INTRODUCTION Mortality rates and causes of death after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are of great interest to surgeons. However, there is a shortage of studies regarding those of the Asian population. The aim of this study was to compare the mortality rate and causes of death in patients after TKA to the general population. METHODS National sample cohort data from the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service were used. In this study, 14 matched patients after TKA (TKA group 5072) and general participants (control group 20,288) were selected as subjects. Their average follow-up duration was 57.2 months ranging from a year up to 12 years. The matches were processed for age, gender, income, region of residence, and past medical history. Mortality rates and causes of death were compared between groups. Regarding the mortality rates, we also performed subgroup analyses according to age. RESULTS Adjusted hazard ratio (HR) of the TKA group for mortality rate was less than 1 with significance (adjusted HR = 0.61 (95% confidence interval = 0.54-0.70, p less then 0.001)). The ratios were less than 1 for both age groups ( less then 70 and ≥70 years), respectively; however, for patients under 70, they were insignificant. Among the 11 major causes of death, the circulatory disease showed the most significantly reduced mortality rate for the TKA group compared to the control group. The neoplasm was the only other cause with a significantly reduced mortality rate for the TKA group. CONCLUSION The mortality rate in the TKA group was significantly lower than in the control group up to 12 years after the surgery in Korea. Among the major causes of death, circulatory disease and neoplasm showed a significant reduction in the mortality rate of the TKA group compared with the control group.PURPOSE To evaluate the influence of body posture change on the peripherally inserted central catheter tip position in Chinese cancer patients. METHODS A prospective observational trial was conducted in a tertiary cancer hospital from August to September 2018. After the insertion of peripherally inserted central catheter, chest X-ray films were taken to check the catheter tip in the upright and supine positions, respectively. The distance from the carina to the catheter tip was separately measured on both chest films by nurses. The primary study outcome was the distance and direction of the catheter tip movement. The secondary study outcome was to analyze the influence factors on the catheter tip movement. The third study outcome was to observe the related adverse events caused by the catheter tip movement. RESULTS A total of 79 patients were included, the results showed that 61 moved cephalad, 14 moved caudally, and 4 did not move with body change from the supine to the upright position. When moved cephalad, the mean distance was 19.34 ± 11.95 mm; when moved caudally, the mean distance was -15.83 ± 8.97 mm. check details The difference between the two positions was statistically significant (p  less then  0.001). There was also a statistically significant difference between catheter tip movement direction and body mass index (p = 0.009) and height (p = 0.015). Two patients developed arrhythmias; no cardiac tamponade was found due to body posture change. CONCLUSION The results of this work implied that the tips of the catheter tend to shift toward the cephalad with body change from the supine to the upright position. A study involving a larger sample size is needed to find more information in the future.BACKGROUND The subject of psychological research all over the world is to understand the factors conditioning relationships between healthy people and people with mental disorders. Authors analysing attitudes towards people with mental disorders emphasize the importance of two types of determinants personality factors and demographic and social variables. AIM The aim of the research was to determine the interdependencies between personality traits and attitudes towards people with mental disorders, taking into account the moderating role of social distance and demographic and environmental variables. METHOD Polish version of Community Attitudes towards Mental Illness (CAMI) - Kwestionariusz Postaw (KP) was used to measure attitudes towards people with mental disorders. Personality traits were measured using the NEO-Five-Factor Inventory (FFI) Personality Inventory by Costa and McCrae-Polish Adaptation, and the polish version of the Social Distance Scale was used to measure the declared social distance. In all, 204 people participated in the research 133 women and 71 men, aged 18-65 years, living in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Greater Poland voivodeships. RESULTS The results showed that there is a relationship between personality traits neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience and agreeableness and an attitude towards people with mental disorders. Social distance, as the proposed moderator, did not significantly change the relationship between the variables. CONCLUSION The results of the research have confirmed the important role of personality factors for attitudes, what should be remembered to exploration of presented phenomenon.INTRODUCTION Few would argue that emergency department utilization volumes do not tax the health system. Currently, there is not a process defined by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for transitioning this patient population back to their primary physicians following emergency department visits. Resource limitations in a rural family medicine setting create barriers to dedicate focus on this important transitional care management from urgent care visits to primary care office. OBJECTIVE To describe a novel pilot process for transitional care management from the emergency department utilizing pharmacy student extenders to overcome resource limitation at a rural family medicine clinic and establish follow-up primary physician contact. METHODS From a master list provided, student pharmacists proactively telephoned patients and reviewed medication changes while assisting with scheduling follow-up appointments at the patient's primary physician clinic. RESULTS The result of these efforts increased the communication with patients and resulted in a 26% (10/38) increase in follow-up appointments scheduled with a total increase of an additional 7 patients adhering to follow-up transitional appointment.