anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
Long-term objectives and goals. Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) and Urban Housing Solutions (UHS) - the second largest provider of affordable housing in Nashville - are partners with the long-term goal of reducing health disparities among medically-underserved UHS residents in Nashville. This partnership is developing resiliency hubs that will provide essential services and support within a communal setting at the housing facility. Previous literature and data findings support that similar populations to this community lack information about and access to advance care planning (ACP), which specifies their healthcare wishes during cognitive incapacitation or end-of-life, and nationwide research shows significant disparities regarding ACP participation among low-income populations. The short-term goal of the proposed work is to pilot test a Hybrid type 1, single-arm, pre-post intervention to assess the initial efficacy and implementation outcomes of a trauma-informed care (TIC)-adapted ACP intervention to improve learning and communication for times of decisional incapacity among UHS residents, within the context of a resiliency hub model. This is a necessary first step for developing a long-term research portfolio dedicated to addressing ACP disparities and promoting equitable end-of-life planning among low-income, medically-underserved populations.
The incidence and prevalence of heart failure (HF) is rising with more than 5 million Americans suffering from this syndrome. Hospitalization rates for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) are also remarkably high, exceeding more than 1 million admissions per year. Congestion is the main cause of hospitalization for ADHF. Loop diuretics as the main therapy for decongestion, often are not adequate since many patients with ADHF develop "loop diuretic resistance". These patients will require hospitalization for intravenous diuretic or other advanced decongestion therapies. Thus, novel decongestion therapies are needed to decrease hospital admission rates and subsequent complications of multiple hospitalizations. Hyperaldosteronism, not only is a pivotal pathogenic factor in HF, but also contributes to loop diuretic resistance. Attempts for normalization of circulatory aldosterone with mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs), mainly spironolactone, have shown to decrease mortality in HF patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Moreover, MRAs significantly decrease the rate of rehospitalization in both HF with preserved and reduced LVEF. The dose of spironolactone in these trials is 25mg daily. However, this dose does not increase natriuresis (urinary sodium excretion). Natriuresis is achieved with higher doses of MRAs. Therefore, the primary aim of this study is to examine the efficacy of 7-day 100mg daily of spironolactone on weight loss and resolution of signs and symptoms of congestion in patients aged 60 years with ADHF and loop diuretic resistance.
AIMS: Diabetes is known to increase morbidity and mortality after major surgery. However, literature is conflicting on whether elevated preoperative haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels are associated with worse outcomes following major noncardiac surgery. We aimed to investigate the effect of incremental preoperative HbA1c levels on postoperative outcomes in adults who had undergone major noncardiac surgery.
METHODS: We systematically searched PubMed, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library databases for eligible studies published between January 2012 and July 2023. Randomised controlled trials and observational studies (cohort and case-control studies) which measured HbA1c within 6 months before surgery and compared outcomes between at least three incremental subgroups or analysed HbA1c as a continuous variable were included. The systematic review protocol was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42023391946).
RESULTS: Twenty observational studies investigating outcomes across multiple surgical types were included. Higher preoperative HbA1c levels were associated with increased odds of overall postoperative complications, postoperative acute kidney injury, anastomotic leak, surgical site infections and increased length of stay. Each 1% increase in preoperative HbA1c was associated with increased odds of these complications. No association with reoperations and 30-day mortality was identified. The literature was highly variable with respect to composite major complications, perioperative cardiovascular events, hospital readmissions, postoperative pneumonia and systemic thromboembolism.
CONCLUSIONS: Current evidence suggested that higher preoperative HbA1c levels were associated with increased odds of postoperative complications and extended length of stay in adults undergoing major noncardiac surgery. Further high-quality studies would be needed to quantify the risks posed and determine whether early intervention improves outcomes.
Long QT Syndrome (LQTS) is a cardiovascular disorder characterized by prolongation of the QT interval on electrocardiogram and presence of syncope, seizures and sudden death. Five genes have been implicated in Romano-Ward syndrome, the autosomal dominant form of LQTS. These genes are KVLQT1, HERG, SCN5A, KCNE1 and KCNE2. Mutations in KVLQT1 and KCNE1 also cause the Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome, a form of LQTS associated with deafness, a phenotypic abnormality inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion. Mutational analyses were used to screen 262 unrelated individuals with LQTS for mutations in the five defined genes. A total of 134 mutations were observed of which eighty were novel.
