anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease in children. The prevalence of asthma in children in China increased by nearly 50% in 2010 compared with 2000, and the proportion of children hospitalized for asthma exacerbation also increased. China has a large population base, and the number of children with asthma is large. Acute asthma attack is mainly characterized by airway smooth muscle contraction and mucus plug obstruction. At present, more attention has been paid to the treatment of airway mucosal inflammation and smooth muscle spasm, while the related research on the risk factors of asthma acute attack, mucus plug formation and its effect on asthma has been ignored. Bronchoscopy can directly and effectively remove the mucus plug formed in the airway of children with asthma, but there is a lack of clear application standards and procedures. Identifying the risk factors of mucus plug formation in hospitalized children with asthma exacerbation, identifying mucus plug, timely and targeted treatment, and education and training after discharge are of great significance to reduce the hospitalization rate and mortality.This study was a retrospective study. Children hospitalized for acute exacerbation of asthma from 2016 to 2021 were selected as the research objects. The clinical manifestations, bronchoscopy results and lung CT results of children hospitalized for acute exacerbation of asthma were summarized. To analyze the risk factors of acute exacerbation, clinical characteristics, risk factors of mucus plug formation in hospitalized children with asthma, and the safety and efficacy of flexible bronchoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of hospitalized children with asthma. The discharged children were investigated by written or online questionnaires to understand the acute attack of asthma, control level, compliance, appliability of the China Children's Asthma Action Plan, family management and medical utilization of children with asthma after discharge.
Prolonged use of high doses of orally active 17-alpha-alkyl androgens (e.g., methyltestosterone) has been associated with serious hepatic adverse effects (peliosis hepatis, hepatic neoplasms, cholestatic hepatitis, and jaundice). Peliosis hepatis can be a life-threatening or fatal complication. Long-term therapy with intramuscular testosterone enanthate, which elevates blood levels for prolonged periods, has produced multiple hepatic adenomas. TESTIM is not known to cause these adverse effects. Nonetheless, patients should be instructed to report any signs or symptoms of hepatic dysfunction (e.g., jaundice). If these occur, promptly discontinue TESTIM while the cause is evaluated.
The present disclosure relates to topical compositions comprising water, solvent, thickener, preservative and conditioning agent wherein the composition has a viscosity in the range 200-6000 cP at 25°C following exposure to gamma radiation. Also disclosed is the use of the said composition in a dressing and the use of compositions and dressings in treatment or prophylaxis of burns. The conditioning agent is a mineral complex derived from seawater. The solvent is preferably 1,3-propane diol. The thickener is preferably an acryloyldimethyl- taurate/VP crosspolymer and the preservative is preferably a mixture of phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, chlorphenesin and a polyaminopropyl biguanide (PHMB). The composition maintains its integrity upon irradiation with gamma radiation, i.e., does not lose viscosity, colour or become denatured.
Shock is a condition of reduced tissue perfusion, resulting in the inadequate delivery of oxygen and nutrients that are necessary for cellular function. Common causes of shock are hypovolemia (excessive blood or fluid loss), sepsis, cardiac failure, dengue and neuroendocrine dysfunction. The current resuscitative measures include administration of crystalloid solutions (e.g., 0.9% saline, Ringer's lactate, or hypertonic saline) or colloid solutions (e.g., hydroxyethyl starch, albumin, or dextrans). These agents can extend patient's life to a limited extent. Centhaquin (PMZ-2010) in very low doses reduced blood lactate levels, improved blood pressure, cardiac output, survival and proved to be a highly effective resuscitative agent. The investigators are conducting a phase I clinical study in humans to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of centhaquin citrate in normal healthy volunteers. Successful completion of phase I studies will lead to efficacy studies in patients with hypovolemic shock.
