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Impact of Allergic Rhinitis Control on Work Productivity and Costs: A Real-World Data MASK-air Study.

J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract

November 2024

MEDicina da Comunidade, Informação e Decisão em Saúde (MEDCIDS)-Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; CINTESIS@RISE-Centre for Health Technology and Services Research, Health Research Network, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.

Background: Allergic rhinitis (AR) has a substantial socioeconomic impact associated with impaired work productivity.

Objective: To study the impact of AR on work productivity and estimate the corresponding indirect costs for 40 countries.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study using direct patient data from the MASK-air app on users with self-reported AR.

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Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is the standard of care for newborns with moderate to severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). Discomfort and pain during treatment are common and may affect the therapeutic efficacy of TH. Opioid sedation and analgesia (SA) are generally used in clinical practice, and fentanyl is one of the most frequently administered drugs.

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Background And Aim: Vascular leiomyosarcomas are rare and generally originate from the muscular wall of the inferior vena cava. Leiomyosarcomas originating from the wall of the gonadal veins are rare and just about ten cases are described in literature. In the present paper, we have described a case of a LMS originating from the left gonadal vein.

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Background: The aim of the present study was to examine the short-term changes in body composition and physical capabilities in subjects with obesity during a multidisciplinary inpatient body weight reduction program (BWRP).

Methods: One hundred thirty-nine adolescents (56 boys and 83 girls; BMI: 37.1 ± 6.

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  • Podocyte dysfunction and loss significantly contribute to proteinuria and FSGS, a common cause of this condition, yet the mechanisms behind podocyte injury and protection are not well understood.
  • The study found that podocytes can create tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) dependent on the protein M-Sec, which is involved in cell communication and protection against injury.
  • Results showed that M-Sec is overexpressed in FSGS, and its deletion led to podocyte damage and mitochondrial issues; restoring M-Sec improved podocyte function, suggesting it could be a potential therapeutic target for FSGS.
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Sympathetic nervous system hyperactivity has a well-recognized role in the pathophysiology of heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. Alterations in sympathetic nervous system have been related to the pathophysiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension, but it is unclear whether cardiac sympathetic nervous system is impaired and how sympathetic dysfunction correlates with hemodynamics and clinical status in pulmonary arterial hypertension patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cardiac sympathetic nervous system activity by means of Iodine-metaiodobenzylguanidine nuclear imaging in pulmonary arterial hypertension patients and to explore its possible correlation with markers of disease severity.

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The Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI) has recently endorsed a program for the accreditation of Italian cancer institutes. Any cancer center that aims to provide research, education, and care services to cancer patients should undergo an evaluation process in order to become OECI accredited. On a center basis, the task turned out to be challenging, and required commitment and increased workload.

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