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Furthermore, preliminary clinical studies suggest altered gut microbiota profiles in schizophrenia. Unravelling MGB axis signalling in the context of an evolving dimensional framework in schizophrenia may provide a more complete understanding of the neurobiological architecture of this complex condition and offers the possibility of translational interventions. INTRODUCTION Hump-nosed pit vipers (Hypnale spp) cause the highest number of venomous snakebites in Sri Lanka. Bites commonly cause local envenoming leading to local pain, swelling, and necrosis of the site of the bite. Acute kidney injury is the most common systemic manifestation, and some patients develop venom-induced consumption coagulopathy (VICC). Genus Hypnale comprises 3 species. Of them, H hypnale is found in Sri Lanka and the Western Ghats region of India. The other 2 (H nepa and H zara) are endemic species in Sri Lanka. METHODS This study included 500 patients with hump-nosed viper bites studied prospectively over 4.5 y starting June 2014. All patients were assessed and the data were collected by the principal investigator (primary data). A subgroup of patients who developed VICC is described. There were 2 groups, including proven (patients with the specimen of the snake) and probable (specimen of snake not available) bites. RESULTS Thirty (n=500; 6%) patients developed VICC; of them, 17 (3%) were proven group, median international normalized ratio was 3.7 (interquartile range 1.6-5.0); in the probable group, it was 5.0 (interquartile range 2.1-5.4). CONCLUSIONS We found that 6% of patients develop hemostatic dysfunction after hump-nosed viper bites. However, which patients will develop coagulopathy or die of envenoming is unpredictable. Reliable and accessible treatments are unmet essential needs because antivenoms for these bites are currently not available in the country. Therapy with fresh frozen plasma has doubtful efficacy in early correction of VICC and needs further evaluation. The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated government-imposed restrictions on social interactions and travel. For many, the guidance has led to new ways of working, most notably a shift towards working remotely. While eye care practitioners (ECPs) may continue to provide urgent or emergency eye care, in many cases the travel restrictions present a unique challenge by preventing conventional face-to-face examination. Telephone triage provides a useful starting point for establishing at-risk and emergency patients; but patient examination is central to contact lens patient care. The indeterminate period over which conventional practice will be suspended, and the risk that resumption of 'normal' practice could be impeded by a potential secondary peak in COVID-19 cases, hastens the need for practitioners to adapt their delivery of eyecare. Specifically, it is prudent to reflect upon supportive evidence for more comprehensive approaches to teleoptometry in contact lens practice. Smartphone based ocular imaging is an area which has seen considerable growth, particularly for imaging the posterior eye. Smartphone imaging of the anterior eye requires additional specialised instrumentation unlikely to be available to patients at home. Further, there is only limited evidence for self-administered image capture. In general, digital photographs, are useful for detection of gross anterior eye changes, but subtle changes are less discernible. For the assessment of visual acuity, many electronic test charts have been validated for use by practitioners. Research into self-administered visual acuity measures remains limited. The absence of a comprehensive evidence base for teleoptometry limits ECPs, particularly during this pandemic. Knowledge gaps ought to be addressed to facilitate development of optometry specific evidence-based guidance for telecare. In particular, advances in ocular self-imaging could help move this field forwards. Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a condition that affects calcium metabolism due to parathyroid hormone (PTH) hypersecretion leading to hypercalcemia. Manifestations have changed over time, from a symptomatic disease with bone pain, fractures, nephrolithiasis, and muscle weakness, to a condition that is mainly asymptomatic (80-90%). Typical symptoms and signs occur in the bones and kidneys and atypical manifestations are cardiovascular, neuropsychiatric and cognitive, neuromuscular, rheumatological, and gastrointestinal. Diagnosis occurs, in most cases, in asymptomatic patients by a routine calcium measurement with corrected high total calcium associated with high or inappropriately abnormal PTH. If indicated, a search for the location of the involved parathyroid gland should be performed with ultrasound, scintigraphy, or 4D CT. Parathyroidectomy is the gold standard treatment. If surgery cannot be performed, clinical management is indicated. Surgical indications are osteoporosis, hypercalciuria, spine fractures, age less then 50 years, calcemic values above 1.0 mg/dL threshold value, creatinine clearance ≤60 mL/min, and nephrolithiasis or nephrocalcinosis. PURPOSE To explore the use of the C2HEST and HATCH scores to predict the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in Asians. METHOD The predictive capability of AF of C2HEST and HATCH scores was estimated by area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC). DeLong test was used to compared the difference of AUROC between the 2 scores. RESULT A total of 692,691 subjects were investigated. The risk of AF increased with increasing C2HEST and HATCH scores (p for trend less then 0.001). The AUROC for C2HEST and HATCHs in predicting AF occurrence was 0.7895 and 0.7711, respectively. C2HEST score had a significant better capability for AF stratification than HATCH score (DeLong test less then 0.001). CONCLUSION Higher C2HEST and HATCH scores were more strongly associated with the incidence of AF. The C2HEST score appeared to be more predictive of AF than the HATCH score. PURPOSE Several case reports have highlighted symptomatic hypoglycemia as a serious but uncommon adverse effect of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in nondiabetic subjects. METHODS This study describes a nondiabetic patient who experienced serious hypoglycemia related to HCQ. FINDINGS In the course of treatment, the patient experienced multiple episodes of hypoglycemia at night and in the early morning. Eflornithine clinical trial The hypoglycemia was usually accompanied by nausea, fatigue, and dizziness. The lowest value of blood glucose in the fingertip was 2.6 mmol/L. IMPLICATIONS This rare case will prompt clinicians to pay attention to unexplained hypoglycemia when using HCQ in nondiabetic patients. (Clin Ther. 2020;42XXX-XXX) © 2020 Elsevier HS Journals, Inc.