anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) has been increasingly recognized as a significant cause of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in young and middle-aged women and arises through mechanisms independent of atherosclerosis. SCAD has a multifactorial etiology that includes environmental, individual, and genetic factors distinct from those typically associated with coronary artery disease. Here, we summarize the current understanding of the genetic factors contributing to the development of SCAD and highlight those factors which differentiate SCAD from atherosclerotic coronary artery disease.
RECENT FINDINGS: Recent studies have revealed several associated variants with varying effect sizes for SCAD, giving rise to a complex genetic architecture. Associated genes highlight an important role for arterial cells and their extracellular matrix in the pathogenesis of SCAD, as well as notable genetic overlap between SCAD and other systemic arteriopathies such as fibromuscular dysplasia and vascular connective tissue diseases. Further investigation of individual variants (including in the associated gene PHACTR1) along with polygenic score analysis have demonstrated an inverse genetic relationship between SCAD and atherosclerosis as distinct causes of AMI. SCAD represents an increasingly recognized cause of AMI with opposing clinical and genetic risk factors from that of AMI due to atherosclerosis, and it is often associated with complex underlying genetic conditions. Genetic study of SCAD on a larger scale and with more diverse cohorts will not only further our evolving understanding of a newly defined genetic spectrum for AMI, but it will also inform the clinical utility of integrating genetic testing in AMI prevention and management moving forward.
Intervention clinics receiving fully functional Epic order panel with set default \[short\] duration by diagnosis: for cellulitis and drained abscess, 5 days. For impetigo and undrained abscess, 7 days.
FIELD: medicine. ^ SUBSTANCE: local composition for skin wound and ulcer tissues healing and regeneration in humans and animals contains extract of bark of Stryphnodendron polyphyllum or Stryphnodendron adstringens plants, and total phenols in specified amount as an active principle. Method for preparation of the local composition for skin wound and ulcer tissues healing and regeneration in humans and animals involves extraction of barks from Stryphnodendron polyphyllum or Stryphnodendron adstringens plants with solvent within 15 days. There is also disclosed application of extract of bark of Stryphnodendron plant with certain content of total phenols for preparation of the local composition for skin wound and ulcer tissues healing and regeneration in humans and animals, and method of skin wound healing by local application of the composition with certain content of total phenols. ^ EFFECT: composition is effective for skin wound and ulcer tissues healing and regeneration in humans and animals. ^ 17 cl, 8 dwg
According to the pathophysiological mechanisms linking particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure and cardiovascular diseases, PM2.5 may directly translocate into the blood stream and remote target organs and thereby induce cardiovascular effects. The toxicity of PM2.5 is known to induce oxidative stress in pulmonary tissue, but its impact on the redox state in heart (distant organ) is unknown and how it modulates the cardiac response to ischemia reperfusion (IR) remains unclear. In the present study, we evaluated the toxic effect of PM2.5 on cardiac physiology in the presence and absence of IR after introducing PM2.5 into the blood. Female Wistar rats were injected with diesel particulate matter (DPM) via i.p & i.v routes at a concentration of 10 µg/ml. The toxic impact of PM2.5 not only adversely affects the cardiac ultra-structure (leading to nuclear infiltration, edema, irregularities in heart muscle and nuclear infiltration), but also altered the cellular redox balance, elevated inflammation and promoted the upregulation of proapoptotic mediator genes at the basal level of myocardium. The results showed alterations in cardiac ultrastructure, elevated oxidative stress and significant redox imbalance, increased inflammation and proapoptotic mediators at the basal level of myocardium. Moreover, the cardioprotective pro survival signaling axis was declined along with an increased NF-kB activation at the basal level. IR inflicted further injury with deterioration of cardiac hemodynamic indices (Heart rate [HR], Left ventricular developed pressure [LVDP], Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure [LVEDP] and rate pressure product [RPP]) along with prominent inactivation of signaling pathways. Furthermore, the levels of GSH/GSSG, NADH/NAD, NADPH/NADP were significantly low along with increased lipid peroxidation in mitochondria of PM2.5 treated IR rat hearts. This observation was supported by downregulation of glutaredoxin and peroxiredoxin genes in the myocardium. Similarly the presence of oxidative stress inducing metals was found at a higher concentration in cardiac mitochondria. Thus, the toxic impact of PM2.5 in heart augment the IR associated pathological changes by altering the physiological response, initiating cellular metabolic alterations in mitochondria and modifying the signaling molecules.