PURPOSE: Spexin is expressed by white fat tissue and other endocrine organs. A negative correlation between spexin and gluco-lipidic metabolism, energy homeostasis, and food intake has been reported. The objectives of this study are (1) to compare spexin levels between patients with obesity (study group) and normal-weight subjects (control group); (2) to evaluate spexin levels after bariatric surgery; and (3) to identify a correlation between spexin and weight loss/metabolic profile of patients with obesity.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We examined 53 patients with obesity (mean BMI 48.5 ± 9.4 kg/m2) who underwent bariatric surgery, compared to 55 normal-weight subjects. Serum spexin levels were assessed at baseline (study and control group) and at 3 and 6 months after surgery in patients with obesity.
RESULTS: Spexin at baseline was significantly lower in the study group (p < 0.0001). At 3 and 6 months after bariatric surgery, spexin significantly increased compared to pre-surgical levels (p < 0.001) reaching control group levels (p = 0.08) at 6 months. In patients with obesity, pre-surgical spexin was similar in patients with and without comorbidities. No correlation between spexin and C-reactive protein (p = 0.8) and HOMA index (p = 0.5) was found. A significant negative correlation between age and pre-surgical spexin was observed (p = 0.03). At multivariable analysis, no correlation between Δ spexin and pre-surgery BMI, HOMA index, age, and 6-month TWL% was found.
CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that patients with obesity have significantly lower spexin levels than healthy subjects. After surgery, spexin levels of the study group become similar to those observed in the normal-weight group.
Adults without T2D. No severe cardiovascular, kidney, liver, psychiatric or endocrine disease. No abuse of alcohol- or narcotics. No pregnancy or lactation.
Naltrexone capsules (12mg), active marijuana (5.5% THC). Each study participant underwent 8 conditions in a randomized order.
Warfarin sodium can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman. While warfarin sodium is contraindicated during pregnancy, the potential benefits of using warfarin sodium may outweigh the risks for pregnant women with mechanical heart valves at high risk of thromboembolism. In those individual situations, the decision to initiate or continue warfarin sodium should be reviewed with the patient, taking into consideration the specific risks and benefits pertaining to the individual patient’s medical situation, as well as the most current medical guidelines. Warfarin sodium exposure during pregnancy causes a recognized pattern of major congenital malformations (warfarin embryopathy and fetotoxicity), fatal fetal hemorrhage, and an increased risk of spontaneous abortion and fetal mortality. If this drug is used during pregnancy, or if the patient becomes pregnant while taking this drug, the patient should be apprised of the potential hazard to a fetus [see Use in Specific Populations ( )]. 8.1
Parents will be coached for 6 weekly sessions in the Parents and Infants Engaged (PIE) intervention sensory reactions (SR) domain to identify their child's sensory reactions to daily activities and respond to those reactions or modify the environment in ways that optimize parent-child engagement. After posttest 1, they will be coached for 6 weekly sessions on pre-linguistic communication bids.
The present invention relates to a preparation technology and a production method for an integrated new formulation of an ephedra, apricot kernel, coix and licorice decoction, wherein the raw materials of active ingredients comprise: 10 parts by weight of ephedra, 8 parts by weight of honey-fried licorice, 30 parts by weight of coix, and 12 parts by weight of apricot kernel. The production process of the integrated new formulation of ephedra, apricot kernel, coix and licorice decoction comprises the following steps of: supersonic air-jet crushing, alcohol-water extraction, ultrasonic crushing extraction, water decocting concentration, supersonic spray drying, nanometer grinding, high pressure homogenization, nano particle preparation and the like. According to the invention, the advantages, such as multi-synergism, multi-target, embodied by a nano-carrier coupling technique, are focused to be taken of. After the integrated new formulation of ephedra, apricot kernel, coix and licorice decoction is subjected to scale production, the production cost can be greatly reduced, the quality of products is greatly improved and the targeting property and the sustained and controlled release performance of the medicament are enhanced. The internal and external administration of the integrated new formulation of ephedra, apricot kernel, coix and licorice decoction can be realized simultaneously, and can be respectively taken in four time slices according to midnight-noon ebb-flow and qi and blood flowing rule of a human body. The integrated new formulation of ephedra, apricot kernel, coix and licorice decoction can be further prepared into films and transdermal agents which are respectively stuck to different parts of a human body according to the midnight-noon ebb-flow and qi and blood flowing rule of the human body and can be directly absorbed through skin.
Operating room S. aureus exposure has been directly linked to postoperative infections and is therefore an important target for infection prevention. Visible light at 405nm has been shown to be germicidal. Investigators plan to install ambient, germicidal lighting (Indigo-Clean Lights) that uses this wavelength in 4 operating rooms. Patients will undergo surgery according to usual practice. Investigators will conduct a case-control study where patients undergoing surgery with the lights are matched with patients undergoing surgery without the germicidal lights. Patients will be matched by procedure then case duration then American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status health classification. These patients will undergo infection surveillance. Infection surveillance will involve use of National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) checklists applied to patients who are positive for one or more of the initial screening criteria (elevated white blood cell count, fever (\>38.4 degrees Celsius), office note documentation of infection, positive culture (sputum, blood, urine, wound, other body fluid), or anti-infective order within the 90 postoperative day period.
