anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
This study has been designed as prospective, single center, single arm, consecutive, blinded, pilot study conducted in a post-market setting using commercially available devices to evaluate the effectiveness of Endoscopic Ultrasound with ShearWave Elastography to estimate hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease. It is anticipated that the data from this study will support the need for additional clinical trials. All consenting, eligible patients reporting for an ultrasound and/or liver biopsy for evaluation of fibrosis meeting the inclusion criteria will be consecutively enrolled into the study and assigned a unique study identification number. A total of 52 subjects will be enrolled and treated at a single study site in the US. Enrollment is expected to be completed within 6 months. Each subject will undergo both procedures (FibroScan and EUS with SW Elastography), End of study will be reached after pathology results have been obtained (within a week of the initial procedure).
BACKGROUND: Novel radiotherapeutic modalities using carbon ions provide an increased relative biological effectiveness (RBE) compared to photons, delivering a higher biological dose while reducing radiation exposure for adjacent organs. This prospective phase 2 trial investigated bimodal radiotherapy using photons with carbon-ion (C12)-boost in patients with WHO grade 2 meningiomas following subtotal resection (Simpson grade 4 or 5).
METHODS: A total of 33 patients were enrolled from July 2012 until July 2020. The study treatment comprised a C12-boost (18 Gy [RBE] in 6 fractions) applied to the macroscopic tumor in combination with photon radiotherapy (50 Gy in 25 fractions). The primary endpoint was the 3-year progression-free survival (PFS), and the secondary endpoints included overall survival, safety and treatment toxicities.
RESULTS: With a median follow-up of 42 months, the 3-year estimates of PFS, local PFS and overall survival were 80.3%, 86.7%, and 89.8%, respectively. Radiation-induced contrast enhancement (RICE) was encountered in 45%, particularly in patients with periventricularly located meningiomas. Patients exhibiting RICE were mostly either asymptomatic (40%) or presented immediate neurological and radiological improvement (47%) after the administration of corticosteroids or bevacizumab in case of radiation necrosis (3/33). Treatment-associated complications occurred in 1 patient with radiation necrosis who died due to postoperative complications after resection of radiation necrosis. The study was prematurely terminated after recruiting 33 of the planned 40 patients.
CONCLUSIONS: Our study demonstrates a bimodal approach utilizing photons with C12-boost may achieve a superior local PFS to conventional photon RT, but must be balanced against the potential risks of toxicities.
Control group will not participate in the 12 week yoga class but will participate in Surveys, 6 minute walking test, lung function test, and biomarker analysis. Furthermore, they will be offered a yoga class after the study.
BACKGROUND: Genetic variants that severely alter protein products (e.g. nonsense, frameshift) are often associated with disease. For some genes, these predicted loss-of-function variants (pLoFs) are observed throughout the gene, whilst in others, they occur only at specific locations. We hypothesised that, for genes linked with monogenic diseases that display incomplete penetrance, pLoF variants present in apparently unaffected individuals may be limited to regions where pLoFs are tolerated. To test this, we investigated whether pLoF location could explain instances of incomplete penetrance of variants expected to be pathogenic for Mendelian conditions.
METHODS: We used exome sequence data in 454,773 individuals in the UK Biobank (UKB) to investigate the locations of pLoFs in a population cohort. We counted numbers of unique pLoF, missense, and synonymous variants in UKB in each quintile of the coding sequence (CDS) of all protein-coding genes and clustered the variants using Gaussian mixture models. We limited the analyses to genes with ≥ 5 variants of each type (16,473 genes). We compared the locations of pLoFs in UKB with all theoretically possible pLoFs in a transcript, and pathogenic pLoFs from ClinVar, and performed simulations to estimate the false-positive rate of non-uniformly distributed variants.
RESULTS: For most genes, all variant classes fell into clusters representing broadly uniform variant distributions, but genes in which haploinsufficiency causes developmental disorders were less likely to have uniform pLoF distribution than other genes (P < 2.2 × 10-6). We identified a number of genes, including ARID1B and GATA6, where pLoF variants in the first quarter of the CDS were rescued by the presence of an alternative translation start site and should not be reported as pathogenic. For other genes, such as ODC1, pLoFs were located approximately uniformly across the gene, but pathogenic pLoFs were clustered only at the end, consistent with a gain-of-function disease mechanism.
CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest the potential benefits of localised constraint metrics and that the location of pLoF variants should be considered when interpreting variants.
Metabolic surgery has proven to be a viable long-term solution in the treatment of morbid obesity and its comorbidities. It induces rapid remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is present in one quarter of patients at the bariatric outpatient clinic. Non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is present in 80% of all morbidly obese subjects and is a major risk factor for development of insulin resistance and non alcoholic steatohepatis (NASH), with the latter becoming the major indication for liver transplantation in the USA. It is increasingly recognized that the immune system, possibly driven by innate lymphoid cells (ILC's), and the intestinal microbiome are major players in this obesity related disease and the switch from benign to malign (insulin resistance and T2DM) obesity. However, the exact mechanisms of action behind the surgery-driven switch back from malign to benign obesity are unknown. Also, it is undecided which metabolic surgery grants best results in the remission of T2DM and which procedure does that at the lowest rate of surgical complications, long term difficulties and side effects. The Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (LRYGB), an efficient but complex procedure, is the golden standard in the Netherlands. The Laparoscopic Mini Gastric Bypass (LMGB) is technically less challenging and has been introduced to overcome some of the limitations of LRYGB. It has been hypothesized that the LMGB has a more rapid and durable glycaemic control, possibly due to the altered constitution and the augmented length of the biliary limb. There is reason to believe that the improved glycaemic control might become apparent within the first year of surgery and that it might remain thereafter. However, it is unknown what order of magnitude is to be expected and whether subgroups of T2DM patients will benefit the LMGB more. Also, it is unknown whether and to what extent intestinal microbiota and immunological tone can predict the metabolic response (improvement in insulin sensitivity) and NAFLD/NASH reduction and whether differences are expected between these two surgeries. Increased understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms as well as their relationship to metabolic disturbances are thought to be of crucial importance to discover new diagnostic and therapeutical targets in obesity associated insulin resistance/T2DM and NAFLD/NASH. Primary objective is to evaluate and compare the glycaemic control in T2DM within the first year of LRYGB and LMBG. Secondary aim is to gain insight in the pathophysiological mechanisms that drive the conversion of malign to benign obesity.
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a highly effective antiinflammatory/analgesic composition for external use by increasing skin permeability of a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory/analgesic agent.  <P>SOLUTION: This antiinflammatory/analgesic composition for external use contains (1) the nonsteroidal antiinflammatory/analgesic agent and (2) at least one selected from the group consisting of calcium hydrogen phosphate and anhydrous calcium hydrogen phosphate. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory/analgesic agents are used for chronic rheumatism, osteoarthritis and acute and chronic musculoskeletal pains but generally have a side effect such as gastrointestinal injury. Therefore, various formulations other than oral agents such as external preparations and suppositories have been developed and used for medical practice. The use of this composition solves the problem associated with the external preparations wherein satisfactory effects could not be achieved due to a marked deterioration in the skin permeability of the drug induced by a biological barrier effect of keratin.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
All individuals who will participate in the study will be treated once a week for 4-5 minutes in total 3 times with ESWT. 2000 impulses will be applied on calcinosis with 2.4 bar pressure and 5.0 Hz frequency.
OBJECTIVE: Open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) of the mandible has been a well-studied topic. However, there has not been a study investigating the relationship between suture type and complications.
METHODS: A retrospective chart review of patients who sustained mandibular fractures was conducted at an urban level I trauma center (2010-2018). Descriptive statistics were used to categorize the sociodemographic data. χ 2 and Mann-Whitney U testing were used to compare variables between the polyglactin 910 (vicryl) and chromic sutured groups.
