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Lichen planus (LP) affects up to 4% of adults and can cause significant distress and morbidity, especially to those with persistent disease. As many as 20% of patients with LP may exhibit widespread or recalcitrant disease necessitating systemic treatment options. We sought to evaluate the effectiveness of systemic treatments for severe and recalcitrant LP not responsive to topical corticosteroids or calcineurin inhibitors. Over a 10-year period, 374 patients with cutaneous and mucosal LP were evaluated at a major regional tertiary medical center; 94 qualified for inclusion in the study. In all, 26 (28%) patients achieved remission, 52 (55%) experienced stable disease control, and 16 (17%) failed all attempted treatments. Among medications most trialed, intramuscular triamcinolone (IM TAC), hydroxychloroquine, and methotrexate were most successful with 79%, 61%, and 42% respective response rates. In contrast, oral corticosteroids and dapsone were less frequently successful at rates of 24% and 20%. IM TAC represented the highest level of treatment success and was statistically significant compared to other systemic treatments (P  less then  .01). Among adjuvant therapies, intralesional triamcinolone (IL TAC) demonstrated higher success (71%) than oral corticosteroids (29%). Based on this multi-year evaluation, we recommend that clinicians consider IM TAC as a first-line systemic option for severe or refractory LP, with hydroxychloroquine as the steroid-sparing treatment of choice. For patients requiring adjuvant therapy, IL TAC should be considered to hasten response and symptom relief. Patients with severe or widespread disease may benefit from earlier initiation of systemic therapy to prevent significant morbidity and impact on daily function.A 69-year-old woman, whose HTLV-1 associated myelopathy (HAM) had been treated with interferon-α (IFN), presented with a three-week history of high fever, rapidly progressive discoloration and pain in the digits. Physical examination revealed black discoloration of the distal right second and fifth distal fingers (Figure 1A and B), and left second through fifth distal fingers, and purpuric lesions on several fingers.In this article, we designed and synthesized two series of matrine analogs with ring-opening in the lactam portion of the molecule. Yoda1 Our in vitro cytotoxicity study showed that analog N-(3-bromophenyl)-4-[(1R,3aS,10aR,10bS)-decahydro-1H,4H-pyrido[3,2,1-ij][1,6]naphthyridin-1-yl]butanamide (B11) with a meta-bromide on the phenyl ring displayed the best antiproliferative activity. Moreover, B11 induced cell cycle arrest in G1 phase and cell apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner in A549 cells. Molecular modeling revealed that B11 achieved a higher docking score compared to its precursor tert-butyl (1R,3aS,10aR,10bS)-1-[4-(3-bromoanilino)-4-oxobutyl]octahydro-1H,4H-pyrido[3,2,1-ij][1,6]naphthyridine-2(3H)-carboxylate (A11, an analog of B11 with a Boc group) and parent compound matrine, possibly because B11 formed a hydrogen bond with SER91 and a halogen bond with GLN320 on the binding site of annexin A2. Overall, we discovered the potential anticancer lead compound B11, which can be used for further study both in vitro and in vivo.

This study aims to retrospectively analyse the safety of ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy (ALC) and identify risk factors for delayed discharge after ALC in the elderly.

Consecutive patients who were scheduled to undergo ALC were assigned to the elderly group (age ≥ 65 years) or the non-elderly group. The primary outcome was postoperative discharge within 24 h (D24). Secondary outcomes were perioperative mortality, reasons for delayed discharge (psychosocial reasons (DP), complications (DC), drainage (DD) and conversion to open surgery (DCO)), intraoperative data and readmission within 30 days after discharge (readmission). Differences were statistically significant when P < 0.05.

There were 7657 patients assigned to the elderly group (n = 1143) or the non-elderly group (n = 6514). The differences between elderly patients and non-elderly patients in the operation time (51.0 (37.0-70.0) versus 50.0 (35.0-65.0) min), blood loss (10.0 (5.0-10.0) versus 5.0 (5.0-10.0) mL), D24 (75.5% versus 81.7%) and DD (7.8% versus 3.2%) were statistically significant (P < 0.05, respectively). The differences between elderly patients and non-elderly patients in DP (8.2% versus 6.7%), DC (7.8% versus 7.9%), DCO (0.7% versus 0.5%) and readmission (0.5% versus 0.4%) were not statistically significant (P > 0.05, respectively). Independent risk factors for delayed discharge after ALC in the elderly were male sex, octogenarian status, prolonged operation time, arrhythmia, type 2 diabetes mellitus, a previous operation in the upper abdomen, acute inflammation of gallbladder and a gallbladder wall thicker than 3 mm (P < 0.05, respectively).

ALC in the elderly is feasible and safe.

ALC in the elderly is feasible and safe.

Worsening renal function (WRF) induced by acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a strong predictor of cardiovascular events and mortality. Peak oxygen uptake may contribute to prognosis in AMI patients with WRF, however, the impact of WRF on peak oxygen uptake is unclear.

Among 154 patients with AMI who underwent emergency percutaneous coronary intervention and participated in phase II cardiac rehabilitation, those who underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testing were consecutively enrolled. WRF was defined as a ≥20% decrease in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR [ml/min/1.73 m

]) from admission to that at cardiopulmonary exercise testing. The association of WRF with peak oxygen uptake was evaluated by multivariate regression analysis. The non-WRF group was divided into two subgroups according to eGFR <60/≥60 at cardiopulmonary exercise testing, and eGFR at cardiopulmonary exercise testing and peak oxygen uptake of all three groups were compared.

Ninety-four patients were enrolled in the final analysis. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that WRF was associated with peak oxygen uptake (p = .003). Comparing the non-WRF group with eGFR at cardiopulmonary exercise testing <60 and the WRF group, although eGFR at cardiopulmonary exercise testing was similar (p = 1.000), peak oxygen uptake in the WRF group was significantly lower (p = .026).

WRF, not eGFR at cardiopulmonary exercise testing was significantly associated with peak oxygen uptake in patients with AMI. This result suggests that when considering the relationship between renal function and peak oxygen uptake, WRF must be taken into account.

WRF, not eGFR at cardiopulmonary exercise testing was significantly associated with peak oxygen uptake in patients with AMI. This result suggests that when considering the relationship between renal function and peak oxygen uptake, WRF must be taken into account.