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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yina Wang, Weijiao Feng, Jie Peng, Fen Ye, Jun Song, Xiaoyan Bao, Chaosheng Li
BACKGROUND: Aspiration is a frequently observed complication in individuals diagnosed with acute ischemic stroke, leading to potentially severe consequences. However, the availability of predictive tools for assessing aspiration probabilities remains limited. Hence, our study aimed to develop and validate a nomogram for accurately predicting aspiration probability in patients with acute ischemic stroke. METHODS: We analyzed 30 potential risk factors associated with aspiration in 359 adult patients diagnosed with acute ischemic stroke...
April 22, 2024: Journal of Clinical Neuroscience: Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jiarui Zhang, Qun Yi, Chen Zhou, Yuanming Luo, Hailong Wei, Huiqing Ge, Huiguo Liu, Jianchu Zhang, Xianhua Li, Xiufang Xie, Pinhua Pan, Mengqiu Yi, Lina Cheng, Hui Zhou, Liang Liu, Adila Aili, Yu Liu, Lige Peng, Jiaqi Pu, Haixia Zhou
BACKGROUND: Noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) is recommended as the initial mode of ventilation to treat acute respiratory failure in patients with AECOPD. The Noninvasive Ventilation Outcomes (NIVO) score has been proposed to evaluate the prognosis in patients with AECOPD requiring assisted NIV. However, it is not validated in Chinese patients. METHODS: We used data from the MAGNET AECOPD Registry study, which is a prospective, noninterventional, multicenter, real-world study conducted between September 2017 and July 2021 in China...
2024: Chronic Respiratory Disease
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Daniel Totzkay, Julia Daisy Fraustino, Brittany T Smith, Traci Jarrett, Geri A Dino, Lisa M Costello, Alfgeir L Kristjansson
PURPOSE: Examine possible message topics to promote rural vaccination using psychosocial antecedents of vaccination. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey administered by Research America, Inc. SETTING: West Virginia (WV). SAMPLE: 756 WV adults via convenience sample (n = 370; ∼2% response rate from online panel of ∼20 000 WV residents), and random digit dial of landlines (n = 174; ∼1% response rate from 18 432 numbers) and cellphones (n = 212; ∼1% response rate from 20 486 numbers)...
April 23, 2024: American Journal of Health Promotion: AJHP
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Caroline M J van Kinschot, Lindsey Oudijk, Charlotte van Noord, Tim I M Korevaar, Francien H van Nederveen, Robin P Peeters, Folkert J van Kemenade, W Edward Visser
BACKGROUND: Lymph node metastases in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) increase the risk for persistent and recurrent disease. Data on the predictive value of histopathological features of lymph node metastases, however, are inconsistent. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of known and new histopathological features of lymph node metastases in a well-defined cohort of PTC patients with clinically evident lymph node metastases. METHODS: A total of 1042 lymph node metastases, derived from 129 PTC patients, were re-examined according to a predefined protocol and evaluated for diameter, extranodal extension, cystic changes, necrosis, calcifications and the proportion of the lymph node taken up by tumor cells...
April 23, 2024: European Journal of Endocrinology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Gizachew Ambaw Kassie, Getahun Dendir Wolda, Beshada Zerfu Woldegeorgis, Amanuel Yosef Gebrekidan, Kirubel Eshetu Haile, Mengistu Meskele, Yordanos Sisay Asgedom
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) treatment failure remains a major public health concern, with multidimensional consequences, including an increased risk of drug resistance, compromised quality of life, and high healthcare costs. However, little is known about the outcomes of second-line ART in Ethiopia. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine the incidence and determinants of second-line ART treatment failure. Articles published in PubMed, Google Scholar, Science Direct, and Scopus databases were systematically searched...
2024: PLOS Glob Public Health
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Marco Ranucci, Ekaterina Baryshnikova, Martina Anguissola, Vittoria Mazzotta, Chiara Scirea, Mauro Cotza, Antonio Ditta, Carlo de Vincentiis
OBJECTIVES: The multifactorial dynamic perfusion index was recently introduced as a predictor of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury. The multifactorial dynamic perfusion index was developed based on retrospective data retrieved from the patient files. The present study aims to prospectively validate this index in an external series of patients, through an on-line measure of its various components. METHODS: inclusion criteria were: adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass...
April 23, 2024: European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Brandon K Vu, Jessica Lam, Matthew J Sherman, Michael S Tam
INTRODUCTION: Stoma site incisional hernias (SSIHs) are associated with substantial long-term morbidity, and the rate can be as high as 30% to 40%. Recent efforts using prophylactic mesh reinforcement (PMR) to reduce the development of hernias have shown encouraging outcomes. The objective of this study was to assess the use of prophylactic biosynthetic mesh at the time of stoma reversal on the overall SSIH rate. METHODS: This is an observational retrospective cohort study...