RESULTS: The study cohort consisted of 102 patients who underwent ORIF of the mandible through the transoral approach. Fifty-nine (57.8%) patients were closed with vicryl suture, whereas 43 (42.2%) with chromic gut suture. There were no differences in sociodemographics, immune status, substance abuse status, fracture type, time to repair, and managing care team between the two groups. Both groups had similar rates of wound dehiscence, infection, and revision surgery. Patients who were operated on earlier were more likely to experience a postoperative infection and dehiscence compared with patients operated on later ( P = 0.029 and P = 0.008, respectively). Smokers were more likely to experience dehiscence compared with nonsmokers ( P = 0.001). Females and immunocompromised patients were more likely to require revision surgery ( P < 0.001).
CONCLUSION: Suture type for transoral, ORIF of the mandible does not impact the rate of infection, wound dehiscence, and revision surgery. However, risk factors for complications can include early operative repair, smoking, female sex, and immunosuppression.
The present invention relates to biocompatible and biodegradable stimuli-sensitive polymeric nanoparticles, which were formed by ion-ion interaction in aqueous media. Synthetic and biological macromolecules with ionizable functional groups are capable of forming nanoparticles whose size and surface properties are sensitive to environmental influences such as pH, temperature and salt concentration. Nanodevices are designed for therapeutic applications as drug and nucleic acid carriers, and/or for MRI diagnosis as contrast agents. These nanodevices are designed for therapeutic applications as targeted drug carriers. Additionally, they can be used as contrast agents for MRI diagnosis. These nanosystems are also potential carriers for delivery of active ingredients as DNA, RNA, short interfering RNA (siRNA), antisense oligonucleotides (AS-ON), and triple helix forming oligonucleotides (TFO) etc. for pharmaceutical applications. Their adjustable size offers yet another advantage.
The present invention relates to a lactic acid and glycerin preparation for improving the vaginal acidity and wettability of women, which belongs to the field of medical care. The patent provides a novel preparation for improving the vaginal acidity and wettability of women. The novel preparation is mainly composed of lactic acid and glycerin. Lactic acid and glycerin are materials for forming the vaginal fluid of women. The pH value of the vaginal acidity is adjusted to be 3.5 to 4.5 by the lactic acid, and the lactic acid is favorable to the survival of lactic acid bacilli and is not favorable to the survival of harmful bacteria which intrude in vaginas. The vagina wettability is adjusted by the glycerin which is favorable to the environmental sanitation of vaginas. The use level of the lactic acid is more than 4 mg / ml, and the use level of the glycerin is 0.16 to 50 mg / ml. the use levels of other components in the preparation are in the measured value of the normal vaginal fluid of women.
Intramuscular IncobotulinumtoxinA (Xeomin®) injection under guidance (EMG and/or sonographic monitoring), 2.5 to 40 U in each muscle (max. 5 forearm- and/or hand muscles).
UNLABELLED: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a large-vessel disease with high mortality, characterized by complex pathogenic mechanisms. Current therapeutic approaches remain insufficient to halt its progression. Fungi are important members of the gut microbiota. However, their characteristic alterations and roles in AAA remain unclear. This study investigated the role of gut fungal communities in the development of AAA through metagenomic sequencing of fecal samples from 31 healthy individuals and 33 AAA patients. We observed significant dysbiosis in the gut mycobiomes of AAA patients compared to healthy individuals, characterized by an increase in pathogenic fungi like Candida species and a decrease in beneficial yeasts such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The changes in fungal populations correlated strongly with clinical indicators of AAA, highlighting their potential for diagnosing and predicting AAA progression. Furthermore, our animal experiments demonstrated that Saccharomyces cerevisiae significantly ameliorated pathological alterations in AAA mice, suggesting a protective role for specific yeast strains against AAA development. These findings underscore the significant impact of gut mycobiomes on AAA and suggest that modulating these fungal communities could offer a novel therapeutic approach. Our research advances the understanding of the influence of gut microbiome on vascular diseases and suggests potential non-surgical approaches for managing AAA. By elucidating the diagnostic and therapeutic potential of gut fungi in AAA, this study provided important clues for future clinical strategies and therapeutic developments in the field of vascular medicine.
