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Salivary duct carcinoma (SDC) is a rare and highly aggressive cancer with a poor prognosis. SDC demonstrates a potential for invasive growth with early regional and distant metastasis to organs, such as bone, lung, liver, and brain. Because, adrenal gland metastasis from SDC is rare, its treatment options are not well established. Herein, we report a case of SDC metastasis from the parotid gland to the adrenal gland, which was successfully treated by surgery.

The patient had an abnormal but painless lump on the right parotid gland. The size of the mass had increased over a period of 3 years. The patient underwent complete removal of the right parotid gland and radical neck dissection followed by adjuvant radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Two years later, a mass was identified in the left adrenal gland by computed tomography. As no local recurrence or metastasis to other organs was observed, the patient underwent adrenalectomy.

Metastasis of SDC in the adrenal gland was confirmed by histopathological examination of the adrenalectomized specimen.

After adrenalectomy, the patient was followed-up without adjuvant therapy.

The patient was well and alive during the 13-month postoperative follow-up period without any complications.

Surgical resection of solitary metastatic lesion may show a survival benefit with metastatic SDC.
Surgical resection of solitary metastatic lesion may show a survival benefit with metastatic SDC.
There are reports that the use of regional anesthesia (RA) may be associated with better perioperative surgical stress response in cancer patients compared with general anesthetics (GA). However, the role of anesthesia on the magnitude of the postoperative systemic inflammatory response (SIR) in colorectal cancer patients, within an enhanced recovery pathway (ERP), is not clear.The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of anesthesia, within an enhanced recovery pathway, on the magnitude of the postoperative SIR in patients undergoing elective surgery for colorectal cancer.Database of 507 patients who underwent elective open or laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery between 2015 and 2019 at a single center was studied. The anesthetic technique used was categorized into either GA or GA + RA using a prospective proforma. The relationship between each anesthetic technique and perioperative clinicopathological characteristics was examined using binary logistic regression analysis.The majority of pat-0.92; P = .014).There was a modest but an independent association between RA and a lower magnitude of the postoperative SIR. Future work is warranted with multicenter RCT to precisely clarify the relationship between anesthesia and the magnitude of the postoperative SIR.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is very common in patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP), the early interventions are essential to the prognosis of SAP patients. We aimed to evaluate the risk factors for ARDS in SAP patients, to provide insights into the management of SAP.SAP patients treated in our hospital from June 1, 2018 to May 31, 2020 were included. The characteristics and lab test results were collected and compared, and we conducted the logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify the potential risk factors for ARDS in patients with SAP.A total of 281 SAP patients were included finally, the incidence of ARDS in patients with SAP was 30.60%. There were significant differences on the respiratory rate, heart rate, APACHE II and Ranson score between 2 groups (all P < .05). And there were significant differences on the polymorphonuclear, procalcitonin, C-reactive protein, serum creatinine, albumin and PO2/FiO2 between 2 groups (all P < .05), and no significant differen in patients with SAP (all P  less then  .05).The incidence of ARDS in SAP patients is relatively high, and it is necessary to carry out targeted early prevention and treatment for the above risk factors.
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is very common in clinical settings, it is necessary to analyze the risk factors for POCD in elderly patients after laparoscopic surgery to provide insights into clinical surgery management.Elderly patients undergone laparoscopy between September 1, 2018 and March 31, 2020 were included. The mini-mental state examination (MMSE) scale was used to evaluate the POCD, and the characteristics and clinical data of patients with and without POCD were collected and compared. Logistic regression was used to analyze the potential influencing factors.A total of 572 patients with laparoscopic surgery were included. The incidence of POCD was 11.89%. MEK pathway There were significant differences in the history of cerebral infarction, preemptive analgesia, preoperative use of dexmedetomidine, general anesthesia combined with continuous epidural block, duration of surgery, low SpO2 during anesthesia induction, PaCO2 after pneumoperitoneum, postoperative PCEA and VAS score at the third day afr POCD in elderly patients with laparoscopic surgery, while postoperative PCEA (OR0.43, 0.01∼0.91), General anesthesia combined with continuous epidural block (OR0.59, 0.04∼0.87), preoperative use of dexmedetomidine (OR0.70, 0.08∼0.94) and preemptive analgesia (OR0.75, 0.13-0.90) were the protective factors for POCD in elderly patients with laparoscopic surgery.For the elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery, the health care providers should be fully alert to the POCD based on those relevant factors.
Our aim was to analyze characteristics of atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) from the Croatian cohort of the ESH A Fib survey and to determine the association of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) with cardiovascular (CV) mortality after 24 months of follow-up.Consecutive sample of 301 patients with AF were enrolled in the period 2014 to 2018. Hypertension was defined as BP > 140/90 mm Hg and/or antihypertensive drugs treatment, CKD was defined as eGFR (CKD Epi) < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 which was confirmed after 3 months.CKD was diagnosed in 45.2% of patients (13.3% in CKD stage > 3b). CKD patients were older than non-CKD and had significantly more frequent coronary heart disease, heart failure and valvular disease. CKD patients had significantly higher CHA2DS2-VASc score and more CKD than non-CKD patients had CHA2DS2-VASc > 2. Crude CV mortality rate per 1000 population at the end of the first year of the follow-up was significantly higher in CKD vs non-CKD group who had shorter mean survival time.
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