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain powder which has excellent spreadability and adhesiveness, low glossiness and ease of molding and is safely usable as cosmetics by mixing synthetic fluorine gold mica powder and synthetic fluoropotassium tetrasilicate mica powder and subjecting the mixture to a heat treatment. SOLUTION: The synthetic fluorine gold mica powder of 5 to 50 μm in a median diameter determined by laser diffraction and the synthetic fluoropotassium tetrasilicate mica powder of 1 to 20 μm in laser diffraction type median diameter are mixed preferably at a ratio of 1:9 to 9:1. More preferably, water is put into a tank and the mica powder is adjusted to a solid component concentration of about 10%. The mixture is then agitated and mixed. This mixture is subjected to acid cleaning by adding an inorganic acid thereto, then to water washing dehydrating, drying an disintegrating. The powder mixture is heat treated at 900 to 1200 deg.C, by which the synthetic mica powder is obtained. The synthetic fluoropotassium tetrasilicate mica powder is formed to a polygonal planar and/or hexagonal planar shape by the heat treatment.  The fluorine elution rate in a severe elution test of the synthetic mica powder is <=20 ppm and acide elution rate of the powder subjected to the acid cleaning and heat treatment is <=2%.
A deficits-based approach to adolescent chronic pain currently dominates the literature, to the exclusion of positive approaches, such as flourishing. Addressing this knowledge gap, this study examined the relationships between flourishing and pain-related outcomes in adolescent chronic pain. Seventy-nine adolescents aged 11-24 years were asked to complete self-report measures of three domains of flourishing and four pain-related outcomes. Correlation coefficients and four hierarchical linear regression analyses were conducted, controlling for age and gender. Flourishing mental health was associated with, and significantly contributed to explaining, anxiety and depressive symptoms, and social and family functioning impairment. Benefit finding and posttraumatic growth were each associated with social and family functioning impairment, while posttraumatic growth was also associated with anxiety and depressive symptoms. Additionally, benefit finding significantly contributed to explaining pain intensity. Study findings underscore the importance of assessing the relationships between flourishing and pain-related outcomes in adolescents with chronic pain.
Early ketamine infusion therapy at a rate of 3 mcg/kg/min. All ketamine infusions will be calculated based on ideal body weight (IBW), unless actual body weight is less than ideal. Ketamine infusion therapy will be continued for 48 hours. At 2-4 hours post-infusion the patient's pain will be reassessed. If the NPS is more than 5 the infusion will be increased to 5mcg/kg/min. Following each change in the infusion rate the patient's pain will be reassessed at 2-4 hours and adjustments made accordingly. Maximum infusion rate will be set at 9mcg/kg/min. Conversely, The RAAPS team should be notified if neurologic symptoms (hallucinations, delusions, disturbing dreams, vertigo) are developing and, at the discretion of the RAAPS service, a single dose of lorazepam or midazolam may be utilized. The infusion can be decreased from in 2 mcg/kg/min increments if there are symptoms believed to be related to the infusion that do not respond to benzodiazepines.
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an external preparation for promotion of percutaneous absorption of a flow molecular weight water-soluble active constituent, having low stimulation to skin and high efficacy by including a branched fatty acid originating from soy bean. SOLUTION: The subject external preparation is obtained by including the branched fatty acid originating from soy bean preferably manifesting properties transparent at 10 deg.C. The preferable amount of the branched fatty acid in the external preparation is 0.01-30 wt.% based on the total of the preparation. For example, a salt of diisopropylamine, urea or the like can be use as the water-soluble low molecular weight constituent mixed in the preparation. This external preparation can be applied to medicines, unregulated drugs, cosmetics or the like, and applied as refreshing water, milky lotions, creams, packs or the like as dosage forms. This external preparation can be blended with color pigments such as tar dyes or the like, preservatives such as paraben or the like, silicone oils such as dimethylpolysiloxane or the like, hydrocarbons such as paraffin or the like.
