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Re-explored patients had an increased risk of unadjusted mortality at 30, 90 and beyond 90 days (all P < 0.001). Significance was maintained after adjustment at 30 days [odds ratio 3.94, 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.19-4.85, P < 0.001] and 90 days (odds ratio 3.79, 95% CI 3.14-4.55, P < 0.001), but not with long-term mortality (hazard ratio 1.02, 95% CI 0.91-1.15, P = 0.712). Furthermore, re-exploration was independently associated with other postoperative complications, e.g. prolonged hospital stay, stroke and renal injury.

Patients who are re-explored for bleeding within 24 h have almost four-fold higher odds of mortality within 3 months post-procedure. However, the increased risk of death following re-exploration is not maintained in the long term.

Patients who are re-explored for bleeding within 24 h have almost four-fold higher odds of mortality within 3 months post-procedure. However, the increased risk of death following re-exploration is not maintained in the long term.We follow a patient with Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) mosaic for a pathogenic RPS19 haploinsufficiency mutation with persistent transfusion-dependent anemia. Her anemia remitted on eltrombopag (EPAG), but surprisingly, mosaicism was unchanged, suggesting that both mutant and normal cells responded. When EPAG was withheld, her anemia returned. In addition to expanding hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells, EPAG aggressively chelates iron. Because DBA anemia, at least in part, results from excessive intracellular heme leading to ferroptotic cell death, we hypothesized that the excess heme accumulating in ribosomal protein-deficient erythroid precursors inhibited the growth of adjacent genetically normal precursors, and that the efficacy of EPAG reflected its ability to chelate iron, limit heme synthesis, and thus limit toxicity in both mutant and normal cells. To test this, we studied Rpl11 haploinsufficient (DBA) mice and mice chimeric for the cytoplasmic heme export protein, FLVCR. Flvcr1-deleted mice have severe anemia, resembling DBA. Mice transplanted with ratios of DBA to wild-type marrow cells of 5050 are anemic, like our DBA patient. In contrast, mice transplanted with Flvcr1-deleted (unable to export heme) and wild-type marrow cells at ratios of 5050 or 8020 have normal numbers of red cells. Additional studies suggest that heme exported from DBA erythroid cells might impede the nurse cell function of central macrophages of erythroblastic islands to impair the maturation of genetically normal coadherent erythroid cells. These findings have implications for the gene therapy of DBA and may provide insights into why del(5q) myelodysplastic syndrome patients are anemic despite being mosaic for chromosome 5q deletion and loss of RPS14.

A lack of health care provider knowledge and training has been identified as one factor that contributes to health disparities for sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations.

To explore occupational therapy practitioners' self-reported knowledge about, clinical preparedness for, and attitudes toward working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) clients.

Online survey of occupational therapy practitioners.

Respondents were recruited by means of snowball sampling through social media groups, state occupational therapy association websites, and emails. Surveys were posted to electronic occupational therapy social media sites.

Knowledge, clinical preparedness, and attitudes were measured using the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Development of Clinical Skills Scale (LGBT-DOCSS). Information about demographic characteristics, education, and workplace was also collected.

Five hundred eighty-nine occupational therapy practitioners responded to the survey. Degree level (master's vsrapy practitioners often care for clients from backgrounds and cultures that differ from their own. Identifying gaps in education and opportunities for fostering LGBT-positive attitudes can facilitate the development of programs to improve practice with LGBT clients and help measure the effectiveness of such programs. What This Article Adds This study provides evidence that a basic level of continuing education can improve occupational therapy practitioners' knowledge of and skills for working with LGBT populations and highlights the need to examine and change structural biases.It is well known that the body's metabolism and reproduction are closely related. Chemerin (CHEM) is one of many biologically active proteins secreted by the adipose tissue involved in the regulation of the energy homeostasis of the organism. In the present study, RNA-sequencing was performed to investigate the differentially expressed genes (DEGs), long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), and alternatively spliced (AS) transcripts in the cultured porcine endometrium exposed to chemerin for 24 hours (CHEM; 400 ng/mL) collected during the implantation period (15-16 days of gestation). High-throughput sequencing of transcriptomes was performed on the Illumina NovaSeq 6000 platform (Illumina, USA). In the current study, among all 130 DEGs, 58 were upregulated and 72 were downregulated in the CHEM-treated group. DEGs were assigned to 73 functional annotations. Twelve identified lncRNAs indicated a difference in the expression profile after CHEM administration. Additionally, we detected 386 differentially AS events encompassed 274 protein-coding genes and 2 lncRNAs. All AS events were divided into five alternative splicing types alternative 3' splice site (A3SS), 5' splice site (A5SS), mutually exclusive exons (MXE), retention intron (RI), and skipping exon (SE). Within all AS events, we identified 42 A3SS, 43 A5SS, 53 MXE, 9 RI, and 239 SE. In summary, CHEM affects the transcriptomic profile of the porcine endometrium, controlling the expression of numerous genes, including those involved in the cell migration and adhesion, angiogenesis, inflammation, and steroidogenesis. It can be assumed that CHEM may be an important factor for a proper course of gestation and embryo development.Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoporosis (OP) are two comorbid complex inflammatory conditions with evidence of shared genetic background and causal relationships. We aimed to clarify the genetic architecture underlying RA and various OP phenotypes while additionally considering an inflammatory component, C-reactive protein (CRP). Genome-wide association study summary statistics were acquired from the GEnetic Factors for OSteoporosis Consortium, Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research Consortium and UK Biobank. Mendelian randomization (MR) was used to detect the presence of causal relationships. Colocalization analysis was performed to determine shared genetic variants between CRP and OP phenotypes. Analysis of pleiotropy between traits owing to shared causal single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was performed using PL eiotropic A nalysis under CO mposite null hypothesis (PLACO). MR analysis was suggestive of horizontal pleiotropy between RA and OP traits. RA was a significant causal risk factor for CRP (β = 0.027, 95% confidence interval = 0.016-0.038). There was no evidence of CRP→OP causal relationship, but horizontal pleiotropy was apparent. Colocalization established shared genomic regions between CRP and OP, including GCKR and SERPINA1 genes. Pleiotropy arising from shared causal SNPs revealed through the colocalization analysis was all confirmed by PLACO. These genes were found to be involved in the same molecular function 'protein binding' (GO0005515) associated with RA, OP and CRP. We identified three major components explaining the epidemiological relationship among RA, OP and inflammation (1) Pleiotropy explains a portion of the shared genetic relationship between RA and OP, albeit polygenically; (2) RA contributes to CRP elevation and (3) CRP, which is influenced by RA, demonstrated pleiotropy with OP.

