anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
The first visit in the study has no interventional drug. Yohimbine (5mg) is administered orally during visit two, during a head up tilt test, to manipulate the noradrenergic system to determine the association between OH and NP symptoms in those with PD. Yohimbine is not administered as a treatment in this study, but as a pharmacologic tool to study the adrenergic system.
Patients undergo vertebroplasty and, 2-4 weeks later, undergo SRS over 1-3 fractions depending upon the number of affected vertebral bodies. Patients also receive standard of care immunotherapy IV every 2 weeks for up to 6 months in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Breathing mild bouts of low oxygen air (i.e. acute intermittent hypoxia, AIH) has been shown to improve locomotor function in humans after a spinal cord injury. How AIH-induced gains in motor performance are achieved remains unclear. We examined the hypothesis that AIH augments motor learning and motor retention during a locomotor adaptation task. We further hypothesized that gains in motor learning and retention will be associated with reductions in net metabolic power, consistent with the acquisition of energetically favourable mechanics. Thirty healthy individuals were randomly allocated into either a control group or an AIH group. We utilized a split-belt treadmill to characterize adaptations to an unexpected belt speed perturbation of equal magnitude during an initial exposure and a second exposure. Adaptation was characterized by changes in spatiotemporal step asymmetry, anterior-posterior force asymmetry, and net metabolic power. While both groups adapted by reducing spatial asymmetry, only the AIH group achieved significant reductions in double support time asymmetry and propulsive force asymmetry during both the initial and the second exposures to the belt speed perturbation. Net metabolic power was also significantly lower in the AIH group, with significant reductions from the initial perturbation exposure to the second. These results provide the first evidence that AIH mediates improvements in both motor learning and retention. Further, our results suggest that reductions in net metabolic power continue to be optimized upon subsequent learning and are driven by more energetically favourable temporal coordination strategies. Our observation that AIH facilitates motor learning and retention can be leveraged to design rehabilitation interventions that promote functional recovery. KEY POINTS: Brief exposures to low oxygen air, known as acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH), improves locomotor function in humans after a spinal cord injury, but it remains unclear how gains in motor performance are achieved. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that AIH induces enhancements in motor learning and retention by quantifying changes in interlimb coordination, anterior-posterior force symmetry and metabolic cost during a locomotor adaptation task. We show the first evidence that AIH improves both motor learning and savings of newly learned temporal interlimb coordination strategies and force asymmetry compared to untreated individuals. We further demonstrate that AIH elicits greater reductions in metabolic cost during motor learning that continues to be optimized upon subsequent learning. Our findings suggest that AIH-induced gains in locomotor performance are facilitated by enhancements in motor learning and retention of more energetically favourable coordination strategies.
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a cancer stem cell, to provide the cancer stem cell produced by the method, to provide a method for screening a cancer stem cell-targeting substance and a method for screening an anticancerous substance using the cancer stem cell, to provide a pharmaceutical composition comprising the substances obtained by the methods and to provide a diagnostic method for cancer including a step of detecting a protein or an mRNA which is specifically expressed in the cancer stem cell.  <P>SOLUTION: The method for producing the cancer stem cell includes a step of feeding a normal cell to Ras activation and p53 deficiency. The cancer stem cell is produced by the method. Furthermore, the method for screening the cancer stem cell-targeting substance and the method for screening the anticancerous substance using the cancer stem cell are provided. The pharmaceutical composition comprises the substances obtained by the methods. The diagnostic method for the cancer includes the step of detecting the protein or the mRNA which is specifically expressed in the cancer stem cell.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
