Background: In lung transplant patients, direct oral anticoagulants are often taken in combination with immunosuppressive drugs such as tacrolimus. Since tacrolimus is a substrate and inhibitor of the efflux protein ABCB1, also transporting direct oral anticoagulants, a possible drug-drug interaction mediated by competition for this transporter needs to be investigated.
Objectives: To determine the effect of tacrolimus on ABCB1-mediated rivaroxaban transport in order to support clinician practice.
Bictegravir, a key second-generation integrase strand transfer inhibitor in the treatment of HIV, is subject to active efflux transport mediated by ABCB1 (P-glycoprotein). Several coding variants of ABCB1 have been described and associated with variable effects on substrate drugs pharmacokinetics. Here, we investigated the effect of the four most common coding ABCB1 single nucleotide polymorphisms (i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To analyze whether significant differences exist between free-hand three-dimensional (3D) planning-guided cortical bone trajectory (CBT) screw placement and 3D-printed template-guided CBT screw positioning in terms of accuracy, size of screws, and potential complications.
Methods: In this retrospective study, data of adult patients in whom CBT screws were placed for lumbar degenerative pathologies were extracted from a prospectively collected database and analyzed. Patients in whom screws were placed using free-hand 3D planning-guided technique were compared with patients in whom screws were positioned using customized 3D-printed templates.
Rev Med Liege
January 2016
Objective: to summarize the knowledge regarding the maladaptive beliefs of patients with non-specific low back pain.
Methods: a narrative literature review on these beliefs was conducted by an international and multidisciplinary team of experts in the field.
Results: these beliefs, which can result in negative consequences on functioning and on patient prognosis, have various origins: family and friends, media, previous experience and/or health care professionals' messages.
Purpose: The Core Outcome Measure Index (COMI) is a multidimensional questionnaire that investigates five dimensions in low back pain (LBP) patients, but does not address the psychological dimension. As the biopsychosocial perspective is recognized as important to capture the entire clinical picture of these patients, this multicenter prospective cohort study was designed to investigate the psychometric properties of a modified version of the COMI (COMIAD) which included 2 additional items, exploring anxiety and depression, respectively.
Methods: 168 subacute or chronic LBP patients recruited in spine clinics completed a set of questionnaires before and after treatment (follow-up at 6 months).