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Alternative ISx regimens were associated with different KTx hospitalization costs and longer-term payments. Future studies of clinical efficacy should also consider cost impacts to define the economic effectiveness of alternative ISx regimens. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.BACKGROUND Intravenous lipid emulsions (ILEs) are a risk factor for parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease (PNALD) in the neonatal population. Current literature supports the use of SMOFlipid (4-oil ILE), a fish oil-containing lipid emulsion, for the reversal of PNALD. However, there is little information about the use of 4-oil ILEs for preventing PNALD. The purpose of this study is to examine the safety of a 4-oil ILE in neonates and its effectiveness in preventing PNALD among neonates compared with Intralipid (a soybean-oil, SO-ILE). METHODS This is an observational, cohort, comparative safety study, conducted in a level III neonatal intensive care unit. Participants include neonates who received a 4-oil ILE in their parenteral nutrition (PN) formula, who were matched with historical data of patients who received an SO-ILE, in a 13 fashion (4-oil ILESO-ILE). The primary outcome of this study is the presence of PNALD (defined as direct bilirubin > 2 mg/dL) after initiation of PN. RESULTS A total of 1332 participants (333 4-oil ILE vs 999 SO-ILE) were included in the data analysis, and PNALD was found to occur in 1.8% of patients in the 4-oil ILE group and 3.6% of patients in the SO-ILE group (Relative risk (RR) 0.5; 95% CI, 0.21-1.18). CONCLUSION The decrease in the incidence of PNALD among the 4-oil ILE group compared with the SO-ILE group indicates a 4-oil ILE may have a hepatoprotective effect. © 2020 American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.AIM To assess whether incidence of maternal and neonatal outcomes for women with or without gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have changed over time. METHODS Population-based cohort study in Sweden including all singleton pregnancies over the period 1998-2012. GDM was diagnosed following Diabetic Pregnancy Study Group 1991 criteria. Poisson regression or negative binomial regression was used to model yearly relative change in numbers of cases and incidence of the outcomes with 95% confidence intervals (CI), and yearly absolute change in birthweight z-score. RESULTS The study included 1 455 667 pregnancies. The number of pregnancies increased over time and the overall prevalence of GDM was 1%. For women with GDM there was a significantly decreasing trend in incidence per year for large for gestational age (LGA) (0.986, 95% CI 0.975 to 0.996), birthweight z-score (-0.012, 95% CI -0.017 to -0.007) and birth trauma (0.937, 95% CI 0.907 to 0.968). The trend for small for gestational age (SGA) among women with GDM increased by an odds ratio per year (1.016, 95% CI 1.002 to 1.029). No significant interaction tests for maternal characteristics were found. Trends in outcomes for women without diabetes were similar to those for women with GDM. CONCLUSIONS This study shows that there were improvements in pregnancy outcomes for women with GDM between 1998 and 2012, although the incidence of SGA increased. Improvements followed similar trends in the background population. Inequalities in obstetric outcomes between women with GDM and those without have continued unchanged over 15 years, suggesting that new management strategies are required to reduce this gap. © 2020 The Authors. Diabetic Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Diabetes UK.The 2019 Dudrick Research Symposium, entitled "Targeted Approaches for In Situ Gut Microbiome Manipulation," was held on March 25, 2019, at the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) 2019 Nutrition Science & Practice Conference in Phoenix, AZ. The Dudrick Symposium honors the many pivotal and innovative contributions to the development and advancement of parenteral nutrition (PN) made by Dr Stanley J. Dudrick, physician scientist, academic leader, and a founding member of ASPEN. As the 2018 recipient of the Dudrick award, Dr Gail Cresci organized and chaired the symposium. The symposium addressed the evolving field of nutrition manipulation of the gut microbiome as a means to mitigate disease and support health. Presentations focused on (1) the role of prebiotics as a means to beneficially support gut microbiome composition and function and health; (2) designer synbiotics targeted to support metabolic by-products altered by ethanol exposure and microbial effectors that manipulate host metabolic outcomes; and, lastly, (3) types of intervention designs used to study diet-gut microbiome interactions in humans and a review of findings from recent interventions, which tested the effects of diet on the microbiome and the microbiome's effect on dietary exposures. New molecular techniques and multiomic approaches have improved knowledge of the structure and functional activity of the gut microbiome; however, challenges remain in establishing causal relationships between changes in the gut microbial-community structure and function and health outcomes in humans. © 2020 The Authors. