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Filter by:This study evaluates what influences treatment decision-making in African American women with triple negative breast cancer. The study also aims to learn about the influence of information sources that support this decision-making process.
Many recent studies have shown that surgical trauma will result in an immunosuppressive state. Combined with the effect of surgical stress, it will often lead to metabolic changes, systemic inflammatory response, and other problems. The body resists and removes the harmful factors through the inflammatory reaction. However, an excessive reaction will damage the normal tissues and cells of the body. The smooth recovery of the body needs to balance the degree of inflammatory reaction. Surgical patients will trigger different degrees of an inflammatory response due to different degrees of physical trauma, which runs through the process of postoperative recovery from the beginning of surgery and often prolongs the time of postoperative recovery. Reducing the intraoperative and postoperative inflammatory response of patients has always been the goal of surgeons, and a method is the reduction of surgical trauma. The successful experience of the first single-port thoracoscopic wedge resection of the lung in 2004 provided us with a new surgical idea. Subsequently, a large number of domestic and international studies and case reports show that single-port thoracoscopic surgery is safe and feasible in lobectomy and segmental resection. With the rapid development of single-port thoracoscopic surgery in recent years, the scope of application and clinical efficacy of the surgery are gradually becoming equivalent to the traditional three-port thoracoscopic surgery, which can ensure the safety of the operation and complete tumor resection, and has its own characteristics and advantages compared with the traditional three-port thoracoscopic surgery. The reduction of incisions can significantly improve the postoperative pain and recovery of patients and wound healing. In addition, single-port thoracoscopic surgery also has a subtle improvement in patients' intraoperative and postoperative inflammatory response compared with traditional three-port thoracoscopic surgery. In this study, we compared and analyzed the intraoperative and postoperative inflammatory factor levels of single-port thoracoscopic surgery and three-port thoracoscopic surgery in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Through the comparison of the measured values, we further discussed the advantages of single-port thoracoscopic surgery in reducing inflammatory response and its application and promotion value in the treatment of patients with NSCLC compared with traditional three-port thoracoscopic surgery.
This study investigated any potential associations between two preloads offered as snacks and postprandial glycemic response, subjective appetite and energy intake in healthy, normal weight adults
The objective of this study is to test the feasibility of using behavioral economic interventions (gamification with social incentives) targeting daily step counts to prevent or delay the development of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD).
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) refers to a group of symptoms and signs of heart failure, normal or near-normal left ventricular systolic function (EF>50%), and ventricular muscle diastolic dysfunction and A clinical syndrome characterized by decreased compliance and increased stiffness. The pathogenesis of HFpEF is related to impaired lipid metabolism and inflammation. Epicardial adipose tissue (Epicardial Adipose tissue, EAT) is a kind of visceral adipose tissue. Related studies have shown that extracardiac Membrane fat is related to inflammation markers, cardiometabolic risk and cardiovascular disease.However, there is still no research investigating the the relationship between epicardial fat thickness and Cardiac Function in HFpEF patients.
The purpose of the study is to capture the utilization of nivolumab among participants with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) since its approval, and to describe the health related quality of life (HRQoL) among participants treated with nivolumab in a real-world setting.
Perioperative stress is associated with various influences before and after surgery. Instead of benzodiazepines, patients can be calmed by non-pharmacological methods. One of these is perioperative medical hypnosis, which has also other beneficial effects such as lower opioid consumption, better wound healing, shorter hospital stays. Acupuncture is used for analgesia. Is is effective for preventing and treating nausea and vomiting. Hypothesis of the study is that perioperative acupuncture reduces the consumption of analgesics and anaesthetics during surgery. The investigators will also study the impact of acupuncture on postoperative nausea and vomiting and analgesic consumption in the postoperative recovery unit and the occurrence of postoperative delirium.
The purpose of this study is to study the safety and efficacy of pooled buffy-coat derived platelets which had been frozen with dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO), in the prevention of bleeding for patients with hypoproliferaitve thrombocytopenia. These platelets are hereafter referred to as cryopreserved platelets. Patients who have severely low platelet count due to impaired bone marrow function from chemotherapy or certain haematological conditions may need platelet transfusion to prevent spontaneous bleeding. Currently, platelets are stored in liquid form, and must be used within five to seven days of collection. In this study, DMSO is used to preserve platelets during freezing so that they can be stored for longer than five to seven days. Investigators hope to learn if thawed cryopreserved platelets are functional and safe for transfusion in humans.
Glucose control during labor is important for both fetus and mother. During labor and delivery, the goal is to maintain the sugars in the normal range as safely as possible as increased blood sugars 4-6 h prior to delivery leads to increased rates of hypoglycemia in the neonate. Neonatal hypoglycemia is a risk for the offspring of pregnant women with diabetes and occurs when fetal pancreatic hyperplasia is acutely stimulated by a high fetal glucose level derived from maternal hyperglycemia during labor. The maternal blood glucose level during delivery is a predictor of the neonatal blood glucose level. Modern continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems can capture the direction and magnitude of short-lived changes in interstitial glucose levels and are therefore useful for assessing glucose variability more accurately than self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG) measurements. Indeed, it has already been demonstrated that intermittent blood glucose monitoring underestimates the number of hyperglycemic events, because blood glucose excursions can peak at different times of day. CGMs can help identify glycemic patterns in pregnancy, obtain and maintain glucose targets, and reduce hypoglycemia. Strict glycemic control during labor and delivery may reduce the risk of neonatal hypoglycemia. Two groups have reported on the use of CGM in type 1 diabetics during labor in small pilot studies. Another study looked at effects of maternal glucose levels in insulin-treated women during labor and delivery (2 to 8 h before birth) and resultant neonatal hypoglycemia. The researchers found that maternal hyperglycemia before delivery was correlated with neonatal hypoglycemia. Although more studies are needed, CGM use has promise as a therapy to improve outcomes in pregnancies associated with diabetes. In this study, the investigators plan to explore whether the use of blinded glucose monitoring during labor, delivery, and early postpartum supplementary to normally monitored plasma glucose measurements in women with gestational diabetes (GDM) would provide useful information to improve glycemia during labor in this diabetic population. All CGM data will be masked and therefore not available to participants, clinicians, or researchers at the time of delivery. Participants otherwise will receive standard clinical care. The blinded glucose monitoring data on glycemia throughout labor and post-delivery will be retrospectively assessed.
The study was a retrospective, cross-sectional, descriptive study of patients with wet AMD who enrolled in the brolucizumab Patient Support Services (PSS) program. Evidence was generated to describe their baseline demographic and clinical characteristics.