Literature review of occurrence, effectiveness, safety, and hospitalization burden of blood transfusion in the management of warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia.

Introduction: Cases of warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (wAIHA) often present with life-threatening levels of hemoglobin requiring red blood cell (RBC) transfusion support.

Aim: This literature review assessed the occurrence, safety, effectiveness, and hospitalization burden of RBC transfusions in the management of patients with wAIHA.

Methods: Electronic databases (Embase, MEDLINE) were searched from inception to December 2021 along with additional searches conducted up to March 2024.

Pathogen priming alters host transmission potential and predictors of transmissibility in a wild songbird species.

Pathogen reinfections occur widely, but the extent to which reinfected hosts contribute to ongoing transmission is often unknown despite its implications for host-pathogen dynamics. House finches () acquire partial protection from initial exposure to the bacterial pathogen (MG), with hosts readily reinfected with homologous or heterologous strains on short timescales. However, the extent to which reinfected hosts contribute to MG transmission has not been tested.

Intercostal nerve cryoablation in lung transplantation: A single-center, propensity score-matched analysis.

Background: Achieving adequate pain control after lung transplantation is an essential milestone in a patient's recovery. We compared postoperative opioid use, clinical outcomes, and respiratory function in lung transplant recipients treated with intercostal nerve cryoablation (INC) compared to those receiving standard pain management.

Methods: We reviewed all adult lung transplants performed at our center between January 2016 and December 2022.

Effect modifiers of the temperature-mortality association for general and older adults population of Brazil's metropolitan areas.

Ambient temperature effect on mortality varies between places and populations, suggesting the existence of effect modifiers for this association. This study analyzes the influence of geographic, urban, and socioeconomic factors on the ambient temperature effect on non-accidental mortality in the general and older adults population of Brazilian metropolitan areas, and on that associated with circulatory, respiratory, and other mortality in older adults. Effects of this association were estimated for each group in 42 locations using a generalized additive model combined with the nonlinear distributed lag model.

Individuals' positive gains from the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study across 30 countries.

Background: Given the limited understanding of individuals' positive gains, this study aimed to identify these gains that could be leveraged by policymakers to enhance future health and societal resilience.

Methods: We used a global qualitative approach to survey adults over 18 from 30 countries across six World Health Organization (WHO) regions, who detailed up to three personal positive gains from COVID-19 pandemic via an open-ended question. Inductive thematic analysis was employed to identify main themes, and quantitative methods were used for demographic and regional comparisons based on the percentage of responses for each theme.