anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
Catheter ablation therapy for persistent atrial fibrillation (PeAF) is both difficult and has limited outcomes. The mechanisms underlying the development and persistence of atrial fibrillation (AF) are not fully understood; therefore, ablation strategies are diverse. A 45-year-old man was referred to our hospital for persistent atrial fibrillation to undergo radiofrequency catheter insertion (RFCA). In the first session we conducted pulmonary vein isolation and additional linear ablation, including that of the roof line and posterior inferior line (posterior box lesion) as the stepwise ablation. However, AF was recurred in six months, therefore he was readmitted for second session ablation preoperative 3D computed tomography (CT) scan for drug-refractory PeAF was performed. The additional isolation of the left superior pulmonary vein and potential drivers of AF by mapping wavefront propagation using multipolar catheters by CARTOFINDER (Biosense Webster, Inc, Diamond Bar, CA, USA) was conducted. However, AF did not terminate. Tomography revealed that the left atrial (LA) diverticulum (LAD) was found uniquely. Electrophysiological findings showed focal firing of the myocardial sleeve and LA diverticulum by an approach for defragmented potentials by re-visiting in interval confidence level (ICL) mode included in the electroanatomical mapping system (CARTO 3, Biosense Webster, Inc, Diamond Bar, CA, USA) and the ablation by encircling this site finally made AF terminate. The AF has not recurred for more than 12 months without the use of antiarrhythmic drugs. This case report suggests that additional ablation around substrates in LAD may be effective for treating refractory AF.
The active study drug consists of Oxalobacter formigenes OC5 in enteric-coated size-4 capsules. The dose (not less than (NLT) 1E+09 colony forming units (CFU)) will be administrated orally with breakfast and dinner as one capsule two times per day for 8 to 10 weeks.
Volvulus describes the twisting of the intestine or colon around its mesentery. Intestinal obstruction and/or ischaemia are the most common complications of volvulus. Within the gastrointestinal tract, there is a preponderance towards colonic volvulus. The sigmoid is the most commonly affected segment, followed by the caecum, small intestine and stomach. Distinguishing between the differing anatomical locations of gastrointestinal volvulus can be challenging, but is important for the management and prognosis. This article focuses on the main anatomical sites of gastrointestinal volvulus encountered in clinical practice. The aetiology, presentation, radiological features and management options for each are discussed to highlight the key differences.
Half of the dentition will receive scaling and root surface debridement within a week followed by the irrigation of 0.9% normal saline into the site with pocket depth \>5mm. Normal saline irrigation will be repeated for 2 more times at an interval of 3 days.
Cohorts will follow a 3+3 study design. Approx. 6 to 12 subjects will be enrolled in the dose escalation phase of ZB716 in combination with Palbociclib. For Part C, doses will be administered at escalating doses starting with 1 dose level below the monotherapy RD (determined in Part A) and Palbociclib will be dosed at the fixed standard dose of 125 mg QD. ZB716 will be administered on a 28 day cycle and Palbociclib will be administered for 21 days in the cycle with 7 days off treatment. Administration of the higher dose level (at monotherapy RD) of ZB716 (with the standard dose of Palbociclib) to subsequent subjects will be based on the occurrence of DLTs during the DLT observation period (Cycle 1), until MAD of ZB716 with combination of Palbociclib is reached. Doses will be administered in the dietary status for dosing as determined from Part A fed/fasted comparison.
The second phase of the data collection process will entail one to one interviews with up to ten (10) Staff at the Day Hospital. The study will include staff that routinely work with frail older people at the Day Hospital including nurses (registered and unregistered), doctors, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and therapy assistants that can give free and fully informed consent. Furthermore, the study will include both part-time and full-time staff with a minimum of six months of work experience with frail older people.
The present invention relates to a kind of traditional Chinese medicinal prepn. for elucopenia. The recipe (by wt.%) consists of: oldenlandia 30-55, root of membranous milk vetch 30-55, sealwort 15-40. Through the process of mixing, decocting, removing dregs, concentrating, adding excipient and adding flavouring, various traditional Chinese medicinal prepns. are made up. Through the clinical trial, said prepn. can improve the leucopenia, increase the leucocyte, improve the circulatation of marrow, enhance the immunocompetence and there is no any toxic side effect.
BACKGROUND: The effect of preoperative natural killer (NK) cell abnormalities on postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) after thoracoscopic radical resection of lung cancer is still unclear. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the preoperative NK cell ratio and PPCs.
METHODS: The patients who underwent thoracoscopic radical resection for lung cancer were divided into a normal group and an abnormal group according to whether the proportion of preoperative NK cells was within the reference range. The main outcome was the incidence of PPCs during postoperative hospitalization. The demographic and perioperative data were collected. Propensity score matching was used to exclude systematic bias. Univariate logistic regression was used to test the relationship between the preoperative NK cell ratio and the incidence of PPCs. The restrictive cubic spline curve was used to analyze the dose-effect relationship between the preoperative NK cell ratio and the incidence of PPCs.