von Willebrand disease (VWD) is the most frequent inherited bleeding disorder, with an estimated symptomatic prevalence of 1 per 1000 in the general population. VWD is characterized by defects in the quantity, quality, or multimeric structure of von Willebrand factor (VWF), a glycoprotein being hemostatically essential in circulation. VWD is classified into 3 principal types: low VWF/type 1 with partial quantitative deficiency of VWF, type 3 with virtual absence of VWF, and type 2 with functional abnormalities of VWF, being classified as 2A, 2B, 2M, and 2N. A new VWD type has been officially recognized by the ISTH SSC on von Willebrand factor which has also been discussed by the joint ASH/ISTH/NHF/WFH 2021 guidelines (ie, type 1C), indicating patients with quantitative deficiency due to an enhanced VWF clearance. With the advent of next-generation sequencing technologies, the process of genetic diagnosis has substantially changed and improved accuracy. Therefore, nowadays, patients with type 3 and severe type 1 VWD can benefit from genetic testing as much as type 2 VWD. Specifically, genetic testing can be used to confirm or differentiate a VWD diagnosis, as well as to provide genetic counseling. The focus of this manuscript is to discuss the current knowledge on VWD molecular pathophysiology and the application of genetic testing for VWD diagnosis.
Immune checkpoint inhibitors have transformed the treatment for multiple cancers and are increasingly used in recent years, but they can cause potentially life-threatening cardiac toxicity. We report a case of a 64-year-old gentleman who presented to the Emergency Department with symptoms of fatigue and breathlessness whilst receiving treatment with an immune checkpoint inhibitor, pembrolizumab, for cholangiocarcinoma. He was found to be in cardiogenic shock with an abnormal electrocardiogram and elevated cardiac troponin at presentation. Echocardiogram demonstrated severely impaired right and left ventricular function. Computed tomography pulmonary angiography and invasive coronary angiography excluded pulmonary embolism and acute myocardial infarction, respectively, and he was diagnosed with immune checkpoint inhibitor associated myocarditis. He was treated with high-dose methylprednisolone and a dobutamine infusion. Within days, his troponin and C-reactive protein levels decreased, and his left ventricular function improved. He was established on heart failure therapies and discharged from hospital 12 days later.
BACKGROUND: Magnesium (Mg) is both an essential macro-element and a known catalyst, and it plays a vital role in various physiological activities and mechanisms in relation to chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, epidemiological evidence involving this is limited and not entirely consistent. This study aims to explore the association of serum Mg concentrations with the risk of CKD among general Chinese adults.
METHODS: A total of 8,277 Chinese adults were included in the wave of 2009 from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS). The primary outcome was the risk of CKD, which was defined as the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2. Multivariable logistic regression model was used to examine the relationship of serum Mg concentrations with the risk of CKD.
RESULTS: Included were 8,277 individuals, with an overall CKD prevalence of 11.8% (n = 977). Compared with the first quartile of serum Mg, the multivariable-adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for participants in the second, third, and fourth quartiles of serum Mg were 0.74 (0.58, 0.93), 0.87 (0.69, 1.11) and 1.29 (1.03, 1.61), respectively. Similar results were observed in our several sensitivity analyses. Restricted cubic spline analysis demonstrated a nonlinear (similar "J"-shaped) association between serum Mg concentrations and the risk of CKD (Pnonlinearity <0.001), with a threshold at around a serum Mg value of 2.2 mg/dL.
CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggested a similar "J"-shaped association between serum Mg concentration and the risk of CKD among Chinese adults. Further large prospective studies are needed to verify these findings.
Human skin becomes thinner and looses its elasticity with increasing age. These features of intrinsic skin aging are due to reduction in collagen synthesis with a concomitant increase in collagen and elastic fiber breakdown by matrix metalloproteinase (MMPs). In addition to these changes that occur simply from the passage of time, skin that is chronically exposed to the sun undergoes accelerated aging process referred to as photoaging. Here sun causes further alterations in dermal matrix by transiently inducing MMPs with each irradiation. Bateman's purpura (BP) is a bruised lesion that is commonly seen on the sun-exposed extensor surfaces of forearms and hands in elderly individuals. It is of no medical significance. However, to those afflicted, BP is often a great source of distress for its unsightliness and the obvious sign of aging it represents. The pathophysiology of BP has not been rigorously studied. Its exclusive presence on the sun-exposed surfaces of frequently traumatized areas suggests that photoaging associated loss of supporting structures around cutaneous blood vessels render the vessels easily torn by shearing injuries, thus causing purpura.

