Survival in Advanced-Stage Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Patients with Cardiophrenic Lymphadenopathy Who Underwent Cytoreductive Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical outcomes of enlarged cardiophrenic lymph node (CPLN) in advanced-stage epithelial ovarian cancer (AEOC) patients who underwent cytoreductive surgery.

Methods: The Embase, Medline, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar databases were searched for articles from the database inception to June 2021. Meta-analysis was conducted to determine the prognostic impact of surgical outcome, postoperative complication, and survival using random-effects models.

Monitoring of Real-Time Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification with QCM: Detecting .

Functionalized DNA sequences are promising sensing elements to combine with transducers for bio-sensing specific target microbes. As an application example, this paper demonstrates in situ detection of loop-mediated isothermal amplification products by hybridizing them with thiolated-ssDNA covalently anchored on the electrodes of a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM). Such hybridization leads to a frequency signal, which is suitable for monitoring real-time LAMP amplification based on mass-sensing: it detects interactions between the complementary nucleobases of LAMP products in solution and the thiolated-ssDNA probe sequence on the gold surface.

The Effects of Modest Alcohol Consumption on Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

There is no consensus regarding modest alcohol consumption in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) due to conflicting results. The aim of this meta-analysis was to examine the effects of modest alcohol consumption on histological severity, histological course, hepatocellular carcinoma, and long-term clinical outcomes in NAFLD patients. We searched MEDLINE and EMBASE databases from inception to October 2020 for studies evaluating the effects of modest alcohol consumption among patients with NAFLD.

Manifestation of rs1888747 polymorphisms in the FRMD3 gene in diabetic kidney disease and diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetes patients.

Background: FRMD3 polymorphisms has suggested that they could be an alternative test to differentiate diabetic nephropathy (DN) from nondiabetic renal disease (NDRD) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients. This study was performed to investigate the relationship between the FRMD3 gene and clinical characteristics of DN.

Methods: Patients who already had renal pathologic results were tested for FRMD3 polymorphisms.

Gastroduodenal intussusception of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a rare cause of acute pancreatitis.

Patients with symptomatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) typically present with gastrointestinal bleeding and abdominal pain. This report presents an unusual case of fundic GIST complicated by gastroduodenal intussusception, manifesting as acute pancreatitis. The patient presented with epigastric pain and pancreatic enzyme elevation; thus, he was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis.

Predictive score for vesicoureteral reflux in children with a first febrile urinary tract infection.

Objective: To develop a simple score for predicting vesicoureteral reflux after a first febrile urinary tract infection in children.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted for a 12-year period (January 2008 to December 2019), including patients aged <72 months who underwent renal ultrasonography and voiding cystourethrography after a first febrile urinary tract infection. Patients with a history of antenatal hydronephrosis were excluded.

Prevalence of mild cognitive impairment in surgical menopause: subtypes and associated factors.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and associated factors of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and subtypes, amnestic MCI (aMCI) and non-amnestic MCI (naMCI), in women with surgical menopause.

Methods: We obtained the database containing information for 200 women with surgical menopause from our previous study. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment - total score, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment - memory index score (MoCA-MIS) and their age, years since menopause, education, medical and surgical history, hormone therapy use, exercise, sleep duration, alcohol use, smoking and family history of dementia were obtained.

Effect of surgical menopause and frontal lobe cognitive function.

Objective: This study aims to explore the prevalence of decreased frontal lobe function and its associated factors in women with surgical menopause.

Methods: This study is a retrospective analysis of a cross-sectional study conducted between October 2013 and July 2014. Data from 164 women with surgical menopause were analyzed.

Atrial fibrillation prevalence and risk profile from novel community-based screening in Thailand: A prospective multi-centre study.

Background: In Thailand, almost one-quarter of strokes are related to atrial fibrillation (AF), and many could be prevented if AF were diagnosed and treated prior to the stroke. Therefore, we tested a novel strategy to screen large numbers of community residents using village health volunteers and primary care nurses.

Methods: Local primary care nurses and village health volunteers in Phetchaburi and Lopburi provinces, Thailand were trained to perform AF screening using a blood pressure device with AF algorithm (Microlife A200 AFib).

Any heart failure treatments associated with worsening renal function in patients admitted due to acute heart failure?

Background: Worsening renal function (WRF) occurs in approximately 25% of acute heart failure patients, and both baseline characteristics and heart failure treatment may increase the risk of WRF. This study aimed to evaluate additional risk factors for WRF in acute heart failure, particularly those related to heart failure treatment.

Methods: This was a retrospective, observational, analytical study.

Oral findings and craniofacial morphology in a patient with Schwartz-Jampel syndrome and severe obstructive sleep apnea: A case report.

We reported dental and craniofacial characteristics of an SJS patient with severe OSA. Not only does the syndrome cause skeletal abnormalities and myotonia, but it also affects the craniofacial development resulting in a severe constriction of maxillary arch and bimaxillary retrognathia which may increase a risk to develop pediatric OSA.

Successful treatment of a child with Schwartz-Jampel syndrome using rapid maxillary expansion and CPAP.

Study Objectives: We reported an 8-year-old male patient with Schwartz-Jampel syndrome, severe obstructive sleep apnea, constricted maxilla and moderate tonsillar hypertrophy. The syndrome is characterized by myotonia, skeletal dysplasia, and facial dysmorphism.

