Diabetes mellitus is increasing in incidence and is therefore being encountered more frequently during palliative care. Diabetes management in the early stages of terminal disease is normally the same as conventional care. However, in the later stages of terminal illness there are a number of problems that may arise due to diabetes treatment, including hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia, which may impair the patient's quality of life. This article will address some of these problems and their management.
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Front Immunol
January 2025
School of Interdisciplinary Engineering and Sciences (SINES), Department of Sciences, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan.
The hemostatic system prevents and stops bleeding, maintaining circulatory integrity after injury. It directly interacts with the complement system, which is key to innate immunity. In coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), dysregulation of the hemostatic and complement systems has been associated with several complications.
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January 2025
Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Background: The progression of bladder cancer (BC) from non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) to muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) significantly increases disease severity. Although the tumor microenvironment (TME) plays a pivotal role in this process, the heterogeneity of tumor cells and TME components remains underexplored.
Methods: We characterized the transcriptomes of single cells from 11 BC samples, including 4 NMIBC, 4 MIBC, and 3 adjacent normal tissues.
Nefrologia (Engl Ed)
January 2025
Department of Ultrasound, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China. Electronic address:
Objective: As radiocephalic fistula is not necessarily appropriate for all patients with advanced kidney disease, our aim was to investigate the sensitive indicators that affect the functional primary patency of radiocephalic fistulas.
Methods: This prospective observational study included consecutive patients referred to the Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University for initial creation of radiocephalic fistula from July 2017 to December 2019. Preoperative ultrasound parameters, demographic characteristics, serum indicators and comorbidities were recorded.
J Cardiol
January 2025
Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development-Core Research for Evolutionary Medical Science and Technology (AMED-CREST), Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
Background: Renal dysfunction is significantly associated with poor prognosis in patients with heart failure. However, the prognostic significance of proteinuria as a potential marker of an impaired glomerular filtration barrier in acute heart failure (AHF) remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the prognostic value of urinary protein/creatinine ratio (PCR) in patients with AHF.
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January 2025
Department of Internal Medicine, Jilin Cancer Hospital, Changchun, China.
Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) combined with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) have been the standard first-line treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the efficacy of this combination in post-line treatment is still unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the combination of anti-PD-L1 envafolimab and novel humanized anti-VEGF suvemcitug as second-line treatment for patients with HCC.
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