RESULTS: A total of 4161 patients were included. After establishing a matching cohort, 910 patients were included in the statistical analysis. The incidence of PPCs in the abnormal group was greater than that in the normal group (55.2% vs. 31.6%). The incidence of PPCs first decreased and then increased with increasing NK cell ratio. The proportion of patients with Grade 3 or higher PPCs in the normal group was lower than that in the abnormal group [108 (23.7%) vs. 223 (49%)]. The indwelling time of the thoracic drainage tube in the abnormal group was longer than that in the normal group [3 (3, 4) vs. 3 (3, 5)]. A preoperative abnormal NK cell ratio constituted a risk factor for PPCs in each subgroup.
CONCLUSION: Lung cancer patients with an abnormal proportion of peripheral blood NK cells before surgery were more likely to develop PPCs, their disease degree was more severe, and they had a prolonged duration of chest tube indwelling. Compared with those with abnormally high NK cell ratios, those with abnormally low NK cell ratios had more pronounced PPCs.
This study aimed to investigate whether neurological patients presenting with a bias in line bisection show specific problems in bisecting a line into two equal parts or their line bisection bias rather reflects a special case of a deficit in proportional reasoning more generally. In the latter case, the bias should also be observed for segmentations into thirds or quarters. To address this question, six neglect patients with a line bisection bias were administered additional tasks involving horizontal lines (e.g., segmentation into thirds and quarters, number line estimation, etc.). Their performance was compared to five neglect patients without a line bisection bias, 10 patients with right hemispheric lesions without neglect, and 32 healthy controls. Most interestingly, results indicated that neglect patients with a line bisection bias also overestimated segments on the left of the line (e.g., one third, one quarter) when dissecting lines into parts smaller than halves. In contrast, such segmentation biases were more nuanced when the required line segmentation was framed as a number line estimation task with either fractions or whole numbers. Taken together, this suggests a generalization of line bisection bias towards a segmentation or proportional processing bias, which is congruent with attentional weighting accounts of line bisection/neglect. As such, patients with a line bisection bias do not seem to have specific problems bisecting a line, but seem to suffer from a more general deficit processing proportions.
Restless sleep disorder (RSD) is an important sleep disorder characterised by the presence of frequent large muscle movements (LMM) during sleep, which may be comorbid to other conditions/diseases. In this study, we investigated the frequency and the characteristics of RSD among children who were evaluated by polysomnography (PSG) due to epileptic and non-epileptic nocturnal attacks. We analysed consecutively children younger than 18 years who were referred for PSG recording due to abnormal motor activities during sleep. The diagnosis of nocturnal events as sleep-related epilepsy was made based on the current consensus. Patients who were referred with suspicion of sleep-related epilepsy, but who were diagnosed to have non-epileptic nocturnal events and children with a definitive diagnosis of NREM sleep parasomnias were also enrolled. Sixty-two children were analysed in this study (17 children with sleep-related epilepsy, 20 children with NREM parasomnia, and 25 children with nocturnal events not otherwise classified [neNOS]). The mean number of LMM, LMM index, LMM-associated with arousal and its index were all significantly higher in children with sleep-related epilepsy. Restless sleep disorder was present in 47.1% of patients with epilepsy, 25% of patients with parasomnia, and in 20% of patients with neNOS. The mean A3 duration and the A3 index were higher in children with sleep-related epilepsy and RSD compared with those with parasomnia and restless sleep disorder. Patients with RSD had lower ferritin levels than those without RSD in all subgroups. Our study demonstrates a high prevalence of restless sleep disorder in children with sleep-related epilepsy, associated with an increased cyclic alternating pattern.
The epidural space is most commonly identified with loss-of-resistance (LOR). Though sensitive Epidural waveform analysis (EWA) provides a simple confirmatory adjunct for LOR. When the needle (or catheter) is correctly positioned inside the epidural space, pressure measurement at its tip results in a pulsatile waveform synchronized with arterial pulsations Currently, there exist two different methods for EWA. Since local anesthetic (LA) is administered through the catheter, pressure transduction through its tip ensures that it is properly positioned inside the epidural space prior to LA injection. Alternately, EWA can be performed through the needle prior to blind advancement of the epidural catheter.

Thus, in this randomized trial, the aim is to compare epidural waveform analysis through the needle (EWA-N) and through the catheter (EWA-C) for thoracic epidural blocks. The hypothesis is that, compared to EWA-C, EWA-N will result in a shorter performance time.