Methods: CPAP was initially prescribed, but he was not able to tolerate due to a high pressure setting.

Experiences in the prevention and screening of cervical cancer within Thailand.

Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer among Thai women, after breast and colon cancer, with an age-standardized incidence rate (ASR) of 11.7/100 000 women each year, as of 2015. Over decades, comprehensive national cervical cancer screening programs, research, and the HPV vaccination policy have gradually helped decrease the incidence of cervical cancer in Thailand.

CyclinA1 Promoter Methylation in Self-Sampling Test.

Background: Self sampled HPV testing is a cervical cancer screening method . However, cytology in self-sampled specimen cannot be used as a triage test.  Therefore, other methods for triage should be considered.

Coexisting cancers with atypical glandular abnormalities by liquid-based cytology: A retrospective study in tertiary hospital in a high cervical cancer incident country.

Objective: To determine the incidence of coexisting cancers in women with glandular cell abnormalities detected from liquid-based cytology and to compare the detection rate of premalignant and malignant lesions among various subtypes of glandular cell abnormalities.

Materials And Methods: From January 2014 to December 2016, liquid-based cytology was performed in 85,517 women. Using the Bethesda system 2001 criteria, abnormal cervical cytology was diagnosed in 3650 women (4.

An early presentation of a large calcified chronic subdural hematoma presenting as an inner eggshell in an elderly patient: A case report.

Introduction: Calcified chronic subdural hematoma which is usually found in children and takes several months for calcification to be seen on imaging is presented in an elderly patient in which the calcification could be visible early after trauma.

Presentation Of Case: An elderly man, 83, living with caregiver, was brought to our hospital due to dysarthria and suffocation for 2 days. Three months ago, he experienced his head injury from a fall.

Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Versus Blue Dye or Radioisotope Regarding Detection Rate of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and Nodes Removed in Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Either blue dye (BD) or radioisotope (RI) is mainly used for sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in breast cancer patients. Unlike the BD, RI has lower false-negative rate of SLNB. However, its lymphoscintigraphy, difficulty in preoperative injection, and undetected sentinel lymph nodes in some cases cause surgeons to rely only on BD.

Estimated glomerular filtration rate at dialysis initiation and subsequent decline in residual kidney function among incident hemodialysis patients.

Background: Higher estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) at dialysis initiation, known as earlier start of dialysis, is often a surrogate of poor outcomes including higher mortality. We hypothesized that earlier dialysis initiation is associated with a faster decline in residual kidney function (RKF), which is also associated with higher mortality among incident hemodialysis (HD) patients.

Methods: In a cohort of 4911 incident HD patients who initiated HD over a 5-year period (July 2001 to June 2006), we examined the trajectories of RKF, ascertained by renal urea clearance (KRU), over 2 years after HD initiation across strata of eGFR at HD initiation using case-mix adjusted linear mixed-effect models.

Chlorhexidine Allergy: Current Challenges and Future Prospects.

Chlorhexidine is a synthetic bisbiguanide antiseptic and was introduced in healthcare use in 1954. Allergy to chlorhexidine has been increasingly reported particularly in the perioperative and medical procedural settings. The hypersensitivity reactions range from mild cutaneous reactions to anaphylaxis or death.

Effect of acupuncture on blood pressure control in hypertensive patients.

Objective: To study the effect of acupuncture on blood pressure (BP) control in hypertensive patients.

Methods: A total of 80 out-patients with primary hypertension at the family medicine unit and the social security unit were randomly and equally divided into an acupuncture plus medication group and a control group that received only medication. Patients of the acupuncture group were treated with acupuncture stimulation of Yinlinquan (SP 9), Zusanli (ST 36), Taichong (LR 3), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Neiguan (PC 6) for 30 min, once per week, continuously for eight weeks.

Colorimetric aptasensor for detecting spp., , and in meat samples.

In this study, we successfully developed a simple and rapid method for simultaneous detection of spp., , and using gold nanoparticles and the aptamer aptasensor. We screened 25 specific DNA aptamer candidates against these pathogens using whole-cell ystematic volution of igands by ponential enrichment.

Development of a duplex lateral flow dipstick test for the detection and differentiation of Listeria spp. and Listeria monocytogenes in meat products based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification.

Listeria spp. are a group of gram-positive bacteria consisting of 20 species. Among them, Listeria monocytogenes is one of the major species that infects humans since it contaminates raw fruits, vegetables, and many others food products.

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, lymphoma, and squamous cell carcinoma of hypopharynx; A case report of three primary cancers in one patient.

Background: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) are rarely found and the majority of PNETs are nonfunctioning. At present, a patient with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (PNET), lymphoma, and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) occurring simultaneously has not been reported. We presented all these three primary cancers in a same patient.

Axillary and elbow lymph node metastasis arising after complete excision of microcystic adnexal carcinoma of a hand: A rare presentation.

Introduction: Microcystic adnexal carcinoma (MAC), a malignant transformation of adnexal structures, constitutes a rare locally aggressive malignancy of skin. Generally, the disease is associated with local invasion and distant metastases are extremely rare. We presented a case of MAC with distant metastasis after adequate wide excision.