BACKGROUND: Liver transplantation (LT) offers patients with decompensated cirrhosis the best chance at long-term survival. With the rising prevalence of diabetes, further clarity is needed on the impact of receiving a liver allograft from a donor with diabetes on post-LT outcomes. This study aims to evaluate the impact of donor diabetes on clinical outcomes after LT.
METHODS: This is a retrospective analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing registry data of LT recipients from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2021. Outcomes analysis was performed using Cox proportional model for all-cause mortality and graft failure. Confounding was reduced by coarsened exact matching causal inference analysis.
RESULTS: Of 66 960 donors identified, 7178 (10.7%) had diabetes. Trend analysis revealed a longitudinal increase in the prevalence of donor diabetes ( P  < 0.001). Importantly, donor diabetes was associated with increased all-cause mortality (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.13; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.07-1.19; P  < 0.001) and graft failure (HR: 1.16; 95% CI, 1.11-1.22; P  < 0.001). Receiving donor organ with diabetes reduced graft survival in patients who received LT for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhosis (HR: 1.26; 95% CI, 1.13-1.41; P  < 0.001) but not other etiologies of cirrhosis.
CONCLUSIONS: Donor diabetes was associated with worse outcomes post-LT, particularly in patients receiving LT for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhosis. Future studies are needed to better understand the mechanism underlying this association to develop better risk stratification and clinical practice to improve the outcomes of the transplanted patients.
Palliative care has been highly recommended to be an integral part of oncology yet very few people have access to comprehensive palliative care. Access is even lower in rural, low socio-economic and Hispanic communities. Palliative care has been shown to decrease healthcare costs. This study will use an innovative approach to provide quality palliative care to gynecology-oncology Hispanic patients by using community health workers also known as promotoras. The promotora model has been shown to be successful in several behavioral modification programs. The investigators aim to use promotoras to deliver a comprehensive and culturally sensitive educational intervention that covers self-care in the presence of cancer, advance directives, pain management, and care taker awareness. The goal of the intervention will be to decrease number of emergency department visits and hospital admissions of patients with advanced cancer, and increase the rate of completion of advanced directives, as well as improve overall quality of life (as measured by standardized scales) when comparing the intervention group vs. the control (usual care) group. The investigators will additionally assess the cost effectiveness of this intervention.
In the 2023 Global Cancer Statistics, colorectal cancer remains the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the world. According to the latest China Cancer report, colorectal cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death in China. More specifically, the incidence and the mortality of colorectal cancer have been increasing year over year. Among newly diagnosed colorectal cancer patients, 20% have distant metastases. The 5-year survival rate for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) is less than 20%. In the latest updated 2023 National Cancer Comprehensive Network (NCCN) Colon Cancer Guidelines, mismatch repair genes/micro satellite state officially became a global classification standard. Patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer must be classified into MSS or MSI-H before treatment, that is, patients are divided into pMMR/MSS and dMMR/MSI-H subtypes after initial examination or clinical management, and then the treatment plan is determined. MSI-H accounts for 15% of all colorectal cancers and is mostly present in patients with early stage tumors. For patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, MSI-H colorectal cancer accounts for only 5% of all patients. Among them, the treatment of immune checkpoint inhibitors in MSI-H patients has become a first-line and neoadjuvant metastatic disease treatment recommendation.

Although clinical trials on the combination of targeted therapy and immunotherapy are increasing, clinical researches and clinical trials of targeted therapy combined immunotherapy, such as bevacizumab combined with PD-1, have not received enough attention and recognition. Currently reports believed that anti-programmed death-1 (PD-1) antibodies have been shown to produce significantly longer progression-free survival with fewer adverse events compared to chemotherapy as a first-line treatment for dMMR metastatic CRC (mCRC). In the simultaneous CRT sequential PD-1 (long range) and TNT simultaneous combined PD-1 (long range) clinical trials, CRT combined with PD-1/PD-L1 showed better near-term efficacy gains (pCR) in patients with locally staged pMMR. Although current researches on neoadjuvant therapy for MSS type bowel cancer is increasingly abundant, especially PD-1 is becoming more and more popular in the treatment of MSS type bowel cancer, the research in the field of neoadjuvant therapy for MSS metastatic colorectal cancer is still not explored. Therefore, our PD-1 combined with bevacizumab in the treatment of MSS type metastatic bowel cancer has greatly research value.

