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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Incidence and Short-Term Survival for Common Solid Tumours in the United Kingdom: A Cohort Analysis.

Clin Epidemiol

June 2024

Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Article Synopsis
  • The study investigates how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the survival rates of common solid tumors in the UK healthcare system, particularly focusing on cancers like breast, colorectal, lung, and pancreatic.
  • Researchers analyzed data from over 12 million patients from 2000 to 2022, revealing a decrease in cancer diagnoses in 2020 followed by some recovery in 2021-2022, while short-term survival rates slightly declined for those diagnosed during the pandemic.
  • Findings indicate that while survival rates were mostly stable before the pandemic, they declined marginally post-2020, especially for colorectal cancer, emphasizing the urgent need for the UK National Health Service to improve cancer screening and treatment to reduce the backlog caused by the pandemic.
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Purpose: Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) are the most frequent infectious complication in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). We aim to report the clinical characteristics of ICU-admitted patients due to nosocomial LRTI and to describe their microbiology and clinical outcomes.

Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted in 13 countries over two continents from 9th May 2016 until 16th August 2019.

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Introduction: The prognosis of relapsed B cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) is poor and few patients can be successfully rescued with conventional therapies. Inotuzumab ozogamicin (IO), an antibody against the CD22 antigen linked to calicheamicin, has been approved as a rescue treatment in relapsed/refractory (R/R) B-ALL.

Patients And Methods: This was an observational, retrospective, multicenter study of adult patients included in the Spanish program of compassionate use of IO in centers from the PETHEMA group (Programa Español de Tratamientos en Hematología).

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Introduction: The aim of this study is to determine whether during the year 2020, coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increase in the incidence of diabetes mellitus in children compared to the previous 2 years. It is also to find out if lockdowns and the difficulty providing face-to-face care in the health system have led to children showing more severe symptoms at the time of diagnosis.

Material And Methods: Retrospective observational multicenter study of the province of Tarragona where data is collected from new diagnoses of type 1 diabetes mellitus in patients under the age of 15 during the year 2020 and compared with years 2018 and 2019.

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Introduction: The aim of this study is to determine whether during the year 2020, coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increase in the incidence of diabetes mellitus in children compared to the previous 2 years. It is also to find out if lockdowns and the difficulty providing face-to-face care in the health system have led to children showing more severe symptoms at the time of diagnosis.

Material And Methods: Retrospective observational multicenter study of the province of Tarragona where data is collected from new diagnoses of type 1 diabetes mellitus in patients under the age of 15 during the year 2020 and compared with years 2018 and 2019.

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Objective: To analyze the variables associated with ICU refusal decisions as a life support treatment limitation measure.

Design: Prospective, multicentrico.

Scope: 62 ICU from Spain between February 2018 and March 2019.

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Next-Generation Sequencing Gene Panels and "Solo" Clinical Exome Sequencing Applied in Structurally Abnormal Fetuses.

Fetal Diagn Ther

December 2021

Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), BCNatal, Barcelona, Spain.

Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the diagnostic yield of 2 different next-generation sequencing (NGS) approaches: gene panel and "solo" clinical exome sequencing (solo-CES), in fetuses with structural anomalies and normal chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA), in the absence of a known familial mutation.

Methodology: Gene panels encompassing from 2 to 140 genes, were applied mainly in persistent nuchal fold/fetal hydrops and in large hyperechogenic kidneys. Solo-CES, which entails sequencing the fetus alone and only interpreting the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man genes, was performed in multisystem or recurrent structural anomalies.

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Aim: Patients with diabetes mellitus are at high risk of adverse events after percutaneous revascularization, with no differences in outcomes between most contemporary drug-eluting stents. The Cre8 EVO stent releases a formulation of sirolimus with an amphiphilic carrier from laser-dug wells, and has shown clinical benefits in diabetes. We aimed to compare Cre8 EVO stents to Resolute Onyx stents (a contemporary polymer-based zotarolimus-eluting stent) in patients with diabetes.

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From a post hoc analysis of the ADENI-UCI study (multicenter, observational, cohort, prospective study, with a follow-up period of 13 months, in 62 Intensive Medicine Services in Spain. geographical differences in the reason for denial of income in UCI as a LTSV measure are analyzed. A total of 2284 with an average age of 75.

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Introduction: Decisions not to admit a patient to intensive care units (ICU) as a way of limiting life support treatment (LLST) is a practice that can affect the operation of the emergency services and the way in which patients die.

Methods: Post hoc analysis of the ADENI-UCI study. The main variable analysed was the reason for refusal of admission to the ICU as a measure of LLST.

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Objective: To analyze the variables associated with ICU refusal decisions as a life support treatment limitation measure.

Design: Prospective, multicentrico SCOPE: 62 ICU from Spain between February 2018 and March 2019.

Patients: Over 18 years of age who were denied entry into ICU as a life support treatment limitation measure.

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Background & Aims: Guidelines recommend routine antibiotic prophylaxis for patients undergoing endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) of pancreatic cysts, but there is conflicting evidence for its necessity. We investigated whether performing the procedure without antimicrobial prophylaxis increases the incidence of infection.

Methods: We performed a multicenter, randomized, noninferiority trial to compare prophylaxis with ciprofloxacin vs placebo in patients with a pancreatic cyst requiring EUS-FNA at multiple centers in Spain.

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Aim: Describe the incidence of non-traumatic amputation in a Spain region and identify the risk factors associated with the level of amputation and reamputation.

Methods: Retrospective study on non-traumatic lower-extremity amputees in a Spanish region between 2007 and 2013. A descriptive, bivariate and multivariate analysis was performed using bivariate logistic regression.

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Treatment of the open abdomen with topical negative pressure therapy: a retrospective study of 46 cases.

Int Wound J

June 2011

General Digestive Surgery Department, University Hospital Joan XXIII de Tarragona, Rovira i Virgili University, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.

The open abdomen is an ongoing challenge for professionals engaged in its treatment. The change in the integrity of the abdominal wall, the loss of fluids, heat and proteins and contamination of the wound are the main problems. The objective of this article is to describe our experience using the abdominal dressing vacuum-assisted closure therapy in treatment of the open abdomen.

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