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Am J Clin Exp Urol
December 2024
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, MD, USA.
Purpose: The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) has historically been calculated with a race-coefficient multiplier (RCM); however, the RCM has been broadly criticized as inaccurate and a potential contributor to exacerbating disparities. We evaluated the impact of the RCM on eGFR and examined the 30-day post-cystectomy complications in a muscle-invasive bladder cancer cohort.
Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed patients diagnosed with MIBC who underwent cystectomy in the ACS NSQIP database from 2006 to 2020 using CPT and ICD codes.
Front Med (Lausanne)
January 2025
Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Introduction: The 2020 pharmaceutical strategy for Europe stressed that rethinking regulatory policies to foster innovation in disease areas with unmet medical needs (UMN) is one of the European Commission's (EC) priority areas. To understand stakeholders' views regarding appropriate UMN criteria and incentives, the EC developed a survey and launched it for public consultation between September and December 2021. This study aims to assess stakeholders' views on the policy revisions proposed by the EC, particularly those regarding the definition of UMN, its criteria and incentives and evaluate how stakeholders' views are reflected in the proposed reform of the EU pharmaceutical legislation of 2023.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Neuropsychiatry
December 2024
Place du Cardinal Mercier, 10 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique.
Objective: The Self-Discrepancies Scale (S-DS) is a multiple-subscore instrument designed to assess discrepancies between mental representations of the self: the actual self on one hand, and the ideal and socially prescribed selves on the other. Its idiographic subscores rely on the endorsement of self-descriptive traits, while its abstract subscores form an overall judgement of felt self-discrepancies. The objectives of the present study were to (i) evaluate the S-DS in a new non-clinical population, (ii) expand the body of data on the S-DS's convergent validity, (iii) study the idiographic data for the S-DS, and (iv) establish a nomothetic list of traits with a better choice of unwanted traits.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIran J Pharm Res
June 2024
Department of Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmaceutical Administration, School of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Context: Breast cancer poses significant challenges due to its high incidence and prevalence, necessitating heightened attention. Understanding how patients prioritize different treatment options based on various attributes can assist healthcare decision-makers in maximizing patient utility. The discrete choice experiment, a conjoint method, facilitates preference elicitation by presenting different attributes and choices.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Community Genet
January 2025
SEWA Rural, Jhagadia, Gujarat, India.
Prenatal screening (PNS) for Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) offers a potential avenue for informed reproductive choices and the sickle elimination initiative of the Government of India. The objective of the study was to explore perceptions and ethical dilemmas surrounding prenatal screening for sickle cell disease and subsequent termination of pregnancy among pregnant women and key stakeholders from the tribal region of Gujarat. The study employed sequential mixed-methods research, embedding a participatory research approach.
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