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Rituximab-Containing Treatment Regimens May Imply a Long-Term Risk for Difficult-To-Treat Chronic Hepatitis E [PDF]

, 2020
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is an emerging disease in industrialized countries which is usually characterized by a self-limited course. However, there is an increased risk of HEV persistence in immunocompromised risk populations, comprising ...
Biedermann, Paula, Bock, Claus-Thomas, Choi, Mira, Hanitsch, Leif Gunnar, Hofmann, Jörg, Mueller, Tobias, Schulz, Marten, Tacke, Frank   +7 more
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Benefit of viral load testing for confirmation of immunological failure in HIV patients treated in rural Malawi. [PDF]

, 2011
Objective  Viral load testing is used in the HIV programme of Chiradzulu, Malawi, to confirm the diagnosis of immunological failure to prevent unnecessary switching to second-line therapy.
Badri, Bisson, Calmy, Ekouevi, Ferradini, Kantor, Keiser, Lebon, Mee, Moore, Murri, Reynolds, van Oosterhout, World Health Organization, World Health Organization   +14 more
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Age-specific reference values for low psoas muscle index at the L3 vertebra level in healthy populations: A multicenter study

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
Background and aimsThe progressive and generalized loss of skeletal muscle mass, strength and physical function is defined as sarcopenia. Sarcopenia is closely related to the prognosis of patients. Accurate diagnosis and adequate management of sarcopenia
Ming Kong, Ning Lin, Lili Wang, Nan Geng, Manman Xu, Shanshan Li, Wenyan Song, Ying Zhou, Yuetong Piao, Zuoqing Han, Rong Guo, Chao Yang, Nan Luo, Zhong Wang, Quanxiao Xu, Daimeng Shi, Wanchun Qiu, Junfeng Li, Eddie C. Cheung, Eddie C. Cheung, Lei Ma, Yu Chen, Zhongping Duan   +22 more
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Assessing Visceral Obesity and Abdominal Adipose Tissue Distribution in Healthy Populations Based on Computed Tomography: A Large Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
ObjectiveAbdominal adipose is closely related to many endocrine and metabolic diseases. The aim of this study was to analyze the distribution of abdominal adipose tissue in a healthy population in northern China determined by abdominal computed ...
Ming Kong, Manman Xu, Ying Zhou, Nan Geng, Ning Lin, Wenyan Song, Shanshan Li, Yuetong Piao, Zuoqing Han, Rong Guo, Chao Yang, Nan Luo, Zhong Wang, Lei Ma, Quanxiao Xu, Lili Wang, Wanchun Qiu, Junfeng Li, Daimeng Shi, Eddie C. Cheung, Eddie C. Cheung, Rongkuan Li, Yu Chen, Zhongping Duan   +23 more
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Treatment of cardiomyopathy with PAP therapy in a patient with severe obstructive sleep apnea. [PDF]

, 2012
Obstructive sleep apnea is common in patients with heart failure. This case illustrates that treatment with PAP therapy can improve cardiac function in patients with both conditions.
Grewal, MD, Ritu G.
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Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibition with simvastatin in acute lung injury to reduce pulmonary dysfunction (HARP-2) trial : study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2012
Acute lung injury (ALI) is a common devastating clinical syndrome characterized by life-threatening respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation and multiple organ failure.
A Mercat, AM Cheung, C Brun-Buisson, C Rossi, Cecilia M O’Kane, Christine McNally, Daniel F McAuley, DJ Kor, Excellence NIfHaC, F Gao Smith, Gavin D Perkins, GD Rubenfeld, GR Bernard, Grainne Crealey, Irish Critical Care Trials Group, John G Laffey, KF Schulz, LA Curtis, Lynn Murphy, M Shyamsundar, MA Matthay, Mark Cross, Michael Stevenson, MS Herridge, RG Brower, S Harvey, SE Erickson, T Craig, The ARDS Network investigators, The EuroQol Group, TR Craig, TW Felton   +31 more
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Temporary microaxial transvalvular left ventricular assist device for post–myocardial infarction ventricular septal rupture: Bridging a paradigm shiftCentral MessagePerspective

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Objective: To characterize the clinical courses and outcomes of patients presenting with post–myocardial infarction (MI) ventricular septal rupture (VSR) receiving temporary microaxial transvalvular left ventricular assist device (tVAD) support. Methods:
David Moros, MD, Jean-Luc A. Maigrot, BS, Michael Z.Y. Tong, MD, MBA, Nicholas G. Smedira, MD, MBA, Edward G. Soltesz, MD, MPH, Faisal G. Bakaeen, MD, Shinya Unai, MD, Eric E. Roselli, MD, Ran Lee, MD, Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD, Eugene H. Blackstone, MD, Aaron J. Weiss, MD, PhD   +11 more
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Upregulation of Serum Sphingosine (d18:1)-1-P Potentially Contributes to Distinguish HCC Including AFP-Negative HCC From Cirrhosis

Frontiers in Oncology, 2020
BackgroundSerum sphingolipids are widely involved in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We investigated the serum sphingolipid profile in patients with HCC or cirrhosis and explored the potential diagnostic efficiency of serum ...
Yingying Jiang, Yingying Jiang, Cai Tie, Yang Wang, Yang Wang, Dandan Bian, Dandan Bian, Mei Liu, Mei Liu, Ting Wang, Ting Wang, Yan Ren, Yan Ren, Shuang Liu, Shuang Liu, Li Bai, Li Bai, Yu Chen, Yu Chen, Zhongping Duan, Zhongping Duan, Sujun Zheng, Sujun Zheng, Jinlan Zhang   +23 more
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An immunocompromised dialysis patient with skin and bone lesions [PDF]

, 2010
Patients with chronic kidney failure have disturbances of immune function involving both innate and adaptive systems. These result in both immunodepression which increases susceptibility to infection and immunoactivation leading to a chronic inflammatory
Brown, Griffith, Jarzembowski, Katoch, Swenson, Uslan, Wallace, Wallace   +7 more
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Estimating the causal effect of a time-varying treatment on time-to-event using structural nested failure time models

, 2003
In this paper we review an approach to estimating the causal effect of a time-varying treatment on time to some event of interest. This approach is designed for the situation where the treatment may have been repeatedly adapted to patient characteristics,
Dawid A. P., Gill R. D., Lok J. J., Robins J. M., Robins J. M., Robins J. M., Robins J. M., Robins J. M., Robins J. M., Robins J. M., Rubin D. B., Van der Laan M. J., Van der Vaart A. W.   +12 more
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