Protracted COVID-19 is increasingly recognised in immunocompromised patients, particularly those with haematological malignancies. Here, we present the case of a patient with protracted COVID-19 and an underlying B-cell malignancy. Standard COVID-19 treatment with remdesivir and steroids proved ineffective in this patient as she continued to have evolving ground-glass opacities on imaging.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction Neck-of-femur (NOF) fractures have high prevalence rates and require prompt surgical intervention for better outcomes. Perioperative hypotension (POH) in the geriatric population has poor outcomes with several contributing factors. The study intends to explore these risk factors and their correlation with patient outcomes.
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September 2024
Background: Although the FDA Accelerated Approval Program (AAP) has come under scrutiny, the population-level health benefit of the program has not been quantified. Therefore, the objective of this study was to estimate the number of life years gained among patients with cancer that can be attributable to the therapies receiving FDA accelerated approvals in oncology between 2006 and 2022 in the United States.
Methods: The data sources used were FDA listings, FDA approval letters and labels, published clinical trial data and other publications including relative effectiveness estimates, and the Ipsos Oncology Uptake Tool for product uptake.
Background This study investigates 's curative effectiveness against colon cancer cells. , often known as Elika jemudu, is a Convolvulaceae family plant. The inhibitory ability of anticancer herbal extracts against cancer cell growth and mediators is tested.
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