dellon's moving two-point discrimination test. Tests were performed single gloved, double gloved with the larger glove on the outside, and double gloved with the larger glove on the inside. Double gloving did not alter two-point discrimination or the ability to tie surgical knots in this study. Wearing the smaller glove on the outside of the larger glove was considered more comfortable than the conventional technique.
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- J M Webb
- Department of General Surgery, Southmead Hospital, Bristol
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The early versus late selection issue in attention models was examined by means of a new methodology. Through cues or precues, attention was directed to one location of a multistimulus visual display and, while attention was so engaged, the identity of a stimulus located at a different position in the display was changed. By varying the time after display onset before the stimulus was changed, we controlled the preview time that the original stimulus was represented on the retina. Then, using a marker cue, we directed the subject's attention to the location of the changed stimulus. The subject's response was a timed discrimination between two possible target letters. The data of main interest was the effect of preview time upon the subject's latency in identifying the new target that appeared in the changed location. We found that the preview time of the original stimulus, before RT was affected to the new target, depended upon whether the original stimulus was a neutral (noise) letter or whether it was the alternative target. When the original stimulus was a noise letter, RTs to the new target were just as fast as those obtained in the control condition in which the target was present throughout the preview interval and did not change its identity. Significant effects upon RT were obtained at preview times of 83 msec when the original stimulus was one of the targets that changed to the alternative target. Preview times also varied as a function of precuing. Preview times were correspondingly shortened when the first cue occurred 50 msec before display onset, thus providing an extra 50 msec for attention to be directed to the first display location. The results were interpreted in terms of two separate information-processing systems in the human: an automatic system and an attentional system. Even though a stimulus may have been automatically processed, when the attention system is directed to that stimulus, processing starts at the beginning again.
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- C W Eriksen
- Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 61820
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If several positions must be attended in a large visual display, does the efficiency of performance vary as a function of the display distance between these to-be-attended positions? Two previous experiments (Podgorny & Shepard, 1983; Shaw, 1978) gave conflicting answers. In the present experiments, eight-letter circular displays were briefly presented. On each trial one, two, or three positions of the display were cued or precued. The number of noncued display positions intervening between the cued locations varied from zero to three. The subjects' task was to rapidly discriminate between two target letters. Although reaction time was found to increase with increases in the number of cued locations, no significant or suggestive effects were found for the spacing or distance between the cued locations. The evidence strongly suggests that the subjects serially searched the cued locations, which further implies that attention can index locations in the visual field at a speed that is independent of the distance between these locations.
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Webb JM. Pocket pagers cut hospital noise, keep staff mobile and accessible. Hospitals 1977; 51:93-6. [PMID: 873479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Webb JM. Last hour of life. RN 1973; 36:OR16. [PMID: 4486744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Webb JM, Brouwer JB, Brouwer EA. Cell proliferation in rat liver: nucleic acid ratios and thymidine uptake as related to dose of a toxicant, mesidine. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1967; 10:300-12. [PMID: 6034614 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(67)90112-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Lethco EJ, Webb JM. The fate of FD&C blue no. 2 in rats. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1966; 154:384-9. [PMID: 5922998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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- D Pittman
- Biological Research Laboratory, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
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