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Platelet transfusion refractoriness (PTR), in which platelet counts do not increase after transfusion, occurs in many patients receiving platelet transfusions. PTR is a clinical condition that can harm patients. The causes of PTR can be divided into two types immune and non-immune. Most cases of PTR are non-immune. Among immune causes, the most common is human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules. PTR caused by anti-HLA antibodies is usually managed by transfusing HLA-matched platelets. Therefore, it is important, especially for hemato-oncologists who frequently perform transfusion, to accurately diagnose whether the cause of platelet transfusion failure is alloimmune or non-immunological when determining the treatment direction for the patient. In this review, we discuss the definitions, causes, countermeasures, and prevention methods of PTR.The incidence of hematologic malignancy increases with age; thus, the number of older patients who require intensive chemotherapy is expected to increase with the aging population. In Korea, 61.8%, 59.3%, 47.0%, and 46.7% of newly diagnosed cases of multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndrome, myeloproliferative disorder, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, respectively, occurred in patients aged >65 years in 2018. Health status among older patients, defined by frailty, age-related syndrome of physiological decline and increased vulnerability, is associated with adverse health outcomes. Health status is highly heterogeneous among older patients, and treatment outcomes vary according to frailty and physiologic age rather than chronologic age. Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a multidimensional and multidisciplinary diagnostic and treatment process that identifies multiple domains, including functional status, cognition, comorbidities, medications, socioeconomic status, and nutritional status, to develop a coordinated plan to improve treatment-related outcomes and quality of life. Frailty can be assessed with CGA findings, and CGA is considered the "gold standard of care" for frail, older patients. Through CGA, unidentified problems can be assessed, and pre-emptive and non-oncologic interventions can be delivered. CGA is an objective and reliable tool for predicting further treatment-related complications and identifying patients for whom intensive chemotherapy with curative intent is appropriate. CGA should be considered a routine practice before starting treatment planning in older patients diagnosed with hematologic malignancies who require intensive chemotherapy. Further study is needed to allocate individualized treatment plans or multidisciplinary geriatric interventions according to CGA results.The social worlds of young children primarily revolve around parents and caregivers, who play a key role in guiding children's social and cognitive development. However, a hallmark of adolescence is a shift in orientation toward nonfamilial social targets, an adaptive process that prepares adolescents for their independence. Little is known regarding neurobiological signatures underlying changes in adolescents' social orientation. Using functional brain imaging of human voice processing in children and adolescents (ages 7-16), we demonstrate distinct neural signatures for mother's voice and nonfamilial voices across child and adolescent development in reward and social valuation systems, instantiated in nucleus accumbens and ventromedial prefrontal cortex. While younger children showed greater activity in these brain systems for mother's voice compared with nonfamilial voices, older adolescents showed the opposite effect with increased activity for nonfamilial compared with mother's voice. Findings uncover a Findings identify the brain basis of adolescents' switch in social orientation toward nonfamilial social partners and provides a template for understanding neurodevelopment in clinical populations with social and communication difficulties.
To examine the effect of apolipoprotein E (
)
dose on blood-brain barrier (BBB) clearance function, evaluated using an advanced MRI technique and analyse its correlation with brain iron and β-amyloid accumulation in the early stages of the Alzheimer's continuum.

In this single-centre observational prospective cohort study, 24
non-carriers, 22 heterozygotes and 20 homozygotes in the early stages of the Alzheimer's continuum were scanned with diffusion-prepared arterial spin labelling, which estimates the water exchange rate across the BBB (k
). Participants also underwent quantitative susceptibility mapping, [
C]Pittsburgh compound B-positron emission tomography and neuropsychological testing. Using an atlas-based approach, we compared the regional k
of the whole brain among the groups and analysed its correlation with the neuroradiological and neuropsychological findings.

The BBB k
values in the neocortices differed significantly among the groups (
non-carriers>heterozygotes>homozygotes). These values correlated with brain iron levels (frontal lobe
=-0.476, 95% CI=-0.644 to -0.264, p=0.011; medial temporal lobe
=-0.455, 95% CI=-0.628 to -0.239, p=0.017), β-amyloid loads (frontal lobe
=-0.504, 95% CI=-0.731 to -0.176, p=0.015; medial temporal lobe
=-0.452, 95% CI=-0.699 to -0.110, p=0.036) and neuropsychological scores, after adjusting for age, sex and
dose.

Our results suggest that an increased
dose is associated with decreased effective brain-waste clearance, such as iron and β-amyloid, through the BBB.
Our results suggest that an increased APOE ɛ4 dose is associated with decreased effective brain-waste clearance, such as iron and β-amyloid, through the BBB.
Since astrocytes at the blood-brain barrier are targeted by neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), this study aims to assess whether patients with NMOSD have a subclinical accumulation of brain water and if it differs according to disease activity.

