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In mucous membrane pemphigoid, treatment was directed to the sites involved and managed with systemic corticosteroids and immunosuppressants/biologics. There was no universal consensus on the first-line treatment for epidermolysis bullosa acquisita, but a combination of immunosuppressive, anti-inflammatory, and anti-neutrophil therapy was utilized. Comparison of the management guidelines revealed underrepresentation of guidelines from developing nations and key differences between the management styles among dermatologists from Europe and Asia. We attribute these discrepancies to the time elapsed between guidelines, regional differences, and demands of the local healthcare systems.BACKGROUND In Ireland, the paediatric emergency department (PED) is tasked with acute healthcare provision to children and adolescents under 16 years of age. The population > 15 years attending the PED remains undescribed. AIMS The objective of the study is to describe the presentations of patients > 15 years to the PED of a national tertiary academic paediatric hospital. METHODS A retrospective review of electronic records identifying all patients (> 15 years) who presented from January 2014 to December 2015. Patient demographics, presenting complaint, diagnosis, treatment and disposition were recorded. RESULTS A total of 71,082 patients attended during the study period; of whom, 426 (0.6%) patients were aged 16 to 61 years. Over half were identified as having clearly defined chronic complex conditions. Three hundred and forty-five (89%) patients were known to the hospital paediatric services and under the care of specialist with 131 (34%) patients admitted locally, all of whom had chronic complex conditions (CCC). There was a total of 44 (11%) patients who presented to the PED with de novo issues and had a variety of acute presenting complaints with minor injuries, syncope and chest pain being most common. CONCLUSION This is the first Irish study demonstrating a significant population (> 15 years) with medical complexity that requires a suite of services in a paediatric hospital which is accessed in an unscheduled manner through an emergency department. We recommend further research to describe paediatric CCC attending Irish emergency and hospital services.Acinetobacter baumannii has been associated with antimicrobial resistance and ability to form biofilms. Furthermore, its adherence to host cells is an important factor to the colonization process. Therefore, this study intended to identify some virulence factors that can explain the success of A. baumannii in causing nosocomial infections. We studied 92 A. baumannii isolates collected from hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Isolates were identified and the susceptibility to antimicrobials was determined. Selleckchem Ac-DEVD-CHO Oxacilinase type β-lactamase encoding genes were amplified by polymerase chain reaction, and genetic diversity was investigated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). In addition, biofilm formation on polystyrene plates using crystal violet staining was quantified, and adherence to human cell lines was evaluated. Eighty-six isolates were multidrug-resistant, of which 93% were carbapenem-resistant. All isolates had the blaOXA-51 gene and 94% had the blaOXA-23 gene, other searched blaOXA genes were not detected. PFGE typing showed two predominant clones, and biofilm production was observed in 79% of isolates. A. baumannii isolates adhered better to HEp-2 cell compared with A-549 cell. Clones A, B, E, and F showed a significantly increased adherence to HEp-2 compared with adherence to A-549 cell. Our findings revealed that A. baumannii isolates had high frequencies of resistance to antimicrobial agents, ability to form biofilm, and capacity to adhere to HEp-2 cells.BACKGROUND The higher level of neutrophil on admission has been reported to predict worse 3-month outcomes in ischemic stroke patients. Our study was to explore the dynamic changes of neutrophil and lymphocyte after r-tPA thrombolysis of ischemic stroke and the relationship with parenchymal hemorrhage (PH) and 3-month function outcome. METHODS A total of 208 acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients with intravenous thrombolysis were included and then received 3-month follow-up in the present study. Blood samples for neutrophil and lymphocyte counts were obtained on admission, at 24 h and at 7 days after r-tPA infusion. The associations of increase in neutrophil, lymphocyte, and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) with PH or 3-month poor outcome were examined by logistic regression. RESULTS Increasing trends in the neutrophil and NLR were observed in AIS patients after r-tPA treatment. Increased level of neutrophil at 24 h after r-tPA infusion but not that on admission was associated with PH (OR = 2.86, P = 0.029) and 3-month poorer functional outcomes (OR = 2.67, P = 0.009). Moreover, patients were divided into four groups according to the percent change in neutrophil within 24 h following r-tPA treatment, and we found that there was a trend of incremental OR when compared higher increase group with lower ones. CONCLUSIONS Dynamic increase in neutrophil and NLR after stroke may predict PH and 3-month poor outcome in AIS patients receiving r-tPA treatment. Therefore, neutrophil and NLR may serve as activity markers for PH and 3-month poor prognosis in AIS patients with intravenous thrombolysis.INTRODUCTION This study aims to investigate the effect of botulinum toxin-A (BoNT-A) injection into pectoralis major and teres major muscles and suprascapular nerve block (SSNB) on pain, range of motion (ROM), and upper extremity function for (hemiplegic shoulder pain) HSP, and to compare the effectiveness of these two methods. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty patients with HSP were randomly assigned into 2 groups. The Group 1 (n = 30) received BoNT-A injection into the pectoralis major and teres major, and the Group 2 (n = 30) received SSSB. Patients were evaluated just before the start of the study, and 2 and 6 weeks after the start of the study with visual analog scale (VAS), Modified Ashworth Scale (MASH), the passive ROM, and the Fugl-Meyer Scale (FMS) arm section. RESULTS In Group 1, statistically significant improvement was found in all evaluation parameters on 2th and 6th week. Group 2 showed significant improvement in all parameters on week 2 (p  less then  0.05), and significant improvement was observed in MASH and pain in abduction in the 6th week (p  less then  0.