Objective: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of nesiritide after total cavo-pulmonary connection surgery in children. Investigators hypothesized that compared with placebo, patients assigned to receive nesiritide will improve early postoperative outcomes. Study design: The study is a a single-center, randomized, single-blinded, placebo-controlled, two-arm parallel-group clinical trial, patients undergoing total cavo-pulmonary connection surgery are assigned to receive nesiritide or placebo. A standard dose of study drug was administered by a continuous infusion for ≥24 hours and ≤7 days after cardiac intensive care unit admission. The primary outcome is days of chest drainage. Secondary outcomes included days of hospitalization measures of cardiovascular function, renal function, and adverse events and neurohumoral. The eligible participants will be allocated into intervention and control groups in a 1:1 ratio randomly. The intervention group will receive study drug. All the participants will be followed up during hospitalization .

Statistical analysis: Evaluation will be carried out on an intention-to-treat basis. Values of analyzed endpoints between intervention group and control group will be compared according to the analysis plan.
Cognitively normal control subjects, age-, education- and sex-matched with older mTBI subjects, but lacking and mTBI history. All subjects must be within 1 standard deviation of normal on all neuropsychologic testing in order to be enrolled.
Prostate cancer (PC) is highly prevalent worldwide and is currently the 3rd most commonly diagnosed prostate cancer in Hong Kong male population with more than 1600 new cases diagnosed per year. Even with widely used serum Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) diagnostic testing, more than 50% men with newly diagnosed PC are deemed to have highrisk disease. 1 However, the current use of serum PSA as a diagnostic marker is unsatisfactory. Many patients has elevated serum PSA is actually due to other causes and also the level of serum PSA do not correlate with the staging and grading of prostate cancer. 2 Moreover, the current risk stratification system, based on PSA, clinical staging and Gleason score is of only limited value, as a significant proportion of patients with high-risk nonmetastatic PC have incurable disease due to locally advanced and/or occult metastasis, whilst others with indolent disease may never suffer morbidity or mortality from PC. Furthermore, high-risk (non-metastatic) prostate cancer (thus defined) exhibits a high degree of heterogeneity of response to current treatment protocols. Lastly, the characteristics of prostate cancer in our Chinese population might not be the same as those in Caucasian. 3,4 Several single biomarkers have been introduced in an attempt to address the clinical need for better prognostic tests in prostate cancer. For example, increased pre-operative PSA velocity (≥2ng/ml/per year) has been associated with increased risk of recurrence after prostatectomy5 and mortality6, as have increased serum levels of Kallikrein-2 and \[-2\]-pro PSA.7-10 Pre-operative levels of prostate cancer gene 3 (PCA3) have been found to be elevated in tumours \>0.5cc, 11 however these findings could not be confirmed in recent work.12 Therefore, in order to improve patient management and outcome, there is therefore an urgent need to improve our ability to identify newer markers and also validate some potential markers in our population.
Participants receive adenovirus-p53 transduced dendritic cell (Ad.p53-DC) vaccine ID in weeks 1, 3, 5, and 10, and then every 3 weeks for 6 total doses. Participants also receive 1-methyl-d-tryptophan (indoximod) orally (PO) daily (QD) on days 1-21. Treatment with 1-methyl-d-tryptophan repeats every 28 days (patients with stable disease) for up to 12 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
This group will have standard follow up in sleep unit at 1, 3 and 6 month. These patients will also be instructed in hygienic-dietary measures, standard care of cardiovascular risk factors and sleep hygiene counseling.
