Medicine by Alexandros G. Sfakianakis,Αλέξανδρος Γ. Σφακιανάκης

Reflux and dental disorders in the pediatric population: A systematic review

Publication date: Available online 8 June 2020Source: International Journal of Pediatric OtorhinolaryngologyAuthor(s): Jerome R. Lechien, Christian Calvo Henriquez, Carlos M. Chiesa-Estomba, Maria Rosaria Barillari, Marilena Trozzi, Duino Meucci, Shazia Peer, Fairouz Ben Abdelouahed, Antonio Schindler, Sven Saussez

Quality of life and parental care burden in cochlear implanted children: A case–control study

Mon Jun 08, 2020 13:21

Publication date: Available online 6 June 2020Source: International Journal of Pediatric OtorhinolaryngologyAuthor(s): Sevgi VERMİŞLİ PEKER, Fatma DEMİR KORKMAZ, İbrahim ÇUKUROVA

Pediatric otolaryngology workflow changes in a community hospital setting to decrease exposure to novel coronavirus

Mon Jun 08, 2020 13:21

Publication date: Available online 5 June 2020Source: International Journal of Pediatric OtorhinolaryngologyAuthor(s): Shraddha Siddharth Mukerji, Yi-Chun (Carol) Liu, Mary Frances Musso

A Rare Case of Tympanostomy Tube Otorrhea: Pigmentiphaga

Mon Jun 08, 2020 13:21

Publication date: Available online 4 June 2020Source: International Journal of Pediatric OtorhinolaryngologyAuthor(s): Samuel J. Rubin, Claire M. Lawlor, Gi Soo Lee

Irradiated Homologous Costal Cartilage Grafts for Single-Stage Open Airway Reconstruction in Severe Subglottic Stenosis for Children Under the Age of One

Fri Jun 05, 2020 15:52

Publication date: Available online 4 June 2020Source: International Journal of Pediatric OtorhinolaryngologyAuthor(s): Safeena Kherani, Christopher W. Noel, Tanvir Nazir, Moham ad A. Bitar

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Regional and Conducted Vascular Effects of Endovascular Ultrasound Catheters

Publication date: Available online 8 June 2020Source: Ultrasound in Medicine & BiologyAuthor(s): Matthew A. Muller, Aris Xie, Yue Qi, Yan Zhao, Koya Ozawa, Misty Noble-Vranish, Jonathan R. Lindner

Patients with Unstable Atherosclerosis Have More Echolucent Carotid Plaques Compared with Stable Atherosclerotic Patients: A 3-D Ultrasound Study

Mon Jun 08, 2020 13:19

Publication date: Available online 7 June 2020Source: Ultrasound in Medicine & BiologyAuthor(s): Lærke Urbak, Benjamin V. Sandholt, Martin Graebe, Lia E. Bang, Henning Bundgaard, Henrik Sillesen

Development of a Composite of Polypyrrole-Coated Carbon Nanotubes as a Sonosensitizer for Treatment of Melanoma Cancer Under Multi-Step Ultrasound Irradiation

Mon Jun 08, 2020 13:19

Publication date: Available online 7 June 2020Source: Ultrasound in Medicine & BiologyAuthor(s): Niloufar Behzadpour, Aliyeh Ranjbar, Negar Azarpira, Naghmeh Sattarahmady

Therapeutic Effects of Focused Ultrasound on Expression of Notch1, C-Fos and Transforming Growth Factor-β3 in Vulvar Skin of SD Rats with Vulvar Lichen Simplex Chronicus

Mon Jun 08, 2020 13:19

Publication date: Available online 7 June 2020Source: Ultrasound in Medicine & BiologyAuthor(s): Yao Liu, Yijin Fan, Huajun Tang, Chengzhi Li

Multimodal VEGF-Targeted Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging of Rats with Inflammatory Arthritis: Using Dye-VEGF-Antibody-Loaded Microbubbles

Mon Jun 08, 2020 13:19

Publication date: Available online 7 June 2020Source: Ultrasound in Medicine & BiologyAuthor(s): Chenyang Zhao, Rui Zhang, Yanwen Luo, Sirui Liu, Tianhong Tang, Fang Yang, Lei Zhu, Xujin He, Meng Yang, Yuxin Jiang

2-D Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography With Multi-Sphere-Source External Mechanical Vibration: Preliminary Phantom Results

Mon Jun 08, 2020 13:19

Publication date: Available online 6 June 2020Source: Ultrasound in Medicine & BiologyAuthor(s): Heng Yang, Carolina A. Carrascal, Hua Xie, Vijay Shamdasani, Brian W. Anthony

Use of lung ultrasound to differentiate COVID-19 pneumonia from community-acquired pneumonia

Sat Jun 06, 2020 19:01

Publication date: Available online 5 June 2020Source: Ultrasound in Medicine & BiologyAuthor(s): Guoliang Tan, Xihua Lian, Zhixing Zhu, Zhenhua Wang, Fang Huang, Ying Zhang, Yanping Zhao, Shaozheng He, Xiali Wang, Haolin Shen, Guorong Lyu

Rationale For The Routine Application of Lung Ultrasound In The Management Of COVID-19 Patients In Middle To Low-Income Countries.