Seventy-seven aquaporin-4-positive patients with NMOSD and 105 healthy controls were enrolled at two European centres. Brain dual-echo turbo spin-echo MR images were evaluated and maps of T2 relaxation time (T2rt) in the normal-appearing white matter (NAWM), grey matter and basal ganglia were obtained. Patients with a clinical relapse within 1 month before or after MRI acquisition were defined 'active'. Differences between patients and controls were assessed using z-scores of T2rt obtained with age-adjusted and sex-adjusted linear models from each site. A stepwise binary logistic regression was run on clinical and MRI variables to identify independent predictors of disease activity.

Patients had increased T2rt in both white and grey matter structures (p range 0.014 to <0.0001). Twenty patients with NMOSD were defined active. Despite similar clinical and MRI features, active patients had a significantly increased T2rt in the NAWM and grey matter compared with those clinically stable (p range 0.010-0.002). The stepwise binary logistic regression selected the NAWM as independently associated with disease activity (beta=2.06, SE=0.58, Nagelkerke R
=0.46, p<0.001).

In line with the research hypothesis, patients with NMOSD have increased brain T2rt. The magnitude of this alteration might be useful for identifying those patients with active disease.
In line with the research hypothesis, patients with NMOSD have increased brain T2rt. The magnitude of this alteration might be useful for identifying those patients with active disease.
There are few longitudinal studies of poststroke emotionalism (PSE) and our understanding of the psychological associations of PSE is limited, constraining assessment of existing interventions and the development of new therapies. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and course of PSE over the first year poststroke, and its psychological associations.

Consenting stroke survivors who were physically and cognitively able to participate were assessed within 2 weeks, 6 and 12 months of stroke to determine PSE point prevalence using a diagnostic, semistructured PSE interview (Testing Emotionalism After Recent Stroke-Diagnostic Interview). At the same assessments, neuropsychological and disability status were determined using Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Abbreviated Mental Test, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale, Barthel Index and Euro-Qol.

Two hundred and seventy seven stroke survivors were recruited between 1 October 2015 and 30 September 2018. Diagnostic data were available at baseline for 228 of 277 cohort participants. Point prevalence for PSE was 27.2% at 2 weeks; estimated prevalence at 6 months adjusted for baseline was 19.9% and at 12 months 22.3%. PDD00017273 PARG inhibitor PSE was associated with symptoms of anxiety and event-related distress.

PSE affects at least one in five stroke patients acutely following their stroke, and continues to affect one in eight longer term. PSE is associated with anxiety and event-related distress but is not simply a manifestation of mood disorder over time. Such psychological correlates may have implications for longer term social rehabilitation.
PSE affects at least one in five stroke patients acutely following their stroke, and continues to affect one in eight longer term. PSE is associated with anxiety and event-related distress but is not simply a manifestation of mood disorder over time. Such psychological correlates may have implications for longer term social rehabilitation.
Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) is the gold-standard method of assessing arterial blood flow and blockages prior to endovascular thrombectomy.

To detect anatomical features and arterial occlusions with DSA using artificial intelligence techniques.

We included 82 patients with acute ischemic stroke who underwent DSA imaging and whose carotid terminus was visible in at least one run. Two neurointerventionalists labeled the carotid location (when visible) and vascular occlusions on 382 total individual DSA runs. For detecting the carotid terminus, positive and negative image patches (either containing or not containing the internal carotid artery terminus) were extracted in a 11 ratio. Two convolutional neural network architectures (ResNet-50 pretrained on ImageNet and ResNet-50 trained from scratch) were evaluated. Area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic and pixel distance from the ground truth were calculated. The same training and analysis methods were used for detecting arterial occlusions.

The ResNet-50 trained from scratch most accurately detected the carotid terminus (AUC 0.998 (95% CI 0.997 to 0.999), p<0.00001) and arterial occlusions (AUC 0.973 (95% CI 0.971 to 0.975), p<0.0001). Average pixel distances from ground truth for carotid terminus and occlusion localization were 63±45 and 98±84, corresponding to approximately 1.26±0.90 cm and 1.96±1.68 cm for a standard angiographic field-of-view.

These results may serve as an unbiased standard for clinical stroke trials, as optimal standardization would be useful for core laboratories in endovascular thrombectomy studies, and also expedite decision-making during DSA-based procedures.
These results may serve as an unbiased standard for clinical stroke trials, as optimal standardization would be useful for core laboratories in endovascular thrombectomy studies, and also expedite decision-making during DSA-based procedures.
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