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y confirms the well-known adverse drug reactions and detects potentially emerging safety issues specific for each chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, also providing insights into a stronger role for tisa-cel in inducing some immunodeficiency-related events (e.g., hypogammaglobulinemia, infections) and coagulopathies, and for axi-cel in neurotoxicity.
Twenty percent of children may develop chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP), but studies investigating pediatric CPSP are limited in scope. In an exploratory patient survey, we sought to assess CPSP prevalence among children of all ages, across a wide range of surgeries, and over an extended period of time after surgery.
We conducted a survey study, including patients < 19years of age at the time of their surgery at a single-center, quaternary care academic pediatric hospital. Pediatric patients who underwent surgery from May 2014 to August 2019 were included. check details Via electronic survey, patients/caregivers were asked whether the child had any pain related to their last surgery at the pediatric hospital. Patients/caregivers who answered yes were asked 11 additional questions about the child's pain and pain-related quality of life. The primary outcome was CPSP prevalence; secondary outcomes were pain scores, quality-of-life scores, and the associations of CPSP with time since surgery, preoperative pain, and patient age.
The response rate of completed surveys was 4.0%. 30% of respondents reported CPSP; the median pain score was 4.0 on an 11 point scale (0 to 10). Responses to quality of life questions indicated CPSP negatively impacted many children's lives. Preoperative pain was associated with an odds ratio for CPSP of 1.09 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.58, 2.04], each year after surgery with an odds ratio of 0.94 (95% CI 0.80, 1.10), and each year of age at surgery with an odds ratio of 1.07 (95% CI 1.02, 1.12).
While limited by a low response rate, results from this exploratory survey suggest that CPSP is a considerable problem for children who undergo surgery across many specialties, with marked effects on patient well-being even years after surgery.
While limited by a low response rate, results from this exploratory survey suggest that CPSP is a considerable problem for children who undergo surgery across many specialties, with marked effects on patient well-being even years after surgery.A war between the Ethiopian federal government and Tigray regional government broke out on November 4, 2020 and is still ongoing. Regardless of the cause of the war, the civilian populations, who have no agency in the fighting, have often been at the receiving end of atrocities. Eight months into the war, a siege was imposed in Tigray, barring the entry of all forms of humanitarian aid, including food and medicines. As a result, civilians who survived hostilities are dying from hunger and diseases due to the blockade which has been put in place. One particular group of patients whose survival is at stake encompasses those with end-stage kidney disease, including kidney transplant recipients. The leading challenges of providing care to this group of patients amidst war and blockade include a barely functioning dialysis service, due to dwindling supplies, lack of access to the country's kidney transplant center in Addis Ababa, and severe shortages of immunosuppressive medications. To put this into perspective, we report on a 45-year-old female recipient of a kidney transplant at St. Paul's Hospital in Addis Ababa who succumbed in the besieged Tigray region as a result of lack of access to her transplant medicines. We urgently call upon the international nephrology societies and kidney transplant associations to advocate access to immunosuppressive medications for kidney transplant recipients in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, to avert additional catastrophic events like the reported one.
Pyrotinib is a novel EGFR/HER2 dual tyrosine kinase inhibitor developed in China, while its role in neoadjuvant therapy of HER2-positive (HER2
) breast cancer lacks evidence. The current study aimed to explore the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant pyrotinib plus docetaxel/liposomal doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide (TAC) for HER2
breast cancer.
A total of 27 HER2
breast cancer patients received neoadjuvant pyrotinib plus TAC for 6 cycles, then surgery was performed. The clinical and pathological responses, and adverse events were evaluated.
Complete response rate, objective response rate, and disease control rate were 0.0%, 44.4% and 100.0% after 2 treatment cycles; 0.0%, 37.0%, and 100.0% after 4 treatment cycles; 37.0%, 37.0%, and 96.3% after 6 treatment cycles; as well as 37.0%, 44.4%, and 100.0% based on the best clinical response. Regarding pathological response, there were 1 (2.7%), 3 (11.1%), 8 (29.6%), 5 (18.5%), and 10 (37.0%) patients realizing Miller-Payne grade (G) 1, G2, G3, G4, and G5, respectively; besides, 10 (37.0%) patients achieved total pathological complete response (pCR), 10 (37.0%) patients realized pCR in breast, and 23 (85.2%) patients achieved pCR in lymph node. Additionally, adverse events included diarrhea (81.5%), dental ulcer (7.4%), and hand-foot syndrome (3.7%); meanwhile, grade 3-4 adverse event consisted of only diarrhea (11.1%).
Neoadjuvant pyrotinib plus TAC treatment is efficient and safe in HER2
breast cancer patients, while further validation is needed.