IMPORTANCE: Our research highlights the crucial role of gut fungi in abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) development. By analyzing fecal samples from AAA patients and healthy controls, we discovered significant dysbiosis in gut fungal communities, characterized by an increase in harmful Candida species and a decrease in beneficial yeasts like Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This dysbiosis was correlated with the severity of AAA. Importantly, in animal experiments, supplementing with Saccharomyces cerevisiae significantly slowed AAA progression. These findings suggest that modulating gut fungi may offer a novel, non-surgical approach to the diagnosis and treatment of AAA, potentially reducing the need for invasive procedures.
BACKGROUND: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fourth leading cause of death from cancer worldwide. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is associated with poor prognosis. This study aimed to evaluate risk factors, differences in clinical characteristics and prognosis of SBP in patients with HCC in comparison with non-HCC patients.
METHODS: This study was conducted on patients with cirrhosis who were admitted to hospital with SBP. The patients were divided into two groups: SBP group with HCC (n = 150) and SBP group without HCC (n = 250).
RESULTS: Men and women accounted for 72% and 28% (n = 108 and 42, respectively) of the population in SBP group with HCC with mean age 55.8 ± 13.1 years. They accounted for 68.4% and 31.6% (n = 171 and 79, respectively) in the SBP group without HCC with mean age 56.8 ± 10.5 years. In-hospital mortality was 25.3% in the SBP group with HCC and 18.8% in SBP group without HCC. Gastrointestinal bleeding was the most common cause of death in both groups. No significant difference was observed in patient outcomes between the two studied groups. The deceased patients had significantly higher levels of leukocytes and neutrophils in ascitic fluid as well as a higher frequency of positive culture results than in patients who survived (p < 0.001). However, there was no significant difference in protein level in ascitic fluid or causative organism between patients who survived and those who died (p = 0.63 and 0.19, respectively).
CONCLUSIONS: Prognosis of SBP in patients with HCC seemed similar to that in patients without HCC.
The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine preparation for treating cancer, which is prepared by 103 types of bulk drugs such as solidago decurrens, Chinese sage herb, hypericum japonicumand the like. A preparation method of the traditional Chinese medicine preparation comprises the following steps: preparing the bulk drugs into water extract by a conventional method; using the prepared water extract for preparing oral solution by a traditional method; drying the obtained water extraction, then conducting grinding and sieving; taking the throughs for extracting powder, and using the extracted powder for preparing tablets, granules, electuaries or capsules by a traditional method. The preparation method also can be as follows: sieving out the dust of the bulk drugs, conductinggrinding and sieving, taking the throughs, conducting disinfection and sterilization to obtain raw powder, and using the raw powder for preparing tablets, granules, electuaries or capsules by a traditional method. With drugs mixed rationally, the traditional Chinese medicine preparation addresses both the symptoms and root causes of cancer. The bulk drugs are frequently-used common Chinese drugs,have low preparation cost and small side effect, and can effectively enhance own immunity, attack pathogen while do not damage body. The traditional Chinese medicine preparation can cure various typesof cancer, particularly lung cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, cervical cancer and breast cancer.
INTRODUCTION: Traumatic extradural haematoma (EDH) is one of the neurosurgical emergencies in the paediatric population. One of the rare complications of extradural haematoma is adjacent parenchymal infarct from the compressive effect of haematoma leading to further morbidity. We aimed to evaluate the incidence and outcomes of this rare complication in paediatric trauma patients.
METHODS: We undertook a retrospective review of all operative extradural haematoma cases in single centre paediatric neurosurgical unit between the years 2008 and 2024. Cases with postoperative imaging were analysed for demographics, age, sex, dimensions of haematoma and underlying infarct, pre-operative GCS and pupillary abnormality and time interval from scan to surgery. Infarct was defined as well-defined parenchymal hypodensity corresponding to vascular territory and not attributable to contusions on postoperative CT head performed at 24-72 h. All patients suspected of stroke had further MRI brain for evaluation. Statistical analysis was then performed comparing groups with and without infarct.
