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The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with the initiation or continuation of systemic treatment after brain irradiation. The outcome of interest was a utilization rate of at least 75%, given that active extracranial disease is common in patients with brain metastases. If left untreated, extracranial disease limits survival, regardless of successful local treatment of the brain metastases. In this context, systemic therapy has been shown to improve survival, e.g., after whole-brain radiotherapy.

The study included 185 patients with active extracranial disease, 60% of whom received systemic therapy.

Survival from the start of brain irradiation was longest in patients who received additional immune checkpoint inhibitors, endocrine treatment, or anti-HER-2 drugs. After uni- and multivariate analyses, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (PS) was selected as the first prediction criterion in the recursive partitioning analysis (RPA) decision tree analysis. RPA was successful for patients with PS 0-1, but patients with PS 2 had lower treatment utilization rates (maximum 60-70%, with a disease-dependent impact of age and LabBM score [blood test results]). The highest utilization rates were observed in (1) patients with PS 0 and (2) those with breast cancer, small-cell lung cancer, or lung adenocarcinoma with PS 1.

These results inform the multidisciplinary discussion and treatment planning for the common scenario of simultaneous intra- and extracranial metastases.
These results inform the multidisciplinary discussion and treatment planning for the common scenario of simultaneous intra- and extracranial metastases.
The aim is to observe the effects of argatroban injection and butylphthalide injection on blood flow rheology, clinical efficacy, and safety in patients with acute cerebral infarction.

344 patients with acute cerebral infarction within 48 h after admission were divided into treatment group and control group, with 172 cases in each group. The control group received routine treatment. The treatment group received argatroban injection 60 mg on the basis of the control group, intravenously guttae (ivgtt) was used for 2 days and then changed to argatroban injection 10 mg, ivgtt bid for 5 days, and the total course of treatment was 7 days. The neurological changes, activities of daily living, and the rheology indicators (fibrinogen [Fib], platelet aggregation rate [Pag], whole blood high shear viscosity [Whsv], hematocrit [Hct]) were compared between the 2 groups, clinical efficacy and adverse drug reactions.

After treatment, the total effective rates of the treatment group and the control group were 90.70% (tment of acute cerebral infarction, which can significantly improve the hemorheology of patients with good safety.
Argatroban injection is effective in the treatment of acute cerebral infarction, which can significantly improve the hemorheology of patients with good safety.
Optimal method for noninvasive assessment of venous congestion remains an unresolved issue. Portal vein (PV) and intrarenal venous flow alterations are markers of abdominal venous congestion and have been associated with acute kidney injury (AKI) in cardiac surgery patients. It is currently unknown if portal vein flow (PVF) alterations in heart failure can be reversed with diuretic treatment and track decongestion.

The aim of this study is to evaluate PVF alterations in patients with ADHF at arrival and after decongestive treatment.

Assessment of venous congestion using point-of-care ultrasound was performed in 12 patients with ADHF (6 patients with left-sided heart failure and 6 patients with right-sided heart failure). Evaluation included inferior vena cava (IVC) size and collapsibility in addition to PV Doppler to determine pulsatility fraction (PF).

Increased PV PF (81.75 ± 13%) was found on admission. After effective decongestive treatment, it improved to (17.43 ± 2.2%). Improvement in IVC size and collapsibility was seen in most patients with left-sided heart failure and none of the patients with right-sided heart failure. Improvement in PV PF coincided with return to baseline of Serum Cr in patients that presented with AKI.

Evaluation of abdominal venous congestion by point-of-care ultrasound could aid in diagnosis and follow-up of patients with congestive kidney injury.
Evaluation of abdominal venous congestion by point-of-care ultrasound could aid in diagnosis and follow-up of patients with congestive kidney injury.
In patients requiring both hemodialysis (HD) and apheresis, the 2 treatments can be performed simultaneously. At our hospital, selective plasma exchange (SePE) is often performed along with HD for removal of isoagglutinins before ABO-incompatible (ABOi) kidney transplantation. The 2 treatments can be completed within the HD schedule, which allows the treatment time to be shortened. This approach is also less stressful for patients because fewer punctures are required. In this study, we investigated the safety and efficacy of tandem HD and SePE.

