Peripheral tissue perfusion in individuals with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus and its associations with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Early recognition of peripheral tissue perfusion deficits can minimize secondary complications of peripheral arterial disease in individuals with diabetes.

Objectives: To compare parameters of peripheral tissue perfusion in the leg at rest and during and after progressive effort between non-diabetics and individuals with type 2 diabetes and normal ankle brachial index values, as well as to evaluate the factors associated with peripheral tissue perfusion in the leg in individuals with type 2 diabetes during progressive effort.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 31 individuals with type 2 diabetes and 31 non-diabetics.

Tuft resorption in patients with psoriatic arthritis.

Objectives: Tuft resorption (TR) is an important radiographic feature of psoriatic arthritis (PsA). We aimed to define the prevalence of TR in patients with PsA, the clinical and radiographic features associated with it, and the risk factors for its occurrence.

Methods: We included patients with PsA followed at our prospective observational cohort.

Plasmidome analyses of Klebsiella pneumoniae coproducing blaKPC-2 and blaNDM-1 in Southern Brazil: Characterization of Mobile Genetic Elements.

Objectives: Infections due to carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales harboring more than one carbapenemase-encoding gene spreads mainly by plasmid and transposon mobilization.

Objectives: Analyze the mobile genetic elements carrying bla and bla of K. pneumoniae carbapenemase co-producers (KpKN).

Tracheostomy Duration Is a Key Predictor of Persistent Tracheocutaneous Fistulas in Children.

Introduction Pediatric tracheostomy is a surgical procedure that secures the airway in children with upper airway obstruction or those in need of pulmonary support. Persistent tracheocutaneous fistula is a potential sequela that can occur after the decannulation process. Objectives To evaluate the frequency and risk factors that lead to a persistent tracheocutaneous fistula.

The role of social, economic, and medical marginalization in cancer clinical trial participation inequities: A systematic review.

Extant literature reveals how patients of marginalized social identities, socioeconomic status (SES), and medical experiences - especially patients of color and older adults - are underrepresented in cancer clinical trials (CCTs). Emerging evidence increasingly indicates CCT underrepresentation among patients of lower SES or rural origin, sexual and gender minorities, and patients with comorbid disability. This review applies an intersectional perspective to characterizing CCT representativeness across race and ethnicity, age, sexual and gender identity, SES, and disability.