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Predictors of mortality post-gastrostomy in motor neuron disease patients.
Muscle Nerve
November 2024
Curtin School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Science, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Article Synopsis
- This study investigates the factors linked to early mortality in motor neuron disease (MND) patients after undergoing gastrostomy, focusing on demographic and clinical aspects.
- Researchers analyzed data from 94 MND patients in Western Australia to identify predictors of death at 30, 90, and 180 days post-gastrostomy.
- Findings suggest that older age and greater weight loss are significant predictors of mortality, emphasizing the need for better nutritional care to potentially improve outcomes for MND patients.
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the clinical benefits and adverse reactions of anti-fibrotics in non-IPF progressive fibrosing ILD.
Heart Lung
October 2024
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, National University Health System, 1 Jurong East Street 21, Singapore, 609606.
Background: Anti-fibrotics can reduce restrictive impairment in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). However, its effectiveness in non-IPF progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease (non-IPF PF-ILD) remains uncertain.
Objective: We assess the efficacy and safety of anti-fibrotics pirfenidone and nintedanib versus placebo among non-IPF PF-ILD adult patients.
Predictive factors for critical care dependency after posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
Bone Joint J
July 2024
The Centre for Spinal Studies and Surgery, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.
Aims: Historically, patients undergoing surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) have been nursed postoperatively in a critical care (CC) setting because of the challenges posed by prone positioning, extensive exposures, prolonged operating times, significant blood loss, major intraoperative fluid shifts, cardiopulmonary complications, and difficulty in postoperative pain management. The primary aim of this paper was to determine whether a scoring system, which uses Cobb angle, forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), and number of levels to be fused, is a valid method of predicting the need for postoperative critical care in AIS patients who are to undergo scoliosis correction with posterior spinal fusion (PSF).
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all AIS patients who had undergone PSF between January 2018 and January 2020 in a specialist tertiary spinal referral centre.
Sleeve Gastrectomy is Associated with Longitudinal Improvements in Lung Function and Patient-Reported Respiratory Outcomes.
Obes Surg
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Laboratory of Surgical and Metabolic Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Purpose: Obesity exerts negative effects on pulmonary function through proven mechanical and biochemical pathways. Multiple studies have suggested that bariatric surgery can improve lung function. However, the timing of these effects on lung function and its association with patient reported outcomes is not known.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOutcomes after intervention for enteral nutrition in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in multidisciplinary clinics.
Muscle Nerve
July 2024
Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
Introduction/aims: Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are susceptible to malnutrition, with appropriate management of nutritional interventions an active area of investigation. We sought to determine the impact of gastrostomy tube placement in ALS patients, exploring the correlation between forced vital capacity (FVC), malnutrition, and perioperative complications.
Methods: A retrospective review was performed of clinically diagnosed ALS patients treated at two multidisciplinary clinics (University of Kansas, University of Nebraska) from January 2009 to September 2020 who were referred for gastrostomy.
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