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Lower maintenance doses likely are associated with less severe reactions, and food modification and/or adjunct therapeutics may also decrease the risk of reactions.

WOIT trials are ongoing and will optimize updosing protocols and maintenance doses to improve efficacy and safety.

WOIT trials are ongoing and will optimize updosing protocols and maintenance doses to improve efficacy and safety.

To perform a nonsystematic review of the literature on the possible role of probiotics for food allergy (FA).

Animal model and in vitro evidence suggest that the gut microbiome could protect against FA and that probiotics could be a valid instrument. There is no consistent evidence in identifying the specific species, the dosage, and the optimal duration to obtain the correct immunomodulation. Early life supplementation with specific 'missing' immunomodulatory microbes - derived from machine learning approach to birth cohort studies - might represent a novel approach to the primary prevention of multiple human atopic diseases. However, further studies are needed.

Currently, there is no positive recommendation from the main scientific societies to use probiotics neither for the treatment nor for the prevention of FA.

Currently, there is no positive recommendation from the main scientific societies to use probiotics neither for the treatment nor for the prevention of FA.

We describe a clinical case of an 84-year-old man diagnosed with non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation, who was treated with erlotinib, with doses adjusted by therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM). This case involved a clearance fluctuation leading to over-therapeutic drug concentrations of erlotinib and toxicity. The intra- and inter-patient variability of erlotinib, in addition to other factors such as age or variations in liver clearance, create situations that are challenging in clinical practice. During treatment, erlotinib serum concentrations were measured, and the dose was accordingly adjusted. The erlotinib dose required to reduce toxicity (rash grade III) and maintain effective plasma concentrations, as well as clinical and radiological responses, was 50% of the initial dose, underscoring the relevance of TDM for tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in routine clinical practice.

We describe a clinical case of an 84-year-old man diagnosed with non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation, who was treated with erlotinib, with doses adjusted by therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM). https://www.selleckchem.com/products/catechin-hydrate.html This case involved a clearance fluctuation leading to over-therapeutic drug concentrations of erlotinib and toxicity. The intra- and inter-patient variability of erlotinib, in addition to other factors such as age or variations in liver clearance, create situations that are challenging in clinical practice. During treatment, erlotinib serum concentrations were measured, and the dose was accordingly adjusted. The erlotinib dose required to reduce toxicity (rash grade III) and maintain effective plasma concentrations, as well as clinical and radiological responses, was 50% of the initial dose, underscoring the relevance of TDM for tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in routine clinical practice.

Although moyamoya disease (MMD) primarily affects the carotid artery in the ophthalmic artery bifurcation area, retinal vascular abnormalities in MMD have rarely been reported. The purpose of this report is to describe clinical findings of patients with retinal vascular occlusion in moyamoya patients and present its clinical significance.

We reviewed and analyzed moyamoya patients with retinal vascular occlusions. For this, a retrospective medical chart review was performed in a tertiary medical center and a literature search was performed using PubMed and EMBASE until September 2020.

Retinal arterial occlusion (RAO) patients were significantly younger than retinal vein occlusion (RVO) patients (25.0 versus 40.1 years, p=0.023). Of 14 patients, RVO was the presenting sign of MMD in 8 (57.1%) patients. The occlusion site at the carotid artery was proximal to the ophthalmic artery bifurcation area in 8 (57.1%) patients. Legal blindness occurred in 8 (57.1%) patients at final visits.

Retinal vascular occlusion is a rare but sight-threatening ocular complication in moyamoya patients. In overall, younger age may be a risk factor for RAO, whereas older age for RVO. Retinal vascular occlusion can be an important indicator of MMD screening, especially in relatively younger and healthy patients.

Retinal vascular occlusion is a rare but sight-threatening ocular complication in moyamoya patients. In overall, younger age may be a risk factor for RAO, whereas older age for RVO. Retinal vascular occlusion can be an important indicator of MMD screening, especially in relatively younger and healthy patients.

To describe the posterior ophthalmic manifestations of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS).

Retrospective case series of patients presenting with CAPS and posterior segment ocular manifestations. The main outcomes were the type of posterior segment manifestations at CAPS diagnosis, specifically retinal vascular occlusion, vasculitis, or choroidopathy, and the final best corrected visual acuity (BCVA).

This study included 23 patients (11 cases treated by the authors and 12 published case reports), 21 (91%) of them female. Their median age at diagnosis was 28 years (range 16-79). Ophthalmologic manifestations were usually bilateral (n = 19, 83%) and involved vascular occlusive retinopathy (n = 17, 74%), choroidopathy (n=11, 48%), and/or retinal vasculitis (n = 1, 4%). Final BCVA was not significantly worse than BCVA at diagnosis (P = 0.16). Retinal vascular occlusions were associated with poorer final visual acuity than choroidopathy (P = 0.002). After a median follow-up of 14 months [2-132], nearly half the patients (n = 11, 48%) had permanent vision loss including BCVA < 20/400 for 4 patients.

Posterior ophthalmic manifestations of CAPS were mainly bilateral retinal vascular occlusion, which had the worst visual prognosis, followed by choroidopathy and retinal vasculitis. Permanent visual loss was common.

Posterior ophthalmic manifestations of CAPS were mainly bilateral retinal vascular occlusion, which had the worst visual prognosis, followed by choroidopathy and retinal vasculitis. Permanent visual loss was common.