Neoadjuvant pyrotinib plus TAC treatment is efficient and safe in HER2+ breast cancer patients, while further validation is needed.
Huntington's disease is a rare neurodegenerative illness of the central nervous system that is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. Mutant huntingtin proteinis produced as a result of enlargement of CAG repeat in the N-terminal of the polyglutamine tract.
Herein, we aim to investigate the mutations and their effects on the HTT gene and its genetic variants. Additionally, the protein-protein interaction of HTT with other proteins and receptor-ligand interaction with the three-dimensional structure of huntingtin proteinwere identified.
A comprehensive analysis of the HTT interactome and protein-ligand interaction has been carried out to provide a global picture of structure-function analysis of huntingtin protein. Mutations were analyzed and mutation verification tools were used to check the effect of mutation on protein function.
The results showed, mutations in a single gene are not only responsible for causing a particular disease but may also cause other hereditary disorders as well. Moreover, the modification at the nucleotide level also cause the change in the specific amino acid which may disrupt the function of HTT and its interacting proteins contributing in disease pathogenesis. Furthermore, the interaction between MECP2 and BDNF lowers the rate of transcriptional activity. Molecular docking further confirmed the strong interaction between MECP2 and BDNF with highest affinity. Amino acid residues of the HTT protein, involved in the interaction with tetrabenazine were N912, Y890, G2385, and V2320. These findings proved, tetrabenazine as one of the potential therapeutic agent for treatment of Huntington's disease.
These results give further insights into the genetics of Huntington's disease for a better understanding of disease models which will be beneficial for the future therapeutic studies.
These results give further insights into the genetics of Huntington's disease for a better understanding of disease models which will be beneficial for the future therapeutic studies.
Due to elderly residents, nursing homes/assisted living facilities were the most affected places in COVID-19 pandemic. Besides symptomatic patients, asymptomatic patients were detected during routine screening.
This study aims to determine the factors that affect antibody response and viral shedding in stool samples after natural exposure to the virus in residents and staff who recovered from COVID-19 before the vaccine was available.
This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted at the nation's highest-capacity Residential and Nursing Home. Blood samples were collected between December 15, 2020 and January 15, 2021 from participating residents and staff for anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing. Stool samples were obtained for SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing 2months after COVID-19. The Social Sciences (SPSS) program version 15.0 was used for statistical analysis. The Mann-Whitney U test compared SARS-CoV-2 antibody concentration between two groups.
Four hundred sixty-four (52.3%) residents and 424 (47.7%) sibody positivity was detected 76.9% in PCR (+) and 10.0% in PCR (-) participants. Knowing the duration of detectable antibodies is an important finding for developing disease prevention and public health strategies.
This study involves two stand-alone tertiary level maternity hospitals with a combined average of 17,000 births per year, and with approximately 300 obstetric high dependency unit (OHDU) admissions annually. Many midwives feel that working in an OHDU does not constitute normal midwifery work and they have voiced concerns regarding their training in this setting. Midwives and nurses from different departments throughout the two hospitals are often asked to care for the OHDU patients. Co-location and expansion of a new OHDU, as well as a discussion around staffing, prompted this questionnaire.
The aim of this study was to formally assess midwives' and nurses' attitudes and confidence working in an OHDU.
After obtaining ethics committee approval, we conducted a survey and collected information on previous training in critical care, level of competence with HDU-related equipment and management of common HDU conditions.
In total, 188 staff participated in the survey (38% response rate). The majority (n = 1are nurses and midwives is required in order to provide a full complement of HDU care to both the antenatal and postnatal women.
Current guidance discourages use of antibiotics in COVID-19. However, in older adults, superadded infection may be common and require treatment. Our aim was to investigate the occurrence and outcomes from possible superadded infections, occurring within 2 weeks of hospitalization, in older adults with COVID-19.
This was a single centre, observational cohort study. We collected data from patients admitted to older adult wards who had tested positive for the Sars-CoV-2 virus on viral PCR between 1st October and 1st December 2020. The primary outcome was inpatient death occurring within 90days of COVID-19 diagnosis. The secondary outcome was length of stay in hospital. Associations were described using univariable and multivariable models, and time to event data.
Of 266 patients with COVID-19, 43% (115) had evidence of superadded infections (91 with positive bacterial cultures and 36 instances of radiological lobar consolidation). Patients with superadded infections were more likely to die (45.2 versus 30.7%, p = 0.020) and had an increased length of stay (23 versus 18days, p = 0.026).
Recommendations to avoid antibiotics in COVID-19 may not be applicable to an older adult population. Assessing for possible superadded infections is warranted in this group.
Recommendations to avoid antibiotics in COVID-19 may not be applicable to an older adult population. Assessing for possible superadded infections is warranted in this group.
