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There is a high prevalence of liver injury (LI) in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); however, few large-scale studies assessing risk factors and clinical outcomes in these patients have been done.

To evaluate the risk factors and clinical outcomes associated with LI in a large inpatient cohort of COVID-19 patients.

Adult patients with COVID-19 between March 1 and April 30, 2020, were included. LI was defined as peak levels of alanine aminotransferase/aspartate aminotransferase that were 3 times the ULN or peak levels in alkaline phosphatase/total bilirubin that were 2 times the ULN. Mild elevation in liver enzymes (MEL) was defined as abnormal peak liver enzyme levels lower than the threshold for LI. Patients with MEL and LI were compared to a control group comprising patients with normal liver enzymes throughout hospitalization.

Of 1935 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, 1031 (53.2%) had MEL and 396 (20.5%) had LI. Compared to control patients, MEL and LI groups contained proportionately more men. Patients in the MEL cohort were older compared to control, and African-Americans were more highly represented in the LI group. Patients with LI had an increased risk of mortality (relative risk [RR] 4.26), intensive care unit admission (RR, 5.52), intubation (RR, 11.01), 30-day readmission (RR, 1.81), length of hospitalization, and intensive care unit stay (10.49 and 10.06days, respectively) compared to control.

Our study showed that patients with COVID-19 who presented with LI had a significantly increased risk of mortality and poor clinical outcomes.
Our study showed that patients with COVID-19 who presented with LI had a significantly increased risk of mortality and poor clinical outcomes.
Regular monitoring and treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) are known to reduce the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma. We sought to describe patterns of monitoring and treatment among adults diagnosed with CHB in Australia.

Population-based prospective cohort study of Australian adults aged 45 + years followed by record-linkage to hepatitis B notifications, monitoring and treatment. Proportions of those with CHB who had viral load test; were dispensed antiviral treatment; and had ultrasound surveillance were estimated. The characteristics associated with viral load test and ultrasound surveillance were examined using logistic regression.

A total of 576 adults with CHB were identified. From 2008 to 2015, 14.8% (85/576) had at least one viral load test recorded every 2years and 19.1% (110/576) had at least one antiviral treatment recorded, 19.9% (58/292) had at least one ultrasound recorded every year among those eligible for ultrasound surveillance. A record of having at least one viral load test every 2years was more likely among adults born in Asia compared to Australian-born (21.4% vs 8.6%), those notified in more recent years compared to earlier years, and those on antiviral treatment compared to not on treatment. Increasing proportions of cases had records of at least one viral load test over time (2008 10.5%, 2015 27.2%) and at least one antiviral treatment (2008 3.0%, 2015 18.5%).

In Australian adults, estimates of care interventions for CHB management have increased over time but still fall short of targets recommended in the National Hepatitis B Strategy.
In Australian adults, estimates of care interventions for CHB management have increased over time but still fall short of targets recommended in the National Hepatitis B Strategy.
Functional dyspepsia (FD) has a high prevalence worldwide and reduces patients' quality of life. The etiology of FD is likely multifactorial. Although two studies showed an inverse association between exercise habits and FD, evidence regarding the association between exercise habits and FD remains scarce.

This study aimed to investigate the association between exercise habits and FD among the young Japanese population, taking the presence or absence of an exercise partner as an additional variable.

The study subjects consisted of 8923 Japanese university students. 5-Azacytidine cell line The definition of FD was based on the Rome III criteria. Information on exercise frequency, exercise intensity, and exercise partners was obtained from a self-administered questionnaire.

The prevalence of FD was 1.9% in this cohort. Low, moderate, and high frequency of exercise was independently inversely associated with FD (adjusted odds ratio [OR] was low OR 0.69 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.47-0.997], moderate OR 0.53 [95% CI 0.34-0.81] and high OR 0.53 [95% CI 0.30-0.88], p for trend p = 0.002). Moderate and high intensity of exercise was independently inversely associated with FD (moderate OR 0.56 [95% CI 0.36-0.84] and high OR 0.49 [95% CI 0.30-0.76], p for trend p = 0.001). Exercise with groups and with friends was independently inversely associated with FD whereas the association between exercising alone and FD was not significant (groups OR 0.28 [95% CI 0.14-0.50] and friends OR 0.44 [95% CI 0.24-0.74]).

Among the young Japanese population, frequency and intensity of exercise may be independently inversely associated with FD. Additionally, exercise with groups and with friends but not by oneself was inversely associated with exercise and FD, respectively.
Among the young Japanese population, frequency and intensity of exercise may be independently inversely associated with FD. Additionally, exercise with groups and with friends but not by oneself was inversely associated with exercise and FD, respectively.
To determine the prognostic value of optical coherence tomography (OCT) measurement of the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in visual recovery after orbital decompression of patients with dysthyroid optic neuropathy (DON).

A total of 52 eyes of 37 patients who underwent orbital decompression for DON between 2013 and 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. We examined peripapillary RNFL thickness, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), visual field (VF) for mean deviation (MD) and pattern standard deviation (PSD), and pattern-reversed visual evoked potential (PVEP) for P100 latency and amplitude before and after surgery. Black and white checkerboard square sizes of PVEP were 15 and 60 arcmin (arcminute and minute of angle). Changes in RNFL overall thickness and by quadrant and interocular differences were evaluated and studied regarding changes in BCVA, VF and PVEP.

There was a significant improvement in BCVA, VF, and PVEP, whereas a dramatic reduction in RNFL thickness of all DON patients in global average, temporal, superior, and inferior quadrants (P = 0.
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