A total of 58 SePE sessions in 30 ABOi kidney transplant recipients were investigated. The SePE circuit was connected in parallel with the HD circuit, and tandem HD and SePE therapy was performed using filtration methods. The SePE sessions were divided into 2 groups those with SePE monotherapy (group S, n = 20) and those with tandem therapy (group T, n = 38). Changes in transmembrane pressure (TMP), arterial pressure (AP), venous pressure (VP), and decrease in isoae were able to perform the 2 treatments without any functional problems. Tandem therapy was also effective in decreasing isoagglutinin titers, which suggests that this may be a beneficial treatment modality as apheresis before ABOi kidney transplantation.Eleven years ago, a 64-year-old Caucasian man had LNH Follicular 3a, IV A stage, FLIPI 2 as a prognostic index of follicular lymphoma. He received 8 cycles of RCHOP followed by rituximab maintenance, with complete remission. Due to a systemic recurrence, a new treatment schedule (RCOMP, 6 cycles) was introduced with partial remission persisting during a long-term maintenance treatment with rituximab. Three years ago, LNH Follicular 3a progressed into GC type diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCL); 6 cycles of rituximab and bendamustine were followed by R-ICE and R OXALI DHAP treatments without beneficial effect. Due to the worse general condition (ECOG 3-4), the patient was treated with pixantrone (6 cycles) until July 10, 2019, with a partial response. PFK15 inhibitor On Jan 13, 2020, an extreme compassioned treatment with venetoclax alone was started; this drug was well tolerated and provided a satisfactory clinical and laboratory improvement. In June 2020, however, he developed bone marrow toxicity and septic fever. Nasal and pharyngeal secretions were SARS-CoV-2 RNA negative. Blood cultures for mycotic agents and Gram-positive, Gram-negative, and anaerobic bacteria were negative, but few days later, the patients died of sepsis due to unidentified agents. The use of venetoclax as a single drug to treat DLBCL BCL2 patients deserves further investigation.
Cabergoline is the treatment of choice for prolactinomas. However, 10-20% of prolactinomas are resistant to cabergoline. Metformin, a biguanide widely used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus, has been shown to reduce prolactin secretion in various pituitary tumor cell lineages both in vitro and in vivo and in human pituitary adenomas in vitro. The aim of this study is to test the effects of metformin addition to cabergoline treatment on prolactin levels in patients with resistant prolactinomas.

This is a prospective study performed in an outpatient clinic in a reference center. Ten adult patients (26-61 y) with prolactinomas (7M), persistent hyperprolactinemia (38-386 ng/mL) under cabergoline treatment (2-7 mg/week) for at least six months (6-108 mo), features of metabolic syndrome and not taking metformin were included. Metformin (1.0-2.5 g v.o./d) was given according to patients´ tolerance. Cabergoline doses were kept unchanged. Serum prolactin levels were measured before and after short- (30-60 d) and long- term (120-180 d) metformin treatment.

Mean prolactin levels did not show any significant changes (148 ± 39 ng/ml vs 138 ± 42 ng/ml vs 133 ± 39 ng/ml, before, at 30-60 days, and at 120-180 days, respectively, P=0.196) after metformin (mean dose 1.25 g/day; range 1.0-2.0 g/day). No patient reached a normal prolactin level during metformin treatment. Two patients were considered partial responders for exhibiting prolactin decreases ≥50% at a single time point during metformin.

Metformin addition to ongoing high dose cabergoline treatment in patients with cabergoline-resistant prolactinomas failed to show a consistent inhibitory effect in serum prolactin levels.
Metformin addition to ongoing high dose cabergoline treatment in patients with cabergoline-resistant prolactinomas failed to show a consistent inhibitory effect in serum prolactin levels.
Dupilumab, a monoclonal antibody inhibiting the signaling pathway of IL-4/IL-13, was shown to be safe and effective in the treatment of moderate/severe atopic dermatitis (AD) in several clinical trials and real-life experiences, with only a small percentage of patients showing to be resistant or to lose disease control.

In this study, we investigated the effectiveness and safety in combining dupilumab with systemic agents or phototherapy in patients experiencing an inadequate response to dupilumab.

This retrospective, monocentric, observational study consecutively included patients aged >18 years, with moderate-severe AD, under treatment with dupilumab. In this cohort of patients, we analyzed data of subjects who experienced an inadequate response to dupilumab, even when combined with topical corticosteroids, and for whom an additional systemic treatment or phototherapy was combined to dupilumab.

In this study, we included a total population of 69 patients treated with dupilumab. In 12/69 patients (17.4%) showing an inadequate response to dupilumab, a combined treatment consisting of dupilumab plus methylprednisolone (n = 5), cyclosporine (n = 4), methotrexate (n = 2), or narrow band-UVB (n = 1) was administered. Overall, after 8 weeks of combined therapy, the majority of patients (11 of 12) obtained an improvement of signs and symptoms of AD. Patients treated with combined therapy did not experience any adverse events, neither did they withdraw treatment because of the occurrence of adverse events.

This study suggests that the combination of dupilumab with a conventional drug or phototherapy may represent a valid therapeutic choice, maintaining a good safety profile in AD patients recalcitrant to dupilumab monotherapy.
This study suggests that the combination of dupilumab with a conventional drug or phototherapy may represent a valid therapeutic choice, maintaining a good safety profile in AD patients recalcitrant to dupilumab monotherapy.
Previous studies indicated variability in the prevalence of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies (DBMD) by racial/ethnic groups. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance, Tracking, and Research network (MD STARnet) conducts muscular dystrophy surveillance in multiple geographic areas of the USA and continues to enroll new cases. This provides an opportunity to continue investigating differences in DBMD prevalence by race and ethnicity and to compare the impact of using varying approaches for estimating prevalence.

To estimate overall and race/ethnicity-specific prevalence of DBMD among males aged 5-9 years and compare the performance of three prevalence estimation methods.

The overall and race/ethnicity-specific 5-year period prevalence rates were estimated with MD STARnet data using three methods. Method 1 used the median of 5-year prevalence, and methods 2 and 3 calculated prevalence directly with different birth cohorts. To compare prevalence between racial/ethnic groups, Poisson modeling was used to estimate prevalence ratios (PRs) with non-Hispanic (NH) whites as the referent group.
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