Letter
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Shilong Li, Pei Wang, Li Li
Summary: The authors reply to a letter raising concerns about their interpretation of an interaction test in their paper. They clarify that their main clinical question was the association between ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers and COVID-19 outcomes. They explain their use of stratification to control confounding factors and highlight that testing the interaction term assesses association heterogeneity, not treatment effectiveness.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
(2022)
Editorial Material
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Tarak Nandy, Mohd Yamani Idna Idris, Rafidah Md Noor, Ainuddin Wahid Abdul Wahab, Sananda Bhattacharyya, Raenu Kolandaisamy, Muktar Yahuza
Summary: This article discusses the importance of communication and authentication in VANET, examines Nandy et al.'s authentication scheme and the raised concerns from Chaudhry, and provides detailed clarifications on the comments.
IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
(2022)
Letter
Oncology
Satoshi Kato, Satoru Demura, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Summary: This letter to the editor is a response to comments made on a recently published review article about metastasectomy in the spine.
Letter
Oncology
Robert W. Corty
Summary: This letter to the editor addresses comments on the authors' report of gemcitabine-related adverse events associated with antibacterial use.
Letter
Oncology
Sriram Gubbi, Lisa M. Cordes, Joanna Klubo-Gwiezdzinska, Ravi A. Madan, Lynnette K. Nieman, James L. Gulley, Jaydira Del Rivero
Summary: This letter to the editor responds to comments by Salinas and colleagues on experiences with identification of adrenal insufficiency among patients on immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.
Letter
Oncology
Mario E. Lacouture, Anisha B. Patel, Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Peter H. O'Donnell
Summary: This letter to the editor responds to remarks on a recently published article about dermatologic events associated with enfortumab vedotin and emphasizes the importance of education on the prevention and management of such events.
Editorial Material
Optics
Victor Pacheco-Pena, Nader Engheta
Summary: The authors provide a detailed reply to a comment on their recent article, discussing the use of time-dependent metamaterials for antireflection temporary coatings in the time domain. While there are fundamental differences in the physics of temporal and spatial boundaries, the authors believe that both approaches offer opportunities for different applications.
Letter
Virology
Liyang Zhao, Yusi Li, Wenjuan Yi, Kuo Yan, Chao Yang, Sridhar Radhakrishnan, Rui Li, Ruirong Tan, Gang Fan, Mengyuan Dai, Miao Liu, Ning-Yi Shao
Summary: Although smoking might increase the risk of severe COVID-19, our previous study did not find strong evidence to support this conclusion. We also acknowledged that patients with diabetes or other chronic diseases could have worse outcomes in COVID-19, but this aspect was not investigated in our study as we had published separate research on diabetes. Due to limited sample size and medical records, our study could not encompass multiple factors. Nonetheless, we hope our study serves as a useful and meaningful pilot study for future research.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY
(2023)
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Ryan Zarychanski, Patrick R. Lawler, Ewan Goligher
Summary: The study suggests that bariatric surgery may be a more effective treatment option for patients with youth-onset type 2 diabetes.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2021)
Letter
Oncology
Hope S. Rugo, Jens Huober, Jose A. Garcia-Saenz, Norikazu Masuda, Joo Hyuk Sohn, Valerie A. M. Andre, Susana Barriga, Joanne Cox, Matthew Goetz
Summary: This letter responds to Badoui et al.'s discussion on abemaciclib dosages and adverse events.
Editorial Material
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Oriel FeldmanHall, Jeroen van Baar
Summary: Despite suggesting integration between cognitive-mechanistic and existentialist-humanistic perspectives, Schneider (2022) emphasizes that the two approaches tackle fundamentally different questions in psychology.
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST
(2022)
Letter
Nutrition & Dietetics
Weili Hu, Pavitra Shankar, Yuanhang Yao, Xinyi Su, Jung Eun Kim
Summary: Pesticides can harm eye health through various exposures. Organic diets have the potential to reduce pesticide exposure, but further studies comparing organic and nonorganic diets are needed to better understand their impact on eye health.
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Markus Mueller, Barbara Ingold-Heppner, Hartmut Stocker, Frank L. Heppner, Carsten Dittmayer, Michael Laue
Summary: Our study provides new insights into the ultrastructural presentation of mpox infection in the colon, which differs from the presentation in the skin and has not been previously documented. We also highlight the occurrence of proctitis and severe anal pain as frequently observed symptoms of mpox, which differ from previously described symptoms. The patient in our case underwent anorectoscopy and tissue extraction from anal ulcerating lesions to exclude other differential diagnoses, including neoplasms.
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Yuki Murata, Morihito Takita, Masahiro Kami
Summary: This study demonstrates that a closed-loop insulin-delivery system is superior to glucose sensor-augmented insulin-pump therapy for glycemic control in children aged 1 to 7 with type 1 diabetes. However, it should be noted that unscheduled contacts with trial staff are more frequent during the closed-loop period.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2022)
Letter
Biodiversity Conservation
Michal Berec, Irena Setlikova
Summary: A recent proposal to increase species protection by maximizing the overlap of the IUCN Red List and CITES Appendices may be unnecessary or counterproductive, as these lists are based on different protection rules and objectives.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