Hemostatic materials play a crucial role in trauma medicine. However, existing materials have poor hemostatic efficacy and a tendency to adhere to the wound surface, limiting their clinical effectiveness. Herein, a drug-loaded, superhydrophilic/superhydrophobic laminated material (DSLM), consisting of a superhydrophobic inner layer with a micropore array, a superhydrophilic chitosan-based sponge layer loaded with hemostatic/antimicrobial drugs, and a superhydrophobic outer layer, was developed. Furthermore, the DSLM allows unidirectional flow of blood and exudates from the wound bed through the superhydrophobic inner layer while facilitating efficient drug delivery. In addition, it possesses excellent biocompatibility and antiadhesion properties, as confirmed by in vivo and in vitro experiments. Compared with traditional hemostatic materials, the DSLM remarkably increased the survival time by over threefold in the acute femoral transaction wound bleeding model, and simultaneously prevented secondary wound damage by reducing peeling force to one-eighth incomparison to pristine gauze. The DSLM holds promise as a versatile clinical biomaterial for prehospital acute trauma treatment, with its simple structure facilitating manufacturing and expanding applications in biomedicine.
Provided are compounds of Formula (I), which are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases or disorders mediated by T lymphocytes and/or PKC, e.g. acute or chronic rejection of organ or tissue allo- or xenografts, graft versus host diseases, atherosclerosis, vascular occlusion due to vascular injury such as angioplasty, restenosis, obesity, syndrome X, impaired glucose tolerance, polycystic ovary syndrome, hypertension, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CNS diseases such as Alzheimer disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cancer, infectious diseases such as AIDS, septic shock or adult respiratory distress syndrome, ischemia/reperfusion injury e.g. myocardial infraction, stroke, gut ischemia, renal failure or hemorrhage shock, or traumatic shock, e.g. traumatic brain injury. The compounds of (I) are also useful in the treatment and/or prevention of T-cell mediated acute or chronic inflammatory diseases or disorders or autoimmune diseases e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Hashimoto's thyroidis, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, diabetes type I or II and the disorders associated therewith, e.g. angiopathy, diabetic proliferative retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, nephropathy, neuropathy and dawn phenomenon, respiratory diseases such as asthma or inflammatory lung injury, inflammatory liver injury, inflammatory glomerular injury, cutaneous manifestations of immunologically-mediated disorders or illnesses, inflammatory and hyperproliferative skin diseases (such as psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, allergic contact dermatitis, irritant contact dermatitis and further eczematous dermatitises, seborrhoeic dermatitis), inflammatory eye diseases, e.g. Sjoegren's syndrome, keratoconjunctivitis or uveitis, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis.
Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) is a prevalent foodborne pathogen with a remarkable capacity to form biofilms on utensil surfaces. The Listeriolysin O (LLO) exhibits hemolytic activity, which is responsible for causing human infections. In this study, we investigated the inhibitory effect and mechanism of oregano essential oil (OEO) on L. monocytogenes, evaluated the effects on its biofilm removal and hemolytic activity. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of OEO against L. monocytogenes was 0.03 % (v/v). L. monocytogenes was treated with OEO at 3/2 MIC for 30 min the bacteria was decreased below the detection limit (10 CFU/mL) in PBS and TSB (the initial bacterial load was about 6.5 log CFU/mL). The level of L. monocytogenes in minced pork co-cultured with OEO (15 MIC) about 2.5 log CFU/g lower than that in the untreated group. The inhibitory mechanisms of OEO against planktonic L. monocytogenes encompassed perturbation of cellular morphology, elevation in reactive oxygen species levels, augmentation of lipid oxidation extent, hyperpolarization of membrane potential, and reduction in intracellular ATP concentration. In addition, OEO reduced biofilm coverage on the surface of glass slides by 62.03 % compared with the untreated group. Meanwhile, OEO (1/8 MIC) treatment reduced the hemolytic activity of L. monocytogenes to 24.6 % compared with the positive control. Molecular docking suggested carvacrol and thymol might reduce the hemolytic activity of L. monocytogenes. The results of this study demonstrate that OEO exhibits inhibitory effects against L. monocytogenes, biofilms and LLO, which had potential as natural antimicrobial for the inhibition of L. monocytogenes.
The invention discloses a decanoate ester solution as new-type coccidiostat preparation and preparing technique, which comprises the following parts: 0. 5-10% decanoate ester, 80-99% solutizer, 1-10% magnesium compound, 1-20% surface activator and pH adjuster. The preparing technique comprises the following steps: blending the solutizer and magnesium compound; heating to 60-90 deg. c; adding decanoate ester to stir 20-60 min; making the solution become yellow clear solution; adding surface activator to stir 5min; cooling the solution to indoor temperature; adjusting pH value to 5-8; filtering; packing; obtaining the product with high stability. The invention can be preserved for 1 year under indoor temperature or 6 months in the accelerating test (40 deg. c) without changing color and property to keep the content not to reduce obviously, which has high sensitivity for coccidian with good spreading and applying value.