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.There have been some conflicting claims whether larger prostate weight (PW) reduces the risk of positive surgical margins (PSMs). Remdesivir This study aims to examine the associations between PW and PSMs. PubMed, Web of Science and Cochrane library were systematically retrieved. Relative risks (RRs) and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were synthesised utilising random-effect models. Ultimately, 22 cohort studies met criteria were enrolled in this meta-analysis, of which 18 studies reporting the RR of the highest VS lowest category of PW yielded the combined RR of PSMs of 0.61 (95% CI 0.50-0.74). Subgroup analysis showed that geographic region and surgical modalities were considered as potential confounders of influence of PW on PSMs. The nonlinear dose-response relationship demonstrated that PSM risk decreased by 1% (RR = 0.99, 95% CI, 0.98-0.99) for every one gram increment in PW. This study suggests PW has a negative association with risk of PSMs, and having a appropriate PW is very important. © 2020 Blackwell Verlag GmbH.OBJECTIVE To describe a resection technique of the alar folds in the standing horse. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case study. ANIMALS Eight Standardbred racing trotters. METHODS Horses in which alar fold collapse had been diagnosed between 2017 and 2018 were included in this study. All horses underwent alar fold resection under standing sedation and regional anesthesia with a bipolar electrosurgical open sealer/divider device (LigaSure). Intraoperative and postoperative complications were recorded. A Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare differences in median prize money earning pre-surgery and post-surgery (P  less then  .05). RESULTS The surgical procedure was short (20-30 min), with minimal (1/8) to no (7/8) bleeding and was well tolerated in all cases. Complete resection of the alar folds along with 3 to 5 cm of the ventral conchal cartilage was achieved. No complications were observed post-surgery with satisfactory second intention healing, allowing return to training/racing within 3 to 6 weeks post-surgery in all cases. Median earnings post-surgery increased (P = .03) compared with pre-surgery. CONCLUSION Alar fold resection with bipolar electrosurgical energy offered a good alternative to the traditional surgical approaches performed under general anesthesia. The surgery significantly improved race earnings and performance while avoiding the risk associated with general anesthesia and offered a short and complication-free rehabilitation period. CLINICAL IMPACT This study describes a surgical technique offering a novel approach to resection of the alar folds in the standing horse. © 2020 The Authors. Veterinary Surgery published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American College of Veterinary Surgeons.BACKGROUND Phototesting is part of the standard procedure for the evaluation of patients with photosensitivity disorders. The response of patients to targeted UVB or UVA radiation helps to find out more about the nature of photodermatosis. Nevertheless, there are no default values of the minimal erythema dose (MED). METHODS This study evaluated data of 203 patients (131 female, 72 male, mean age 52 years) who were referred for phototesting to the University Hospital Zurich between 2012 and 2017. We retrospectively analyzed the demographic data, medical history, skin phototype, reaction to UVB and UVA radiation, and, if present, the diagnosis of photodermatosis. In patients who did not develop erythema at the highest tested UV doses, the next logical increment was taken for analysis. In case of UVA, the two periphery doses could not be evaluated due to technical issues, so the closest reliable UVA doses were used. RESULTS The MED-UVB correlated with the skin type and increased with a higher phototype. No such correlation could be seen for MED-UVA. However, the MED-UVA was significantly reduced in patients with photodermatosis without significant differences between the subgroups of photodermatosis. More than half of the patients did not show a reduced MED despite a diagnosed photodermatosis. CONCLUSION We showed, how different skin types with and without photodermatosis react to UV radiation. Based on the results, we suggested threshold doses that can be chosen for phototesting, presented which doses can be considered pathologic and showed the probability of a pathologic MED in correlation with a diagnosed photodermatosis. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.C1q/TNF-related protein 6 (CTRP6) is a member of the CTRP family that has been reported to exhibit a nephroprotective effect. However, the role of CTRP6 in renal ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury (IRI) remains unclear. In the present study, we aimed to explore the protective effect of CTRP6 in renal IRI and the potential mechanism. We found that CTRP6 expression was markedly decreased in the kidneys of mice subjected to I/R and HK-2 cells in response to hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) stimulation. Recombinant CTRP6 protein protected against renal I/R injury by the reduction of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine levels. The increased production of ROS and malondialdehyde (MDA), as well the decreased activities of glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) caused by H/R induction were mitigated by CTRP6 in HK-2 cells. The caspase-3 activity and apoptotic rate were both decreased in CTRP6-overexpressing HK-2 cells. In addition, we also found that knockdown of CTRP6 aggravated H/R-caused oxidative stress and cell apoptosis in HK-2 cells. Moreover, CTRP6 overexpression enhanced the H/R-stimulated activation of PI3K/Akt pathway in HK-2 cells. Inhibition of PI3K reversed the nephroprotective effects of CTRP6 in HK-2 cells. Taken together, CTRP6 exerted protective effects against H/R-caused oxidative injury in HK-2 cells via activating the PI3K/Akt pathway. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
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