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Increasing evidence suggests that aortic valve (AV) repair may have better long-term outcomes than AV replacement for aortic insufficiency. However, most literature is limited to centres of excellence and has not sufficiently been replicated in nascent programs. This single-centre experience of a newly established AV repair program aims to compare short-term outcomes of AV sparing versus replacement surgery.

A retrospective cohort study of patients who underwent elective surgery for aortic regurgitation or aortic root dilatation at the Leuven University Hospital between 2013 and 2018 was performed. Patients with a critically ill presentation, endocarditis, aortic stenosis or requiring redo surgery were excluded. Patients were assigned to repair versus replacement based on preoperative intention to preserve the AV. Nearest neighbour propensity score matching was performed to compare both groups. Safety (mortality, morbidity), efficiency (cross-clamp and bypass times) and efficacy end points (repair rate, postoperative echocardiography) were compared.

One hundred and seven patients underwent AV surgery (48 repair, 59 replacement), from which 2 groups of 23 matched patients were created. There were 1 death and 2 reoperations after repair and no death and 1 reoperation after replacement. Extracorporeal circulation and aortic cross-clamp time were significantly longer while ventilation and total hospital stay were significantly shorter after AV repair. Echocardiographic follow-up showed comparable aortic regurgitation but lower transvalvular gradients after repair. Freedom from major complications was comparable in both cohorts.

Early results suggest the feasibility of replicating experienced centres' perioperative and short-term outcomes in nascent programs.
Early results suggest the feasibility of replicating experienced centres' perioperative and short-term outcomes in nascent programs.A 39-year-old man was referred to our hospital as infective endocarditis with multiple organ failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome. Transoesophageal echocardiography and coronary computed tomography angiography revealed a long ingrowing vegetation into the right coronary artery. Emergency surgical resection of the vegetation and aortic valve replacement was performed successfully without distal embolism of the vegetation.Informal payments for healthcare are widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. They are often regressive, potentially limiting access to quality healthcare, particularly for the most vulnerable, and can have catastrophic consequences for households. Yet there is little empirical research that uses theory-driven hypotheses to explore what influences informal payments and, especially, from health workers' perspectives. Consequently, we have explored the characteristics of health workers and facilities influencing informal payments in Tanzania, examining two hypotheses health workers with power and position in the system are more likely to receive informal payments, and transparency and accountability measures can be bypassed by those who can game the system. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 432 health workers from 42 public health facilities (hospitals and health centres) in 12 district councils from Pwani and Dar es Salam regions in Tanzania. Our dependent variable was whether the health worker has ever asked providers, and enhanced governance and supervision.Only few patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction undergo durable mechanical circulatory support implantation. Elacestrant agonist We identified three patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction who needed durable mechanical circulatory support as bridge-to-transplant therapy. In two patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the hypertrophic papillary muscles and myocardium were resected to allow for subsequent left ventricular assist device implantation. In one patient, all visible parts of the mitral valve were additionally resected. The third patient with restrictive cardiomyopathy underwent Berlin Heart Excor BVAD implantation with left atrial cannulation.
Pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are at increased risk for severe illness compared with nonpregnant women. Data to assess risk factors for illness severity among pregnant women with COVID-19 are limited. This study aimed to determine risk factors associated with COVID-19 illness severity among pregnant women with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection.

Pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmed by molecular testing were reported during 29 March 2020-5 March 2021 through the Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies Network (SET-NET). Criteria for illness severity (asymptomatic, mild, moderate-to-severe, or critical) were adapted from National Institutes of Health and World Health Organization criteria. Crude and adjusted risk ratios for moderate-to-severe or critical COVID-19 illness were calculated for selected demographic and clinical characteristics.

Among 7950 pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection, moderate-to-severe or critical COVID-19 illness was associated with age 25 years and older, healthcare occupation, prepregnancy obesity, chronic lung disease, chronic hypertension, and pregestational diabetes mellitus. Risk of moderate-to-severe or critical illness increased with the number of underlying medical or pregnancy-related conditions.