Patients not taking oral medications for depression. They will receive the study intervention consisting in general anesthesia with the volatile anesthetic gas Isoflurane until burst suppression is detected in electroencephalogram more than 80% of the time for 15 minutes.
Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes and cisplatin IV over 1 hour on days 1, 8, and 15 every 28 days. Patients with complete response may receive an additional 2 courses after attainment of complete response status. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicities for a maximum of 8 courses. Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years and then at 3 years after treatment.
FIELD: medicine, hematology. SUBSTANCE: sodium hypochlorite solution at concentration 380 mg/l is administrated intravenously at rate 20-25 drops/min at volume equal 1/10 of circulating blood volume in patient. Procedure number is 1-3 for course treatment. Method is used at intense therapy treatment for gaseous blood composition correction. EFFECT: improved method of correction. 1 tbl
FIELD: medicine.SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to the field of medicine, namely to ophthalmology, and is intended for treatment of a disease or condition of the posterior segment of the eye. In the method, the local aqueous preparation contains a pharmaceutically active amount of a steroid and a thermodynamically stable, self-forming liposome formed from a PEG-based lipid, where the percentage by weight of lipid is less than 20 % by weight of the total weight of the preparation. Said steroid is a triamcinolone acetonide. In another embodiment, a topical ophthalmic preparation for treating the posterior segment of the eye is disclosed, comprising a thermodynamically stable, self-forming liposome having a chain of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and a glycerol backbone, triamcinolone acetonide, a surfactant and a buffering agent. In yet another embodiment, the self-forming, thermodynamically stable liposome contains a PEG-based lipid conjugate selected from the diacylglycerol-PEG compound, where the conjugate has a melting point below about 40 °C, and the length of the acyl chain is greater than or equal to 14 carbon atoms, and the PEG chain has a molecular weight of between about 300 and 5,000 Dalton. Also provided is a method for treating a disease of the posterior segment of the eye in a patient in need of such treatment, including local administration to the eye surface of a pharmaceutically effective amount of a local ophthalmic preparation containing a thermodynamically stable, self-forming liposome formed from a PEG lipid and triamcinolone acetonide.EFFECT: use of a group of inventions provides treatment of a disease or condition of the posterior segment of the eye by local administration.20 cl, 1 tbl, 7 dwg, 4 ex
PURPOSE: A transglutaminase inhibitor containing oltipraz is provided to prevent or treat diseases caused by transglutaminase activation without side effects. CONSTITUTION: A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diseases caused by transglutaminase activation contains oltipraz or pharmaceutically acceptable salt. The diseases are inflammatory diseases, cancers, or neurological disorders. The inflammatory diseases are chronic inflammatory disorder such as degenerative arthritis, septicemia, or autoimmune myositis. The neurological disorder is Alzheimer disease, Huntington disease, or Parkinson's disease. The composition and treatment using the same are applied to mammals such as human, pig, camel, dog, horse, sheep, and cat.
A patch applicator for easy application of a transdermal patch, especially a small transdermal patch of size 20 cm 2  or less. The patch applicator includes a bottom release liner, a transdermal patch releaseably attached to the bottom release liner, and a top release liner releasably attached to the transdermal patch. The top release liner has a first tab which extends beyond an end margin of the transdermal patch, so that a patch user may easily grasp the tab and remove the top release liner and patch from the lower release liner. The patch is then applied to the skin or mucosa A second tab of the top release liner preferably also extends beyond an end margin of the patch so that the top release liner may be easily removed from the patch after the patch has been applied to the skin or mucosa. Alternatively, the first and second tabs are removed from the patch by peeling back the tabs from a slit between the tabs. The first and second tabs are differently and distinctly marked to aid the patch user in applying the patch. The patch applicator reduces loss in manufacturing yield, and especially benefits the elderly population.
Sepsis is defined as a life-threatening organ dysfunction syndrome caused by dysregulated host response to infection, characterized by a systemic inflammatory response to infection. The use of antibiotics, fluid resuscitation, and organ support therapy has limited prognostic benefit in patients with sepsis, and its incidence is not diminishing, which is attracting increased attention in medicine. Sepsis remains one of the most debilitating and expensive illnesses. One of the main reasons of septic mortality is now understood to be disruption of immune homeostasis. Immunotherapy is revolutionizing the treatment of illnesses in which dysregulated immune responses play a significant role. This "trained immunity", which is a potent defense against infection regardless of the type of bacteria, fungus, or virus, is attributed to the discovery that the innate immune cells possess immune memory via metabolic and epigenetic reprogramming. Here we reviewed the immunotherapy of innate immune cells in sepsis, the features of trained immunity, and the relationship between trained immunity and sepsis.