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J Clin Psychiatry
January 2025
Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
We compared substance use disorder (SUD) prevalence among adult inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) hospitalizations with non-IBD controls from the 2016-2018 National Inpatient Sample, assessing correlations with demographics, socioeconomic status, geographic regions, depression, and anxiety. The primary aim focused on SUD, defined as substance abuse or dependence (: F10-F19) excluding unspecified use or remission, among hospitalizations documenting IBD (Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis; : K50-51) as one admitting diagnosis (IBD-D). The prevalence of SUD among hospitalizations with and without IBD was compared.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExtramedullary plasmacytoma is rare, it can appear alone or associated with multiple myeloma, representing an extramedullary progression of the disease. We present the case of a 62-year-old woman diagnosed with multiple myeloma who, being in complete remission began to experience abdominal pain and nausea. A rare cause of intestinal subocclusion and upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
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January 2025
Department of Surgery, North Shore Hospital, Waitemata District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand.
Background: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is a potentially refluxogenic operation while Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (LRYGB) is regarded as an anti-reflux procedure. The aim of this study is to compare long-term incidence of Barrett's Oesophagus (BO) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GORD) following LSG and LRYGB.
Methods: Participants of a double-blinded randomized controlled trial comparing banded LRYGB and LSG for remission of type 2 diabetes were contacted to take part.
Ther Adv Respir Dis
January 2025
Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Section 2, Shipai Road, Beitou District, Taipei City 11217, Taiwan.
Background: REMIT is the first real-world study of mepolizumab effectiveness in patients with severe asthma (SA) in Taiwan.
Objectives: The primary objective evaluated changes in clinically significant exacerbations (CSEs; defined as use of oral corticosteroids (OCS) or emergency department (ED) visits and/or hospitalizations) in the 12 months pre- and post-mepolizumab treatment. Secondary objectives assessed changes in the number of CSEs requiring ED visits/hospitalizations and daily maintenance OCS (mOCS) dosage 12 months pre- and post-mepolizumab treatment.
Nihon Hinyokika Gakkai Zasshi
January 2025
Department of Urology, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University Faculty of Medicine.
A 70-years-old man with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer received the apalutamide, an oral androgen receptor signaling inhibitor. On day10 after drug initiation, fever and skin rash appeared on his whole-body surface. He stopped taking the drug on day18 and skin symptoms temporarily improved about 7 days after discontinuation.
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