Patient perception of meander-like versus radial breast ultrasound.

 Radial breast ultrasound scanning (r-US) and commonly used meander-like ultrasound scanning (m-US) have recently been shown to be equally sensitive and specific with regard to the detection of breast malignancies. As patient satisfaction has a strong influence on patient compliance and thus on the quality of health care, we compare here the two US scanning techniques with regard to patient comfort during breast ultrasound (BUS) and analyze whether the patient has a preference for either scanning technique.  Symptomatic and asymptomatic women underwent both m-US and r-US scanning by two different examiners.

Agreement in breast lesion assessment and final BI-RADS classification between radial and meander-like breast ultrasound.

Background: This study prospectively investigates the agreement between radial (r-US) and meander-like (m-US) breast ultrasound with regard to lesion location, lesion size, morphological characteristics and final BI-RADS classification of individual breast lesions.

Methods: Each patient of a consecutive, unselected, mixed collective received a dual ultrasound examination.

Results: The agreement between r-US and m-US for lesion location ranged from good (lesion to mammilla distance ICC 0.

The Detection of Vancomycin in Sweat: A Next-Generation Digital Surrogate Marker for Antibiotic Tissue Penetration: A Pilot Study.

Background: Assuring adequate antibiotic tissue concentrations at the point of infection, especially in skin and soft tissue infections, is pivotal for an effective treatment and cure. Despite the global issue, a reliable AB monitoring test is missing. Inadequate antibiotic treatment leads to the development of antimicrobial resistances and toxic side effects.

Non-invasive Drug Monitoring of β-Lactam Antibiotics Using Sweat Analysis-A Pilot Study.

Antimicrobial resistance is a major challenge in treating infectious diseases. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) can optimize and personalize antibiotic treatment. Previously, antibiotic concentrations in tissues were extrapolated from skin blister studies, but sweat analyses for TDM have not been conducted.

Comparison of radial and meander-like breast ultrasound with respect to diagnostic accuracy and examination time.

Purpose: To prospectively compare the diagnostic accuracy of radial breast ultrasound (r-US) to that of conventional meander-like breast ultrasound (m-US), patients of a consecutive, unselected, mixed collective were examined by both scanning methods.

Methods: Out of 1948 dual examinations, 150 revealed suspicious lesions resulting in 168 biopsies taken from 148 patients. Histology confirmed breast cancers in 36 cases.