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We report here the case of a 27-year-old man who consulted by telemedicine during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, due to foreign body sensation and left eye redness. Examination revealed unilateral eyelid edema and moderate conjunctival hyperemia. A few hours later, the patient experienced intense headache and developed fever, cough and severe dyspnea. A nasopharyngeal swab proved positive for SARS-CoV-2. This case demonstrates that conjunctivitis can be the inaugural manifestation of the COVID-19 infection. It illustrates the interest of telemedicine in ophthalmology during the COVID-19 pandemic, since moderate conjunctival hyperemia can be the first sign of a severe respiratory distress. BACKGROUND Multiple aspects of nurses' rosters interact to affect the quality of patient care they can provide and their own health, safety and wellbeing. OBJECTIVES (1) Develop and test a matrix incorporating multiple aspects of rosters and recovery sleep that are individually associated with three fatigue-related outcomes - fatigue-related clinical errors, excessive sleepiness and sleepy driving; and (2) evaluate whether the matrix also predicts nurses' ratings of the effects of rosters on aspects of life outside work. DESIGN Develop and test the matrix using data from a national survey of nurses' fatigue and work patterns in six hospital-based practice areas with high fatigue risk. METHODS Survey data included demographics, work patterns (previous 14 days), choice about shifts, and the extent to which work patterns cause problems with social life, home life, personal relationships, and other commitments (rated 1 = not at all to 5 = very much). Matrix variables were selected based on univariate associationsificant independent predictor of each of the three fatigue-related outcomes, and for all four aspects of life outside work. For all outcome variables, the model including the matrix score was a better fit to the data than the equivalent model including all the (uncategorised) work pattern variables. CONCLUSIONS A matrix that predicts the likelihood of nurses reporting fatigue-related safety outcomes can be used to compare the impact of rosters both at work and outside work. It can be used for roster design and management, and to guide nurses' choices about the shifts they work. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of a proposed bevacizumab biosimilar to those of the reference product in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). METHODS This Phase III, multicenter, randomized, double-blind (patient- and assessor-blind), active-controlled, 2-armed, parallel-group, noninferiority trial was conducted in patients with histologically verified colorectal cancer with evidence of at least 1 metastasis. Patients with mCRC were randomized 21 to receive 5 mg/kg IV of either study drug plus FOLFIRI-3 (with repeated irinotecan 100 mg/m2 60-min infusion on day 3) or the reference drug plus FOLFIRI-3 every 2 weeks for 1 year. Progression-free survival (PFS) was the primary end point, and overall survival, objective response rate, and time to treatment failure as well as safety and immunogenicity were secondary end points. The population assessable for PFS was per protocol, and the intention-to-treat population was used for sensitivity analysis. Safety wain the treatment of mCRC, and tolerability was comparable between the 2 drugs. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT03288987. INTRODUCTION Cutaneous plasmacytosis is a rare skin condition first described in 1976 and it is seen mainly in patients of Asian descent. Patients usually present with multiple reddish-brown macules and nodules chiefly on the trunk and face, with clusters of well-differentiated plasma cells in the dermis. The aetiopathogenesis and nosological features of this entity remain obscure. We report herein a case of cutaneous plasmacytosis in a European middle-aged woman with presence of Darier's sign. PATIENTS AND METHODS A 56-year-old woman of European descent presented with asymptomatic hyperpigmented patches affecting the dorsal aspect of her trunk for at least two years. Darier's sign was present in some episodes. Cutaneous biopsy showed a moderately dense interstitial and perivascular infiltrate containing numerous well-differentiated mature plasma cells affecting the entire dermal surface. Kappa and lambda immunochemistry demonstrated polyclonal plasma cell infiltrates with absence of light-chain restriction. Immunohistochemical examination was negative for HHV-8 and Treponema pallidum spirochetes. Laboratory findings revealed hypergammaglobulinaemia with no monoclonal bands being detected on immunofixation. A diagnosis of cutaneous plasmacytosis was made. In the absence of systemic involvement initial management consisted of clinical surveillance. DISCUSSION The characteristic clinico-pathological features of CP allowed diagnosis of this skin condition in our patient, although it is very rarely reported in patients of European descent. The main differential diagnoses were ruled out, namely plasmacytic infiltrates related to infections and marginal B-cell lymphoma. Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is common in LVAD recipients, and although often well tolerated, may result in symptoms and ICD therapies, and therefore require further evaluation and treatment. However, preload deficiency may also contribute to the development of ventricular tachycardia after LVAD implantation by provoking inflow cannula related VT. In this report, three cases are described where ventricular tachycardia was evaluated by integrated assessment utilizing echo and the HeartWare HVAD console, and successfully treated by modification of LV loading conditions. RR MS evolution has changed since the beginning of the availability of MS disease-modifying drugs (DMD). Before concluding a unique impact of the efficiency of DMD, careful analysis of long-term studies has to be conducted. Analysis of the literature points out a few bias in the long-term follow of MS patients under DMD indication of DMD has changed since 20 years, diagnosis criteria are not the