Older age and having underlying medical conditions were associated with increased risk of moderate-to-severe or critical COVID-19 illness among pregnant women. This information might help pregnant women understand their risk for moderate-to-severe or critical COVID-19 illness and can inform targeted public health messaging.
Older age and having underlying medical conditions were associated with increased risk of moderate-to-severe or critical COVID-19 illness among pregnant women. This information might help pregnant women understand their risk for moderate-to-severe or critical COVID-19 illness and can inform targeted public health messaging.Health promotion has long aspired for a world where all people can live to their full potential. Yet, COVID-19 illuminates dramatically different consequences for populations bearing heavy burdens of systemic disadvantage within countries and between the Global South and Global North. Many months of pandemic is entrenching inequities that reveal themselves in the vastly differential distribution of hospitalization and mortality, for example, among racialized groups in the USA. Amplified awareness of the intimate relationship between health, social structures, and economy opens a window of opportunity to act on decades of global commitments to prioritize health equity. Choices to act (or not act) are likely to accelerate already vast inequities within and between countries as rapidly as the COVID-19 pandemic itself. Recognizing the inherently global nature of this pandemic, this article explores how determinants of equity are embedded in global responses to it, arguing that these determinants will critically shape our global futures. This article aims to stimulate dialogue about equity-centered health promoting action during a pandemic, using the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR) Principles for Global Health Research to examine equity considerations at a time of pandemic. Attentiveness to power and the relationship between political economy and health are argued as central to identifying and examining issues of equity. This article invites dialogue about how equity-centered planning, decision-making and action could leverage this massive disruption to society to spark a more hopeful, just, and humane collective future.OST1/SnRK2.6 is a critical component connecting abscisic acid (ABA) receptor complexes and downstream components, including anion channels and transcription factors. Because OST1 is a serine/threonine kinase, several autophosphorylation sites have been identified. S175 is known to be critical for the kinase activity of OST1. We previously reported that BAK1 interacts with and phosphorylates OST1 to regulate ABA signaling. Here, we mapped additional phosphosites of OST1 generated by autophosphorylation and BAK1-mediated transphosphorylation. Many phosphosites serve as both auto- and transphosphorylation sites, especially those clustered in the activation loop region. Phospho-mimetic transgenic plants containing quadruple changes in Y163, S164, S166, and S167 rescued ost1 mutant phenotypes, activating ABA signaling outputs. We also found that OST1 is an active tyrosine kinase, autophosphorylating the Y182 site. ABA induced tyrosine phosphorylation of Y182 in OST1; this event is catalytically important for OST1 activity in plants. ABI1 and its homologs ABI2 and HAB1, PP2C serine/threonine phosphatases, which are known to dephosphorylate OST1 at S175, function as tyrosine phosphatases acting on the phosphorylated Y182 site. Our results indicate that phosphorylation cycles between OST1 and ABI1, which have dual specificity for tyrosine and serine/threonine, coordinately control ABA signaling.
The Esophagectomy Complications Consensus Group (ECCG) and the Dutch Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Audit (DUCA) have set standards in reporting outcomes after oesophagectomy. Reporting outcomes from selected high-volume centres or centralized national cancer programmes may not, however, be reflective of the true global prevalence of complications. This study aimed to compare complication rates after oesophagectomy from these existing sources with those of an unselected international cohort from the Oesophago-Gastric Anastomosis Audit (OGAA).

The OGAA was a prospective multicentre cohort study coordinated by the West Midlands Research Collaborative, and included patients undergoing oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer between April and December 2018, with 90 days of follow-up.

The OGAA study included 2247 oesophagectomies across 137 hospitals in 41 countries. Comparisons with the ECCG and DUCA found differences in baseline demographics between the three cohorts, including age, ASA grade, and rates of ch three cohorts.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on healthcare in many countries. This study assessed the effect of a nationwide lockdown in France on admissions for acute surgical conditions and the subsequent impact on postoperative mortality.

This was an observational analytical study, evaluating data from a national discharge database that collected all discharge reports from any hospital in France. All adult patients admitted through the emergency department and requiring a surgical treatment between 17 March and 11 May 2020, and the equivalent period in 2019 were included. The primary outcome was the change in number of hospital admissions for acute surgical conditions. Mortality was assessed in the matched population, and stratified by region.

During the lockdown period, 57 589 consecutive patients were admitted for acute surgical conditions, representing a decrease of 20.9 per cent compared with the 2019 cohort. Significant differences between regions were observed the decrease was 15.6, 17.2, and 26.
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