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Overall, the smokeless product category is quite resilient although signs suggest downward trends among some product categories and features. New types of smokeless tobacco products (e.g., snus, tobacco-free nicotine pouches) account for a growing share of the market.
The purpose of a medical laboratory test is to provide information on the pathophysiologic condition of an individual patient as an aid in diagnosis, therapy, or assessment of risk for a disease. For optimal laboratory service, results from different measurement procedures (MPs) for the same measurand should be equivalent (harmonized) within stated specifications, enabling the results to be used reliably for medical decisions. The term "harmonization" refers to any process that enables establishing equivalence of reported values among different end-user MPs. The term "standardization" refers to achieving harmonization by metrological traceability of patients' results to higher order reference materials and/or reference measurement procedures.

New procedures for harmonization and standardization were published in 2020 by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and by the IFCC. ISO 175112020 provides revised requirements for establishing metrologically traceable calibration hierarchies for end-user MPs used in clinical laboratories. VX-809 ISO 211512020 provides new requirements to implement a harmonization protocol to address the situation when there are no fit-for-purpose certified reference materials or reference MPs available for a measurand. The IFCC Working Group on Commutability published recommendations for applying a correction for noncommutability of a certified reference material to enable using that material in a metrologically traceable calibration hierarchy for an end-user MP.

We review metrological traceability and how these new approaches will improve the capability to achieve harmonized results for clinical samples.
We review metrological traceability and how these new approaches will improve the capability to achieve harmonized results for clinical samples.
Socioeconomic status (SES) is a complex variable that is derived primarily from an individual's education, income, and occupation and has been found to be inversely related to outcomes of health conditions. Sepsis is the sixth most common admitting diagnosis and one of the most costly conditions for in-hospital spending in the United States. The objective of this review is to report on the relationship between SES and sepsis incidence and associated outcomes.

Sepsis epidemiology varies when explored by race, education, geographic location, income, and insurance status. Sepsis incidence was significantly increased in individuals of Black race compared with non-Hispanic white race; in persons who have less formal education, who lack insurance, and who have low income; and in certain US regions. People with low SES are likely to have onset of sepsis significantly earlier in life and to have poorly controlled comorbidities compared with those with higher SES. Sepsis mortality and hospital readmission is increocial network. Future studies should include polysocial risk scores that are consistently defined to allow for meaningful comparison across studies.
To compare the safety and efficacy of sequential anti-tubercular treatment (ATT) regimen with the standard regimen in tuberculous meningitis (TBM).

This single-centre, open-label, parallel group randomized controlled trial was conducted from May 2017 to June 2019 in India. Treatment-naïve patients with TBM fulfilling the inclusion criteria were randomized to four drug ATT regimens (rifampicin, isoniazid, ethambutol and pyrazinamide) administered either simultaneously (standard arm) or one after another (sequential arm) in a 1  1 ratio. The primary endpoint was drug-induced hepatitis (DIH) and the secondary endpoints were in-hospital death and disability at 3 and 6months using a modified Rankin Scale.

A total of 97 patients with TBM were recruited; 15 did not meet the inclusion criteria and 2 refused to participate. The median age of the patients was 26y (range 15-75) and 37 (46.2%) were males. The patients in the sequential arm had fewer cases of DIH (20% vs 42.5%; p=0.03). The patients in the sequential arm had lower in-hospital mortality (2.5% vs 17.5%; p=0.025) and better 6-month outcomes (25.0% vs 50.0%; p=0.02) compared with the standard arm.

Sequential ATT was associated with a lower frequency of DIH, lower in-hospital mortality and better 6-month outcome.

Clinical Trials Registry of India (ctri.nic.in) identifier REF/2016/09/012214/CTRI/2017/10/010072.
Clinical Trials Registry of India (ctri.nic.in) identifier REF/2016/09/012214/CTRI/2017/10/010072.
The use of rifamycin antibiotics for TB prevention carries a risk of detrimental drug-drug interactions with concomitantly used ART.

To evaluate the interaction of the antiretroviral drug nevirapine in combination with 4 weeks of daily rifapentine and isoniazid for TB prevention in people living with HIV.

Participants were individuals enrolled in the BRIEF-TB study receiving nevirapine and randomized to the rifapentine/isoniazid arm of the study. Participants provided sparse pharmacokinetic (PK) sampling at baseline and weeks 2 and 4 for trough nevirapine determination. Nevirapine apparent oral clearance (CL/F) was estimated and the geometric mean ratio (GMR) of CL/F prior to and during rifapentine/isoniazid was calculated.

Seventy-eight participants had evaluable PK data 61 (78%) female, 51 (65%) black non-Hispanic and median (range) age of 40 (13-66) years. Median (IQR) nevirapine trough concentrations were week 0, 7322 (5266-9302) ng/mL; week 2, 5537 (3552-8462) ng/mL; and week 4, 5388 (3516-8243) drug-drug interaction suggests daily rifapentine/isoniazid for TB prevention should not be co-administered with nevirapine-containing ART.The WHO declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a global pandemic on 11 March 2020. Lessons from SARS epidemic led Singapore to develop stringent infection control protocols in preparation for future pandemics. However, unlike SARS, COVID-19 appears to be more transmissible and is predicted to continue for longer. As of 14 June 2020, there have been 40,197 positive cases with 26 deaths in Singapore, and KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) has managed a total of 73 cases. Obstetrics ultrasound is an indispensable medical service and must continue to operate during a pandemic. A key balance must be struck between keeping patients and healthcare workers safe while being able to provide quality and prompt obstetric care. Our Antenatal Diagnostic Centre (ADC) in KKH developed new strategies to adapt to the pandemic when the national Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON) was raised from yellow to orange on 7 February 2020. In this paper, we discuss our clinical workflow to reduce the risk of transmission amongst patients and staff while minimising disruption to our services.
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