Bismuth containing quadruple therapy versus tailored therapy as first-line treatments for infection in a high clarithromycin resistance area.

Background: Increasing clarithromycin resistance has led to the need for an alternative first-line therapy for the eradication of () in Korea, and bismuth containing quadruple therapy (BQT) and tailored therapy (TT) have been proposed as alternative regimens. The aim of this study was to compare the eradication rates of BQT and TT as first-line eradication therapies.

Methods: infection was diagnosed using the rapid urease test or dual-priming oligonucleotide-based multiplex polymerase chain reaction (DPO-PCR) during endoscopy.

Durability of Sustained Virologic Response and Improvement of Fibrosis Markers after Daclatasvir and Asunaprevir Treatment in Genotype 1b Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Patients: a Real Life and Multicenter Study.

Background: The long-term data with direct acting antiviral agents were rare. This study investigated the durability of a sustained virologic response (SVR) and the improvement of fibrosis after daclatasvir and asunaprevir (DCV/ASV) treatment in genotype 1b (GT1b) hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients.

Methods: A total of 288 HCV GT1b patients without baseline non-structural 5A (NS5A) resistance-associated substitution (RAS) treated with DCV/ASV were enrolled.

Antenatal magnesium sulfate for both tocolysis and fetal neuroprotection in premature rupture of the membranes before 32 weeks' gestation.

Objective: We aimed to assess the impact of antenatal MgSO therapy given to women with PPROM before 32 weeks' gestation on latency, maternal outcomes, perinatal outcomes, and neurodevelopmental outcomes.

Methods: We undertook a retrospective cohort observational study of 184 singleton pregnancies complicated by PPROM at 23°-31 weeks who were hospitalized and received magnesium therapy for tocolysis (MgSO group) or did not receive tocolytic therapy (no MgSO group) between 2005 and 2013. Furthermore, patients were subdivided into two groups based on the gestational age at the onset of PPROM (23°-27 weeks' gestation and 28°-31 weeks' gestation).

A Case of Endovascular Treatment of Severe Graft Limb Kinking after Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.

Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) has been recommended as an alternative to open aneurysm repair. The risk of severe perioperative complications is lower than that in open surgical repair; however, late complications are more likely. After EVAR, regular yearly surveillance by duplex ultrasonography or computed tomography is recommended.