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5 points in the Physical Component Summary of the SF-36 from baseline to the end of treatment, and this figure raised to 37.5% with the achievement of SVR12. L-Mimosine clinical trial Corresponding values for MCS were 42.2% and 42.8%, respectively.

Glecaprevir/pibrentasvir is safe and effective across subpopulations who are underserved in clinical trials.

Glecaprevir/pibrentasvir is safe and effective across subpopulations who are underserved in clinical trials.

Medication reconciliation errors, also known as unintentional discrepancies, are frequent during admission, especially in chronic patients, and have an impact on safety. Educational interventions can be a reduction strategy.

Quasi-experimental study, before-after design. Participants were chronic patients admitted into hospitalization services. Medication reconciliation was conducted at admission. The intervention consisted of a training to each prescribing physician with study contents and printed educational material. To study the association between intervention and change of frequency of unintentional discrepancies was made a logistic regression model, adjusting for selected variables.

A sample of 54 patients was studied in each stage. In the first stage it was observed that 42.6% of patients had at least one unintentional discrepancy. After intervention the proportion of patients with at least one unintentional discrepancy decreased to 24.1% (p=0.041). In both stages, omission was the main category of unintentional discrepancy. The significant reduction after the intervention is maintained by controlling for variables such as emergency admission and pre-admission service.

Incidence of unintentional discrepancies in admission is high in chronic hospitalized patients and can be reduced through an educative strategy.

Incidence of unintentional discrepancies in admission is high in chronic hospitalized patients and can be reduced through an educative strategy.

To determine the training surgical residents and faculty receive on opioid prescribing, and to identify opportunities for curricula development to fill training gaps.

We conducted qualitative semi-structured interviews and surveys. After applying an overarching organizational framework, we used an iterative, team-based process to develop relevant inductive codes. We then performed thematic analyses to identify and catalogue critical domains related to surgeons' education about opioid prescribing.

Tertiary care academic medical center.

Maximum variation purposive sampling was used to recruit general surgery residents and surgical faculty members.

We interviewed 21 attending surgeons and 20 surgical residents. Surgeons reported minimal formal training on pain management and prescribing opioids. A minority of individuals described receiving opioid training in the form of continuing medical education, intern boot camp sessions, and medical school classes. Participants compensated for the lack of formal acute postoperative pain in patients with chronic pain.

Although surgeons routinely prescribe opioids and desire education on opioids, a majority of them do not receive any training. Instituting formal educational programs is critical for improving opioid prescribing practices among surgeons.These programs should include standard prescribing guidelines and address management of acute postoperative pain in patients with chronic pain.

To determine if playing music would affect novice surgical trainees' ability to perform a complex surgical task.

The effect of music in the operating room (OR) is controversial. Some studies from the anesthesiology literature suggest that OR music is distracting and should be banned. Other nonblinded studies have indicated that music improves surgeons' efficiency with simple tasks.

A prospective, blinded, randomized trial of 19 novice surgical trainees was conducted using an in vitro model. Each trainee performed a baseline vascular anastomosis (VA) without music. Subsequently, they performed one VA with music (song validated to reduce anxiety) and one without, in random order and without prior knowledge of the study's purpose. The primary endpoint was a difference in differences from baseline with and without music with respect to time to completion, acceleration/deceleration (using a previously validated hand-tracking motion device), and video performance scoring (3 blinded experts using a validated s did not make their performance worse. However, nearly all trainees reported enjoying listening to music while performing tasks.

To estimate the ability of a combination of first-trimester markers to predict preterm preeclampsia in nulliparous women.

We conducted a prospective cohort study of nulliparous women with singleton gestations, recruited between 11

and 13

weeks gestation. Data on the following were collected maternal age; ethnicity; chronic diseases; use of fertility treatment; body mass index; mean arterial blood pressure (MAP); serum levels of pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A), placental growth factor (PlGF), soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1), alpha fetoprotein (AFP), free beta human chorionic gonadotropin (ß-hCG); and mean uterine artery pulsatility index (UtA-PI). We constructed a proportional hazard model for the prediction of preterm preeclampsia selected based on the Akaike information criterion. A receiver operating characteristic curve was created with the predicted risk from the final model. Our primary outcome was preterm preeclampsia and our secondary outcome was a composite of preeclampsia, small for gestational age, intrauterine death, and preterm birth.

Among 4659 nulliparous women with singleton gestations, our final model included 4 variables MAP MoM, log

PlGF MoM, log

AFP MoM and log

UtA-PI MoM. We obtained an area under the curve of 0.84 (95%CI 0.75-0.93) with a detection rate of preterm preeclampsia of 55% (95%CI 37%-73%) and a false-positive rate of 10%. Using a risk cut-off with a false-positive rate of 10%, the positive predictive value for our composite outcome was 33% (95% CI 29%-37%).