To examine the effects of sleep traits on glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c).

This study triangulated evidence across multivariable regression (MVR) and one- (1SMR) and two-sample Mendelian randomization (2SMR) including sensitivity analyses on the effects of five self-reported sleep traits (i.e., insomnia symptoms [difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep], sleep duration, daytime sleepiness, napping, and chronotype) on HbA1c (in SD units) in adults of European ancestry from the UK Biobank (for MVR and 1SMR analyses) (n = 336,999; mean [SD] age 57 [8] years; 54% female) and in the genome-wide association studies from the Meta-Analyses of Glucose and Insulin-Related Traits Consortium (MAGIC) (for 2SMR analysis) (n = 46,368; 53 [11] years; 52% female).

Across MVR, 1SMR, 2SMR, and their sensitivity analyses, we found a higher frequency of insomnia symptoms (usually vs. sometimes or rarely/never) was associated with higher HbA1c (MVR 0.05 SD units [95% CI 0.04-0.06]; 1SMR 0.52 [0.42-0.63]; 2SMR 0.24 [0.11-0.36]). Associations remained, but point estimates were somewhat attenuated after excluding participants with diabetes. For other sleep traits, there was less consistency across methods, with some but not all providing evidence of an effect.

Our results suggest that frequent insomnia symptoms cause higher HbA1c levels and, by implication, that insomnia has a causal role in type 2 diabetes. These findings could have important implications for developing and evaluating strategies that improve sleep habits to reduce hyperglycemia and prevent diabetes.

Our results suggest that frequent insomnia symptoms cause higher HbA1c levels and, by implication, that insomnia has a causal role in type 2 diabetes. These findings could have important implications for developing and evaluating strategies that improve sleep habits to reduce hyperglycemia and prevent diabetes.

Whether the cardiorenal benefits of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) are comparable between White and Asian populations remains unclear.

To compare the cardiorenal benefits of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1RAs between White and Asian populations and to compare the cardiorenal benefits between the two agents in Asian patients.

Electronic databases were searched up to 28 March 2021.

We included the cardiovascular (CV) and renal outcome trials of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1RAs where investigators reported major adverse CV events (MACE), CV death/hospitalization for heart failure (HHF), or composite renal outcomes with stratification by race.

We extracted the hazard ratio of each outcome stratified by race (Asian vs. White populations).

In 10 SGLT2 inhibitor trials, there was no significant difference between Asian and White populations for MACE (P = 0.55), CV death/HHF (P = 0.87), or composite renal outcomes (P = 0.97). In seven GLP-1RA trials, we observed a similar MACE benefit between Asian and White populations (P = 0.10). In our networkmeta-analysis we found a comparable benefit for MACE between SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1RAs in Asian patients.

The data were from stratified analyses.

There appear to be comparable cardiorenal benefits of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1RAs between Asian and White participants enrolled in CV and renal outcome trials; the two therapies seem to have similar CV benefits for Asian participants.

There appear to be comparable cardiorenal benefits of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1RAs between Asian and White participants enrolled in CV and renal outcome trials; the two therapies seem to have similar CV benefits for Asian participants.