April 23, 2024: Permanente Journal
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jing Zhao, Yongquan Dong, Eva Clark, Jose M Garcia, Donna L White, Jennifer R Kramer, Angela L Mazul, Christine Hartman, Elizabeth Y Chiao
OBJECTIVES: People living with HIV (PWH) may have an increased burden of penile cancer. We aimed to evaluate the risk of penile cancer in PWH compared to that of the general population. DESIGN: We conducted a nationwide retrospective matched cohort study of penile cancer incidence among veterans living with HIV (VWH) compared to veterans without HIV. METHODS: We compared penile cancer incidence rates in 44,173 VWH to those of veterans without Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (N = 159,443; 4:1 matched in age...
April 23, 2024: AIDS
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tomoyuki Matsunaga, Hiroaki Saito, Tomohiro Osaki, Kenji Fukuda, Yoji Fukumoto, Sadamu Takahashi, Kenjiro Taniguchi, Akemi Iwamoto, Hirohiko Kuroda, Kuniyuki Katano, Shota Shimizu, Yuji Shishido, Kozo Miyatani, Teruhisa Sakamoto, Yoshiyuki Fujiwara
PURPOSE: This study investigated the prognostic value of the geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) in patients undergoing curative gastrectomy for remnant gastric cancer (RGC). METHODS: This multicenter retrospective study included 105 patients with RGC of ≥ 65 years of age who underwent curative gastrectomy at 10 institutions in Japan between January 2000 and December 2016. Postoperative complications, overall survival (OS), and disease-specific survival (DSS) were analyzed...
April 23, 2024: Surgery Today
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Aakansha Ajay Vir Singh, Shi-Joon Yoo, Mike Seed, Christopher Z Lam, Israel Valverde
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: In the ever-evolving field of medical imaging, this review highlights significant advancements in preoperative and postoperative imaging for Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) and double outlet right ventricle (DORV) over the past 18 months. RECENT FINDINGS: This review showcases innovations in echocardiography such as 3D speckle tracking echocardiography (3DSTE) for assessing right ventricle-pulmonary artery coupling (RVPAC) and Doppler velocity reconstruction (DoVeR) for intracardiac flow fields evaluation...
April 17, 2024: Current Opinion in Cardiology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Giuseppe Lapadula, Luca Mezzadri, Giustina Lo Cascio, Laura Antolini, Sergio Malandrin, Alice Ranzani, Silvia Limonta, Annalisa Cavallero, Paolo Bonfanti
PURPOSE: Antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 spike (anti-S) may confer protection against symptomatic COVID-19. Whether their level predicts progression among those with COVID-19 pneumonia remains unclear. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study to assess predictors of anti-S levels and whether anti-S titer is associated with death or mechanical ventilation (MV). Adults hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia between July 2021 and July 2022 were enrolled if anti-S had been measured within 72 h of admission...
April 23, 2024: Infection
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Akash Roy, Nipun Verma, Surabhi Jajodia, Usha Goenka, Awanish Tiwari, Nikhil Sonthalia, Mahesh Goenka
PURPOSE: Liver stiffness measurement (LSM) by transient elastography has been shown to underperform in high-risk varices (HRVs) prediction in obese non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) compensated cirrhosis (CC). LSM by magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) and acoustic force radiation impulse (ARFI) has been shown to be useful in prediction of oesophageal varices (EVs), but has limited evidence in obese NAFLD-CC. METHODS: Obese patients with NAFLD-CC who underwent MRE and ARFI for LSM and endoscopy for screening of varices were enrolled...
April 23, 2024: Abdominal Radiology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Namitha Jain, Yihsin Tai, Caterina Wilson, Elsa C Granato, Carlos Esquivel, Anthony Tsao, Fatima T Husain
PURPOSE: Military-affiliated individuals (MIs) are at a higher risk of developing hearing loss and tinnitus. While these disorders are well-studied in MIs, their impact relative to non-military-affiliated individuals (non-MIs) remains understudied. Our study compared hearing, speech-in-noise (SIN) perception, and tinnitus characteristics between MIs and non-MIs. METHOD: MIs ( n = 84) and non-MIs ( n = 193) underwent hearing threshold assessment and Quick Speech-in-Noise Test...
April 23, 2024: American Journal of Audiology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Filippo Benedetto, Domenico Spinelli, Chiara Barillà, Alessandra Fittipaldi, Federica Maria Castellana, Giovanni De Caridi
INTRODUCTION: Chimney technique (chimney graft in abdominal aortic aneurysm repair [ChEVAR]) can be used to treat patients with pararenal aortic aneurysm unfit for open surgery and not suitable for custom-made fenestrated endograft. Since almost 1 in 5 patients undergo a reintervention within 3 years, features associated with higher risk of complications need to be investigated to tailor the follow-up schedule to each patient. The aim of our study was to assess the impact of mural thrombus in the pararenal aorta on perioperative and follow-up complications after ChEVAR...
