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Am J Dermatopathol
October 2024
Medical Pathology Department, University of Health Sciences, Gulhane Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Ambiguous melanocytic lesions/tumors (AMLs) can be simply described as melanocytic neoplasms that cannot be differentiated as either a melanoma or a nevus. Preferentially expressed antigen in melanoma (PRAME) is a novel antibody that can help differentiate between nevi and melanomas. However, its usefulness remains controversial in AMLs.
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June 2024
Faculty of Medicine and Health, Save Sight Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate interocular predictors of progression in patients with untreated keratoconus.
Methods: This is a multicenter longitudinal observational study with real-world data collected through the Save Sight Keratoconus Registry. Patients between the period of June 2000 and September 2022 were included in this study.
Respir Med Case Rep
June 2024
Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2192, Japan.
There have rarely been reports on the neoplastic transformation in other organs during immunotherapy for lung cancer. We report the case of a 71-year-old man who was diagnosed with advanced pulmonary adenocarcinoma and a thyroid tumor. The patient responded to chemoradiotherapy but developed a recurrence of pulmonary metastasis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMC Prim Care
June 2024
Universitas Health Centre, Public Health Service of Aragon, Zaragoza, Spain.
Background: Primary Health Care (PHC) plays a crucial role in managing the COVID-19 pandemic, with only 8% of cases requiring hospitalization. However, PHC COVID-19 data often goes unnoticed on European government dashboards and in media discussions. This project aims to examine official information on PHC patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, with specific objectives: (1) Describe PHC's clinical pathways for acute COVID-19 cases, including long-term care facilities, (2) Describe PHC COVID-19 pandemic indicators, (3) Develop COVID-19 PHC activity indicators, (4) Explain PHC's role in vaccination strategies, and (5) Create a PHC contingency plan for future pandemics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNicotine Tob Res
June 2024
Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Introduction: Renal hyperfiltration (RHF), an established risk factor for mortality, is prevalent among tobacco smokers. The aim of this study was to assess the mediating role of RHF in the association between smoking and mortality.
Aims And Methods: Data of this study were retrieved from the cohort of the Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study (KIHD), including 2064 males from Finland.
Minimally invasive biomarkers are urgently needed to detect molecular pathology in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Here, we show that plasma extracellular vesicles (EVs) contain quantifiable amounts of TDP-43 and full-length tau, which allow the quantification of 3-repeat (3R) and 4-repeat (4R) tau isoforms. Plasma EV TDP-43 levels and EV 3R/4R tau ratios were determined in a cohort of 704 patients, including 37 genetically and 31 neuropathologically proven cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRespirol Case Rep
June 2024
Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine Shiga University of Medical Science Otsu Japan.
Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related disease is a chronic inflammatory condition often characterized by exudative pleural effusions. However, transudative pleural effusions, like in the presented case of an 80-year-old man with multiple comorbidities, are less common but possible. Despite initial treatment with diuretics, the effusion persisted, prompting further investigation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSurg Endosc
August 2024
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK.
Background: There is little international data on morbidity and mortality of surgery for perforated peptic ulcer (PPU). This study aimed to understand the global 30-day morbidity and mortality of patients undergoing surgery for PPU and to identify variables associated with these.
Method: We performed an international study of adults (≥ 18 years) who underwent surgery for PPU from 1st January 2022 to 30th June 2022.
BMJ Case Rep
June 2024
Respiratory Medicine, Koka Public Hospital, Koka, Shiga, Japan.
Rheumatoid pleurisy is common in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, but distinguishing it from other diseases, such as heart failure and tuberculous pleurisy, is often difficult. A man in his 70s with stable rheumatoid arthritis presented with cardiac enlargement and bilateral pleural effusion on chest radiography. Pleural fluid studies showed lymphocytosis, adenosine deaminase level of 51.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEur J Med Res
June 2024
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, İzmir, Türkiye.
Background: Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) infections are one of the most common causes of nosocomial infections and have high mortality rates due to difficulties in treatment. In this study, the in vitro synergistic interactions of the colistin (CT)-meropenem (MEM) combination and patient clinical outcomes were compared in CRAB-infected patients that receive CT-MEM antimicrobial combination therapy. In addition, in vitro synergistic interactions of MEM-ertapenem (ETP), MEM-fosfomycin (FF) and CT-FF antimicrobial combinations were investigated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDisabil Rehabil
June 2024
Hemodialysis Unit, Mus Public Hospital, Muş, Turkey.
J Sports Med Phys Fitness
October 2024
Department of Cardiology, Kocaeli University Hospital, Kocaeli, Türkiye.
Background: The available evidence on the impact of altitude training on sports performance is inconclusive. Heart rate variability (HRV) and heart rate recovery (HRR) are among the most frequently used parameters in athletic performance analysis and monitoring. Our study aims to investigate the effect of high altitude training on HRR and HRV, which are reliable predictors of athletic performance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlobal Spine J
January 2025
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National Central Public Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Study Design: Systematic review, expert opinion and Delphi technique, and validity and reliability studies.
Objective: We developed Jakarta Instability Score (JIS) to identify spinal instability and the need of fusion in degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS).
