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The effectiveness and pharmacoeconomic study of using different corticosteroids in the treatment of hypersensitivity pneumonitis

BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Purpose Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are caused by inflammation and/or fibrosis of alveolar walls resulting in impaired gas exchange. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is the third most common type of ILDs. Corticosteroids are the mainstay treatment
Marwa G. Elhennawy, Yosri Akl, Maggie Abbassi, Nirmeen A. Sabry   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of environmental exposure to betamethasone on the reproductive function of female Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Betamethasone has been extensively used in medicine in recent years and poses potential hazards to aquatic organisms. This study investigated the reproductive toxic effects of betamethasone exposure in fish, employing female Japanese medaka (Oryzias ...
Maoliang Su, Youling Zhong, Yuru Chen, Jiazhi Xiang, Zhiyin Ye, Shujia Liao, Shiyang Ye, Junbin Zhang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reducing neonatal mortality associated with preterm birth: gaps in knowledge of the impact of antenatal corticosteroids on preterm birth outcomes in low-middle income countries [PDF]

, 2016
The Global Network’s Antenatal Corticosteroids Trial (ACT), was a multi-country, cluster-randomized trial to improve appropriate use of antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) in low-resource settings in low-middle income countries (LMIC).
Althabe, Fernando, Belizan, Jose, Buekens, Pierre, Goldenberg, Robert L., Jobe, Alan H., Koso Thomas, Marion, McClure, Elizabeth M., Miodovnik, Menachem   +7 more
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Physician Responses to a Subsidy Removal: The Case of Joint Injections Under Australia's Medicare Program

Economic Record, EarlyView.
This study examines the effects of a public subsidy withdrawal on provider behaviour, focusing on General Practitioners (GPs) in Australia. Specifically, it explores changes in GP billing practices following the removal of an item on the Medicare Benefits Schedule that subsidises joint injections (intra‐articular steroids).
Olukorede Abiona, Maryam Naghsh‐Nejad, Kees Van Gool, Phil Haywood, Jane Hall   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The benefits of multidisciplinary collaboration in the successful management of two complex feline cases

Australian Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Despite a frequent misconception that behavioural concerns are diagnoses of exclusion, medical conditions and behavioural disorders are frequently inter‐related. In human medicine, the ‘multidisciplinary team’ approach (MDTA) is considered the most efficacious way of managing patients with complex and chronic health conditions.
BE Bollaert, JM Ley, HE Zulch
wiley   +1 more source

General health and social outcomes 50 years after exposure to antenatal betamethasone: follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

BMC Medicine
Background Antenatal corticosteroids are recommended for women at risk of preterm birth from 24 to 34 weeks’ gestation as they reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality, but evidence regarding their long-term effects on offspring is limited.
Anthony G. B. Walters, Greg D. Gamble, Caroline A. Crowther, Stuart R. Dalziel, Carl L. Eagleton, Christopher J. D. McKinlay, Barry J. Milne, Jane E. Harding   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Generalized eruptive histiocytoma: case report

Vestnik Dermatologii i Venerologii, 2017
The case of generalized eruptive histiocytoma (GEH) in woman of 49 years old is reported. GEH is a rare disease relating to non-langerhans cell histiocytoses which are based on a benign reactive proliferation of histiocytes with immunophenotype ...
V. V. Chikin, L. F. Znamenskaja, A. JE. Karamova, V. A. Smol'jannikova, M. A. Nefedova   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do maternal demographics and prenatal history impact the efficacy of betamethasone therapy for threatened preterm labor?

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background Betamethasone (BMZ) is used to accelerate fetal lung maturation in women with threatened preterm birth, but its efficacy is variable and limited by the lack of patient individualization in its dosing and administration. To determine sources of
Mary T. Kinney, Sara K. Quinney, Hayley K. Trussell, Larissa L. Silva, Sherrine A. Ibrahim, David M. Haas   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

S1 Guideline on Infected Interdigital Intertrigo (also called Gram‐Negative Toe Web Infection)

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, EarlyView.
Summary Infected interdigital intertrigo is an exudative, macerating, mixed infection of the toe webs in which gram‐negative bacteria (Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacterales) seem prevalent, but in which gram‐positive pathogens (Staphylococcus [S.] aureus, streptococci, enterococci) and fungi (dermatophytes, yeasts) also occur.
Christoph Zeyen, Dietrich Abeck, Karsten Becker, Joachim Dissemond, Birgit Kahle, Hans Peter Lorenzen, Bettina Löffler, Andreas Maier‐Hasselmann, Till Mittank‐Weidner, Alexander Nast, Cord Sunderkötter   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incidence, severity and potential pathomechanism of immune‐related pruritus in melanoma patients undergoing immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, EarlyView.
Summary Background and objectives Pruritus is a frequent cutaneous immune‐related adverse event (irAE) associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI), impacting patients' quality of life. This study investigates the incidence, severity and management of pruritus in melanoma patients treated with ICI.
Andrea Roggo, Nikolina Ivanovic, Patrick Turko, Lukas Kraehenbuehl, Mitchell Levesque, Reinhard Dummer, Barbara Meier‐Schiesser   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source