The combination of MAP, maternal serum PlGF and AFP, and UtA-PI are useful to identify nulliparous women at high risk of preterm preeclampsia but also at high risk of other great obstetrical syndromes.

The combination of MAP, maternal serum PlGF and AFP, and UtA-PI are useful to identify nulliparous women at high risk of preterm preeclampsia but also at high risk of other great obstetrical syndromes.

There are several regimens recommended by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) for HER2-negative operable breast cancer. To our knowledge, no trials have yet been performed comparing these regimens head to head. We performed a network meta-analysis comparing the efficacy of NCCN-recommended chemotherapy regimens.

We searched Medline, Embase, Web of Science, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and World Health Organization (WHO) International Clinical Trials Registry Platform from inception to February 2020. We included randomized clinical trials comparing adjuvant regimens in predominantly node-positive operable breast cancer patients. We compared (1) DDACT, (2) TCx4 cycles, (3) TAC, and (4) ACWKT. Common comparators were (5) AC, (6) ACT, and (7) ACD. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) guidelines were followed. The Cochrane risk of bias tool assessed quality of the studies. Odds ratios (ORs) were calculated as measures of treatment effece similar in efficacy. Given the lower toxicity of TCx4 comparatively, it is an acceptable alternative for lower-risk early-stage HER2-negative breast cancers.The development of antibody-drug conjugates composed of a cytotoxic agent and a monoclonal antibody carrier offers an important alternative to classic chemotherapy strategies. Trastuzumab deruxtecan (DS-8201a) is a next-generation antibody-drug conjugate composed of a monoclonal anti-HER2 antibody and a topoisomerase I inhibitor, an exatecan derivative (DX-8951f). DS-8201a resulted in favorable outcomes in HER2-positive heavily pretreated breast cancer patients and also had a promising efficacy in patients with HER2-negative/low-expressing disease, whose options are limited. Interestingly, a recently published phase 2 trial (NCT03248492) reported 60% overall response and 97% disease control in patients with HER2-positive disease previously treated with multiple regimens, including trastuzumab emtansine. On the basis of recent clinical trials, the US Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to DS-8201a in advanced or unresectable HER2-positive breast cancer pretreated with at least two HER2-targeting treatment lines. We review all preclinical and clinical data of DS-8201a regarding breast cancer.

There is no clear evidence of a survival benefit of resection of the primary tumor, or distant site resection (metastasectomy) in patients with stage IV breast cancer.

This retrospective analysis of stage IV breast cancer using the National Cancer Database. To evaluate variables associated with surgery at the primary site, we used univariate analyses followed by multivariate logistic regression. Consequently, we evaluated the impact of lumpectomy, mastectomy or metastasectomy on survival by conducting multivariate Cox regression survival analyses on the following groups all stage IV patients; a subset of those with only one metastatic site; and another subset with metastasis to multiple distant sites.

A total of 54,871 stage IV breast cancer patients were included in this analysis. Variables associated with the use of surgery at the primary were age, race, Charlson/Deyo score, insurance and facility type, involved breast quadrant, receptor status, N stage, extent of metastasis, and year of diagnosis. Survival analysis showed that both lumpectomy (median overall survival [OS], 45 months) and mastectomy (median OS, 44 months) were associated with better OS compared to no surgery (median OS, 22 months). The statistical effect was larger in the subgroup with metastasis to one site, but still significant in the subgroup with multiple metastatic sites. Distant site resection also yielded a survival benefit.

In patients with metastasis to only one site, metastasectomy was associated with better OS when that site was the liver, lung, or brain.

In patients with metastasis to only one site, metastasectomy was associated with better OS when that site was the liver, lung, or brain.

The standard of care for clinically node-negative (cN0) patients following positive sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) was completion axillary lymph node dissection (CALND). Publication of ACOSOG Z0011 in 2010 changed this standard for patients undergoing lumpectomy. Clinicians have since expanded this practice to mastectomy patients, and ongoing prospective studies are seeking to validate this practice. Here, we evaluate patient and tumor characteristics that led surgeons to forego a second surgery for CALND in cN0 mastectomy patients with positive SLNB.

A single institution, retrospective review of cN0 patients with invasive primary breast cancer and positive SLNB from 2010 to 2016 was performed. Patients with T4 disease, positive preoperative axillary biopsy, prior neoadjuvant therapy or axillary surgery were excluded. Patients with positive SLNB undergoing CALND were compared with patients for whom CALND was omitted. Statistical analysis was performed using Kruskal-Wallis tests for continuous variables and χ

tests or Fischer exact tests for categorical variables.