RESULTS: Overall, 115 cases of extradural haematoma were identified during the study period. Eighty cases had adequate postoperative imaging to allow assessment for infarcts; 7.5% demonstrated evidence of infarct underlying extradural haematoma. Mean age in the infarct group was 1.8 years (M:F ratio 2:1) with mean EDH dimensions of 77 mm × 31.4 mm × 79.7 mm). Mean age in the non-infarct group was 8.6 years (M:F ratio 2:1) with mean EDH dimensions of (57.5 mm × 19.6 mm × 62.6 mm). Children with infarcts were significantly younger with larger haematoma dimensions and had a higher proportion of pupillary abnormalities. There was no significant difference in pre-operative GCS and scan-to-surgery time-lapse between the groups with and without infarct.
CONCLUSION: Compressive effect of EDH can lead to underlying parenchymal infarct. Children with extradural haematoma-related infarct were younger with larger haematoma size and a higher proportion of pupillary abnormalities.
In this study, according to the Location, Diameter, Risk factor (LDRf) classification principle, the influence and effect of esophageal varices diameter on the degree of complete ligation of multicyclic ligator were investigated. Methods. The esophageal veins of healthy piglets were filled with methylene blue solution, and the in vitro pig esophageal varices model was made, which were divided into three groups according to the diameter of esophageal varices: D1, 0.4-1.0 cm; D2, 1.1-1.5 cm; and D3, 1.6-2.0 cm. Finally, the ligation effect of each group was analyzed statistically. A total of 407 ligations were performed on the simulated esophageal variceal model. There were 103 ligations in the D1 group and 98 were complete (95.15%, 98/103); 151 ligations in the D2 group and 47 were complete (31.13%, 47/151); and 153 ligations in the D3 group but none were complete (0%, 0/153). There was significant difference in the degree of complete ligation between the two groups (χ2 = 38.0014, P ≤ 0.001). In the varicose ligation model, the complete ligation effect was the most complete and robust when the varicose diameter was 0.4-1.0 cm. This study showed that the varicose vein diameter in LDRf classification was reasonable and feasible to guide endoscopic varicose vein ligation.
BACKGROUND: We aimed to study, for the first time in the Egyptian population, the relationship between the serum adiponectin level in knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients and its correlation with clinical, radiological, and ultrasonographic characteristics. Additionally, investigate the relationship between the adiponectin (ADIPOQ) gene rs1501299 (+ 276G/T) polymorphism and KOA susceptibility and severity.
METHODS: This case-control study enrolled 40 patients with primary KOA and 40 matched controls. All patients underwent physical examination of the knee, pain assessment using the visual analogue scale (VAS), and functional evaluation by Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC). Severity of KOA was assessed by Kellgren Lawrence (KL) grading scale and ultrasonography grading systems. Serum adiponectin levels and adiponectin (ADIPOQ) gene single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (rs1501299) genotyping were done for all patients and controls.
RESULTS: The study included 40 patients with primary symptomatic KOA and 40 controls with comparable age, sex, and body mass index. The genotype of the rs1501299 (+ 276G/T) polymorphism of the ADIPOQ gene was determined using TaqMan allelic discrimination. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent test was used to measure the level of serum adiponectin. The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis (WOMAC) score was used to assess functional capability, while the visual analogue scale was utilised to assess knee pain. Using the Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) grading method and global femoral cartilage (GFC) ultrasound grading, the severity of KOA was assessed. No significant differences between patients and controls as regards the genotype distributions and allele frequencies (p = 0.400, p = 0.507, respectively) of ADIPOQ gene rs1501299 (+ 276G/T) polymorphism. Furthermore, serum adiponectin level was significantly higher in the patients compared to healthy subjects (p < 0.001). Additionally, adiponectin level had a significant negative correlation with disease severity as evaluated by KL and GFC grading (r=-0.351, p = 0.027 and r=-0.397, p = 0.011, respectively).
CONCLUSIONS: The ADIPOQ gene rs1501299 (+ 276G/T) polymorphism was not associated with KOA severity or vulnerability. The level of adiponectin considerably reduced as the severity of KOA rose, indicating that adiponectin may have a preventive effect in KOA.