April 23, 2024: Journal of Endovascular Therapy
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Marek Niedoszytko, Aleksandra Gorska, Knut Brockow, Patrizia Bonadonna, Magdalena Lange, Hanneke Kluin-Nelemans, Hanneke Oude-Elberink, Vito Sabato, Khalid Shoumariyeh, Dagmar von Bubnoff, Sabine Müller, Anja Illerhaus, Michael Doubek, Irena Angelova-Fischer, Olivier Hermine, Michel Arock, Chiara Elena, Luca Malcovati, Akif Selim Yavuz, Tanja Daniela Schug, Anna Belloni Fortina, Várkonyi Judit, Jason Gotlib, Jens Panse, Vladan Vucinic, Andreas Reiter, Juliana Schwaab, Massimo Triggiani, Mattias Mattsson, Christine Breynaert, Jan Romantowski, Roberta Zanotti, Elisa Olivieri, Alexander Zink, Annick van de Ven, Alex Stefan, Stephane Barete, Francesca Caroppo, Cecelia Perkins, Vanessa Kennedy, Deborah Christen, Mohamad Jawhar, Johannes Luebke, Roberta Parente, Kerstin Levedahl, Emir Hadzijusufovic, Karin Hartmann, Boguslaw Nedoszytko, Wolfgang R Sperr, Peter Valent
BACKGROUND: Hypersensitivity reactions (HR) are common in mastocytosis. However, little is known about triggers and risk factors. The registry of the European Competence Network on Mastocytosis (ECNM) enables reliable studies in a larger cohort of mastocytosis patients. We assessed prevalence, triggers and risk factors of HR in adults with mastocytosis in the ECNM registry. METHODS: Data were collected in 27 ECNM centers. We analyzed potential triggers (Hymenoptera venoms, food, drug, inhalant and others) and risk factors at diagnosis and during follow-up...
April 23, 2024: Allergy
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mehwish Ahmed, Autumn Pu, Kara Jencks, Shrinivas Bishu, Peter Higgins, William D Chey, Krishna Rao, Allen Lee
BACKGROUND: Many patients with quiescent inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)-like symptoms. Although these symptoms cause significant reductions in quality of life, evidence-based treatments are lacking as risk factors and pathophysiology of these symptoms are not clearly defined. We aimed to identify risk factors for development of IBS-like symptoms in IBD patients with quiescent disease. METHODS: We performed a single-center retrospective cohort study of adults with IBD from 2015 to 2021...
April 23, 2024: Neurogastroenterology and Motility: the Official Journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sara Abou Azar, Joseph Tobias, Megan Applewhite, Peter Angelos, Xavier M Keutgen
CONTEXT: Medullary thyroid cancer has a historic recurrence rate up to 50%, and surgery remains the only cure. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to assess factors related to recurrence and metastatic spread in MTC. DESIGN: Retrospective chart review was performed from 1990-2023. Descriptive analysis and regression models were used for analysis. SETTING: Single specialized tertiary care referral center. PATIENTS: 68 patients with MTC, who underwent surgery, were included...
April 23, 2024: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
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REVIEW
Lina Feng, Jialun Guan, Ruonan Dong, Kai Zhao, Mingyu Zhang, Suhong Xia, Yu Zhang, Liping Chen, Fang Xiao, Jiazhi Liao
OBJECTIVE: This meta-analysis aimed to comprehensively explore the risk factors for inadequate bowel preparation (IBP). METHODS: We searched the Embase, PubMed, Web of Science, and The Cochrane Library databases up to August 24, 2023, to identify observational studies and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that examined risk factors for IBP. A random effects model was used to pool the adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS: A total of 125 studies (91 observational studies, 34 RCTs) were included...
April 23, 2024: Journal of Evidence-based Medicine
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Robert D Sege, Eliza Loren Purdue, Dina Burstein, Phyllis Holditch Niolon, Lori Lyn Price, Ye Chen, Elizabeth A Swedo, Tammy Piazza Hurley, Kavita Prasad, Bart Klika
Although current policies discourage the use of corporal punishment (CP), its use is still widespread in the US. The objective of this study was to assess the proportion of parents who used CP during the pandemic and identify related risk and protective factors. We analyzed results of a nationwide cross-sectional internet panel survey of 9000 US caregivers who responded in three waves from November 2020 to July 2021. One in six respondents reported having spanked their child in the past week. Spanking was associated with intimate partner violence and the use of multiple discipline strategies and not significantly associated with region or racial self-identification...
April 19, 2024: Pediatric Reports
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yingxi Wu, Qilong Tian, Shoujie Wang, Kailu Li, Dayun Feng, Qing Cai
OBJECTIVE: Cerebral venous infarction (CVI) after vein injury during intraoperative lesion resection is associated with intracranial hemorrhage. We conducted this study to identify the incidence, clinical and imaging features, and prognosis of hemorrhage CVI. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis of patients with confirmed CVI after vein injury who underwent craniotomy in our hospital. Postoperative clinical symptoms were observed, and imaging features were compared between patients with and without intracranial hemorrhages through CT examination...
2024: Frontiers in Neurology
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