luding ethnicity and barriers to community access, so that appropriate screening programs can be developed.
  In general anesthesia, the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) is a frequently used effective option. The effect of nitrous oxide on intracuff pressure of the LMA and postoperative sore throat is well known; however, there are no studies related to the second-generation LMA Protector. The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in intracuff pressure and postoperative sore throat, depending on the use of nitrous oxide during general anesthesia using the LMA Protector.
 
  This randomized double-blind prospective study was conducted among 88 patients aged 20 to 70years.
 
  The cuff pressure started with a baseline of 40 cm H
  O and was measured using a digital cuff pressure manometer for 30minutes. Postoperative sore throat, dysphonia, dysphagia, and numeric rating scale scores were also recorded.
 
  Over time, the intracuff pressure of the nitrous oxide group increased significantly compared with that of the air group. Furthermore, postoperative sore throat and pharyngolaryngeal complications were not significantly different between the two groups.
 
  Intracuff pressure of the LMA Protector increased during anesthesia using nitrous oxide. When the anesthesia time was less than 2hours, however, there was no difference in postoperative sore throat.
 Intracuff pressure of the LMA Protector increased during anesthesia using nitrous oxide. When the anesthesia time was less than 2 hours, however, there was no difference in postoperative sore throat.
  Restraint events are tracked using a duration rate as part of a national psychiatry quality reporting program and tracked annually. Visual dashboards can help track metrics in near real time but are not routinely used in psychiatric settings.
 
  This observational study sought to characterize restraint events by extracting electronic medical record data on restraint episodes between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2019, in five inpatient units in one academic medical center. The data were also used to build a visual dashboard and calculate restraint metrics (duration and frequency) across locations and time.
 
  A total of 540 distinct restraint events occurred during the study period. Highest restraint episode counts occurred during evening shift (54.8%), compared to daytime (37.2%) and nighttime (8.0%) shifts. Highest episode duration rates occurred in an adult unit (61.3% of total hours spent in restraints across all units), while highest episode counts occurred in the adolescent unit (48.3% of all restraint episodes). A visual dashboard with two views (summary and detailed) was created. The summary view integrates patient volume data (total patient hours per month) with total duration and number of episodes per month.  https://www.selleckchem.com/products/Enzastaurin.html  The detailed view displays event frequency by hour of day, nursing shift, weekday, and patient length of stay at the time of restraint.
 
  Visual dashboards can provide timely and efficient access to granular data elements and metrics related to restraint events, beyond the reporting requirement of a national quality program. Visual dashboards can reveal variations in restraint use and yield important opportunities for clinical quality improvement.
 Visual dashboards can provide timely and efficient access to granular data elements and metrics related to restraint events, beyond the reporting requirement of a national quality program. Visual dashboards can reveal variations in restraint use and yield important opportunities for clinical quality improvement.
  The Lean management system is being adopted and implemented by an increasing number of US hospitals. Yet few studies have considered the impact of Lean on hospitalwide performance.
 
  A multivariate analysis was performed of the 2017 National Survey of Lean/Transformational Performance Improvement in Hospitals and 2018 publicly available data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services on 10 quality/appropriateness of care, cost, and patient experience measures.
 
  Hospital adoption of Lean was associated with higher Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) patient experience scores (b = 3.35, p < 0.0001) on a scale of 100-300 but none of the other 9 performance measures. The degree of Lean implementation measured by the number of units throughout the hospital using Lean was associated with lower adjusted inpatient expense per admission (b = -38.67; p < 0.001), lower 30-day unplanned readmission rate (b = -0.01, p < 0.007), a score above the national average on appropriate use of imaging-a measure of low-value care (odds ratio = 1.04, p < 0.042), and higher HCAHPS patient experience scores (b = 0.12, p < 0.012). The degree of Lean implementation was not associated with any of the other 6 performance measures.
 
  Lean is an organizationwide sociotechnical performance improvement system. As such, the actual degree of implementation throughout the organization as opposed to mere adoption is, based on the present findings, more likely to be associated with positive hospital performance on at least some measures.
 Lean is an organizationwide sociotechnical performance improvement system. As such, the actual degree of implementation throughout the organization as opposed to mere adoption is, based on the present findings, more likely to be associated with positive hospital performance on at least some measures.
  Anterior urethral valves (AUV) are a rare cause of lower urinary tract obstruction which could progress to renal damage, Clinical presentation varies according with patient's age and severity of obstruction, but, in most cases, diagnosis is based on voiding cysto-urethrogram (VCUG). To date, the treatment of choice is endoscopic ablation even if approved guidelines about the overall management of AUVs, including the recognition and treatment of residual valves, are not available.
 
  We describe our protocol for AUV treatment based on primary endoscopic valve ablation followed by check cystoscopy 15 days later.
 
  Medical records of 5 patients with AUVs admitted from 2008 to 2018 to our Pediatric Urology Unit were retrospectively reviewed. Blood tests, urinalysis, renal US and VCUG were performed in all children, while urodynamic evaluation was performed in the 3/5 patients who could void spontaneously. All patients underwent endoscopic valves ablation and after 15 days after a second look cystoscopy was performed.