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J Cardiothorac Surg
January 2025
Réanimation Médicale et Chirurgicale, CHU de Guadeloupe, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, 97139, France.
Background: The medico-surgical management of cardiac tumors when there is a suspicion of malignancy is complex. Moreover, in a critically ill setting, the choice of diagnostic tools seems crucial.
Case Presentation: We present the case of a sixty-four-year-old patient with no prior medical history who was admitted to the intensive care unit with obstructive shock secondary to a right heart mass and pulmonary embolism.
BMC Public Health
January 2025
Department of Nutritional Behaviour, Max Rubner-Institut (MRI) - Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, Haid-und-Neu-Straße 9, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Background: The reformulation of commonly consumed foods towards less sugar, fat, and salt is an important public health strategy to improve food choices of consumers and thus address the high prevalence of overweight and obesity. Front-of-pack nutrition labels like the Nutri-Score may drive reformulation and support nutritionally favourable food choices. Breakfast cereals are of special interest in that they tend to be high in sugar and are relatively often targeted at children.
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January 2025
Value and Implementation, Outcomes Research, Merck & Co., Inc., 126 East Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA.
Background: Pembrolizumab with/without platinum + 5-FU is approved for the first-line (1L) treatment of R/M HNSCC, and its monotherapy use requires PD-L1 Combined Positive Score (CPS) ≥ 1. We aimed to understand PD-L1 testing patterns and associations with patient characteristics and treatment choice in R/M HNSCC.
Methods: Adults with R/M HNSCC initiating 1L systemic therapy were included from a U.
Intern Med J
January 2025
Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Background: The Australian Rheumatology Association identified the use of imaging in patients with low back pain without indication of serious pathology as a low-value practice.
Aims: To determine the appropriateness of diagnostic lumbar spine imaging requests in patients with low back pain presenting to a Western Australian hospital's emergency department.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of all adult patients (18 years and older) who presented with low back pain to the Fiona Stanley Hospital emergency department from 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2020.
Ann Med
December 2025
School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Background: Evaluation of health system responsiveness (HSR) can improve patient satisfaction, promote health equity and enhance the quality of health services.
Objectives: To explore the differences in HSR among medical institutions at different levels and in various domains.
Methods: A multi-stage stratified sampling method was used to select 820 participants aged 18 years and older from Kunshan City, China.
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