Due to the relatively high complication rate, the necessity of a spleen biopsy is controversially discussed. In establishing its indication, the clinical background and performed diagnostics must be considered. Based on the medical history, imaging procedures and sonographic course, different clinical scenarios are conceivable. The aim of this review is to describe the indications of splenic biopsy considering various clinical scenarios.
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Psychol Trauma
January 2025
Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Saarland University.
Objective: The way we interpret information shapes our perception of reality. Predictive processing frameworks propose that the ability to update interpretations based on disconfirming information is key to recovery from potentially traumatic events (PTEs). However, direct evidence for this assumption is scarce and comes from studies using paradigms with low ecological validity.
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December 2024
Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Background: Blood-based biomarkers (BBM) for Alzheimer's disease (AD) may be able to identify individuals eligible for emerging anti-amyloid treatments (DMT). We aimed to evaluate how to use BBM as (pre-) selection tools for DMTs by simulating different triaging scenarios in a memory clinic setting.
Methods: We included 1199 participants from the Amsterdam Dementia Cohort with measured BBM (plasma pTau181, GFAP and NfL) and used a predefined Youden-index based cut point for amyloid positivity (method: https://doi.
Alzheimers Dement
December 2024
Institute of Neurosciences. Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Large neuroimaging datasets play a crucial role in longitudinal modelling and prediction of neurodegenerative diseases, as they provide the opportunity to study biomarker trajectories over time. Noteworthy, the availability of these large datasets coexists with a paradigm shift in the theoretical understanding of these diseases: while classical studies aimed at defining disease signatures as group patterns obtained with static cross-sectional analyses, novel approaches focus on providing individual predictions in the context of phenotypical and temporal heterogeneity. This scenario is often aggravated by the fact that datasets are not homogeneous and suffer from missing points and noisy data.
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February 2025
Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Southport, Queensland, Australia.
Rationale: Hospitals are increasingly utilising allied-health professionals to provide clinical triage to patients. While these positions are routinely implemented, and several observational studies have reported positive outcomes, the effectiveness of this intervention has been rarely tested in a clinical trial.
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Resistance-associated substitutions (RASs) are mutations within the hepatitis C (HCV) genome that may influence the likelihood of achieving a sustained virological response (SVR) with direct acting antiviral (DAA) treatment. Clinicians conduct RAS testing to adapt treatment regimens with the intent of improving the likelihood of cure. The Canadian Network Undertaking against Hepatitis C (CANUHC) prospective cohort consists of chronic HCV patients enrolled between 2015 and 2023 across 17 Canadian sites.
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