The group will receive 5 consecutive days a week, for 3 weeks, 60 minutes-long sessions of motor-neutral observation (MNO). The neuromuscular electrical stimulator will be placed on the subjects' arm without synchronous stimulation. After MNO, subjects will be asked to execute movements.
PURPOSE:To obtain a curing agent for wounds, closely adhering to wound surfaces and having protective effects without irritancy to the wound surfaces, absorbing an exudate, drying the wound surfaces, preventing wound infection and further direct curing and analgesic effects on the wounds without any side effects on living bodies. CONSTITUTION:A therapeutic agent is composed of chitosan cotton which is an aggregate of filamentous chitosan, (B) chitin, chitosan and derivatives thereof, e.g. carboxymethylated chitin, hydroxyethylated chitin, acetylated chitin or sulfonated chitin or (C) chitin cotton which is an aggregate of filamentous chitin. The therapeutic agent has various advantages as follows. The agent has analgesic effects together with protection on wound surfaces, filling in tissual deficient parts and dead spaces and both properties of a sprinkling agent and a filling agent. Since the therapeutic agent is capable of regulating the number of treatment and amount according to the shape or extent of the wounds at any time, an exudate which is one of wound curing inhibitory factors can be prevented from storing and the therapeutic agent is effective in drying wound surfaces. Furthermore, since the wound surfaces can be observed by direct sight, prognosis can accurately be judged, etc.
Abstract Background: Recent data suggest that antimicrobial pharmacokinetics (PK) like volume of distribution (Vd) or drug clearance (CL) is extremely altered in critically ill patients with sepsis or septic shock due to pathophysiological alterations (e.g. influence on fluid status). Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) was recently introduced as a simple, non-invasive, bedside technique to assess hydration status. The primary aim of the present study was to explore the correlation between BIA parameters and Vd of hydrophilic antimicrobial agents in critically ill patients. Furthermore, the relationship between BIA measurements and clinical observations was evaluated.

Methods: We performed a validation study in healthy volunteers in September 2015 that confirmed the reproducibility of BIA. Subsequently, a prospective observational study was carried out in eligible patients treat-ed with amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, meropenem, piperacillin/tazobactam or vancomycin, admitted at the in-tensive care unit (ICU) of the University Hospitals Leuven from October 2015 to March 2016. BIA measurement was performed on the same day as the collection of blood samples to calculate PK parameters of the administered antibiotic.
Postponement of surgical inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) care may lead to disease progression. This study aims to determine the influence of delayed surgical IBD procedures on clinical outcomes. This multicenter retrospective cohort study included IBD patients who underwent a surgical procedure during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic from March 16, 2020, to December 31, 2020, and were compared to a pre-COVID-19 cohort. The primary endpoint was determining the number of (major) postoperative complications. Secondary endpoints were the time interval between surgical indication and performance of the surgical procedure and the risk factors of postoperative complications using multivariate analysis. Eighty-one IBD patients who underwent a surgical procedure were included. The median time interval between surgical indication and performance of the surgical procedure did not differ between the COVID-19 and pre-COVID-19 cohorts (34 vs. 33.5 days, p = 0.867). Multivariate analysis revealed a longer time interval between surgical indication and surgical procedure significantly correlated with the risk of developing postoperative complications [odds ratio (OR) 1.03, p = 0.034]. Moreover, previous surgery was identified as an independent predictor (OR 4.25, p = 0.018) for an increased risk of developing major postoperative complications. There was no significant surgical delay for patients with IBD in the COVID-19 pandemic cohort compared to the pre-pandemic cohort. However, a longer time interval between surgical indication and surgical procedure significantly correlated with the risk of developing postoperative complications. In the event of future scarcity in healthcare, efforts should be made to continue surgical procedures in IBD patients.
A system and method for processing a prescription wherein the prescription may be transmitted to a selected pharmacy from a remote location situated remote from the selected pharmacy is provided. A prescription is described by either a new prescription dataset entered on a prescription form or a refill prescription dataset. A client uses a client computing device situated in the remote location to select the selected pharmacy and to transmit the prescription dataset thereto. The client may then later attend at the selected pharmacy to retrieve the prescription. Prescription datasets may be transmitted to the selected pharmacy either electronically or verbally using client telephony device connected to the client computing device, and preferably housed therewith, in the remote location. A client scanner device may be used for converting new prescription forms for new prescription into scanned images thereof for electronic transfer to the selected pharmacy.
