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Parallels with cortical areas and potential implications for information processing and plasticity are discussed.BACKGROUND Diuretic resistance portends a poor prognosis in acute heart failure, especially in advanced stages. Early identification of a poor response to diuretics may help to improve treatment and outcomes. Spot natriuresis (UNa+) at 2 h from the start of intravenous furosemide has been proposed as an early indicator of diuretic response. Our paper aimed to determine the role of early natriuresis in patients hospitalized with advanced chronic heart failure (ACHF) and high risk of diuretic resistance. METHODS AND RESULTS We performed a sub-analysis of the DRAIN trial, a randomized clinical trial on 80 patients with acute decompensation of ACHF (NYHA IV, EF ≤ 30%) with low systolic blood pressure (≤ 110 mmHg) and dilutional hyponatremia (sodium ≤ 135 mMol/L) at admission. Patients were divided into two groups according to spot urinary sodium excretion (high UNa+  > 50 or low ≤ 50 mEq/L) at 2 h from furosemide administration. Twenty-eight patients (35%) showed a low natriuretic response. As compared to the other patients, this group showed lower daily urinary output (2275 ± 790 vs 3849 ± 2034 mL, p  less then  0.001), lower body weight reduction after 48 h (1.55 ± - 1.66 vs - 3.55 ± - 2.93 kg, p  less then  0.001), higher incidence of worsening renal function (32% vs 10%, p 0.02) and increasing rather than reducing NT-proBNP at 72 h (p 0.02). CONCLUSIONS In patients with ACHF and dilutional hyponatremia, low natriuresis after furosemide is an early marker of poor diuretic response and correlates with higher NT-proBNP and higher incidence of worsening renal function at 72 h.PURPOSE Resistance exercise induces muscle growth and is an important treatment for age-related losses in muscle mass and strength. Myokines are hypothesized as a signal conveying physiological information to skeletal muscle, possibly to "fine-tune" other regulatory pathways. While myokines are released from skeletal muscle following contraction, their role in increasing muscle mass and strength in response to resistance exercise or training is not established. Recent research identified both local and systemic release of myokines after an acute bout of resistance exercise. However, it is not known whether myokines with putative anabolic function are mechanistically involved in producing muscle hypertrophy after resistance exercise. Further, nitric oxide (NO), an important mediator of muscle stem cell activation, upregulates the expression of certain myokine genes in skeletal muscle. METHOD In the systemic context of complex hypertrophic signaling, this review (1) summarizes literature on several well-recognized, representative myokines with anabolic potential; (2) explores the potential mechanistic role of myokines in skeletal muscle hypertrophy; and (3) identifies future research required to advance our understanding of myokine anabolism specifically in skeletal muscle. RESULT This review establishes a link between myokines and NO production, and emphasizes the importance of considering systemic release of potential anabolic myokines during resistance exercise as complementary to other signals that promote hypertrophy. CONCLUSION Investigating adaptations to resistance exercise in aging opens a novel avenue of interdisciplinary research into myokines and NO metabolites during resistance exercise, with the longer-term goal to improve muscle health in daily living, aging, and rehabilitation.AIMS Cardiac autonomic modulation, as assessed by heart rate variability (HRV), is independently attenuated by both type 1 diabetes (T1D) and exercise-heat stress, although their combined effects remain unclear. We therefore assessed HRV during exercise-heat stress in young individuals (18-37 years) with (n = 14) and without type 1 diabetes (n = 14). METHODS Participants completed 30-min seated rest and three, 30-min bouts of semi-recumbent cycling at light, moderate, and vigorous metabolic heat productions (200, 250, 300 W/m2, respectively), each followed by 30-min recovery. Body core temperature (Tcore) and electrocardiogram were recorded throughout and analyzed during the final 5-min of rest and each exercise period. RESULTS Relative to baseline, Tcore was increased in both groups, albeit to a greater extent in type 1 diabetes during vigorous exercise (T1D, 1.1 ± 0.3 °C; control, 0.8 ± 0.3 °C; P  less then  0.05). Overall HRV (as reflected by entropy) was attenuated throughout exercise relative to baseline in both groups, with the magnitude of the reduction greater in type 1 diabetes during vigorous exercise (T1D, - 108%; control, - 70%; P  less then  0.05). CONCLUSIONS Given the negative correlations between decreased HRV and cardiac risk, our novel observations indicate that vigorous exercise in hot environments may pose a health concern for individuals with type 1 diabetes.Aborting a neurosurgical procedure is a situation in which the surgeon modifies the original surgical plan and decides to stop a procedure without achieving the pre-operative goal. While adhering to predefined goals is important, intra-operative judgment, especially in terms of adjusting the risk/benefit ratio in response to real-time data, may change the balance and lead, in selective scenarios, to aborting of a procedure. The literature regarding aborting a surgical procedure is sparse, with no objective guidelines on when, and how, to make such a decision. Defining "when to abort" is difficult and is influenced by many factors, including unexpected intraoperative findings, the surgeon's surgical experience and perspective, and the patient and family perspective. Aborting a procedure is a decision that must be ultimately determined by the surgical findings and the individual treatment alternatives. The aim of this paper is to discuss the condition of aborting a neurosurgical procedure, using the relatively common endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) as a model