Based on the above reasons, we designed this study to observe the efficacy and safety of the target-free combination therapy regimen of PD-1 combined with bevacizumab for patients with MSS metastatic colorectal cancer, and strive to provide a high-level evidence-based basis for neoadjuvant therapy regimen for patients with MSS metastatic colorectal cancer.
Breast cancer or lymphoma patients currently undergoing anthracycline-based chemotherapy treatment. Patients are eligible if they have completed at least 1 cycle of chemotherapy. Free of known clinical cardiovascular disease.
L-Arabinose, lactulose, and Lactobacillus plantarum (L. plantarum) have been reported to have glucolipid-lowering effects. Here, the effects of L-arabinose and lactulose combined with L. plantarum on obesity traits were investigated. According to the experimental results, the combination of L-arabinose, lactulose, and L. plantarum was more effective at reducing body weight, regulating glucolipid metabolism, and improving insulin resistance. Besides, this combination showed immunomodulatory activity by adjusting the T lymphocyte subsets and reduced the immune-related cytokine production. Moreover, it improved the gut barrier, ameliorated the disorder of gut microbiota, and upregulated the levels of SCFAs. More importantly, the AL group, LP group, and ALLP group showed different regulatory effects on the abundance of Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus due to the presence of lactulose and L. plantarum. These findings elucidate that the combination of L-arabinose, lactulose, and L. plantarum constitutes a new synbiotic combination to control obesity by modulating glucolipid metabolism, immunomodulatory activity, inflammation, gut barrier, gut microbiota and production of SCFAs.
PURPOSE: There is limited data on oncologic outcomes in nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with variant histology (VH) managed with intravesical therapy. We sought to evaluate oncologic outcomes for this cohort at a high-volume center.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective review of an IRB-approved bladder cancer database was performed. Patients with a history of NMIBC with VH present on transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) treated with intravesical therapy (BCG or chemotherapy) were identified. Outcomes of interest included recurrence within the bladder, progression to muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), metastatic progression, cancer-specific, and overall survival. Survival time was computed from the date of initiation of intravesical therapy to the date of event or censoring. For patients who underwent radical cystectomy, recurrence-free, cancer-specific, and overall survival were also computed. The Kaplan-Meier method with log rank was utilized to compare survival time between VH sub-groups.
RESULTS: Ninety patients were included in the final cohort with a median follow-up of 38 months. The majority of patients had T1 disease (72%) and received intravesical BCG (83%) as their only form of intravesical therapy. The most commonly represented VH in this series were glandular and squamous differentiation (26%). Forty-eight patients (53%) experienced recurrence within the bladder with a median recurrence-free survival of 24 months (95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 2-46 months). Five-year rates of progression to MIBC and distant metastasis were both 14% respectively. Twenty-six patients (28%) eventually required cystectomy. When stratifying by VH, patients with sarcomatoid, plasmacytoid, and micropapillary had significantly worse oncologic outcomes.
CONCLUSION: In this series of highly-selected patients with NMIBC and VH, bladder-sparing treatment with intravesical therapy demonstrated acceptable oncologic outcomes for most VHs. This may be an acceptable treatment option for patients without plasmacytoid, sarcomatoid, or micropapillary features who are not suitable cystectomy candidates or who prioritize bladder-sparing treatment.