Topical use of tretinoin (RA) 0.1% cream has been demonstrated to improve clinical as well as histologic changes associated with photodamaged skin. Improvement in skin wrinkles by RA appears to be related to dermal changes. RA causes accumulation of epidermal and dermal TGF-alpha 1, a cytokine known to stimulate the synthesis of collagen I and VII, both of which, by ultrastructural criteria, are increased by RA in photodamaged skin. In fact, induction of dermal collagen formation by topically applied RA has been demonstrated in animal studies, and this has been confirmed in human studies. Therefore, it is postulated that topical treatment of BP prone skin with RA would buttress up cutaneous blood vessels by increasing the supporting collagenous structures around them. Such vessels ought to withstand shearing forces better, which would lead to some protection against the development of BP.

Retinol is a precursor to RA. When applied to human skin, it mediates all the effects that RA causes, but does so with much less skin irritation. Therefore, it is expected to be better tolerated by elderly skin than RA. In a seven day treatment study of elderly patients, retinol has been shown to induce mRNA levels of procollagen molecules in human skin in vivo. Therefore, it is hypothesized to improve the thin skin of elderly by increasing the synthesis of more collagen in both the photoaged, and hence improve BP, and the intrinsically aged human skin without causing significant irritant skin reaction.
The brain tumor known as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma is commonly found in children aged between 5 to 10 years. This type of tumor is aggressive and infiltrates the structures of the brain stem. Treatment options are limited due to the location of the tumor, making it impossible to surgically remove the mass like other brain cancers. The standard treatment for this type of tumor is radiation therapy, as this type of cancer does not respond to chemotherapy or currently available targeted drugs. However, radiation therapy has been found to be ineffective and does not improve survival rates.

Currently, there is development in cancer treatment using immunotherapy, where the patient's immune cells are genetically modified to target the cancer, also known as CAR T cells, for the treatment of recurrent or refractory cancers in solid tumors and brain cancers. The research project aims to study the efficacy and safety of treating patients with pontine glioma using T cells that are antigen-specific and have signals from the interleukin-7 receptor alpha and are specific to the B7H3 antigen on the tumor surface. This research is the first of its kind in Thai patients. The research project expects that this treatment will be highly safe and effective in controlling diffuse pontine glioma.
INTENSIVE 3 MONTHS Appropriate local imaging including ultrasound for soft-tissue sarcomas at three-month follow-up A CT scan of the chest was done on a six-monthly basis. CXR at the intervening three-month follow-up.
Controlled Substance Class

Citalopram HBr is not a controlled substance.

Physical and Psychological Dependence

Animal studies suggest that the abuse liability of Citalopram HBr tablets is low. Citalopram HBr tablets have not been systematically studied in humans for its potential for abuse, tolerance, or physical dependence. The premarketing clinical experience with Citalopram HBr tablets did not reveal any drug seeking behavior. However, these observations were not systematic and it is not possible to predict on the basis of this limited experience the extent to which a CNS-active drug will be misused, diverted, and/or abused once marketed. Consequently, physicians should carefully evaluate Citalopram HBr tablets patients for history of drug abuse and follow such patients closely, observing them for signs of misuse or abuse (e.g., development of tolerance, incrementations of dose, drug-seeking behavior).
Patients will be randomized into two patient groups: Ketorolac (Toradol) injection group (n=30) and or Steroid injection group (n=30). Patients assigned to Steroid group will receive a single dose of 80mg of Triamcinolone Acetonide (Kenalog) mixed with 8mL of 1% lidocaine with epinephrine 1:100,000. Patients will be blinded to the kind of injection they receive, but the physicians who perform the injection will not be blinded for the medical record purposes. The injection will be done under ultrasound guidance to the subacromial space.
OJEMDA can cause hepatotoxicity. In the pooled safety population [see Adverse Reactions (6.1)], increased alanine aminotransferase (ALT) occurred in 42% and increased aspartate aminotransferase (AST) occurred in 74%, including Grade 3 ALT in 4% and increased AST in 2% of patients treated with OJEMDA. The median time to onset of increased ALT or AST was 14 days (range: 3 to 280 days). Increased ALT or AST leading to dose interruption occurred in 5% of patients and dose reductions were required in 1.2% of patients. Increased bilirubin occurred in 23% of patients, including Grade 3 increased bilirubin in 0.6% of patients (n=1) treated with OJEMDA. Hyperbilirubinemia leading to dose discontinuation occurred in a single adult patient with an advanced non-CNS solid tumor.

