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Patient centred communication ensures patients are well informed and educated, which is vital to providing the best care possible. By asking questions, patients can better understand their disease and make informed decisions regarding their health journey. We aimed to investigate factors that affect question asking behaviours in surgical outpatient consultations and to determine the typical question-asking by doctors, patients, and their companions.

This is an observational cross-sectional study, where 182 video recordings of surgical consultations in the surgical outpatient setting at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia were reviewed.

A total of 3472 questions were asked. Most questions were asked by the surgeon, followed by the patient, and if present, their companion. Pre-surgical consultations resulted in the most questions asked by the patients, compared to post-surgical or follow-up consultations. When companions were present, patients asked more questions in consultants regardeview.We show that the explosive microbial and biogeochemical dynamics triggered by rewetting dry soil in laboratory experiments also has relevance in intact ecosystems. This highlights an opportunity to use predictions derived from laboratory studies to provide targets in ecosystem-scale biogeochemical studies.The most frequently examined aspect of the therapeutic relationship is the working alliance, which reflects the conscious collaborative bond, and agreement on task and goal. In addition to the established importance of the working alliance, the therapists' attunement and responsiveness might reflect another important aspect of the therapeutic relationship that can be considered in relation to session-by-session progress over treatments. Emerging research suggests that the quality of the working alliance not only differs between patients but also within patients over time. However, little is known about the quality of the therapeutic relationship between and within patients in relation to progress in psychotherapy. We examined fluctuations of the working alliance measure (WAI) and the newly developed measure of the Patients' Experiences of Attunement and Responsiveness (PEAR) during treatment in a naturalistic sample of patients in an outpatient psychotherapy clinic. Multilevel modelling was used to examine the respective contribution of these measures to subsequent improvement in psychological functioning longitudinally. Results suggest that the within-patient effect, instead of between-patient effect, was significant for WAI (and did not reach significance for PEAR), indicating that the fluctuation of WAI was predictive of psychological functioning in the subsequent month. Based on these findings, therapists and their patients might benefit from regular tracking of the patient-reported working alliance. The findings underscore the importance of the alliance, specifically at the within-patient level. It also highlights the challenge for research to tap into other aspects of the therapeutic relationship that can help explain progress in therapy. Given the breadth and accessibility of the working alliance construct, more work is needed for researchers to examine the construct of attunement and responsiveness.Pressure-induced phase transitions of MI AgII F3 perovskites (M=K, Rb, Cs) have been predicted theoretically for the first time for pressures up to 100 GPa. The sequence of phase transitions for M=K and Rb consists of a transition from orthorhombic to monoclinic and back to orthorhombic, associated with progressive bending of infinite chains of corner-sharing [AgF6 ]4- octahedra and their mutual approach through secondary Ag⋅⋅⋅F contacts. In stark contrast, only a single phase transition (tetragonal→triclinic) is predicted for CsAgF3 ; this is associated with substantial deformation of the Jahn-Teller-distorted first coordination sphere of AgII and association of the infinite [AgF6 ]4- chains into a polymeric sublattice. The phase transitions markedly decrease the coupling strength of intra-chain antiferromagnetic superexchange in MAgF3 hosts lattices.Perineural invasion (PNI) at Auerbach's plexus in colorectal cancer (CRC), known as intramural PNI, is associated with adverse prognostic outcomes. This study aimed to characterize the three-dimensional (3D) architecture of CRC with intramural PNI and to evaluate the morphological features of tumor invasion around nerve tissue. Serial tissue sections from two cases of CRC were stained with cytokeratin AE1/AE3 and an anti-S-100 protein antibody. 3D models were reconstructed by scanning the virtual slides. In one case, intramural PNI was observed at the horizontal invasive front. The 3D reconstruction model showed tumor cells that appeared to infiltrate along the nervous meshwork, the structure of which was preserved. In the other case, intramural PNI was observed both at and behind the horizontal invasive front, and the 3D reconstruction model showed that the tumor cells appeared to be involved with nerve cells at the focal part of the horizontal invasive front. However, the nervous meshwork structure was not well identified in cancer-involved areas. This is the first study to characterize the 3D structure of tumor invasion around nerve tissue in CRC, demonstrating the morphological features of intramural PNI in CRC.

A high prevalence of overestimated renal function in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) has been reported; nonetheless, its impact on prognosis remains unclear. We aimed to evaluate the impact of overestimated renal function on prognosis in patients with LC.

An overestimated renal function was defined as a >20% increase in the creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), compared with cystatin C-based eGFR. LC patients with conserved serum, who were evaluated for muscle atrophy and had proper clinical information were included, and their prognostic factors were analyzed.