The iFR/FFR/RFR measurements will be obtained using a coronary-pressure guidewire. For FFR, hyperemia will be induced with the administration of intravenous adenosine, in accordance with the clinical practice at each participating center. Lesion features prompting intervention instead of conservative medical approach will be the following: iFR ≤0.89, or FFR ≤0.80.(32) All lesions fulfilling these interventional criteria will be treated with an FFR guided DES implantation. PCI will be performed with the aim of achieving a post-stenting FFR ≥0.90 (i.e. optimal FFR result). If post-stenting FFR was \<0.90 a further post-dilation of the stent could be performed and if FFR remained at \<0.90, a pullback of the wire to identify another possible pressure drop and/or a subsequent stent implantation at least 5 mm from the stent will be performed according to physician's preference.
Shoulder rotator cuff repair and acromioplasty are associated with severe postoperative pain. The interscalene block (ISB) is commonly used for this type of surgery, providing analgesia by anesthetizing the nerves that supply the shoulder. Although the nerve block provides extremely effective analgesia for the first 6-8 hours, patients experience severe pain once its effect has been wearing off. Rebound pain is a severe pain that occurs when the effect of a nerve block disappears in a patient during the postoperative period. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the use of intravenous dexamethasone reduces rebound pain in patients recruiting for shoulder surgery with interscalene brachial plexus blockade.

This study will be conducted as a single-center, prospective, randomized, double-blinded trial in a university hospital. Patients scheduled for elective shoulder surgery will be screened for enrollment in the study. All subjects will undergo ultrasound-guided interscalene nerve block before induction of general anesthesia. They will be randomly assigned into the two groups which use intravenous dexamethasone or not. An anesthesiologist who will perform blocks will not involve in the data collection. Other health care workers who will involve in the evaluation of postoperative pain scores, nausea and vomiting, opioid consumption, quality of Sleep, and Quality of Recovery score will be blinded to the group assignment.
In the experimental arm, the Re:MIX curriculum was implemented. The Re:MIX curriculum is a comprehensive teen pregnancy prevention consisting of ten hour-long sessions, delivered approximately once per week. The Re:MIX curriculum is taught by a professional health educator, partnered with a young parent educator who is a young parent (aged 18-25).
Systems, system integrations, non-transitory computer program products, and methods are described for managing digital data including therapeutic digital data or biological digital data. Such systems include at least one data processor and memory storing instructions, which when executed by at least one computing device result various operations. The digital data uploaded via a pre-defined pathway is received. The digital data is annotated with metadata based on a pre-defined annotation schema associated with the pre-defined pathway. The metadata facilitates storage and identification of the annotated digital data in a permanent data repository. Data encapsulating a notification of completion of the annotating is provided for further storage and analysis.
Participants will be taught a series of exercises targeting balance and lower limb strength in four instructional sessions. They will be asked to complete exercises 3 times a week for 12 weeks. Exercise compliance will be recorded with a diary.
PURPOSE:To obtain polyvalent vaccine for swine pleuropneumonia which has high safety on use with reduced side-effects, and shows excellent antibody response by using the capsular antigen, a microorganism causing swine pleuropneumonia and their cytolysines as active ingredients. CONSTITUTION:The objective polyvalent vaccine comprises the capsular antigens of serum types 1, 2 and 5 of microorganisms causing swine pleuropneumonia, namely Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (abbreviated to App) and their cytolysines as active ingredients. App. type 1, 2, 5 bacteria are cultured in a synthetic liquid medium to which B-NAD is admixed as an essential growth factor, the culture supernatant is subjected to ultrafiltration to concentrate the capsula antigen and the cytolysines liberated or released in the supernatant. Then, oil adjuvant is added to the concentrate to give the objective polyvalent vaccine for swine pleuropneumonia. It is effective for infection control of App where no cross immunity is recognized between serum types, and the side-effects are reduced because the vaccine is free from cell bodies.
PURPOSE: To investigate the association between acute pain trajectory over one week and patient-reported outcomes (PRO) at 6-months following lumbar surgery in patients with lumbar degenerative disease (LDD).