Monitor liver function tests, including ALT, AST and bilirubin, before initiation of OJEMDA, one month after initiation and then every three months thereafter and as clinically indicated. Withhold and resume at the same or reduced dose upon improvement, or permanently discontinue OJEMDA based on the severity [see Dosage and Administration (2.5)].
Lung cancer is a high degree of malignancy. Although surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy have made significant progress and become general methods of clinical treatment, the overall survival rate is still low. In recent years, targeted therapy and immunotherapy have a rapid development in the clinical treatment of tumors. Among them, natural killer (NK) cells have the advantages of rapid killing of diseased cells and low risk of graft-versus-host reaction. It is considered a great vector for chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), making them have good application prospects in tumor immunotherapy. However, its clinical application in lung cancer needs further research. Herein, we reported a case of a lung cancer patient undergoing CAR-NK cell immunotherapy after resection, which caused a cytokine storm and sudden death after the fourth treatment. This case report provides a reference for the forensic examination of cadavers that died after immunotherapy and challenges the clinical application of cell immunotherapy.
In some implementations, the device may include receiving a check-in. In addition, the device may include determining, based on polling the medical service facility, that a patient service is complete. The device may include receiving, from the medical service facility, a medical image and an accession number associated with the patient service. Moreover, the device may include sending, to a medical analysis facility a request for a medical report. Also, the device may include receiving a message from the medical analysis facility indicating that the medical report is not ready. Further, the device may include receiving all medical reports generated by the medical analysis facility and an associated accession number with each medical report.
Intrauterine adhesion (IUA) resulting from irreversible fibrotic repair of endometrium is the main cause of secondary infertility in women, and current therapeutic approaches to IUA are limited. Increasing evidence has suggested the important role of competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) in IUA pathologies. This study aimed to investigate the long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) metastasis associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1)-associated ceRNA in IUA development. We harvested endometrial tissues from patients with or without IUA and extracted endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) from normal endometrial tissues. Transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) was used to induce fibrosis in ESCs. The expression of transforming growth factor β receptor 1 (TGFβR1), α-smooth muscle actin, phosphorylated suppressor of mother against decapentaplegic (p-Smad)2/3, collagen type I alpha 1, MALAT1, and microRNA (miR)-22-3p in endometrial tissues and ESCs was measured by reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) or western blotting. Pearson's correlation analysis was conducted to assess the correlation between miR-22-3p expression or TGFβR1 and MALAT1 expression in endometrial tissues. The expression of TGFβR1 in ESCs was also evaluated by immunofluorescence staining. The location of MALAT1 was examined by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Luciferase reporter assays were performed to verify the binding relationship between MALAT1 or TGFβR1 and miR-22-3p. Cell viability was assessed via cell counting kit-8 assays. Our findings revealed that lncRNA MALAT1 and TGFβR1 were upregulated while miR-22-3p was downregulated in IUA endometrial tissues or TGF-β1-stimulated ESCs, and lncRNA MALAT1 expression was negatively correlated with miR-22-3p expression while being positively correlated with TGFβR1 expression in IUA endometrial tissues. Additionally, lncRNA MALAT1 was mainly located in the cytoplasm of ESCs and directly targeted miR-22-3p to regulate TGFβR1 expression. Moreover, knockdown of lncRNA MALAT1 exerted anti-fibrotic effects on ESCs by targeting miR-22-3p, and miR-22-3p overexpression inhibited the fibrosis of ESCs by binding to TGFβR1 3'untranslated region. Collectively, lncRNA MALAT1 promotes endometrial fibrosis by sponging miR-22-3p to regulate TGFβR1 and Smad2/3, and inhibition of MALAT1 may represent a promising therapeutic option for suppressing endometrial fibrosis.
Cabozantinib treatment will start at 40 mg of cabozantinib daily and dose escalate or de-escalate based on pre-specified criteria and at set dosing schedules to allow for smaller median dose changes between adjustments. The de-escalation would be fine-tuned and adjustments would be made in 10 mg average daily dosing increments by utilizing alternate day dosing schedules (e.g 60 mg/40 mg every other day) rather than decreasing by 20 mg. The maximum dose of cabozantinib is 60 mg daily. Cycles would be 28 days, with weekly follow-up for cycle 1 and bi-weekly follow-up for cycle 2 to allow for prompt dose adjustments, and then monthly. At each check-in, patients that have met the established protocol criteria and were not yet at the maximum dose of 60 mg daily would be eligible for dose-escalation. Patients would also be dose de-escalated as determined by the investigator. Patients who de-escalate may be allowed to re-escalate in the future.
Impaired Respiration: As with other potent opioids, clinically significant respiratory depression may occur within the recommended dose range in patients receiving therapeutic doses of buprenorphine. Buprenorphine hydrochloride should be used with caution in patients with compromised respiratory function (e.g., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cor pulmonale, decreased respiratory reserve, hypoxia, hypercapnia, or preexisting respiratory depression). Particular caution is advised if buprenorphine is administered to patients taking or recently receiving drugs with CNS/respiratory depressant effects. In patients with the physical and/or pharmacological risk factors above, the dose should be reduced by approximately one-half.

