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BACKGROUND Sepsis in patients with cancer is increasingly common and associated with high mortality. To date, no studies have examined the effectiveness of prehospital antibiotics in septic patients with cancer. This study aimed without and to evaluate the effect of prehospital antibiotics in septic patients with cancer. METHODS We conducted a post-hoc sub-analysis of the PHANTASi (PreHospital ANTibioitcs Against Sepsis) trial database a randomised controlled trial which enrolled patients with suspected sepsis who were transported to the emergency department by ambulance. Patients in the intervention group were administered prehospital intravenous antibiotics while those in the control group received usual care. We compared patients who had cancer to those who did not. Primary outcome was 28-day mortality; among the secondary outcomes, we included in-hospital mortality and 90-day mortality. RESULTS 357(13.4%) of the 2658 included patients had cancer in the past five years, of which, 209 (58.5%) were included in the intervention and 148 (41.5%) usual care groups; 28-day mortality was significantly higher in patients who were diagnosed with cancer in the past five years than those without cancer in the past five years 15.2% vs. 7.1%, respectively (p less then 0.001). Prehospital antibiotics in the group of patients with cancer in the last five years yielded no significant effect on survival. There were however, significantly fewer 30-day readmissions (p = 0.031) in the intervention group of cancer patients (12.2% vs 5.7%). CONCLUSION Prehospital antibiotics did not improve overall survival. However, there was a significant reduction in 30-day readmissions.OBJECTIVE This study evaluated the characteristics of new users of sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) in clinical practice to assess the applicability of the findings from clinical trials (Empagliflozin, Cardiovascular Outcomes and Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes (EMPA-REG OUTCOME) trial, Dapagliflozin Effect on Cardiovascular Events (DECLARE)-TIMI 58 trial, Canagliflozin Cardiovascular Assessment Study (CANVAS) program and the Evaluation of Ertugliflozin Efficacy and Safety Cardiovascular Outcomes (VERTIS-CV) trial) and multinational observational studies (CVD-REAL Nordic study and CVD-REAL 2 study). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the largest electronic medical records database from seven hospitals in Taiwan. We included adult patients with type 2 diabetes initiating canagliflozin, dapagliflozin and empagliflozin between 1 January 2018 and 31 August 2019. We compared the patient characteristics with SGLT2i to examine the data representativeness of clwith dapagliflozin (9.3%). CONCLUSIONS The findings provide clear evidence that results from current studies may be less applicable to real-world patients. Further studies are required to support the concept of real-world cardiovascular event protection through SGLT2i. © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.ESES is a developmental epileptic disorder directly responsible for progressive encephalopathy and neurocognitive regression. The natural history, indications for surgical intervention, and predictors for favorable seizure and neuropsychological outcome remain unclear. We performed a retrospective review of children who underwent resective or disconnective surgery for ESES between January 2009 and July 2016 at a large tertiary pediatric center. Information on the patients' demographics, seizure semiology, radiographic and electrographic findings, and surgical management was collected. The primary outcome was seizure freedom at last follow-up visit, and secondary outcomes were neuropsychological improvement and electrographic ESES resolution. We identified 11 children who underwent surgery for ESES. The mean ages were 3.2 years for seizure onset, 7.1 years for formal ESES diagnosis, and 9.4 years for surgery. Seizure etiologies included cortical malformations (four patients), encephalomalacia and gliosis from enzodiazepines, and steroids. As we gain greater understanding into the management of ESES, surgery is an increasingly useful tool for patients with mild or moderate neurodevelopmental delay, focal epileptogenic foci, and hemi-ESES electrographic findings.Lacosamide (LCM) is a well-tolerated and increasingly used second-generation AED, and side effects such as atrial fibrillation are rare and poorly characterized. Supported by a literature review, we share our experience of the management of the first reported case of cardioembolic cerebral infarcts in the context of de novo atrial fibrillation, which appeared following a 200-mg intravenous infusion of LCM for the treatment of non-convulsive status epilepticus. Case report and literature review using search items including "atrial fibrillation OR atrial flutter AND LCM" in the thesaurus of Medline. We found three cases of atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter secondary to LCM, one following a 200-mg intravenous infusion. In one patient, previous risk factors for atrial fibrillation were reported and another was started on warfarin; all required suspension of LCM for cessation of atrial fibrillation. Previous risk factors for atrial fibrillation in our patient were older age, male gender, obesity, hypertension, valvular disease, first-degree atrioventricular block and left anterior fascicle block. Atrial fibrillation appeared at the end of the infusion and ceased after a loading dose of amiodarone and suspension of LCM. INCB084550 manufacturer Apixaban was initiated indefinitely five days later, and MRI showed four acute silent infarctions. The appearance of atrial fibrillation has severe therapeutic and clinical implications and the use of LCM might be reconsidered within a context of increased predisposition to developing atrial fibrillation. If atrial fibrillation appears, the drug should be discontinued and anticoagulation should be considered according to embolic risk. Further investigation is needed in order to better categorize the risk profile of lacosamide regarding atrial fibrillation.
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