METHODS: Two hundred and fifty-five subjects with LDD who received surgical treatment at our hospital between April 2019 and March 2022. Acute pain trajectory was measured using a pain trajectory calculator to determine an approximate line using the linear least squares method based on pain intensity on postoperative days 1, 3, 5, and 7. The pain trajectory-slope, which represents the change in postoperative pain intensity of the calculated approximation line, was evaluated as the main exposure for the present study. The PRO was assessed using the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) measured at 6 ± 1 months postoperatively. Poor PRO scores in this study were defined using a threshold of an ODI of 22% or greater, which represents the patient acceptable symptomatic state after lumbar spine surgery. Multivariable logistic regression analysis including covariates was performed to investigate the association between pain trajectory-slope and PRO at 6-months following lumbar surgery.
RESULTS: In this study, 101 (39.6%) had poor PRO scores. Multivariable logistic regression analysis adjusted for covariates showed that pain trajectory-slope was associated with the poor PRO scores (odd ratios; 1.203, 95% confidence intervals; 1.130-1.288).
CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study show that acute pain trajectory is significantly associated with poor PRO scores 6-months after lumbar surgery. Patients with slower pain relief or worsening pain were associated with poor PRO scores.
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play crucial roles in tumor progression and are dysregulated in glioma. However, the functional roles of lncRNAs in glioma remain largely unknown. In this study, we utilized the TCGA (the Cancer Genome Atlas database) and GEPIA2 (Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis 2) databases and observed the overexpression of lncRNA CHASERR in glioma tissues. We subsequently investigated this phenomenon in glioma cell lines. The effects of lncRNA CHASERR on glioma proliferation, migration, and invasion were analyzed using in vitro and in vivo experiments. Additionally, the regulatory mechanisms among PTEN/p-Akt/mTOR and Wnt/β-catenin, lncRNA CHASERR, Micro-RNA-6893-3p(miR-6893-3p), and tripartite motif containing14 (TRIM14) were investigated via bioinformatics analyses, quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR), western blot (WB), RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP), dual luciferase reporter assay, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and RNA sequencing assays. RIP and RT-qRCR were used to analyze the regulatory effect of N6-methyladenosine(m6A) on the aberrantly expressed lncRNA CHASERR. High lncRNA CHASERR expression was observed in glioma tissues and was associated with unfavorable prognosis in glioma patients. Further functional assays showed that lncRNA CHASERR regulates glioma growth and metastasis in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, lncRNA CHASERR sponged miR-6893-3p to upregulate TRIM14 expression, thereby facilitating glioma progression. Additionally, the activation of PTEN/p-Akt/mTOR and Wnt/β-catenin pathways by lncRNA CHASERR, miR-6893-3p, and TRIM14 was found to regulate glioma progression. Moreover, the upregulation of lncRNA CHASERR was observed in response to N6-methyladenosine modification, which was facilitated by METTL3/YTHDF1-mediated RNA transcripts. This study elucidates the m6A/lncRNACHASERR/miR-6893-3p/TRIM14 pathway that contributes to glioma progression and underscores the potential of lncRNA CHASERR as a novel prognostic indicator and therapeutic target for glioma.
All participants in this evaluation will be assigned to the First Face for Mental Health training condition. The investigators will use a pre-post design to measure change in relevant outcomes from pre-training, to post-training, to 3-months post-training.
Patients will be entered into the study after radical resection of mucinous colorectal cancer, and reevaluated by CT scan after 6 months. Patients with no evidence of disease will be randomized to receive either standard follow up, or to have a second look laparoscopy to evaluate for peritoneal carcinosis. After laparoscopy, those patients who do not have peritoneal carcinosis will continue with standard follow up. Patients with peritoneal carcinosis diagnosed by laparoscopy will be treated according to their peritoneal carcinosis index (PCI). For patients with PCI \> 20, systemic chemotherapy will be given according to Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM) guidelines. Patients with PCI \< 20 will undergo peritonectomy and then receive intravenous chemotherapy immediately followed by HIPEC.