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Inflammation
January 2025
College of Acupuncture-Moxibustion-Tuina and Rehabilitation, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, 410208, China.
Asthma is a prevalent chronic inflammatory disorder of the respiratory tract that not only manifests with respiratory symptoms but also often involves intestinal flora disorders and gastrointestinal dysfunction. Recent studies have confirmed the close relationship between the gut and lungs, known as the "gut-lung axis" theory. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), a method for restoring normal intestinal flora, has shown promise in treating common gastrointestinal diseases.
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November 2024
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Eaglestone, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK.
We report the case of a 72-year-old woman who was admitted following a fall and sustained a right neck of femur fracture. Prior to this admission, she was undergoing chemotherapy for lung cancer. Upon this admission, it was noted that she had developed neutropenic sepsis.
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December 2024
Public Health and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, USA.
Background The management of neutropenic fever patients remains challenging. Patients' individual baseline body temperature may provide diagnostic and prognostic value. Methods This study is a retrospective analysis of 92 adults admitted for neutropenic fever to model the length of stay (LOS) and the ability to find a definitive diagnosis using the deviation of patients' temperature on admission from their outpatient baseline, acuity on admission, neutropenia level and persistence, fever persistence, and patients' age.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys
January 2025
Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX, United States of America; Department of Radiation Oncology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Background: A detrimental association between radiation-induced lymphopenia (RIL) and oncologic outcomes in esophageal cancer patients has been established. However, an optimal metric for RIL remains undefined, but is important for application of this knowledge in clinical decision-making and trial designs. The aim of this study was to find the optimal RIL metric discerning survival.
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January 2025
Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory, Beijing, China.
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