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Frequency, Risk Factors, Clinical Characteristics, and Outcomes of Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Case-Control, Emergency Medicine-Based Multicenter Study
(Elsevier, 2021-03)
Abstract
Background: Recent reports of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) developing pneumothorax correspond mainly to case reports describing mechanically ventilated patients. The real incidence, clinical ...
Utility of PET-CT in non-small cell lung cancer clinical stage IB-IIA according to AJCC 8th edition staging system: an alternative to invasive mediastinal staging?
(Ecancermedicalscience, 2021-06)
Abstract
Objective: Mediastinal nodal staging in lung cancer is essential to determine treatment strategy and prognosis. There are controversies as to whether a mediastinal negative result in PET-CT may spare the invasive ...
Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality Among Pregnant Women With and Without COVID-19 Infection: The INTERCOVID Multinational Cohort Study
(American Medical Association, 2021-08)
Abstract
Importance: Detailed information about the association of COVID-19 with outcomes in pregnant individuals compared with not-infected pregnant individuals is much needed.
Objective: To evaluate the risks associated ...
SPARC inhibition accelerates NAFLD-associated hepatocellular carcinoma development by dysregulating hepatic lipid metabolism
(Wiley, 2021-07)
Abstract
Background and aims: Non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFLD) and its more serious form non-alcoholic steatohepatitis increase risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Lipid metabolic alterations and its role in HCC ...
Laparoscopic treatment for appendicitis during pregnancy: Retrospective cohort study
(Elsevier, 2021-08)
Abstract
Background: Acute appendicitis is the most frequent non-obstetric surgical emergency during pregnancy. The benefits of laparoscopy during pregnancy are well known, but complications can occur, and these can affect ...
Clinical next generation sequencing in developmental and epileptic encephalopathies: Diagnostic relevance of data re-analysis and variants re-interpretation
(Elsevier, 2021-12)
Abstract
Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEE) are complex pediatric epilepsies, in which heterogeneous pathogenic factors play an important role. Next-generation-sequencing based tools have shown excellent ...
Identification of optimal therapeutic window for steroid use in severe alcohol-associated hepatitis: A worldwide study
(Elsevier, 2021-11)
Abstract
Background & aims: Corticosteroids are the only effective therapy for severe alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH), defined by a model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score >20. However, there are patients who may ...
Can Intubation Be Improved with Endotracheal Tubes Marked with a Color Scale? Randomized Controlled Study
(Thieme Gruppe, 2021-11)
Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to assess if a color scale in the endotracheal tube (ETT) can help operators to correctly select the size and depth of placement of the ETT and decrease the time required to complete ...
[A functional platform to monitor SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell responses in vaccinated individuals and COVID-19 recovered patients]
(Medicina Buenos Aires, 2021-07-01)
Abstract in English, Spanish
The rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of the emergent pandemic disease COVID-19, requires the urgent commitment of the immunology community to understand the adaptive immune ...
Outcomes of surgical treatment for isolated adrenal metastasis from non-small cell lung cancer
(Ecancermedicalscience, 2021-11)
Abstract
Objective: Long-term survival of patients who undergo surgical resection of isolated adrenal metastasis instead of nonsurgical treatment has shown higher values than those described for stage IVA. The primary ...