same (including the Will Rogers phenomen), and so far population are not homogeneous and comparable. Analysis criteria of the efficiency of the treatments are not the same, pending on the date of the publications. References concerning the long-term impact of DMD are in fact very limited. In addition, long-term efficiency of 2nd line treatments is not available. Another explanation of the change of MS evolution could be the lower evolutivity of MS patients since 2 decades. Analysis of placebo group in pivotal studies, argues to a decrease of the relapse annual rate and mean EDSS score in the more recent studies and recent MS diagnosed patients. To conclude, long-term evolution of MS patients is more favorable, influence of DMD is likely, but not unique. INTRODUCTION Patients with cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) often present with slowly progressive symptoms, leading to delay in diagnosis. The aim of our single-center study was to highlight the clinical patterns and etiological features of CVT, and to show the impact of diagnostic delay on prognosis in Algerian adults. Deoxycytidine METHODS Retrospective and prospective data of patients with radiologically confirmed CVT were collected over a 10-year period at the neurovascular emergency unit of the Salim Zemirli hospital in Algiers. Manifestations were classified by clinical syndrome. All patients received immediate unfractionated heparin at a hypocoagulant dose. Systematic targeted etiological research for CVT was performed with identification of acquired and genetic risks. RESULTS The study included 28 patients, median age 32 years. Median time to diagnosis was 11 days. The most common clinical features were headache (79%), focal neurological deficit (48%), seizures (33%), and mental status changes (26%). The superior sagittal and transverse sinuses were most commonly involved. Important predisposing factors included local infection (31%), puerperium (14%), oral contraceptive pill use (11%), Behçet disease (11%) and thrombophilia (18%). Short-term outcome was favorable in a majority of patients, but vision lost was noted in three because of delayed diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS In a single center in Algiers, CVT occurred essentially in young women. Most patients presented acute intracranial hypertension with headache as the cardinal sign. The most common sites of thrombosis were the transverse and the superior sagittal sinuses. Predominantly, acquired causes were infection, puerperium and oral contraceptives. Protein S deficiency was notable. Outcome was favorable in most patients, without sequelae. The prognosis of CVT is decisively dependent on early diagnosis and immediate anticoagulant treatment with heparin. Therapeutic antibodies have revolutionized modern medicine. At present, antibodies are successfully used for treatment of diverse human diseases, ranging from cancer to viral infections. All clinically approved antibodies rely on highly specific recognition of their target antigen. Antigen-binding promiscuity, binding to autoantigens, and propensity for self-binding (homophilic interaction) are highly undesirable characteristics of antibody drug candidates. Nevertheless, the immune system of all healthy individuals constantly produces and uses large quantities of antibodies that can be classified as inappropriate for development as drugs. Here, I provide arguments that antibodies with 'aberrant' properties have therapeutic potential. They could be useful in certain complex pathological conditions, thus enriching our armamentarium for treatment of human diseases. STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Vat-polymerization additive manufacturing (AM) technologies can be used to fabricate clear silicone indices for diagnostic trial restorations, interim restorations, and direct composite resin restorations. Different support parameters, including print orientation of the virtual design of the silicone index, need to be determined when a dental device is fabricated with AM. However, the optimal printing angulation for minimal surface texture remains unclear. link2 PURPOSE The purpose of this in vitro study was to measure the surface roughness of the AM clear silicone indices manufactured by using a vat-polymerization 3D printer with different print orientations. MATERIAL AND METHODS A virtual design of a facial silicone index was obtained, and the standard tessellation language file was exported and used to manufacture all the specimens using a vat-polymerization 3D printer. link3 All the specimens were placed on the build platform with the same parameters, except for the print orientation which was se ±1.0 μm). However, no statistically significant difference was found in the surface roughness between the 25-degree and 45-degree print orientation groups (P=.296). CONCLUSIONS Print orientation significantly influenced the surface roughness measured on the intaglio of the facial AM silicone indices tested. In zebrafish, cilia movement within the Kupffer's vesicle (KV) generates a fluid flow responsible for accumulating nodal signals exclusively in the left lateral plate mesoderm, thereby initiating left-right patterning (LRP). Defects in LRP cause devastating congenital disorders including congenital heart malformations due to organ mis-positioning. We identified the miR-103/107 family to be involved in regulating LRP. Depletion of miR-103/107 in zebrafish embryos resulted in malpositioned and malformed visceral organs and hearts due to disturbed LRP gene expression, indicating early defects in LRP. Additionally, loss of miR-103/107 affected KV morphogenesis and cilia formation without disturbing endoderm development. Human fibroblasts depleted of miR-103a/107 often failed to extend cilia or developed shorter cilia, indicating functional conservation between species. We identified arl6, araf and foxH1 as direct targets of miR-103/107 providing a mechanistic link to cilia development and nodal signal titration. We describe a new microRNA family controlling KV development and hence influencing establishment of internal organ asymmetry.
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