procedure prototype.The original version of this article unfortunately contained an error. The author apologizes for having communicated an interchanged author's first and family names. Given in this article are the correct author names.The kidneys filter large amounts of glucose. To prevent the loss of this valuable fuel, the tubular system of the kidney, particularly the proximal tubule, has been programmed to reabsorb all filtered glucose. The machinery involves the sodium-glucose cotransporters SGLT2 and SGLT1 on the apical membrane and the facilitative glucose transporter GLUT2 on the basolateral membrane. The proximal tubule also generates new glucose, particularly in the post-absorptive phase but also to enhance bicarbonate formation and maintain acid-base balance. The glucose reabsorbed or formed by the proximal tubule is primarily taken up into peritubular capillaries and returned to the systemic circulation or provided as an energy source to further distal tubular segments that take up glucose by basolateral GLUT1. Recent studies provided insights on the coordination of renal glucose reabsorption, formation, and usage. Moreover, a better understanding of renal glucose transport in disease states is emerging. This includes the kidney in diabetes mellitus, when renal glucose retention becomes maladaptive and contributes to hyperglycemia. Furthermore, enhanced glucose reabsorption is coupled to sodium retention through the sodium-glucose cotransporter SGLT2, which induces secondary deleterious effects. As a consequence, SGLT2 inhibitors are new anti-hyperglycemic drugs that can protect the kidneys and heart from failing. Recent studies discovered unique roles for SGLT1 with implications in acute kidney injury and glucose sensing at the macula densa. this website This review discusses established and emerging concepts of renal glucose transport, and outlines the need for a better understanding of renal glucose handling in health and disease.PURPOSE To study the retinal capillary microvasculature and the choriocapillaris (CC) in myopic eyes using swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA). METHODS Patients with high myopia (≥ - 6D; axial length ≥ 26.5 mm), moderate myopia (≥ - 3D,  0.05). CONCLUSION The retinal microvasculature may demonstrate alterations in highly myopia eyes. The CC in macular regions shows greater impairment in eyes with high myopia compared with eyes with lesser degrees of myopia, and these deficits are already present in the absence of features of pathologic or degenerative myopia. The threshold of CC FD leading to myopic maculopathy remains to be defined.The history of climate is crucially important for any part of the world to understand the nature of climate change. In this context, precipitation reconstruction is still lacking in northern Kazakhstan. The purpose of this study is to present a reconstruction for the total precipitation of October of the previous year to July of the current year in northern Kazakhstan. Pinus sylvestris L. (Scots pine) forests in Burabai Region are quite important to collect samples to study the climate history. A regional chronology, covering the years of 1702-2014 of Pinus sylvestris constructed by using 289/466 trees/cores was used in the reconstruction. The gridded climate data for the years of 1950-2014 were used in the calibration and verification process. High and significant correlations were obtained between tree-ring widths and October to July precipitation in Burabai Region. Based on this significant relationship, reconstruction was performed for the years of 1744-2014. Adjusted R2, F-value, sign test, and r value were found as 0.38, 39.7 (P ≤ 0.001), 47+/17, and 0.62 for reconstruction, respectively. The reconstruction showed that 43 dry and 42 wet years occurred during the years of 1744-2014. Only a one-time four-year duration of the wet period was determined covering the years 1978-1981. However, three of six very dry years occurred after the 1950s. As a conclusion, extremity in recent decades is getting an increase in Burabai region.BACKGROUND Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is a constant motivation. There is growing evidence that an endoscopic (rather than microscopic) transsphenoidal approach to pituitary tumours can play a role, facilitating faster recovery and a commensurate reduction in length of stay (LOS). Reducing LOS is beneficial to both patients and healthcare systems. We sought to assess the safety, patient feedback, and resource implications of adopting an enhanced recovery and accelerated discharge policy for elective pituitary surgery. METHODS We retrospectively assessed two consecutive cohorts of patients undergoing elective surgery for pituitary adenoma in a single UK centre between July 2016 and November 2019. The pre-ERAS cohort included 52 sequential patients operated prior to protocol change. The ERAS cohort included 55 sequential patients operated after a protocol change. Patient demographic data, tumour characteristics, intra- and post-operative CSF leak, the rate and cause of readmission (within 30 days), and the mean and median LOS were recorded. Patient feedback was collected from a subset of patients (n = 23) in the ERAS group. RESULTS The two cohorts were well-matched with respect to their demographic, pathological, and operative characteristics. The rates of readmission within 30 days of discharge were similar between the two groups (8% pre-ERAS cohort, 9% ERAS cohort, p = 0.75). In the pre-ERAS cohort, the mean LOS was 4.5 days and median LOS was 3 days. This compares with significant reduction in LOS for the ERAS group mean of 1.7 days and median of 1 day (p  less then  0.05). Thirty-nine of 55 patients in the ERAS group were discharged on post-operative day 1. Patient feedback was very positive in the ERAS group (mean patient satisfaction score of 9.7/10 using a Likert scale). CONCLUSIONS An enhanced recovery protocol after elective endoscopic pituitary surgery is safe, reduces length of stay, and is associated with high patient satisfaction.