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BACKGROUND Venom-induced consumption coagulopathy (VICC) from tiger snake (Notechis scutatus) envenomation results in a dose-dependent coagulopathy that is detectable on coagulometry. AZD5991 However, individual coagulation factor activities in dogs with tiger snake envenomation have not been determined. This study aimed to characterise VICC and the time course of recovery in tiger snake envenomed dogs and to investigate an association between tiger snake venom (TSV) concentrations and factor activity. METHODS This was a prospective, observational, cohort study. The study cohort was 11 dogs of any age, breed, sex, body weight >10 kg, confirmed serum TSV on ELISA and treated with antivenom. Blood was collected at enrolment before antivenom administration, then at 3, 12 and 24 h after antivenom administration. Tiger snake venom concentrations were detected with a sandwich ELISA. Fibrinogen was measured using a modified Clauss method, and coagulation factors (F) II, V, VII, VIII and X were measured with factor-deprived SV-concentration-related consumption of select coagulation factors, that rapidly recovered toward normal. These findings allowed further insight into tiger snake VICC in dogs. It is estimated that approximately 300 million people worldwide are affected by asthma, and the number of patients affected is growing exponentially-with potential for an additional 100 million people affected by the condition by 2025.1 With this increasing burden of disease, there is high motivation to discover effective prevention strategies. Strategies aimed at stalling the atopic progression, modifying the microbiome, preventing respiratory viral infections, and reducing the impact of toxin/pollutant exposure through dietary supplements have had limited success in the prevention of asthma. This is likely because asthma is heterogenous, and influenced by different genetic and environmental factors. Genes underlie a predisposition to asthma and allergic sensitization, while exposure to allergens, respiratory infections, and pollution may modify asthma pathogenesis and the variation in severity seen among individuals. Future advances in asthma prevention may include a more personalized approach genetic variations among susceptible individuals with distinct asthma phenotypes, or different biomarkers of disease may help individualize prevention strategies and render them more effective. In this article, we summarize interventions that have been studied for the prevention of asthma and identify some of the clinical trials that are actively underway in asthma prevention. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a lethal form of acute respiratory failure, and as no specific treatments exist, supportive care remains the primary management strategy in these patients. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has emerged as an intervention in patients with severe ARDS to facilitate gas exchange and the delivery of more lung protective ventilation. Over the past 20 years, improvements in ECMO technology has increased its safety and transportability, making it far more available to this patient population globally. Deciding which patients with ARDS should be initiated on ECMO remains a challenging question. Numerous clinical and laboratory markers have been investigated, and multiple risk scores developed, to aid clinicians in this decision-making process. However, they are still imperfect, and the choice is often based on institutional guidelines and the clinical impression of the treating physician. Given the potential risks and resource implications for this intervention, patient selection is critical and it is important to provide ECMO only to patients who have a reasonable chance for recovery or bridge to transplantation. In ECMO patients where there is no potential for recovery or transplant, the only option may be withdrawal of ECMO and palliation. These patients may be awake and interactive, which is often a very challenging scenario for patients, families, and the clinical team. In this article, we present a more controversial case and a review of the literature regarding the selection of ARDS patients who should receive ECMO. BACKGROUND When a new infectious disease emerges, appropriate case definitions are important for clinical diagnosis and for public health surveillance. Tracking case numbers over time is important to establish the speed of spread and the effectiveness of interventions. We aimed to assess whether changes in case definitions affected inferences on the transmission dynamics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China. METHODS We examined changes in the case definition for COVID-19 in mainland China during the first epidemic wave. We used exponential growth models to estimate how changes in the case definitions affected the number of cases reported each day. We then inferred how the epidemic curve would have appeared if the same case definition had been used throughout the epidemic. FINDINGS From Jan 15 to March 3, 2020, seven versions of the case definition for COVID-19 were issued by the National Health Commission in China. We estimated that when the case definitions were changed, the proportion of infections being detected as cases increased by 7·1 times (95% credible interval [CrI] 4·8-10·9) from version 1 to 2, 2·8 times (1·9-4·2) from version 2 to 4, and 4·2 times (2·6-7·3) from version 4 to 5. If the fifth version of the case definition had been applied throughout the outbreak with sufficient testing capacity, we estimated that by Feb 20, 2020, there would have been 232 000 (95% CrI 161 000-359 000) confirmed cases in China as opposed to the 55 508 confirmed cases reported. INTERPRETATION The case definition was initially narrow and was gradually broadened to allow detection of more cases as knowledge increased, particularly milder cases and those without epidemiological links to Wuhan, China, or other known cases. These changes should be taken into account when making inferences on epidemic growth rates and doubling times, and therefore on the reproductive number, to avoid bias. FUNDING Health and Medical Research Fund, Hong Kong.
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