Effectiveness of Interventions to Disease Management Programs of Patients with Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Heart failure (HF) prevalence is rising due to population aging and increasing risk factor incidence, thereby posing a significant global public health challenge. Disease management programs (DMPs) play a crucial role in managing HF and optimizing postevent health outcomes. Through a systematic review and meta-analysis, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of DMPs following an HF event.

Osteosarcopenia in patients with cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Osteosarcopenia is frequent, and the relative risk of fracture is higher among patients with sarcopenia. It is a strong predictor of poor outcomes in older adults undergoing cancer treatment, suggesting that osteosarcopenia is important in an aging society. This study aimed to evaluate the overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) of patients with cancer with and without osteosarcopenia.

A sarcopenia screening test predicts mortality among hospitalized cancer patients.

This study investigated the ability of a sarcopenia screening test to predict mortality among cancer inpatients. We conducted a prospective study of patients admitted to the oncology ward of a teaching hospital in southern Taiwan. Over a 5-month period, 82 patients were enrolled for evaluation and were followed for 3 years.

Sarcopenia and survival in colorectal cancer without distant metastasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background And Aim: Despite prior attempts to evaluate the effects of sarcopenia on survival among patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), the results of these studies have not been consistent. The present study aimed to evaluate the association between sarcopenia and survival among patients having CRC without distant metastasis by aggregating multiple studies.

Methods: We performed a literature search using computerized databases and identified additional studies from among the bibliographies of retrieved articles.

Safety and clinical efficacy of microwave ablation combined with percutaneous vertebroplasty in the treatment of multisegmental spinal metastases.

Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of microwave ablation (MWA) combined with percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) in the treatment of multisegmental (2-3 segments) osteolytic spinal metastases.

Materials And Methods: This study comprised a retrospective analysis of data from 20 patients with multisegmental (2-3 segments) osteolytic spinal metastases who received MWA combined with PVP. The visual analog scale (VAS) score, Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) score, Quality of Life Questionnaire-Bone Metastases 22 (QLQ-BM22), and local recurrence before and after the operation were measured.

Spindle cell embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the prostate in an adult patient: a case report and review of the literature.

Rhabdomyosarcoma of the prostate is a rare mesenchymal tumor that originates from undifferentiated mesenchymal cells. Spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma is a variant of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. The vast majority of these two pathological types occur in children, with only a few adult cases reported to date, and both are associated with poor clinical outcomes.

Clinical efficacy and safety of microwave ablation combined with percutaneous osteoplasty for palliative treatment in pelvic osteolytic metastases.

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of microwave ablation (MWA) on pain relief, quality of life, mobility, and local tumour progression in adult patients with pelvic osteolytic bone metastasis and to test the safety of MWA.

Methods: This study retrospectively analysed the data from 20 patients with pelvic osteolytic metastases who received MWA combined with percutaneous osteoplasty (POP). The visual analogue scale (VAS), musculoskeletal tumour society system (MSTS), and Quality of Life Questionnaire-Bone Metastases 22 (QLQ-BM22) were used to evaluate the pain, limb function, and quality of life.

Topical Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Preventing Surgical Site Infections of Clean Wounds: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Topical antibiotic agents are not generally indicated for preventing of surgical site infections (SSIs) in clean incisions, and the drug concentrations that should be delivered to local incision sites remain uncertain. The aim of this study was to critically assess the efficacy of topical antibiotic agents in comparison with non-antibiotic agents for preventing SSIs in clean incisions by performing a systematic review and meta-analysis. We conducted a search of literature in PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Databases and included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on topical antibiotic use for patients with clean post-surgical incisions.

Aggressive variant prostate cancer: A case report and literature review.

Background: Aggressive variant prostate cancer (AVPC) is a rare disease that progresses rapidly. The first-line treatment for AVPC is currently unknown. We examined a rare case of AVPC with rare brain and bladder metastases.

Age as a modifier of the effects of sarcopenia on survival among colon cancer patients after surgery.

Background: Studies have been conducted to evaluate whether sarcopenia is a predictor for survival in patients with colon cancer postsurgery, but findings have been inconsistent, and effects of age were seldom evaluated.

Methods: We recruited 133 patients with resectable colon cancer who underwent surgery between January 2014 and December 2017 at a teaching hospital to evaluate the effects of sarcopenia on survival, after adjusting for age and other potential predictors, including visceral adiposity (VA).

Results: Preoperative sarcopenia was associated with worse overall survival (OS: 62.

Efficacy and mechanisms of δ-MnO modified biochar with enhanced porous structure for uranium(VI) separation from wastewater.

Even though uranium (U) is considered to be an essential strategic resource with vital significance to nuclear power development and climate change mitigation, U exposure to human and ecological environment has received growing concerns due to its both highly chemically toxic and radioactively hazardous property. In this study, a composite (M-BC) based on Ficus macrocarpa (banyan tree) aerial roots biochar (BC) modified by δ-MnO was designed to separate U(VI) from synthetic wastewater. The results showed that the separation capacity of M-BC was 61.

Case Report: Clinical application of continuous arterial infusion chemotherapy in neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced gastric cancer.

Platinum-fluorouracil combination chemotherapy is the standard neoadjuvant treatment for locally advanced gastric cancer in China, but it does not improve the survival benefit of patients. In recent years, the application of immune checkpoint inhibitors and/or targeted drugs in neoadjuvant therapy for gastric cancer has achieved certain efficacy, but the survival benefit of patients is still not obvious. Intra-arterial infusion chemotherapy, as a method of regional therapy, has been widely used in the treatment of many advanced tumors and achieved remarkable curative effect.