This study was designed to provide a preliminary evaluation of the efficacy and usability of the 2004 revised version of the booklet, Facing Forward, Life After Cancer Treatment (hereafter,Facing Forward)published by the National Cancer Institute. Facing Forward provides early stage cancer patients during the period after completing active treatment practical ways of dealing with common problems, including guidelines for managing physical, social, and emotional health. The study employed a randomized controlled repeated measures design and compared Facing Forward with a control document published by the National Cancer Institute, The Cancer Information Service: Questions and Answers. The intervention arm received both Facing Forward and the control document and the control arm received only the latter. Assessments were completed at baseline, which occurred at the patient's final cancer treatment visit or alternatively at the first follow-up visit for those scheduled to be evaluated and/or restaged within 28 days of their last treatment visit. The first follow-up assessment occurred eight weeks following the baseline assessment via mail-home materials, and the second occurred 6 months following the baseline assessment, again via mail-home materials. Baseline measures included background information (demographics, medical status), use of educational materials, survivorship activities engaged in, and psychological factors. The 8-week and 6-month assessments included uptake of actions recommended in Facing Forward, and ratings of Facing Forward with respect to its usability, including the booklet's informativeness, helpfulness, understandability, and extent read, and the same psychological factors assessed at baseline.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Postoperative adjuvant transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) can prevent recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in certain patients. This study aimed to identify the potential beneficiaries of adjuvant TACE.
METHODS: 477 patients who underwent curative resection for HCC were enrolled in this retrospectively cohort study. The trajectory of the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) during the perioperative period was fitted using a latent-class growth mixed model. The association between adjuvant TACE and recurrence-free survival in each PNI group was assessed using the Kaplan-Meier curve. Furthermore, Cox regression analysis was conducted to identify the risk factors for early recurrence after adjuvant TACE and develop a nomogram model.
RESULTS: Patients in the PNI group III had a high risk of recurrence and could benefit from adjuvant TACE (P = 0.009). The prognostic prediction model for adjuvant TACE (PAT) incorporated eight variables (PNI, tumor size, tumor number, microvascular invasion, sex, aspartate aminotransferase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, and degree of differentiation). Patients with PAT score >330 and 235-330 had significantly higher recurrence rates than those with PAT score <235 (P < 0.001).
CONCLUSION: PNI may help guide the selection of adjuvant TACE beneficiaries. PAT demonstrated a high accuracy in predicting the prognosis of patients who underwent postoperative TACE.
With a mini incision made under the umbilicus, the abdomen was entered with a 10 mm trocar. Pneumoperitoneum was created with CO2 gas. Intra-abdominal pressure was set to 14 mmHg. Under the guidance of the laparoscope, one 10 mm trocar from the subxiphoid area and two more 5 mm trocars from the subcostal area were inserted. The cystic artery and cystic duct were clipped and cut by exposing the Callot triangle. Then the gallbladder was separated from the liver bed and taken out of the abdomen. The CO2 in the abdomen was evacuated and the trocars were removed. The fascia defect and skin were closed and the operation was terminated.
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is characterized by chronic hemolytic anemia associated with impaired cerebral hemodynamics and oxygen metabolism. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is currently the only curative treatment for patients with SCD. Whereas normalization of hemoglobin levels and hemolysis markers has been reported after HSCT, its effects on cerebral perfusion and oxygenation in adult SCD patients remain largely unexplored. This study investigated the effects of HSCT on cerebral blood flow (CBF), oxygen delivery, cerebrovascular reserve (CVR), oxygen extraction fraction (OEF), and cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO2 ) in 17 adult SCD patients (mean age: 25.0 ± 8.0, 6 females) before and after HSCT and 10 healthy ethnicity-matched controls (mean age: 28.0 ± 8.8, 6 females) using MRI. For the CVR assessment, perfusion scans were performed before and after acetazolamide as a vasodilatory stimulus. Following HSCT, gray and white matter (GM and WM) CBF decreased (p < .01), while GM and WM CVR increased (p < .01) compared with the baseline measures. OEF and CMRO2 also increased towards levels in healthy controls (p < .01). The normalization of cerebral perfusion and oxygen metabolism corresponded with a significant increase in hemoglobin levels and decreases in reticulocytes, total bilirubin, and LDH as markers of hemolysis (p < .01). This study shows that HSCT results in the normalization of cerebral perfusion and oxygen metabolism, even in adult patients with SCD. Future follow-up MRI scans will determine whether the observed normalization of cerebral hemodynamics and oxygen metabolism prevents new silent cerebral infarcts.
