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Alzheimers Dement
December 2024
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
In Japan, the regulatory authority approved the drug in September 2023, and on December 20, it became available for prescription country-wide under the health insurance system. However, there are strict patient, physician, and facility requirements for the prescription of Lecanemab, and various problems are anticipated in its future implementation and widespread use in society. Lecanemab is the first anti-Aβ antibody in Japan, and even dementia specialists do not have sufficient knowledge and experience in its introduction, evaluation of efficacy, and evaluation and handling of side effects.
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December 2024
Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria.
Malaria vector surveillance is required to determine disease transmission dynamics, vector insecticide susceptibility status, suitable control strategies and impact of control interventions. However, capacity and resources for vector surveillance and insecticide resistance monitoring is often inadequate in most countries at risk of vector-borne diseases. Collaborations and linkages between malaria control policy makers and existing research institutions generating vector surveillance research data are often weak, thereby hindering the availability of data for decision-making.
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December 2024
Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Songkhla, Thailand.
Introduction: Endotracheal intubation can be difficult or even fail under certain patient and anaesthesiologist conditions. During the COVID-19 pandemic a country-wide lockdown policy was enforced in Thailand which stipulated that anaesthesiologists wear personal protective equipment, powered air purifying respirator, or goggles and surgical/N95 mask during the intubation procedure. Thus, an anaesthesiologist's vision is restricted and grip on the equipment less sure.
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December 2024
Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.
Background: The objective of this paper was to estimate the impact of country-wide hospital pay-for-performance on readmissions for a set of common conditions in Lebanon.
Methods: This retrospective cohort study included all hospitalizations under the coverage of the Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon between 2011 and 2019. We calculated 30-day all-cause readmissions following general, pneumonia, cholecystectomy and stroke cases.
J Hosp Infect
December 2024
Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Besançon, France; UMR 6249 Chrono-environnement, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France. Electronic address:
Background: Staphylococcus haemolyticus is a clinically relevant coagulase-negative staphylococcus frequently responsible for hospital-acquired infections, especially in premature newborns.
Aim: To describe an outbreak of multidrug-resistant S. haemolyticus in a neonatal department.
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