The transition to parenthood (TTP) is a stressful life event for most couples. Therefore, the way both partners jointly cope with stress (i.e., dyadic coping) is important for the prevention of individual adjustment problems (e.g., depression). For dyadic coping to be effective in reducing depressive symptoms, efforts of both partners should be equal. However, many couples experience a decrease of equity in task division within the domestic sphere across the TTP. The current study investigates the equity of a specific skill within the 'relationship sphere', because similarly to a decreased equity in household and childcare, a decreased equity of dyadic coping is likely to be associated with poorer individual adjustment. We collected longitudinal self-report data on dyadic coping and depressive symptoms from 104 mixed-gender first-time parents (n = 208 individuals) from pregnancy until 40 weeks postpartum. We created an equity score for men and women that measured their perceived difference between received and provided dyadic coping. On average, women reported providing more and receiving less dyadic coping than men. While both genders agreed on this distribution, men did perceive a higher equity of dyadic coping than women.  https://www.selleckchem.com/products/vardenafil.html  Furthermore, the decrease of equity perceived by women across TTP was not visible in men. In line with our assumptions based on the equity theory, perceived equity of dyadic coping was associated with depressive symptoms in a curvilinear manner Decreases in women's perceived equity in either direction (over- or underbenefit) were associated with more depressive symptoms in women and their male partners. This association was found above and beyond the beneficial effect of dyadic coping itself. This implies that not only how well partners support each other in times of stress, but also how equal both partners' efforts are, is important for their individual adjustment across TTP.BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors and develop a nomogram for blood transfusions after hemiarthroplasty (HA) in patients with femoral neck fractures (FNFs). MATERIAL AND METHODS We performed a retrospective study including consecutive elderly FNF patients treated by HA between January 2015 and December 2017. Perioperative information was obtained retrospectively, uni- and multivariate regression analyses were conducted to determine risk factors for blood transfusion, and a nomogram model was constructed to predict the risk of blood transfusion. The predictive performance and consistency of the model were evaluated by the consistency coefficient (C-index) and the calibration curve, respectively. RESULTS Of 178 patients, 151 were finally enrolled in the study and 21 received blood transfusion. Binary logistic regression analysis showed the low preoperative hemoglobin (Hb), longer time to surgery, general anesthesia, longer surgery duration, and higher intraoperative blood loss (IBL) were risk factors for blood transfusion. The accuracy of the contour map for predicting transfusion risk was 0.940. CONCLUSIONS We found a correlation between blood transfusion requirement and low preoperative Hb, longer time to surgery, general anesthesia, longer surgery duration, and higher IBL, and we then developed a nomogram. Our nomogram model can be used to evaluate the transfusion risk for FNF patients after HA, and provides better guidance for clinicians to intervene perioperatively, so as to reduce the incidence of blood transfusion.We describe a case of 91-year-old male with astrocytoma who developed meningitis caused by Nocardia farcinica. He had a past medical history of anaplastic astrocytoma grade III. Endocranial computed tomography (CT) scan revealed mass lesion in the left occipital region associated with perilesional edema, without evidence of midline shift issue. The analyses of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) revealed neutrophilic pleocytosis, hyperproteinorrachia and hypoglycorrhachia. Combined antimicrobial therapy was initiated (vancomycin, meropenem, acyclovir). CSF culture revealed Nocardia farcinica. Susceptibility testing revealed intermediate sensitivity to meropenem and antibiotic treatment was switched to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and imipenem. After 7 days of treatment the patient developed progressive dyspnea. The chest CT scan revealed bilateral pleural effusion and alveolar infiltrate mostly in the right lobe. Ceftriaxone was added to the therapy, but the outcome was lethal. Nocardia spp. should be considered as differential diagnosis in the patients with brain tumor or meningitis in the setting of immune suppression and corticosteroid use. CSF cultures should be incubated longer with aim to allow fastidious organisms to grow, such as Nocardia spp. Copyright (c) 2019 Hamed Fakhim, Elahe Nasri, Aleksandra Barac, Saber Yousefi, Kouros Aghazade, Darko Boljevic, Massoud Mardani.INTRODUCTION Increasing antimicrobial resistance among non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) is a major public health issue especially in developing countries and is partly due to the use of antimicrobials in animal feeds as growth promoters. NTS are often associated with self-limiting acute gastroenteritis (AGE). Nevertheless, fluoroquinolones and third-generation cephalosporins are currently used in the treatment of severe diarrhoeal infections. METHODOLOGY We report the case of a 30-year-old male who presented with clinical symptoms of moderate gastroenteritis. Stool culture and antibiotic susceptibility was performed as per standard microbiological methods. Molecular detection of bla genes was carried out by PCR. RESULTS The isolate was confirmed as S. Lindenberg by serotyping. The isolate exhibited dual resistance to fluoroquinolone and third generation cephalosporins. The isolate was an ESBL producer and harboured blaSHV. Based on the antibiotic susceptibility pattern, the patient was successfully treated with ceftriaxone-tazobactam. CONCLUSION Presently, there are no Indian reports on the blaSHV positive ESBL producing S. Lindenberg gastroenteritis. We report on the successful management of the first case of acute gastroenteritis caused by S. Lindenberg that exhibited dual resistance to fluoroquinolone and third generation cephalosporins. Continued surveillance of the antibiotic resistance pattern of the Non-typhoidal Salmonella serovars circulating in the geographical region is warranted. Copyright (c) 2019 Kesavaram Padmavathy, Rajan Prabhurajan, Rajasekharapanicker Kiran.