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The pooled risk ratio of 90-day modified Rankin Scale score was not statistically significant (risk ratio 0.86; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.56-1.32) between the lying-flat position and sitting-up position groups. When comparing the 90-day mortality, pneumonia occurrence, and recurrent ischemic stroke, no significant differences were observed between the two groups. Risk ratio was 1.00 (95% CI 0.87-1.14), 0.90 (95% CI 0.74-1.11), and 0.81 (95% CI 0.14-4.64) for 90-day mortality, pneumonia occurrence, and recurrent ischemic stroke, respectively.
This study suggests that the lying-flat position is not more effective than the sitting-up position in terms of 90-day modified Rankin Scale score in patients suspected with acute stroke.
This study suggests that the lying-flat position is not more effective than the sitting-up position in terms of 90-day modified Rankin Scale score in patients suspected with acute stroke.
Complicated empyema accompanied by bronchopleural fistula (BPF) has high mortality. The treatment strategy for severe respiratory failure due to empyema with BPF has yet to be established.
A 70-year-old man was brought to our hospital and diagnosed with right empyema, BPF (at bronchi B4-10), and secondary left pneumonia. We initiated drainage followed by veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation due to the severe hypoxia. Proteasome inhibitor First, the patient underwent endoscopic treatment with obstructive materials (known as endobronchial Watanabe spigot [EWS]) at B8-10, and was weaned off veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on day 7. A secondary EWS was carried out at B4-6. A combination of medical treatments (drainage, antibiotics, nutritional therapy, and rehabilitation) improved his general condition. The patient was able to leave the hospital on foot.
A comprehensive approach could explain the success of the medical treatment. The principal components are the repeated application of EWS as damage control.
A comprehensive approach could explain the success of the medical treatment. The principal components are the repeated application of EWS as damage control.In 2019, by culturing a skin swab from the hand of a 30-year-old healthy woman using the culturomic method, we isolated the new bacterial strain Marseille-Q2057T (= CSUR-Q2057). Matrix-assisted desorption-ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) failed to identify this isolate. link= Proteasome inhibitor Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene and Genome-to-Genome comparison suggested that this taxon belongs to a novel bacterial species within the family Erwiniaceae, phylum Proteobacteria. We describe here its main phenotypic characteristics, genome sequence and annotation of Mixta mediterraneensis strain Marseille-Q2057T, a new member of the Mixta genus, that we propose as type strain.The present case study reported a rare case of duodenal metastasis from a lung adenocarcinoma. A 62-year-old male, who underwent radical lung cancer surgery two years ago, was readmitted to Guangzhou Red Cross Hospital complaining of epigastric pain. The esophagogastroduodenoscopy identified a 2.5x3.5 cm ulcerative lesion at the duodenum. Histopathological and immunohistochemical staining results confirmed that the lung adenocarcinoma had metastasized to the duodenum. The tumor cells were positive for cytokeratin-7, thyroid transcription factor-1 and napsin-A expression, but negative for caudal-related homeobox 2 expression. Prior to the second cycle of targeted treatment with anlotinib, the patient reported severe hematochezia. Therefore, an angiography and artery embolization were subsequently performed. However, the patient succumbed to acute kidney injury three days after the operation. The metastasis of lung cancer to the gastrointestinal tract is extremely rare and usually asymptomatic. However, when treating patients with lung cancer presenting with digestive symptoms or other distant metastatic sites, clinicians should consider the possibility of gastrointestinal metastasis so that it can be identified in a timely manner. If lesions exist, doctors should locate these and perform biopsies to conduct histopathological and immunohistochemical examinations to make a clear diagnosis.The current study reports the case of an 80-year-old woman who experienced severe hypoglycaemia after abemaciclib administration, with a recovery time of ~46 h. Abemaciclib is a cyclin-dependent kinase 4 and 6 (CDK4/6) inhibitor that is used to treat metastatic breast cancer. A side effect of abemaciclib administration is an increase in creatinine levels. The half-life (t1 / 2) of 150 mg abemaciclib in patients with breast cancer was reported to be 17.5 h (nearly lower limit), and the time to reach Cmax was ~5 h (Tmax, 4-6 h). Therefore, the total time to reach half the maximum blood concentration after abemaciclib administration is ~24 h (Tmax + t1 / 2=5+17.5=22.5 h). As abemaciclib is administered twice daily, a considerable amount (Cmax = 123 ng/ml) may persist in the blood following the initial dose. Upon repeated administration, the blood abemaciclib concentration in patients with metastatic liver tumours might increase, although their liver function remains normal. The patient described in the current study had a creatinine level of 1.05 mg/dl at the start of abemaciclib administration. At the time of emergency hospitalisation (on day 5 of abemaciclib administration), the creatinine level was 1.40 mg/dl; however, dehydration was not observed. The patient had been administered the same dose of glimepiride for >1 year and had not experienced hypoglycaemia previously. It can be speculated that the increase in blood creatinine level had some effect on glimepiride metabolism. It is thought that administered abemaciclib enhances metabolic delay in