A comparative study of establishing rabbit vertebral tumor model by two ways of CT-guided percutaneous puncture.

Objective: To investigate the difference of tumor formation rate of rabbit vertebral tumor model established by percutaneous injection of V×2 tumor tissue suspension and tumor mass under computed tomography (CT) guidance, and the imaging findings of CT, magnetic resonance images (MRI) and positron emission tomography with computed tomography (PET/CT) at 7 days, 14 days and 21 days after implantation, and preliminarily verify the safety and feasibility of microwave ablation (MWA), percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) and microwave ablation combined with percutaneous vertebroplasty (MWA + PVP) in rabbit VX2 vertebral tumor model.

Methods: Thirty healthy New Zealand rabbits were randomly allocated to tissue suspension group and tumor block group, with 15 rabbits for each group. The VX2 tumor block and mixed suspension were inoculated into the L5 vertebral body under CT-guided percutaneous puncture.

Association between sarcopenia and survival in patients with gynecologic cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Despite prior attempts to evaluate the effects of sarcopenia on survival among patients with gynecologic cancer, the results of these studies have not been consistent. The present study evaluated the association between sarcopenia and survival among patients with gynecologic cancer by aggregating multiple studies.

Methods: We performed a literature search using computerized databases and identified additional studies included in the bibliographies of retrieved articles.

Prostate lymphoma with renal obstruction; reflections on diagnosis and treatment: Two case reports.

Background: Prostate lymphoma has no characteristic clinical symptomatology, is often misdiagnosed, and currently, clinical case reports of this disease are relatively rare. The disease develops rapidly and is not sensitive to conventional treatment. A delay in the treatment of hydronephrosis may lead to renal function injury, often causing physical discomfort and rapid deterioration with the disease.

Quality of self-report coping measures for children and adolescents with cancer: A systematic review.

Background: Cancer and its treatments cause significant stress in children and adolescents. This stress is associated with risks of emotional and behavioral problem development and interfering with adherence to treatment regimens. Instruments enabling the precise evaluation of the coping behaviors of pediatric patients with cancer in clinical practice are needed.

Anterior vitreous detachment and retrolental material during cataract surgery: incidence and risk factors, with pathological evidence.

Purpose: To determine the incidence of anterior vitreous detachment (AVD) and retrolental material occurrence in cataract surgery, determine the influence of surgical factors on it, and confirm the source of the material.

Setting: Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Jiangsu Province, China.

Design: Prospective single-center study.

[Precision Health in Nursing Practice].

Precision health is a new trend in medical care that follows in the footsteps of precision medicine. While precision medicine focuses on treating diseases after occurrence, precision health places greater emphasis on preventative healthcare and health empowerment to prevent and predict disease. Precision health aims to assess the social, economic, cultural, and environmental factors of individuals based on their unique biology, genomics, and other factors and to provide personalized healthcare, preventive medicine, and health promotion through disease prediction to empower people to lead the best possible healthy life.

Effect of Anterior Chamber Instability during Phacoemulsification Combined with Intraocular Lens Implantation.

Purpose: To determine the incidence of anterior chamber (AC) instability during phacoemulsification (phaco) combined with intraocular lens implantation and investigate its effect on intraocular tissues.

Methods: Among the 248 enrolled eyes, 121 and 127 eyes were categorized into the irrigation and nonirrigation groups, respectively, depending on the use of a self-made anterior chamber maintainer (ACM) during phaco. AC stability was evaluated using operating microscopy and intraoperative optical coherence tomography (iOCT).

Changes in Oxygen Availability during Glucose-Limited Chemostat Cultivations of Lead to Rapid Metabolite, Flux and Productivity Responses.

Bioreactor scale-up from the laboratory scale to the industrial scale has always been a pivotal step in bioprocess development. However, the transition of a bioeconomy from innovation to commercialization is often hampered by performance loss in titer, rate and yield. These are often ascribed to temporal variations of substrate and dissolved oxygen (for instance) in the environment, experienced by microorganisms at the industrial scale.

Citrate Promotes Excessive Lipid Biosynthesis and Senescence in Tumor Cells for Tumor Therapy.

Metabolic disorder is one of the hallmarks of cancers, and reprogramming of metabolism is becoming a novel strategy for cancer treatment. Citrate is a key metabolite and critical metabolic regulator linking glycolysis and lipid metabolism in cellular energy homeostasis. Here it is reported that citrate treatment (both sodium citrate and citric acid) significantly suppresses tumor cell proliferation and growth in various tumor types.

Microbial response and adaption to thallium contamination in soil profiles.

Thallium (Tl) is a trace metal with high toxicity. Comprehensive investigation of spatial distribution of Tl and microorganism is still limited in soils from mining area. In this study, 16S rRNA sequencing and network analysis were used for deciphering the co-occurrence patterns of bacterial communities in two different types of soil profiles around a typical Tl-bearing pyrite mine.

Age as a modifier of the effects of chemoradiotherapy with infusional 5-fluorouracil after D2 dissection in gastric cancer.

Adjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) is the standard care for patients with resected advanced gastric cancer, but its survival benefits remain undetermined in patients undergoing D2 lymph node dissection (D2 dissection). We evaluated safety and efficacy of adjuvant CCRT with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) versus chemotherapy alone in 110 gastric cancer patients with D2 dissection treated in Taiwan between January 2009 and January 2013. All the 71 patients receiving adjuvant CCRT were treated with daily infusional 5-FU and radiotherapy.