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COVID-19 virus has been spreading worldwide for more than a year. At present, the situation of the new crown pneumonia epidemic remains full of tension and uncertainty. It is of concern is that the worst outbreak in the world is in the United States. The total number of confirmed new cases of COVID-19 and the total number of new deaths in the United States have entered their second and third cyclical peaks since the White House announced the "Open America Again" guidelines on April 16, 2020, and the start of the US presidential election season in August 2020. This paper combines the generalized exponential model (EXPM) with Chebyshev polynomials to develop a special generalized growth model (GGM) to predict the total number of daily new confirmed cases and the total number of new deaths in the United States for three periods under a 14-day sensitivity regression model. In this paper, the US epidemic is divided into three periods from early January 2020 to early January 2021, and three forecasts are made for the three periods. The first two prediction periods have already occurred and the predictions match well with known results, and the third period predicts that the total number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and the total number of new deaths in the United States will fall to a minimum level by next July, when the supply of COVID-19 vaccine has already begun. The results suggest that the "Open America Again" policy and the events of the 2020 US presidential election season have contributed to the worsening of the COVID-19 in the United States.The toxicokinetic (TK) parameters fraction of the chemical unbound to plasma proteins and metabolic clearance are critical for relating exposure and internal dose when building in vitro-based risk assessment models. However, experimental toxicokinetic studies have only been carried out on limited chemicals of environmental interest (~1000 chemicals with TK data relative to tens of thousands of chemicals of interest). This work evaluated the utility of chemical structure information to predict TK parameters in silico; development of cluster-based read-across and quantitative structure-activity relationship models of fraction unbound or fub (regression) and intrinsic clearance or Clint (classification and regression) using a dataset of 1487 chemicals; utilization of predicted TK parameters to estimate uncertainty in steady-state plasma concentration (Css); and subsequent in vitro-in vivo extrapolation analyses to derive bioactivity-exposure ratio (BER) plot to compare human oral equivalent doses and exposure predictions using androgen and estrogen receptor activity data for 233 chemicals as an example dataset. The results demonstrate that fub is structurally more predictable than Clint. The model with the highest observed performance for fub had an external test set RMSE/σ=0.62 and R2=0.61, for Clint classification had an external test set accuracy = 65.9%, and for intrinsic clearance regression had an external test set RMSE/σ=0.90 and R2=0.20. This relatively low performance is in part due to the large uncertainty in the underlying Clint data. We show that Css is relatively insensitive to uncertainty in Clint. The models were benchmarked against the ADMET Predictor software. Finally, the BER analysis allowed identification of 14 out of 136 chemicals for further risk assessment demonstrating the utility of these models in aiding risk-based chemical prioritization.
Stereotactic radiosurgery is a common treatment for brain metastases and is typically planned on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, the MR acquisition parameters used for patient selection and treatment planning for stereotactic radiosurgery can vary within and across institutions. In this work, we investigate the effect of MRI slice thickness on the detection and contoured volume of metastatic lesions in the brain.
A retrospective cohort of 28 images acquired with a slice thickness of 1 mm were resampled to simulate acquisitions at 2- and 3-mm slice thickness. A total of 102 metastases ranging from 0.0030 cc to 5.08 cc (75-percentile 0.36 cc) were contoured on the original images. All 3 sets of images were recontoured by experienced physicians.
Of all the images detected and contoured on the 1 mm images, 3% of lesions were missed on the 2 mm images, and 13% were missed on the 3 mm images. One lesion that was identified on both the 2 mm and 3 mm images was determined to be a blood vessel on the 1 mm images. Additionally, the lesions were contoured 11% larger on the 2 mm and 43% larger on the 3 mm images.
Using images with a slice thickness >1 mm effects detection and segmentation of brain lesions, which can have an important effect on patient management and treatment outcomes.
1 mm effects detection and segmentation of brain lesions, which can have an important effect on patient management and treatment outcomes.
The most common treatment protocol for whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT) is 30 Gy in 10 fractions. This regimen entails a low risk of radiation retinopathy, with fewer than a dozen reported cases. We describe a case of radiation retinopathy that was confined to the superior retinae. These regions were the only portions of the eyes that were included in the treatment field.
Observational case report consisting of clinical examination, review of radiation treatment planning and implementation, computerized visual field testing, and fundus photography.
A 36-year-old man with metastatic lung adenocarcinoma developed radiation retinopathy 16 months after WBRT to 30 Gy in 10 fractions. The retinopathy was largely confined to the superior halves of the retinae. There was corresponding geographic inferior visual field loss in both eyes. Review of the patient's treatment protocol revealed that the superior retinae received a substantial radiation dose, approaching 30 Gy, whereas the inferior retinae were essentially outside the treatment field.
