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A Neurocysticercosis Case from Timor-Leste, A Previously Unidentified Region of Human Taeniasis Endemicity.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
January 2025
Department of Environmental Biology & Medical Parasitology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Neurocysticercosis, a central nervous system infection caused by the zoonotic parasite Taenia solium, is a leading cause of acquired epilepsy worldwide. It is common in areas with extensive pig farming and pork consumption. This report presents an unusual case of neurocysticercosis in a 28-year-old male from Timor-Leste, a region of nonendemicity for human cases of Taenia solium.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDevelopment of the Lee Symptom Scale-Skin Sclerosis for chronic GVHD-associated sclerosis.
Blood
January 2025
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, United States.
Sclerosis is a highly morbid manifestation of chronic GVHD (cGVHD), associated with distressing symptoms and significant long-term disability. A patient-reported outcome measure (PRO) for cGVHD-associated sclerosis is essential to advance therapeutic trials. We aimed to develop a PRO for adults with cGVHD-associated sclerosis and evaluate and refine its content validity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA Patient-Oriented Implementation Strategy for a Perioperative mHealth Intervention: Feasibility Cohort Study.
JMIR Perioper Med
January 2025
Societal Participation & Health, Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Background: Day surgery is being increasingly implemented across Europe, driven in part by capacity problems. Patients recovering at home could benefit from tools tailored to their new care setting to effectively manage their convalescence. The mHealth application ikHerstel is one such tool, but although it administers its functions in the home, its implementation hinges on health care professionals within the hospital.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImpact of Psychological Factors on Survival in Metastatic Esophagogastric Cancer: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.
JCO Oncol Pract
January 2025
Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Psycho-Oncology, Peking University Cancer Hospital &Institute, Beijing, China.
Purpose: Early interdisciplinary supportive care (ESC), including psychological interventions, can improve the survival of patients with metastatic esophagogastric cancer (EGC). The purpose of the study was to evaluate the association between psychological factors and survival in patients with metastatic EGC.
Methods: A secondary analysis was conducted for an open-label randomized controlled trial of ESC, in which 246 patients with EGC completed a distress measure (the distress thermometer) and a depression symptom measure (the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 [PHQ-9]) at baseline before cancer treatments.
Rib and Sternum Nonunions: Diagnosis and Treatment and Awareness of Other Potential Posttraumatic Pathology.
J Orthop Trauma
December 2024
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Regions Hospital, St. Paul, MN.
As the operative management of acute, chest wall, skeletal injury escalates throughout the world, it has become commonplace for patients with posttraumatic conditions to present with clinical reconstructive challenges as well. In addition, it is becoming clear that rib nonunions are not rare, likely more than 5% of rib fractures. No subspecialty is better equipped to address such painful conditions than orthopaedic surgery.
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