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Pharmacoeconomics
January 2025
Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre, Brussels, Belgium.
Background: Forecasting future public pharmaceutical expenditure is a challenge for healthcare payers, particularly owing to the unpredictability of new market introductions and their economic impact. No best-practice forecasting methods have been established so far. The literature distinguishes between the top-down approach, based on historical trends, and the bottom-up approach, using a combination of historical and horizon scanning data.
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January 2025
Division of Internal Medicine, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, University of Milan, Piazzale Principessa Clotilde, 3, Milan, 20121, Italy.
Purpose Of Review: To outline the latest discoveries regarding the utility and reliability of serum biomarkers in idiopathic recurrent acute pericarditis (IRAP), considering recent findings on its pathogenesis. The study highlights the predictive role of these biomarkers in potential short- (cardiac tamponade, recurrences) and long-term complications (constrictive pericarditis, death).
Recent Findings: The pathogenesis of pericarditis has been better defined in recent years, focusing on the autoinflammatory pathway.
BMJ Open Gastroenterol
December 2024
Department of English Language, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Objectives: Our aim was to systematically review the cost-effectiveness of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapies and surgical interventions for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD).
Design: The study design was a systematic review of economic evaluations.
Data Sources: We searched PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science for publications from January 1990 to March 2023.
Am J Sports Med
January 2025
Southern California Orthopedic Institute, Van Nuys, California, USA.
Background: Surgical options for septic arthritis include open arthrotomy or an arthroscopic procedure. The optimal surgical technique remains a matter of debate as acceptable results have been reported for both.
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of arthroscopy versus arthrotomy for the treatment of septic arthritis in large and intermediate-sized joints.
J Paediatr Child Health
January 2025
Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Senior Lecturer, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Aim: There is limited data on the PICU outcomes of children with acute severe asthma (ASA) in South Africa. This study aims to describe the profiles and treatment of all children admitted to our PICU with ASA.
Methods: A retrospective audit of all children admitted with ASA to the PICU at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital between 01 January 2009 and 31 December 2019.
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