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PDs reported 89 graduating fellows, 88% of whom secured an academic position with protected time. Seventy-percent of DDs and 100% of PDs reported that AGP fellows could secure an academic position with protected time, while only 22% and 1%, respectively, reported a graduating pediatric resident could secure a similar position. DDs indicated AGP fellowship trained candidates are preferable for enhancing research and education programs.

AGP remains an active subspecialty and the majority of graduating fellows secured faculty positions with protected time. Protein Tyrosine Kinase inhibitor Further studies are needed to understand ways to improve visibility of AGP fellowships.
AGP remains an active subspecialty and the majority of graduating fellows secured faculty positions with protected time. Further studies are needed to understand ways to improve visibility of AGP fellowships.
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH), a rare complication of HHT is associated with poor outcome. There are no trials to date that have investigated whether pulmonary vasodilator therapy improves hemodynamics or survival in this disease.

To determine whether pulmonary vasodilator therapy improves survival, exercise capacity, or hemodynamics in HHT patients with pre-capillary PH.

We performed a before-and-after observational study on a multicenter cohort of subjects with HHT-PAH who received intravenous prostanoid therapy. We then conducted a systematic review, searching Medline and EMBASE through December 2019. Studies that enrolled HHT-PAH subjects and reported treatment outcomes were selected. PROSPERO #158179.

Twenty-one articles were selected. Studies were before-and-after observational studies, case reports, and case series. Among all subjects with HHT-PAH, both mPAP (65±19 pre-treatment vs 51±16mmHg post-treatment p=0.04) and PVR (12±6 pre-treatment vs 8±4 WU post-treatment p=0.01) improved with treatment. The mPAP improved with either oral (57±17 pre-treatment versus 44±13mmHg post-treatment, p=0.03) or intravenous (80±15 pre-treatment versus 64±16mmHg post-treatment, p=0.017) therapy. PVR also improved with either oral (10±4 pre-treatment versus 6±3 WU post-treatment, p=0.004) or intravenous (17±5 pre-treatment versus 10±4 WU post-treatment, p=0.04) therapy. Survival among HHT-PAH patients who received oral or intravenous therapy was not different (p=0.2). Unadjusted survival among HHT-PAH patients was longer than that of IPAH patients (p=0.008). There was no difference in side effects among HHT-PAH patient who received oral or intravenous therapy (p=0.1).

Pulmonary vasodilator therapy is effective in improving hemodynamics of subjects with HHT-PAH and was not associated with increased risk of side effects.
Pulmonary vasodilator therapy is effective in improving hemodynamics of subjects with HHT-PAH and was not associated with increased risk of side effects.
Persistent secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) may occur because of residual cervicothoracic parathyroids in parathyroidectomy (PTX) patients with chronic kidney disease. We prospectively compared the predictive values of intraoperative plasma (1-84) parathyroid hormone (PTH) and intact PTH (iPTH) levels to improve the safety and efficacy of PTX.

We included 100 healthy controls, 162 stage 5 chronic kidney disease patients without SHPT, and 214 patients who underwent PTX because of SHPT. Plasma iPTH and (1-84) PTH levels were measured before incision (io-iPTH0 and io-[1-84]PTH0, respectively) and 10 minutes (io-iPTH10 and io-[1-84]PTH10, respectively) and 20 minutes (io-iPTH20 and io-[1-84]PTH20, respectively) after removing all parathyroids. The percentage reduction of iPTH and (1-84) PTH at 10 minutes (io-iPTH10% and io-[1-84]PTH10%, respectively) and 20 minutes (io-iPTH20%, and io-[1-84]PTH20%, respectively) was calculated. iPTH and (1-84) PTH were measured using second- and third-generation PTH assays, respectively.

Compared with the controls and non-PTX patients, the PTX group had more obvious mineral metabolism disorders. There were 187 successful PTXs, 19 patients with persistent SHPT, and 8 patients lost to follow-up. The receiver operating characteristic curves revealed that io-(1-84)PTH10% >86.6% and io-(1-84)PTH20% >87.5% suggested successful PTX. The sensitivity of io-iPTH20% and io-(1-84)PTH20% were higher than those at the timepoint of 10 minutes. Moreover, the specificity and sensitivity of the (1-84) PTH reduction percentage were superior to that of iPTH.

Intraoperative reduction percentages of plasma (1-84) PTH levels are superior to iPTH for accurately predicting successful PTX, especially at 20 minutes after all cervicothoracic parathyroids had been resected.
Intraoperative reduction percentages of plasma (1-84) PTH levels are superior to iPTH for accurately predicting successful PTX, especially at 20 minutes after all cervicothoracic parathyroids had been resected.Factors such as antibody clearance and target affinity can influence antibodies' effective doses for specific indications. However, these factors vary considerably across antibody classes, precluding direct and quantitative comparisons. Here, we apply a dimensionless metric, the therapeutic exposure affinity ratio (TEAR), which normalizes the therapeutic doses by antibody bioavailability, systemic clearance and target-binding property to enable direct and quantitative comparisons of therapeutic doses. Using TEAR, we revisited and dissected the doses of up to 60 approved antibodies. We failed to detect a significant influence of target baselines, turnovers or anatomical locations on antibody therapeutic doses, challenging the traditional perceptions. We highlight the importance of antibodies' modes of action for therapeutic doses and dose selections; antibodies that work through neutralizing soluble targets show higher TEARs than those working through other mechanisms. Overall, our analysis provides insights into the factors that influence antibody doses, and the factors that are crucial for antibodies' pharmacological effects.Globally, the incidence of thromboembolic diseases has increased in recent years, accompanied by an increase in patient mortality. Currently, several targeting delivery strategies have been developed to treat thromboembolic diseases. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms of thrombolysis and current anticoagulant drugs, particularly those with targeting capability, highlighting advances in the accurate treatment of thrombolysis with fewer adverse effects. Such approaches include magnetic drug-loading systems combined with molecular imaging to recanalize blood vessels and systems based on chimeric Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) sequences that can target platelet glycoprotein receptor. With such progress in targeted antithrombotic drugs, targeted thrombolysis treatment shows significant potential benefit for patients.
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