Methods: This study consisted of systematic review to find predictors of spinal instability, expert opinion and modified Delphi technique to develop JIS, and validity and reliability studies of the newly developed JIS.
J Res Med Sci
April 2024
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Background: Fragmented QRS (fQRS) might be associated with certain characteristics in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients and inhospital adverse events.
Materials And Methods: A sum of 500 patients were gone over retrospectively. Patients with STEMI, all undergone percutaneous coronary intervention, were grouped as fQRS (-) and fQRS (+).
Surg Neurol Int
May 2024
Department of Pathology Anatomy, Soeradji Tirtonegoro Central Public Hospital, Klaten, Indonesia.
Background: Schwannoma is a typically benign nerve sheath tumor. Here, a 30-year-old female underwent resection of a benign retroperitoneal/intra/paraspinal schwannoma.
Case Description: A 30-year-old female originally had urological surgery to remove an ill-defined retroperitoneal tumor.
Cureus
May 2024
Neurosurgery, Kohka Public Hospital, Kohka, JPN.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) can cause neurogenic shock accompanied by bradycardia and hypotension. If no preceding traumatic episodes are apparent and the neurological examination is complicated by the patient's intellectual disability, SCI is likely to be overlooked. A 63-year-old man with intellectual disability presented to our hospital.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact
June 2024
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey.
Objective: To evaluate the use of a computer-based biodex balance exercise system (BBS) on balance, neuropathic pain, clinical presentation and nerve function in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).
Methods: A total of 32 participants with DPN were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to an intervention group (IG) or control group (CG). The IG performed exercises using the BBS twice weekly for 8 weeks, while CG were informed regarding diabetes self-management.
Adv Hematol
May 2024
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia.
Background: Lymphomas are malignant lymphocyte neoplasms that globally account for 10% of cancers in individuals aged <20 years. Malignant lymphomas are divided into Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Despite the availability of many therapeutic modalities for lymphoma, such as and , it is still necessary to identify appropriate strategies with minimal side effects.
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May 2024
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, United States of America.
Background: To assess the attitudes of women towards intimate partner violence (IPV) in Guyana.
Methods: We used national data from the publicly available Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) conducted in Guyana in 2019 for women aged 15 to 49 years. The prevalence of women who agreed that a husband is justified in beating his wife was analyzed.
J Am Coll Surg
November 2024
Department of Surgery, Kurashiki Central Hospital (Kitagawa, Masui).
Background: To determine the precise frequency of main pancreatic duct (MPD) dilatation within the remnant pancreas at 1 year after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) and its clinical implications, a prospective multicenter cohort study was performed in patients without MPD dilatation before PD (registry number: UMIN000029662).
Study Design: Between October 2017 and July 2020, patients with an MPD diameter less than 3 mm who were planned to undergo PD for periampullary lesions at 21 hospitals were enrolled. The primary endpoints were frequency of MPD dilatation at 1 year after PD, and the relationship between MPD dilatation and pancreatic endo- and exocrine function, nutritional status, and fatty liver.
Turk J Med Sci
May 2024
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkiye.
Background/aim: To compare the effectiveness of instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) and extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) used in myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) and to determine whether they are superior to conservative treatment (CT).
Materials And Methods: A total of 42 female patients (aged 18-60 years) diagnosed with MPS were enrolled and randomly assigned to either the CT (n = 14), CT+IASTM (n = 14), or CT+ESWT group (n = 14). All of the groups received treatment for 3 weeks (CT: 5 sessions per week, 15 sessions in total, ESWT and IASTM: 2 sessions per week, 6 sessions in total).
Cureus
April 2024
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sugita Genpaku Memorial Obama Public Hospital, Obama, JPN.
As of the most recent WHO classification of immunodeficiency diseases, lymphoproliferative disorders that occur during treatment with immunosuppressive drugs are classified as "other iatrogenic immunodeficiency-associated lymphoproliferative disorders (OIIA-LPDs)" other than post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders. Most patients with OIIA-LPD have rheumatoid arthritis as the underlying disease. Research indicates that approximately half of people diagnosed with OIIA-LPD see a remission of their lesion after stopping treatment with methotrexate (MTX), a drug used in rheumatoid arthritis treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAust Crit Care
November 2024
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan.
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis
August 2024
Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, (MG), Brazil; Department of Physical Therapy, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, (MG), Brazil. Electronic address:
Objective: To identify acute predictors of generic and specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL) six and 12 months after stroke in individuals from a middle-income country.
Material And Methods: This was a prospective study. The dependent outcomes assessed during six and 12 months after stroke included both generic and specific HRQoL (Short Form Health Survey-36 [SF-36] and stroke-specific quality of life [SSQOL]).
J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr
July 2024
Department of Cardiology, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Australia; Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Perth, Australia; Medical School, Curtin University, Perth, Australia. Electronic address:
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is performed to treat aortic stenosis and is increasingly being utilised in the low-to-intermediate-risk population. Currently, attention has shifted towards long-term outcomes, complications and lifelong maintenance of the bioprosthesis. Some patients with TAVR in-situ may develop significant coronary artery disease over time requiring invasive coronary angiography, which may be problematic with the TAVR bioprosthesis in close proximity to the coronary ostia.
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