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Afr J Lab Med
December 2024
Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, National University of Lesotho, Roma, Maseru, Lesotho.
Background: Safe management of healthcare waste (HW) safeguards laboratory biosafety and biosecurity. Knowledge and attitudes influence HW practices, presenting a need for evidence of the current status.
Objective: This study assessed the knowledge, attitudes and practice of laboratory workers towards waste management at a regional hospital laboratory in Lesotho.
Ann Surg Treat Res
January 2025
Department of Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate current morbidity rates following cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in patients with colorectal cancer and peritoneal metastasis.
Methods: A total of 42 patients who underwent CRS and HIPEC for colorectal cancer with peritoneal metastasis at a single tertiary referral center between January 2022 and December 2022 were included. Perioperative outcomes and postoperative complications were prospectively assessed.
Am J Transl Res
December 2024
Psychological Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University Urumqi 830000, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.
Objective: To explore the current status of subthreshold depression in young and middle-aged breast cancer patients and its influencing factors, in order to guide early identification and intervention in clinical settings.
Methods: The study included 385 young and middle-aged cancer patients treated at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University from June 2023 to June 2024. Standardized scales were used to evaluate sub-threshold depression, psychological resilience, and self-perceived burden.
Cureus
December 2024
Laboratory of Genomic Medicine, GHC GENETICS SK, Comenius University Science Park, Bratislava, SVK.
X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency disease (X-SCID) is a form of inborn errors of immunity (IEI) associated with causal DNA variants of the gene. Patients with X-SCID are characterized by a combination of cellular and humoral immunodeficiencies associated with increased susceptibility to infections. The presented cases constituted two unrelated male patients from the Slovak population.
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December 2024
Department of Surgical Oncology, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, PAK.
Introduction Thyroid malignancy remains a significant global health concern, making the accurate differentiation between benign and malignant thyroid nodules crucial for optimal patient management. Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is the gold-standard preoperative diagnostic tool, and The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology provides a standardized framework for interpretation. This 10-year retrospective study evaluated the malignancy risk in surgically treated patients with thyroid nodules classified as Bethesda Category III by comparing FNAC findings with histopathological outcomes.
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