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Its use in countries/regions with intermediate risk may be considered on the basis of local settings and availability of endoscopic resources. 3 For esophageal and pancreatic cancer, endoscopic screening may be considered only in high-risk individuals- FOR SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA , in those with a personal history of head/neck cancer, achalasia, or previous caustic injury; - FOR BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS (BE)-ASSOCIATED ADENOCARCINOMA , in those with long-standing gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms (i. e., > 5 years) and multiple risk factors (age ≥ 50 years, white race, male sex, obesity, first-degree relative with BE or esophageal adenocarcinoma [EAC]). - FOR PANCREATIC CANCER SCREENING , endoscopic ultrasound may be used in selected high-risk patients such as those with a strong family history and/or genetic susceptibility. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.Mothers are present 10% of total NICU time.. · Fathers are present 5% of total NICU time.. · Fathers' presence was associated with a shorter stay.. · Grandparents' presence was associated with a shorter stay.. · Females were present significantly more than males.. OBJECTIVE  The aim of this study is to examine presence trends for parents and family members during an infant's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) hospitalization. STUDY DESIGN  We conducted a review of 386 infants hospitalized in a Level IV NICU in the Northwestern United States between June 2013 and April 2014 to quantitatively examine presence trends. RESULTS  Infants were visited by multiple family members. The father was the most common first family member at the bedside after admission. Parents were present over half of the days their infants were in the NICU (medians mothers 75% and fathers 59%), but a relatively small percentage of the total hospitalization time (medians 10% mothers and 5% fathers). Fathers', grandmothers', and grandfathers' presence with their infants in the NICU were negatively correlated with infants' total length of stay in the NICU. This finding was not replicated for mothers. Female family members were present in the NICU more than male family members. CONCLUSION  Parents are present a small percent of the time their infants are hospitalized in the NICU. NICU based methods to improve family presence may lead to improved patient and family centered care. Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.QBL detects hemorrhage more frequently than visual estimation.. · Median QBL is significantly greater than median EBL.. · There is poor agreement between QBL and EBL.. OBJECTIVE  The aim of the study is to compare quantified blood loss measurement (QBL) using an automated system (Triton QBL, Menlo Park, CA) with visual blood loss estimation (EBL) during vaginal delivery. STUDY DESIGN  During 274 vaginal deliveries, both QBL and EBL were determined. The automated system batch weighs blood containing sponges, towels, pads, and other supplies and automatically subtracts their dry weights and also the measured amount of amniotic fluid. Each method was performed independently, and clinicians were blinded to the device's results. RESULTS  Median QBL (339 mL [217-515]) was significantly greater than median EBL (300 mL [200-350]; p 1,000 mL (p = 0.002). CONCLUSION  Automated QBL recognizes more patients with excessive blood loss than visual estimation. To realize the value of QBL, clinicians must accept the inadequacy of visual estimation and implement protocols based on QBL values. Further studies of clinical outcomes related to QBL are needed. Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.OBJECTIVE  This pilot study evaluated the relationship between maternal and neonatal R- and S-methadone and R- and S-2-ethylidene-1,5-dimethyl-3,3-diphenylpyrrolidine (EDDP) exposure and the severity of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). The use of dried blood spots (DBS) as an alternative for plasma in assessing methadone and EDDP was also assessed. STUDY DESIGN  Women receiving methadone for medication assisted treatment of opioid use disorder during pregnancy were eligible for recruitment. Plasma and DBS samples were collected from mothers during labor, from cord blood, and from newborns during genetic screen. R-/S-methadone and EDDP were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS/MS). Associations between methadone exposure, neonatal morphine requirements, and severity of NAS were examined. RESULTS  Twenty women and infants completed the study. Maternal methadone dose at delivery was 112 mg/day (range = 60-180 mg/day). Sixteen neonates experienced NAS requiring morphine; three also required phenobarbital. Higher cord blood concentrations of R-methadone, R- and S-EDDP were associated with higher maximum doses of morphine (p  less then  0.05). CONCLUSION  Maternal methadone and cord blood concentration at delivery are variable and may be potential markers of neonatal abstinence syndrome. Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.OBJECTIVE  The aim was to identify the critical levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and vascular endothelial growth factor-A in umbilical cord blood that could be used as markers for predicting the central nervous system (CNS) damage and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in preterm infants. STUDY DESIGN  A total of 158 preterm infants, born at 22 to 34 weeks of gestation, were evaluated in the first week after birth and at 36 to 37 weeks of postconceptual age. RESULTS  A significant relationship between CNS changes and concentrations of IL-6 (p 13.0 pg/mL (p  less then  0.05) in umbilical cord blood could predict 2 to 3/3 to 4 stages of ROP. CONCLUSION  Critical values of IL-6 and TNF-α in predicting ≥grade III intraventricular hemorrhage in the early adaptation and in predicting marked CNS damages and severe ROP stages in the later adaptation of preterm infants were determined. Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.in English, German Die laparoskopische Cholezystektomie ist eine der am häufigsten durchgeführten Operationen weltweit. Gerade aufgrund der hohen Fallzahlen bleibt die iatrogene Verletzung des Ductus choledochus, so selten sie ist, ein nicht zu unterschätzendes Risiko des Eingriffs. Im Laufe der Jahre wurden unterschiedliche Methoden beschrieben, diese schwerwiegende Komplikation mit ihrer hohen Morbidität und sogar Mortalität zu vermeiden. Eine der sichersten Methoden der Vermeidung von Gallengangsläsionen ist die Etablierung des sog. „critical view of safety“ vor Durchtrennung jeglicher Strukturen, der in diesem Lehrvideo demonstriert werden soll.in English, German Von allen Krebserkrankungen hat das metastasierte Pankreaskarzinom die schlechteste Prognose. Mit nab-Paclitaxel/Gemcitabin, FOLFIRINOX und Gemcitabin/Erlotinib gibt es mehrere Therapieoptionen, die das Gesamtüberleben der Patienten verbessern. Insbesondere Patienten, die unter der Therapie mit Erlotinib einen Hautausschlag (Rash) entwickeln, können von der Gemcitabin-Erlotinib-Kombinationstherapie profitieren. Diese nichtinterventionelle Studie (NIS ML21284) untersuchte die Wirksamkeit und Verträglichkeit der Gemcitabin-Erlotinib-Kombinationstherapie in der Behandlungsroutine des metastasierten Pankreaskarzinoms, insbesondere hinsichtlich Rash.Zwischen 2007 und 2010 wurden die Behandlungsdaten von 433 Patienten aus 98 Zentren dokumentiert. Selleckchem MEK inhibitor Die erhobenen Parameter wurden deskriptiv ausgewertet.Nach einer Gemcitabin-Erlotinib-Behandlung war das mediane Gesamtüberleben der Patienten mit Rash-Grad ≥ 1 mit 9,90 (95 %-Konfidenzintervall [KI] 8,19–11,05) signifikant erhöht gegenüber 6,48 Monaten (95 %-KI 5,66–7,40) bei Patienten, die keinen Rash entwickelten (p = 0,0010). Dies gilt ebenso für das mediane progressionsfreie Überleben (Patienten mit Rash-Grad ≥ 1 5,43; 95 %-KI 4,90–6,12 vs. Patienten ohne Rash 3,98 Monate; 95 %-KI 3,52–5,03, p = 0,0131). Die Gesamtansprechrate lag bei den mit Erlotinib und Gemcitabin behandelten Patienten mit Rash-Grad ≥ 1 um 5,9 % höher als bei Patienten ohne Rash (31,7 % vs. 25,8 %).Zusammenfassend unterstreichen die Ergebnisse aus der täglichen Behandlungspraxis des metastasierten Pankreaskarzinoms die Bedeutung der Kombinationstherapie Gemcitabin und Erlotinib für die Patientensubgruppe, die unter der Behandlung Rash entwickelt.BACKGROUND  Information on homeopathic medicines is derived from "provings" or homeopathic pathogenetic trials (HPTs), in which people (often homeopaths and homeopathy students) are invited to take an unnamed and often untested highly diluted and serially succussed substance, and record in detail their experiences and perceived effects. HPTs are assumed to have an "excellent safety record", but there has been no academic research to date into provers' experiences of participating in an HPT. AIMS  This qualitative study aimed to explore the lived experience of participation in an HPT. It is hoped that the results from this study will inform the future conduct of HPTs. METHODS  Semi-structured interviews were conducted in person, by phone or via Skype, according to the interviewees' preferences. Thematic analysis was used for the generation of themes. RESULTS  Eight former provers were interviewed from across the European Union (EU) and Australia. Of these, seven were practicing homeopaths and one was not a practitioner. Overarching themes were identified as (1) the ethical conduct of HPTs, and (2) the impact of participation in HPTs. CONCLUSION  Former provers who participated in this study reported enthusiasm for, and trust in, the proving process. However, some also reported adverse events, which varied in intensity and duration. The process of gaining fully informed consent for participation in an HPT is complex and there were examples of both failure and inadequacy in terms of informed consent and support mechanisms. RECOMMENDATIONS  The researchers recommend that HPTs are subject to ethical approval processes and that consent is fully informed and ongoing. It is also recommended that appropriate and robust support mechanisms be developed. The Faculty of Homeopathy.BACKGROUND  Highly diluted and succussed solutions interact with solvatochromic dyes, indicating that changes in solvent and solute polarity could be related to their mechanism of action. It is not known, however, how the activity associated with succussed high dilutions is transferred to untreated water and what the limits of this process are. AIMS  The aims of the present study were to ascertain whether a succussed high dilution of phosphorus (1.5 × 1-59 M; Phos 30cH) seeded into a natural water source that fed a fjord and two connected lakes could propagate itself through the lake system (total volume 2200 m3) and, moreover, whether the process could be tracked using solvatochromic dyes. METHODS  Samples of water were collected before and after seeding, at different times and places throughout the lake system. Controls comprised water taken from an untreated and adjacent, but independent, lake (1385 m3). RESULTS  Water samples taken up to 72 hours after the source treatment produced significant increases (p ≤ 0.