The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Clinical Practice Guideline on Surgical Management of Oligometastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.

Background: The use of local consolidative therapy (LCT) in patients with oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is rapidly evolving, with a preponderance of data supporting the benefits of such therapeutic approaches incorporating pulmonary resection for appropriately selected candidates. However, practices vary widely institutionally and regionally, and evidence-based guidelines are lacking.

Methods: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons assembled a panel of thoracic surgical oncologists to evaluate and synthesize the available evidence regarding the role of pulmonary resection as LCT.

Mitigating High-risk EBV and CMV Through Kidney Paired Donation: A Survey of Potential Donor and Recipient Candidates.

Background: High-risk cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) mismatches (ie, seropositive donors to seronegative recipients) among kidney transplant recipients lead to increased healthcare utilization, inferior allograft outcomes, and high mortality. We assessed the interest among prospective kidney donor and recipient candidates to participate in kidney paired donation (KPD) for averting CMV/EBV high-risk mismatches.

Methods: We surveyed 51 potential living donors and 102 kidney recipient candidates presenting for their evaluation visit at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center between October 2022 and May 2023.

Assessing the Effect of Electronic Health Record Data Quality on Identifying Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Increasing and substantial reliance on electronic health records (EHRs) and data types (ie, diagnosis, medication, and laboratory data) demands assessment of their data quality as a fundamental approach, especially since there is a need to identify appropriate denominator populations with chronic conditions, such as type 2 diabetes (T2D), using commonly available computable phenotype definitions (ie, phenotypes).

Objective: To bridge this gap, our study aims to assess how issues of EHR data quality and variations and robustness (or lack thereof) in phenotypes may have potential impacts in identifying denominator populations.

Methods: Approximately 208,000 patients with T2D were included in our study, which used retrospective EHR data from the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution (JHMI) during 2017-2019.

Deciphering the work function induced local charge regulation towards activating an octamolybdate cluster-based solid for acidic water oxidation.

The advancement of highly robust and efficient electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) under acidic conditions is imperative for the sustainable production of green hydrogen. In accomplishing sustainable and sturdy electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution at low pH, the challenge is tough for non-iridium/ruthenium-based electrocatalysts. This study elaborates on the intrinsic alterations in electronic arrangements and structural disorder upon the precise activation of an octamolybdate cluster-based solid [{Cu(pz)}MoO]·2HO through room temperature grinding with rGO (reduced graphene oxide), resulting in enhanced conductivity, stability, and activity of the electrocatalyst towards the acidic OER without employing any benchmark metal ion (Ru or Ir).