PCT No. PCT/DK81/00043 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 28, 1981 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 28, 1981 PCT Filed Apr. 27, 1981 PCT Pub. No. WO81/02977 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 29, 1981.Sterilized, preserved, stable mucine-containing solutions for use for application to sensitive human mucous membranes of the oral cavity, the nasal system, and the eye ephithel contain an oxidizing bactericide, in particular hydrogen peroxide, as preservative. Even at very small hydrogen peroxide concentrations, solutions remain bactericidal over prolonged periods such as 1-2 years. Mucine used is porcine gastric mucine or bovine salivary mucine or-to adjust the polar/non-polar properties-a mixture of both. The pronounced lubricating effect, combined with suitable viscosity, low surface tension and ability to coat and protect mucous membranes renders the solutions well suited as artificial salivas, ophthalmic solutions, and carriers for medicaments.
BACKGROUND: Repetitive mild traumatic brain injury (rmTBI) can lead to somatic, emotional, and cognitive symptoms that persist for years after the initial injury. Although the ability of various treatments to promote recovery after rmTBI has been explored, the optimal time window for early intervention after rmTBI is unclear. Previous research has shown that hydrogen-rich water (HRW) can diffuse through the blood-brain - barrier, attenuate local oxidative stress, and reduce neuronal apoptosis in patients with severe traumatic brain injury. However, research on the effect of HRW on rmTBI is scarce.
AIMS: The objectives of this study were to explore the following changes after rmTBI and HRW treatment: (i) temporal changes in inflammasome activation and oxidative stress-related protein expression through immunoblotting, (ii) temporal changes in neuron/myelin-related metabolite concentrations in vivo through magnetic resonance spectroscopy, (iii) myelin structural changes in late-stage rmTBI via immunofluorescence, and (iv) postinjury anxiety/depression-like behaviors and spatial learning and memory impairment.
RESULTS: NLRP-3 expression in the rmTBI group was elevated at 7 and 14 DPI, and inflammasome marker levels returned to normal at 30 DPI. Oxidative stress persisted throughout the first month postinjury. HRW replacement significantly decreased Nrf2 expression in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampal CA2 region at 14 and 30 DPI, respectively. Edema and local gliosis in the hippocampus and restricted diffusion in the thalamus were observed on MR-ADC images. The tCho/tCr ratio in the rmTBI group was elevated, and the tNAA/tCr ratio was decreased at 30 DPI. Compared with the mice in the other groups, the mice in the rmTBI group spent more time exploring the open arms in the elevated plus maze (P < 0.05) and were more active in the maze (longer total distance traveled). In the sucrose preference test, the rmTBI group exhibited anhedonia. In the Morris water maze test, the latency to find the hidden platform in the rmTBI group was longer than that in the sham and HRW groups (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Early intervention with HRW can attenuate inflammasome assembly and reduce oxidative stress after rmTBI. These changes may restore local oligodendrocyte function, promote myelin repair, prevent axonal damage and neuronal apoptosis, and alleviate depression-like behavior and cognitive impairment.
Virus inactivating chemicals and/or detergents in an aqueous composition containing a water-soluble plasma protein are reduced by selecting a suitable combination of temperature and concentration above 0.5M of salt with a high salting out effect according to the Hofmeister series, thereby forming vesicles containing the virus inactivating chemical and/or detergent. These vesicles are removed from the aqueous phase, e.g. by phase separation or filtration, and the protein thereafter isolated from the aqueous phase. The water-soluble plasma protein can be e.g. antithrombin III, transferrin or albumin. When the aqueous phase comprises e.g. a salt of citrate or sulphate in a concentration above 1M at room temperature, the reduction of virus inactivating chemical or detergent can be as high as 2000 times or more, giving a final concentration below 5 ppm.