Results: Coping strategies were found to be associated with depression in patients with heart failure. Adaptive coping such as active coping, acceptance, and planning tended to be used by more patients and were associated with less depression. Those who used more maladaptive methods of coping such as denial and disengagement had higher levels of depression.
Conclusions: Further longitudinal research on depression and coping strategies and best treatment options for coping and depression in patients with heart failure are needed.”
“Objective Diagnosis and treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) have improved in recent years with introduction of HSP990 cost new oral antiviral drugs. Aim of this study was to analyze general knowledge, therapeutic and diagnostic trends of physicians treating
CHB in Spain.\n\nMethods A questionnaire was distributed to 692 physicians of the Spanish Association for the Study of the Liver. The questionnaire assessed habits in CHB management and approach to a pair of hypothetical CHB cases: HBeAg positive and HBeAg negative.\n\nResults One hundred and nineteen (17%) physicians answered the questionnaire. Most of them correctly identified indications for CHB treatment (95%), and had experience see more with lamivudine (89%), adefovir dipivoxil (84%) and interferon (76%), but only 45% knew the efficacy rate of these drugs. Seventy-six percent recommended pegylated interferon as initial treatment for HBeAg-positive patients, and 86% would treat HBeAg-negative patients with oral antiviral drugs (42% with lamivudine, 36% with adefovir dipivoxil, and 8% with entecavir). Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-DNA determination was used to monitor therapy by 74%, and only 24% used HBV drug resistance test. The only independent factor associated with adequate use of drugs and correct monitoring was experience of treating more than five patients per year. Antiviral prophylaxis for HBV carriers receiving immunosuppression
was indicated by 78% of physicians. Physicians working at university hospitals were significantly Mocetinostat more likely to recommend antiviral prophylaxis than physicians working at nonuniversity hospitals (86 vs. 65%; P=0.009).\n\nConclusion CHB management decisions are not always based on scientific evidence. Continuous medical education could improve knowledge and management of CH B. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 21:1177-1183 (C) 2009 Wolters Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.”
“Triticum turgidum L var. dicoccoides has been a useful source of genes for high grain protein content (GPC) in wheat. The objective of this study was to test the agronomic and quality characteristics of 23 durum Langdon-T dicoccoides (LDN-DIC) substitutions based on T dicoccoides accessions PI 481521 (LDN521) and PI 478742 (LDN742), with emphasis on finding new genes for high GPC. The 23 LDN-DIC substitutions and checks were grown in replicated yield trials at Fargo and Prosper, ND in 2005-2006.