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J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle
February 2025
Center for Health Information Partnerships, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Background: Cancer-associated cachexia can inhibit immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy efficacy. Cachexia's effect on ICI therapy has not been studied in large cohorts of cancer patients aside from lung cancer. We studied associations between real-world routinely collected clinical cachexia markers and disability-free, hospitalization-free and overall survival of cancer patients.
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January 2025
Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Vertical transmission of HIV continues to be a key contributor to pediatric HIV infections globally. Routine HIV testing at each antenatal care (ANC) visit can reduce the likelihood of such infections. However, a sub-optimal number of women are re-tested for HIV on their subsequent ANC visits.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIowa Orthop J
January 2025
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Background: This study aims to determine the rate of surgical intervention in children with type IIA supracondylar humerus fractures (SCHF) following routine post-casting radiographic assessment. We hypothesized that no cases would convert to operative management following one-week post-casting alignment assessments.
Methods: This single-center retrospective study focused on pediatric patients diagnosed with type IIA SCHF from 2019 to 2022.
EJIFCC
December 2024
Department of Biochemistry, Srinivasan Medical College and Hospital, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan University, Tamil Nadu, India.
Introduction: Assessing LDL cholesterol is pivotal for cardiovascular risk evaluation. While direct LDL measurement is accurate, calculated LDL methods offer practicality and cost-effectiveness. This study aims to evaluate the correlation between direct LDL measurement and various calculated LDL methods, shedding light on their clinical utility.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Rehabil Med
January 2025
Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation, Horizon Health Network, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada; Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Dalhousie University, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Objective: To understand patient, caregiver, and clinician perspectives on patient-reported outcome measures, critical functional domains, and disease-modifying therapies in adult spinal muscular atrophy.
Design: An exploratory qualitative single-site study.
Patients: Ten adults with spinal muscular atrophy and two clinicians participated in semi-structured interviews.
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