Patients with the primary diagnosis of corneal abrasion will be treated with normal saline eye drops. Normal saline will be supplied in three plastic prefilled, commercially available vials, each containing 0.5 mL of normal saline. Patients will be instructed to use 1-2 drops of up to every 30 min for pain control over a 48 hour period with subsequent followup with the ophthalmologist.
FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: N 4 -acyl-5'- desoxy-5-fluorocitidine derivatives of general formula (I):   wherein R 2  is alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyl, aralkyl such as benzyl, aryl such as phenyl optionally substituted by halogen atom, one to three alkoxy groups, nitro group, alkyl group; five-or six- membered heterocyclic residue such as furyl, thienyl, pyridyl using acylation reactions and removing protective groups, are valuable antitumor medicinals. 5- fluorocitozine is made to react with compound of general formula (II):   wherein R 1  is lower alkyl or alkyl substituted phenyl, and Y is halogen atom, acycloxy or alkoxy group, the resulting compound of formula (III):   wherein R 1  is as defined above, is acylated with respect to amino group, and the resulting compound of formula (IV):   wherein R 1  and R 2  are as defined above, are subjected to deacylation to remove radicals R 1 CO. Method is simple and easy to be carried out. EFFECT: more efficient preparation method. 5 cl, 49 ex, 5 tbl
For COPD assessment in medical imaging, imaging data is used to model airways and extract values for features representing COPD. The airway model provides values for the anatomy and/or airflow of the airway. The combination of the values of the anatomy, airflow, and/or extracted image features indicates COPD information. Machine learning models may be used to correlate anatomy, airflow, and/or extracted image features with COPD information. Additional information, such as spirometry and/or questionnaire answers, may be used. The combination of information as input to a COPD model, including airway modeling, can provide a more comprehensive understanding of COPD for assisting in therapy and/or diagnosis of a particular patient.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Bilateral femoral distraction osteogenesis in patients with achondroplasia is insufficiently reported. We aimed to perform the first study that exclusively analyzed simultaneous bilateral femoral distraction osteogenesis with motorized intramedullary lengthening nails via an antegrade approach in patients with achondroplasia focused on reliability, accuracy, precision, and the evolving complications.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this retrospective singlecenter study we analyzed patients with achondroplasia who underwent simultaneous bilateral femoral lengthening with antegrade intramedullary lengthening nails between October 2014 and April 2019. 15 patients (30 femoral segments) of median age 14 years (interquartile range [IQR] 12-15) were available for analysis. The median follow-up was 29 months (IQR 27-37) after nail implantation.
RESULTS: The median distraction length per segment was 49 mm (IQR 47-51) with a median distraction index of 1.0 mm/day (IQR 0.9-1.0), and a median consolidation index of 20 days/cm (IQR 17-23). Reliability of the lengthening nails was 97% and their calculated accuracy and precision were 96% and 95%, respectively. The most common complication was temporary restriction of knee range of motion during distraction in 10 of 30 of the lengthened segments. 1 patient was treated with 2 unplanned additional surgeries due to premature consolidation.
CONCLUSION: The method is reliable and accurate with few complications.
BACKGROUND: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a clinically common acute abdominal disease, whose pathogenesis remains unclear. The severe patients usually have multiple complications and lack specific drugs, leading to a high mortality and poor outcome. Acinar cells are recognized as the initial site of AP. However, there are no precise single-cell transcriptomic profiles to decipher the landscape of acinar cells during AP, which are the missing pieces of jigsaw we aimed to complete in this study.
METHODS: A single-cell sequencing dataset was used to identify the cell types in pancreas of AP mice and to depict the transcriptomic maps in acinar cells. The pathways' activities were evaluated by gene sets enrichment analysis (GSEA) and single-cell gene sets variation analysis (GSVA). Pseudotime analysis was performed to describe the development trajectories of acinar cells. We also constructed the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network and identified the hub genes. Another independent single-cell sequencing dataset of pancreas samples from AP mice and a bulk RNA sequencing dataset of peripheral blood samples from AP patients were also analyzed.
RESULTS: In this study, we identified genetic markers of each cell type in the pancreas of AP mice based on single-cell sequencing datasets and analyzed the transcription changes in acinar cells. We found that acinar cells featured acinar-ductal metaplasia (ADM), as well as increased endocytosis and vesicle transport activity during AP. Notably, the endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) and ER-associated degradation (ERAD) pathways activated by accumulation of unfolded/misfolded proteins in acinar cells could be pivotal for the development of AP.
CONCLUSION: We deciphered the distinct roadmap of acinar cells in the early stage of AP at single-cell level. ERS and ERAD pathways are crucially important for acinar homeostasis and the pathogenesis of AP.