NALOXONE MAY NOT BE EFFECTIVE IN REVERSING THE RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION PRODUCED BY BUPRENORPHINE. THEREFORE, AS WITH OTHER POTENT OPIOIDS, THE PRIMARY MANAGEMENT OF OVERDOSE SHOULD BE THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF ADEQUATE VENTILATION WITH MECHANICAL ASSISTANCE OF RESPIRATION, IF REQUIRED.

Interaction with Other Central Nervous System Depressants: Patients receiving buprenorphine hydrochloride in the presence of other narcotic analgesics, general anesthetics, antihistamines, benzodiazepines, phenothiazines, other tranquilizers, sedative/hypnotics or other CNS depressants (including alcohol) may exhibit increased CNS depression. When such combined therapy is contemplated, it is particularly important that the dose of one or both agents be reduced.

Head Injury and Increased Intracranial Pressure: Buprenorphine hydrochloride, like other potent analgesics, may itself elevate cerebrospinal fluid pressure and should be used with caution in head injury, intracranial lesions and other circumstances where cerebrospinal pressure may be increased. Buprenorphine can produce miosis and changes in the level of consciousness which may interfere with patient evaluation.

Use In Ambulatory Patients: Buprenorphine may impair the mental or physical abilities required for the performance of potentially dangerous tasks such as driving a car or operating machinery. Therefore, buprenorphine hydrochloride should be administered with caution to ambulatory patients who should be warned to avoid such hazards.

Use in Narcotic-Dependent Patients: Because of the narcotic antagonist activity of buprenorphine, use in the physically dependent individual may result in withdrawal effects.
Atopic dermatitis is often accompanied by a lack of sleep efficiency, which may impact neurocognitive functions. This review assesses the association between sleep quality in atopic dermatitis patients and neurocognitive decline. Databases searched included PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science from inception to 8 January 2024, adhering to PRISMA guidelines. Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies were included. Records were screened and assessed for eligibility, with 13 studies included in the final analysis. From an initial pool of 4,529 records, 13 studies involving 272,868 participants met the inclusion criteria. The review identified a consistent pattern of sleep disruption in individuals with atopic dermatitis, which was associated with various short-term neurocognitive challenges such as impaired focus, decreased sleep efficiency, and lower IQ. Limited evidence was found for potential long-term cognitive decline associated with chronic atopic dermatitis. Lower sleep quality in atopic dermatitis is associated with neurocognitive deficits. While immediate effects are evident, further research is needed to understand potential long-term consequences. Integrating sleep management into atopic dermatitis care is imperative.