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Greater STP enforcement, as perceived by students, was associated with lower odds of weekly smoking (OR0.93, 95%CI0.89-0.97) and of smoking on school premises (OR0.80, 95%CI0.72-0.90). Higher total STP scores were associated with lower odds of smoking on school premises (OR0.76, 95%CI0.67-0.86), but not of smoking just outside premises or smoking weekly. Greater increases in STP scores over time were associated with lower odds of smoking on school premises in 2016 (OR0.65, 95%CI0.47-0.89). Well-enforced STPs may help reduce adolescent smoking at school. Schools should be supported in adopting comprehensive policies that also extend to the surroundings of their premises.We sought to compare the strength and rupture sites of a new 8-strand suture technique with those of an established 6-strand flexor tendon repair through biomechanical analysis. This new 8-strand suture pattern places minimal suture material in the remodeling zone and focuses on protecting the knot, a well-known weak point of the suture construct. The knot was buried within the tendon so as to not interfere with tendon gliding. In a biomechanical simulation, strength and rupture sites were compared with those of the 6-strand repair. We repaired a total of 54 porcine flexor tendons using one of the two techniques (n=27 each). Tensile strength at 2-mm gap formation and ultimate failure load were determined. Afterwards, we dissected the tendons to identify the rupture site of the suture material. The new 8-strand suture had a significant higher ultimate load to failure (87.7N) and 2-mm gap load (71.6N) compared to the 6-strand technique (57.7N and 45.9N) (P less then 0.001). Whereas the rupture site of the core suture in the 6-strand technique was mainly located next to the knot (81.5%), the suture seemed to fail independently from this weak spot in the 8-strand technique (11.1%). This new 8-strand technique achieves a strong flexor tendon repair in a biomechanical model. Additional cross-locking on either side of the knot seems to contribute to the repair's strength. The resulting higher ultimate failure load and 2-mm gap load may allow more aggressive active motion-based postoperative rehabilitation.Trabeculectomy has been performed since the mid-1960s and remains the gold standard for glaucoma surgery. Newer surgical options have evolved, collectively referred to as minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries (MIGS). Despite producing large intraocular pressure decreases, full-thickness procedures into the subconjunctival space may be limited by fibrosis. Application of 5-fluorouracil and mitomycin-C (MMC) have been in use with trabeculectomy with good evidence of significantly increased success, at the cost, however of an increased risk of complications. Off-label MMC application can be found in almost all clinical trials, including in combination with MIGS. We explore current evidence for MMC use in trabeculectomy, how this may differ for MIGS devices, and analyze the range of agents and doses that are used. Although we found that most studies could not show any correlation between MMC dosage and the surgical outcome, the success rates with the Xen microshunt seemed to be higher when using 20 mcg of MMC than when using 10 mcg. Certain important methodological considerations make this hard to confirm definitively, and other factors such as placement of the device may play a more substantial role. For the PreserFlo microshunt, preliminary data suggests higher success rates with higher MMC dosage at the cost of higher device-related adverse events and reoperations. Although the ideal dose still needs to be established, it seems very likely that MMC provides significant improvement in outcomes in bleb-forming MIGS procedures.Retinal vasculitis, a poorly understood process involving inflammation or ischemia of the retinal vessel wall, can occur in association with a systemic process, though it can also be isolated to the retina. Because of the limited ability to perform histopathological studies on retinal vessels, there is no gold standard for diagnosis. Thus, there is utility in creating a classification system for retinal vasculitis and improving diagnostic strategies for this disease. We provide a framework for understanding retinal vasculitis based on size, location, and etiology. We hope that this information can be implemented in the clinical setting to provide some diagnostic strategies for this often confusing entity.Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) are the most common cause of chronic kidney disease in children. Human 16p11.2 deletions have been associated with CAKUT, but the responsible molecular mechanism remains to be illuminated. To explore this, we investigated 102 carriers of 16p11.2 deletion from multi-center cohorts, among which we retrospectively ascertained kidney morphologic and functional data from 37 individuals (12 Chinese and 25 Caucasian/Hispanic). Significantly higher CAKUT rates were observed in 16p11.2 deletion carriers (about 25% in Chinese and 16% in Caucasian/Hispanic) than those found in the non-clinically ascertained general populations (about 1/1000 found at autopsy). Furthermore, we identified seven additional individuals with heterozygous loss-of-function variants in TBX6, a gene that maps to the 16p11.2 region. Four of these seven cases showed obvious CAKUT. PI3K inhibitor To further investigate the role of TBX6 in kidney development, we engineered mice with mutated Tbx6 alleles. The Tbx6 heterozygous null (i.e., loss-of-function) mutant (Tbx6+/‒) resulted in 13% solitary kidneys. Remarkably, this incidence increased to 29% in a compound heterozygous model (Tbx6mh/‒) that reduced Tbx6 gene dosage to below haploinsufficiency, by combining the null allele with a novel mild hypomorphic allele (mh). Renal hypoplasia was also frequently observed in these Tbx6-mutated mouse models. Thus, our findings in patients and mice establish TBX6 as a novel gene involved in CAKUT and its gene dosage insufficiency as a potential driver for kidney defects observed in the 16p11.2 microdeletion syndrome.At least 23 case reports link the muscle relaxant baclofen to encephalopathy in patients receiving dialysis. To explore this issue, we conducted a study to quantify the risk of encephalopathy from baclofen in patients receiving dialysis. Linked healthcare databases were used to conduct a population-based cohort study of older adults receiving maintenance dialysis in Ontario, Canada (1997-2018) to compare new users of baclofen to non-users. The primary outcome was the 30-day risk of hospitalization with encephalopathy, defined as a main diagnosis of delirium, disorientation, transient alteration of awareness, or transient cerebral ischemic attack. Inverse probability of treatment weighting on the propensity score was used to balance comparison groups on indicators of baseline health. Weighted risk ratios (RR) were obtained using modified Poisson regression and weighted risk differences (RD) using binomial regression. We studied 360 new baclofen users and 6109 non-users (2638 [41%] women; median age 75). The median baclofen dose was 20 mg/day.