the blood in the same way as in patients with impaired liver function, and as a result, the creatinine level increases in patients with liver metastases. This causes a decrease in renal function, which in turn results in an increase in blood concentration of glimepiride, consequently leading to severe hypoglycaemia. Therefore, clinicians must be careful when using abemaciclib in patients with liver metastases, diabetes and poor renal function.Many attempts have been made to identify the risk factors for postoperative delirium, but this has proved difficult due to its complex morbidity. link2 Furthermore, there is little information on postoperative delirium in patients undergoing tumor resection and reconstructive surgery for oral cancer. The aim of the current study was to investigate the incidence of and risk factors for postoperative delirium in patients undergoing resection and reconstructive surgery for oral cancer. The present study included 104 patients with pedicle or free flap reconstruction. Postoperative delirium developed in 22 (21.2%) of these patients. The mean time to onset of postoperative delirium was 2.5±1.0 days and the duration of delirium was 1.9±1.2 days. Univariate analysis demonstrated that the occurrence of postoperative delirium was significantly correlated with operating time (P=0.033), duration of anesthesia (P=0.039), amount of blood loss (P=0.027), method of reconstruction (P=0.008), type of flap used (P=0.009) and time until postoperative ambulation (P=0.0008). link3 Low postoperative red blood cell count (P=0.004), hemoglobin (P=0.004) and hematocrit (P=0.004) were significantly associated with delirium, but preoperative blood test results were not. The multiple logistic regression analysis of these risk factors revealed that the only significant correlation that remained was between postoperative delirium and the time to ambulation after surgery (P=0.005). Since 2009, the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kumamoto University Hospital has promoted ambulation after the first two postoperative days for patients with oral cancer undergoing tumor resection with reconstruction, and the occurrence of postoperative delirium has decreased from 29.2 to 14.0%. The results of the current study suggest that early postoperative ambulation in patients who undergo reconstructive surgery for oral cancer is effective for preventing postoperative delirium.The current study aimed to investigate baseline anemia in patients with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and its relationship with clinicopathological features and prognosis. The clinical data of 4,874 patients with stage IV NSCLC were analyzed. The incidence of baseline anemia was observed. The relationship between baseline anemia and clinicopathological features was analyzed. Kaplan-Meier method and multivariate COX regression model were used to analyze the relationship of baseline anemia and prognosis of patients with NSCLC. Anemia classification was based on the criteria established by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The mean hemoglobin (Hb) was 123.32±20.31 g/l in patients with stage IV NSCLC. The prevalence of baseline anemia was 32.09%, among which 19.08, 10.79, 1.91 and 0.31% had mild, moderate, severe, and life-threatening anemia, respectively. The prevalence of baseline anemia was higher in patients who were >60 years old, male, had smoking history, exhibited squamous cell carcinoma and bone metastasis, and the difference was statistically significant. Univariate analysis indicated that patients without anemia had longer overall survival (OS) compared with patients with baseline anemia (median OS 28.0 months vs. 17.4 months, P less then 0.001). As the grade of anemia rises, it was indicated that OS became shorter. Patients with anemia grade 0 had the longest OS (median OS 28.0 months), followed by patients with anemia grades 1 and 2 (median OS 17.5 months). The patients with anemia grades 3 and 4 had the shortest OS (median OS 8.6 months; P less then 0.001). Multivariate analysis demonstrated that baseline anemia and anemia grade were independent prognostic factors in patients with stage IV NSCLC. In conclusion, baseline anemia and anemia grade are independent prognostic factors in patients with stage IV NSCLC.Gastric cancer is prevalent in the Asian population. Genetic predisposition to gastric cancer is not fully understood. Recent studies have demonstrated that D-amino acid oxidase (DAO), a multifunctional enzyme, protects the mucosa of gastrointestinal (GI) tracts by generating hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in the stomach of rodents. The present study surveyed rare germline variants in the human DAO gene with regard to the incidence of gastric cancer. link2 The consecutive autopsy cases registered in the JG-SNP database (n=2,343; mean age, 80 years) were employed and genotyped with Exome Bead-Chips. There were three non-synonymous rare variants, p.R22H, p.P103L and p.R283Q, of which the minor allele frequencies were 0.09, 0.21 and 0.02%, respectively. Carriers of these variants were surveyed, the results of which revealed that 4 out of 10 patients with the p.P103L variant had gastric cancer (Fisher's exact test, P=0.018). Proteasome inhibitor All 4 patients were men with drinking and smoking habits. Among the other 6 women, there was one incidence of small intestine cancer and one of colon cancer. Neither p.R22H nor p.R283Q carriers had GI cancer. DAO p.P103L is reported to be a modifier of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and may potentially be a hypomorphic allele. Thus, it is hypothesized that this rare variant might have affected protection against gastric mucosal damage through H2S signaling in the mucosa, which leads to high prevalence of gastric cancer. link3 The role of rare variant DAO p.P103L warrants further investigation in larger cohorts.