A total of 215 consecutive patients with LC were included. The prevalence of overestimated renal function was 29.8% (64/215). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis revealed that patients with overestimated renal function had a poorer prognosis than those without overestimated renal function (hazard ratio [HR] 2.217 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.290-3.810; p=0.001). Subgroup analysis showed that overestimated renal function was a significant prognostic factor, irrespective of sex and the presence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Multivariate Cox regression analyses revealed that overestimated renal function was a significant and independent factor predictive of poor prognosis in the entire cohort (HR 2.050; 95% CI 1.041-4.037; p=0.038) and in subgroups classified by Child-Pugh class A (HR 2.131; 95% CI 1.019-4.458; p=0.044), Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score ≤9 (HR 2.303; 95% CI 1.038-5.109; p=0.04), and presence of HCC (HR 2.290; 95% CI 1.128-4.651; p=0.022).

Overestimated renal function is a significant and independent prognostic factor in patients with LC.

Overestimated renal function is a significant and independent prognostic factor in patients with LC.This work explores the benefits of single-phase oxalate precursors for the preparation of spinel ferrites by thermal decomposition. A direct comparison between the genuine oxalate solid solution and the physical mixture of simple oxalates is presented using the case study of cobalt ferrite preparation. The mixing of metal cations within a single oxalate structure could be verified prior to its thermal decomposition by several non-destructive experimental techniques, namely Mössbauer spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. In situ XRD experiments were conducted to compare the decomposition processes of the solid solution and the physical mixture. Additionally, the decomposition products of the FeCo oxalate solid solution were studied ex situ by means of N2 adsorption, Mössbauer spectroscopy and XRD. The results obtained for different reaction temperatures demonstrate the possibilities to easily control the physical properties of the prepared oxides.

Due to limited treatment options, many patients with diabetic gastroparesis (DG) or idiopathic gastroparesis (IG) experience inadequate symptom control resulting in increased health-care resource utilization (HRU) and associated costs. We compared all-cause HRU and health-care costs over the 3years after patients' first gastroparesis diagnosis with that of matched controls without gastroparesis.

Newly diagnosed adults with DG or IG were identified in Optum's de-identified Clinformatics

Data Mart Database (Q1-2007 to Q1-2019). Patients with DG/IG were matched 11 to controls using a mixed approach of exact matching and propensity score matching. The index date was the first gastroparesis diagnosis for cases or randomly selected for controls. All-cause HRU and direct health-care costs per person-year (PPY) were compared between DG/IG cases and controls in Years 1-3 post-index.

Demographics and comorbidities were balanced between patients with gastroparesis (n=18,015 [DG]; n=14,305 [IG]) and controls. In each of the Years 1-3 post-index, patients with DG or IG had significantly higher annual HRU and costs versus controls (mean total cost differences PPY DG Year 1 $34,885, Year 2 $28,071, Year 3 $25,606; IG Year 1 $23,176, Year 2 $16,627, Year 3 $14,396) (all p<0.05). Across all 3years, DG/IG cohorts had approximately twice the costs of controls. HRU and costs were highest in Year 1 post-index for both DG and IG.

The economic burden of gastroparesis remains high several years after diagnosis, emphasizing the need for chronic treatment to effectively manage symptoms and consequently reduce the burden of this disorder.

The economic burden of gastroparesis remains high several years after diagnosis, emphasizing the need for chronic treatment to effectively manage symptoms and consequently reduce the burden of this disorder.Pemphigus is a group of autoimmune diseases characterized by flaccid lesions on the skin and mucous membranes. In pemphigus vulgaris, the most common subtype of pemphigus, lesions might be appeared anywhere on the oral mucosa, mostly in the buccal mucosa. However, the gingiva is a less frequently affected site. Here, we performed a retrospective study at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, covering a two-year period to identify pemphigus patients with active lesions confined to the gingiva. Considering 1787 initially evaluated pemphigus cases, 512 (28.6%) were found to have a history of gingival involvement. Among them, 31 patients had only gingival involvement during their last visit, including 29 (93.5%) women and only two (6.5%) men. The mean of disease duration in this group was 5.29 ± 3.46 years, and they had gingival involvement for a mean of 23.9 ± 19.3 months. Of 28 patients, nine were negative for anti-Dsg3 and 24 were negative for anti-Dsg1. In 24 patients, who received rituximab, the mean pemphigus disease area index specifically for gingiva was 4.76 ± 0.74 at baseline, which had changed to 4.13 ± 0.75 and 3.26 ± 0.63 three and 6 months after rituximab administration, respectively. After 3 months, gingival lesions were either entirely resolved (n = 3), partially resolved (n = 11), remained unchanged (n = 2), or progressed (n = 7). Gingiva-confined presentation of lesions in pemphigus could be non-anti-Dsg1/3 dependent in some patients. Such patients do not respond well to conventional treatments and rituximab therapy. More studies on the pathogenesis of gingiva-confined presentation of pemphigus are required.