Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Patrick Ziegler, Sven Maier, Fabian Stuby, Tina Histing, Christoph Ihle, Ulrich Stoeckle, Markus Guehring
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the functional postoperative outcome differences between CFR-PEEK and titanium implants for surgical treatment of proximal humerus fractures. The results showed no significant differences in functional outcomes between the two materials after 1 year.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Pediatrics
Min Xu, Chong Dong, Chao Sun, Kai Wang, Wei Zhang, Di Wu, Hong Qin, Chao Han, Yang Yang, Fubo Zhang, Zhen Wang, Weiping Zheng, Wei Gao
Summary: The incidence of hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) is high after pediatric liver transplantation using young donors, but recanalization can be achieved through anticoagulant therapy. Although biliary complications increase after HAT, the survival rates of patients and grafts remain satisfactory.
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
(2022)
Article
Surgery
Ehud Fliss, Sharon Manheim, Tariq Zoabi, Tomer Bashi, Bar Meilik, Naomi Fliss-Isakov, Eyal Gur, Benjamin Meilik
Summary: Age has an impact on the outcome of postbariatric body contouring plastic surgery, with higher rates of complications and readmission in patients aged 60 and older. These findings can assist surgeons in patient consultation and decision making.
PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
(2022)
Article
Pediatrics
Jonathan Beck, Cecile Grosjean, Nathalie Bednarek, Gauthier Loron
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of aEEG monitoring in meningitis among infants hospitalized in the pediatric intensive care unit. The study found that occurrence of seizure, status epilepticus, and background pattern were significantly associated with unfavorable neurological outcomes. aEEG can help in the management and prognostic assessment of pediatric meningitis.
Article
Immunology
Stephanie Thee, Robindra Basu Roy, Daniel Blazquez-Gamero, Lola Falcon-Neyra, Olaf Neth, Antoni Noguera-Julian, Cristina Lillo, Luisa Galli, Elisabetta Venturini, Danilo Buonsenso, Florian Goetzinger, Nuria Martinez-Alier, Svetlana Velizarova, Folke Brinkmann, Steven B. Welch, Maria Tsolia, Begona Santiago-Garcia, Ralph Schilling, Marc Tebruegge, Renate Krueger
Summary: This European multicenter study provides data on the management and outcome of tuberculosis (TB) meningitis in children, highlighting that both morbidity and mortality remain high even in high-resource settings. Several key factors associated with unfavorable outcome were identified.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Christina W. Obiero, Neema Mturi, Salim Mwarumba, Moses Ngari, Charles R. Newton, Michael Boele van Hensbroek, James A. Berkley
Summary: Diagnosing bacterial meningitis in children aged 60 days and above in sub-Saharan Africa relies heavily on clinical features due to lack of laboratory capacity in public hospitals. The clinical features identified prior to the introduction of conjugate vaccines still have some sensitivity and specificity in discriminating bacterial meningitis in this population group.
Article
Immunology
Sophie Strasser, Christa Relly, Christoph Berger, Johannes Truck
Summary: A retrospective analysis found that a substantial proportion of children with severe bacterial infections (SBIs) had immune function impairments. Routine immunological testing can help identify these abnormalities and optimize preventive measures to avoid future SBI episodes.
JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2023)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Liuyi Lu, Taijie Li, Huaping Chen, Linyan Zhang, Mingxing Chen, Qiliu Peng, Xue Qin
Summary: D-dimer has an early and rapid diagnostic value for the hypercoagulation state. Increased D-dimer, CRP and ESR levels were observed in patients with meningitis, especially in those with meningitis complicated with pneumonia. It is worth noting that there is a positive correlation between D-dimer and CRP in meningitis patients. These biomarkers can effectively monitor disease progression.
BIOMARKERS IN MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Biology
Miriam Celli, Ilaria Mazzonetto, Andrea Zangrossi, Alessandra Bertoldo, Giorgia Cona, Maurizio Corbetta
Summary: Eye movements during visual exploration are influenced by various stimulus and goal-driven factors. Research has found that the dynamics of eye movements are similar across individuals during free viewing of natural scenes, with two distinct viewing styles identified: static and dynamic. Interestingly, these styles can be observed even in the absence of visual stimuli. It is hypothesized that these viewing styles correspond to different patterns of spontaneous brain activity.
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Robert K. Heaton, Ronald J. Ellis, Bin Tang, Christina M. Marra, Leah H. Rubin, David B. Clifford, J. Allen McCutchan, Benjamin B. Gelman, Susan Morgello, Donald R. Franklin, Scott L. Letendre
Summary: In a 12-year longitudinal study of over 400 people with HIV, it was found that cognitive decline is not related to chronological age but to comorbidities. This challenges the notion of premature cognitive aging due to HIV and suggests that managing comorbidities could prevent cognitive decline in individuals with HIV.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Annette Wacker-Gussmann, Judith Schopen, Jana Engelhard, Christina Sitzberger, Nadine Lienert, Peter Ewert, Alexander Mueller, Georg Schmidt, Renate Oberhoffer-Fritz, Silvia Maria Lobmaier
Summary: This study observed children at the age of one year and found signs of autonomic nervous system activation in infants of gestational diabetes mellitus patients. Additionally, the study found no significant differences between the gestational diabetes mellitus patient group and the control group in anthropometric data, blood pressure, and abdominal aortic intima-media-thickness. Further research is needed to determine the persistence of these results and their long-term effects.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Pediatrics
J. B. Nissen, A. H. Carlsen, P. H. Thomsen
Summary: This study compares the long-term efficacy of combined HRT and ERP therapy for chronic tic disorders in individual and group settings. Results show that both individual and group treatments maintained initial improvement throughout a 1-year follow-up period, with no significant differences between the two methods of treatment delivery.
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY AND MENTAL HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Xavier Duval, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Isabelle Lamaury, Lelia Escaut, Isabelle Gueit, Pauline Manchon, Sarah Tubiana, Bruno Hoen
Summary: Although most patients with meningococcal meningitis survive, they face substantial long-term burden, emphasizing the importance of prolonged follow-up and preventive strategies, including vaccination.
ADVANCES IN THERAPY
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Fengli Li, Hongfei Sang, Jiaxing Song, Zhangbao Guo, Shuai Liu, Weidong Luo, Junjie Yuan, Zhongming Qiu, Jiacheng Huang, Luming Chen, Linyu Li, Deping Wu, Wenjie Zi, Raul Gomes Nogueira, Jie Shuai, Qingwu Yang
Summary: This article reports the results of the BASILAR registry, which aimed to evaluate the impact of endovascular treatment and conventional treatment on the clinical outcomes of patients with acute basilar artery occlusion in China. The findings suggest that endovascular treatment is more beneficial in terms of functional outcome at one year compared to conventional treatment, and the one-year mortality rate is lower in the endovascular treatment group.
Review
Microbiology
Meng-Che Lu, Sheng-Chieh Lin, Yi-Hsiang Hsu, Shih-Yen Chen
Summary: Noroviruses are emerging and rapidly spreading pathogens that pose a threat to human health. While the COVID-19 pandemic initially led to a reduction in sporadic Norovirus infections, recent observations indicate a resurgence. Studies have shown that different virus strains are associated with varying clinical characteristics, and there is a lack of research on extraintestinal or unusual complications.