Prevalence of masked hypertension and its association with left ventricular hypertrophy in children and young adults with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objectives: There are limited studies using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) to assess blood pressure (BP) status in young patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on dialysis or after kidney transplantation. The aim of this meta-analysis is to estimate the prevalence of both white-coat hypertension (WCH) and masked hypertension, along with the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), in children and young adults with CKD on dialysis or after kidney transplantation.

Methods: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies assessing the prevalence of BP phenotypes using ABPM, in children and young adults with CKD stages 2-5d.

Comparison of the 2017 American Academy of Pediatrics with the fourth report and the 2016 European Society of Hypertension guidelines for the diagnosis of hypertension and the detection of left ventricular hypertrophy in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background And Objectives: In 2017, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended new blood pressure (BP) thresholds for the diagnosis of hypertension in children and adolescents. We assessed the impact of the AAP guideline, as compared to the Fourth Report and the 2016 European Society of Hypertension guidelines (ESH), on the prevalence of hypertension and the detection of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH).

Methods: We systematically searched for studies evaluating the impact of the 2017 AAP guidelines on the prevalence of hypertension and LVH compared with the Fourth Report or the 2016 ESH guidelines.

Motivational Interviewing to Support Oral AntiCoagulation adherence in patients with non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation (MISOAC-AF): a randomized clinical trial.

Aims: We aimed to assess the impact of an educational, motivational intervention on the adherence to oral anticoagulation (OAC) in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF).

Methods And Results: Hospitalized patients with non-valvular AF who received OAC were randomly assigned to usual medical care or a proactive intervention, comprising motivational interviewing, and tailored counselling on medication adherence. The primary study outcome was adherence to OAC at 1 year, which was evaluated according to proportion of days covered (PDC) by OAC regimens and was assessed through nationwide registers of prescription claims.

Statistical Copolymers of -Butyl Vinyl Ether and 2-Chloroethyl Vinyl Ether via Metallocene-Mediated Cationic Polymerization. A Scaffold for the Synthesis of Graft Copolymers.

The cationic statistical copolymerization of -butyl (be) and 2-chloroethyl vinyl ether (CEVE), is efficiently conducted using bis(η-cyclopentadienyl)dimethyl zirconium (CpZrMe) in combination with tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate dimethylanilinum salt [B(CF)][MeNHPh], as an initiation system. The reactivity ratios are calculated using both linear graphical and non-linear methods. Structural parameters of the copolymers are obtained by calculating the dyad sequence fractions and the mean sequence length, which are derived using the monomer reactivity ratios.

Hospitalization affects the anticoagulation patterns of patients with atrial fibrillation.

Scarce data are available on the effects of hospitalization on oral anticoagulation (OAC) patterns in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). This study aimed to capture the evolving OAC patterns of patients with known non-valvular AF at high risk for stroke (CHADS-Vasc score ≥ 2 for males and ≥ 3 for females) during hospitalization. A total of 561 eligible patients who were admitted to the cardiology ward of a tertiary hospital were studied.

Flaws in Anticoagulation Strategies in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation at Hospital Discharge.

Background: Proper anticoagulation is a crucial therapeutic regimen in atrial fibrillation (AF).

Objectives: To evaluate the real-life anticoagulation prescriptions of AF patients upon hospital discharge.

Methods: We studied 768 patients with comorbid AF who were discharged from the cardiology ward of a tertiary hospital.