In this patient, the correlation between the treatment field and the resulting local development of radiation retinopathy demonstrated unequivocally that the relatively low dose used in routine WBRT (ie, 30 Gy in 10 fractions) can induce radiation retinopathy.
In this patient, the correlation between the treatment field and the resulting local development of radiation retinopathy demonstrated unequivocally that the relatively low dose used in routine WBRT (ie, 30 Gy in 10 fractions) can induce radiation retinopathy.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a wide clinical spectrum, ranging from asymptomatic infection to severe diseases with high mortality rate. Alflutinib purchase Early identification of high-risk COVID-19 patients may be beneficial to reduce morbidity and in-hospital mortality. This study aimed to investigate whether baseline levels of inflammatory markers such as C-reactive protein (CRP) and immune-cell-based inflammatory indices, neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), derived-NLR (d-NLR), and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) at hospital admission are associated with adverse disease outcomes in COVID-19 patients.
Clinical data from 391 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in three Siloam Hospitals in Indonesia were retrospectively collected and analysed from March 20 to October 30, 2020.
Fifty-four (13.8%) hospitalized patients had clinical deterioration and required ICU treatment, categorizing them as severe COVID-19 cases. Older age, presence of underlying diseases, and increased inflammatory markers values at admission were significantly associated with severe cases. After adjustment of sociodemographic and comorbidities factors, CRP, NLR, and d-NLR values, but not PLRs, were identified as independent risk factors for disease severity and death in COVID-19 patients. The area under curve (AUC) of CRP, NLR, and d-NLR were 0.854, 0.848, and 0.854, respectively. The optimal cut-off points for CRP, NLR, and d-NLR for identification of COVID-19 patients with potential worse disease outcomes were 47mg/L, 6, and 4, respectively.
Initial assessment of CRP, NLR, and d-NLR values at hospital admission may be important predictors for adverse disease outcomes in COVID-19 patients.
Initial assessment of CRP, NLR, and d-NLR values at hospital admission may be important predictors for adverse disease outcomes in COVID-19 patients.
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are associated with a range of immune-related adverse ophthalmic events. To date, there are scant reports of ocular hypertension coupled with ICI-associated uveitis. However, in instances of ocular hypertension in the context of only mild uveitic reaction and absence of synechiae, trabeculitis is considered. This series describes our observations of presumed trabeculitis in the setting of ICI therapy and investigates the clinical findings, treatment and outcome of these patients.
Two eyes of 2 patients (both male aged 65 and 43) developed a mild anterior uveitis and elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) with open angles and no evidence of peripheral anterior synechiae in association with ICI treatment for their malignancy; and were considered to have presumed unilateral trabeculitis. The patients underwent 10 cycles (6.53 months) and 2 cycles (3.33 months) respectively of ICI therapy before developing ophthalmic symptoms. Neither patient was on systemic or topical steroid its potential ocular manifestations should be shared with the ophthalmic community.
Uveitic ocular hypertension has been described with ICI. However, another immune-related mechanism for ocular hypertension with unique clinical characteristics, includes trabeculitis. We describe two cases of trabeculitis in the setting of ICI-therapy. The intraocular inflammation and elevated intraocular pressure which characterizes trabeculitis often responds rapidly to conservative treatment. In both patients checkpoint inhibitor therapy was discontinued and, in one patient, was re-challenged at a lower dose without recurrence. Immunotherapy is now more widely used for cancer treatment and its potential ocular manifestations should be shared with the ophthalmic community.
To evaluate the clinical outcomes and complications of oral mucosa autograft (OMAU) sutured to the sclera to treat symblepharon after severe chemical or fireworks burn.
Our surgical technique for OMAU sutured to the sclera is presented along with clinical data and outcomes of 7 symblepharon carriers. Our surgical technique was performed unilateral in all cases. An OMAU with a mean length of 3 cm and 2 cm wide was sutured to the bare sclera 1-3 mm behind the limbus. Amniotic membrane transplant was placed covering the rectus muscles and bare sclera proximal to the limbus. The fornix was secured into the skin with deepening bolster sutures. A temporary tarsorrhaphy was performed, and a symblepharon ring was placed on top of a bandage contact lens.
There were no cases of intraoperative complications. Three years postoperatively, all patients had perfect integration of the OMAU and there were no cases of symblepharon's recurrence. Two patients developed mild superior entropion and 2 patients developed mild strabismus (one esotropia and another exotropia).
OMAU sutured to the sclera after symblepharon release caused by severe ocular burns, results in excellent cosmetic and anatomical outcomes with no recurrence.
OMAU sutured to the sclera after symblepharon release caused by severe ocular burns, results in excellent cosmetic and anatomical outcomes with no recurrence.