Sat Jun 06, 2020 19:01

Publication date: Available online 5 June 2020Source: Ultrasound in Medicine & BiologyAuthor(s): Omar Yassef Antùnez Montes, Danilo Buonsenso, Sergio Omar Paz Ortega

The Utility of Myometrial and Cervical Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography in the Diagnosis of Ectopic Pregnancy

Sat Jun 06, 2020 19:01

Publication date: Available online 4 June 2020Source: Ultrasound in Medicine & BiologyAuthor(s): Murat Akbas, Faik Mumtaz Koyuncu

The “Survived Lung:” An Ultrasound Sign of “Bubbly Consolidation” Pulmonary Infarction

Fri Jun 05, 2020 18:30

Publication date: Available online 4 June 2020Source: Ultrasound in Medicine & BiologyAuthor(s): Roberto Copetti, Franco Cominotto, Stefano Meduri, Daniele Orso

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

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Elderly nursing homes residents—are they a priority in national COVID-19 strategies?

My mother-in-law, a nursing home resident, died this week. She had chronic ill-health and had become weaker in the last few months. She suffered from recurrent urinary tract infections and a week before her passing away had become symptomatic and weaker. A doctor, from afar, diagnosed her as possible COVID-19 infection. And so her nightmare began.

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Fri Jun 05, 2020 03:00

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Journal of Surgical Case Reports - current issue

Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater: a case report, review and recommendations

AbstractNeuroendocrine tumor (NET) of the ampulla of Vater is a rare presentation of biliary obstruction. Here, we present a case of NET and discuss the current recommendations that necessitate different management and surgical treatment than other sites. A 56-year-old Caucasian female presented with 2 years of right upper quadrant pain. Workup revealed a well-differentiated 2.2 cm NET at the ampulla with 0 MF/10 HPF, Stage 1A T2NOMO. Whipple procedure performed with 2.2 cm ampullary NET with 1 of...

Journal of Surgical Case Reports - current issue

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Randomized trial of a hospice video educational tool for patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers

Background Patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers have substantial misperceptions regarding hospice, which contributes to its underuse. Methods The authors conducted a single‐site randomized trial of a video educational tool versus a verbal description of hospice in 150 hospitalized patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers. Patients without a caregiver were eligible. Intervention participants (75 patients and 18 caregivers) viewed a 6‐minute video depicting hospice. Control...

Women with inherited genetic mutations for breast cancer do not always receive treatment according to guidelines

Mon Jun 08, 2020 11:01

Vaping prevention program targets students

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First person profile: Raymond Sawaya, MD

Fri Jun 05, 2020 17:52

MEK or ERK inhibition effectively abrogates emergence of acquired osimertinib resistance in the treatment of epidermal growth factor receptor–mutant lung cancers

Fri Jun 05, 2020 17:52

Background The majority of patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring activating epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations respond well to osimertinib (AZD9291), a third‐generation, mutation‐selective EGFR inhibitor. The current study focuses on determining whether targeting MEK/ERK signaling prevents or delays the development of acquired resistance to osimertinib. Methods Drug effects on cell survival were determined by measuring cell number alterations. Apoptosis...

Induction chemotherapy is the best timekeeper in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Thu Jun 04, 2020 19:29

NPC‐0501 trial on the value of changing chemoradiotherapy sequence, replacing 5‐fluorouracil with capecitabine, and altering fractionation for patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Thu Jun 04, 2020 19:29

Background A current recommendation for the treatment of patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is conventional fractionated radiotherapy (RT) with concurrent cisplatin followed by adjuvant cisplatin and 5‐fluorouracil (PF). This randomized NPC‐0501 trial evaluated the therapeutic effect of changing to an induction‐concurrent sequence or accelerated‐fractionation sequence, and/or replacing 5‐fluorouracil with capecitabine (X). Methods Patients with American Joint...

Nasopharynx cancer: Induction or adjuvant? That is the question

Thu Jun 04, 2020 19:28

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Financial conflicts of interest among National Comprehensive Cancer Network clinical practice guideline panelists in 2019

Thu Jun 04, 2020 19:28

Background Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are evidence‐based guidelines that serve as a standard of care in oncology practice, reimbursements, and quality improvement initiatives. To our knowledge, the extent of financial conflicts of interest (FCOIs) in National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines have not been systemically evaluated. The current study evaluated the extent of FCOIs in the NCCN CPGs for the most common malignancies in the United States. Methods The authors...

Obesity, race, and long‐term prostate cancer outcomes

Thu Jun 04, 2020 19:28

Background The authors previously found that obesity was linked with prostate cancer (PC)–specific mortality (PCSM) among men who underwent radical prostatectomy (RP). Herein, in a larger RP cohort, the authors investigated whether the association between obesity and long‐term PC outcomes, including PCSM, differed by race. Methods Data from 5929 patients who underwent RP and were in the Shared Equal Access Regional Cancer Hospital (SEARCH) database were analyzed. Prior to RP, body mass index...

Thu Jun 04, 2020 19:27

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Development of a novel in vitro insulin resistance model in primary human tenocytes for diabetic tendinopathy research

Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) had been reported to be associated with tendinopathy. However, the underlying mechanisms of diabetic tendinopathy still remain largely to be discovered. The purpose of this study was to develop insulin resistance (IR) model on primary human tenocytes (hTeno) culture with tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) treatment to study tenocytes homeostasis as an implication for diabetic tendinopathy. ...

A systematic review of the direct and indirect effects of herbivory on plant reproduction mediated by pollination

Mon Jun 08, 2020 03:00

Background Plant reproduction is influenced by the net outcome of plant–herbivore and plant–pollinator interactions. While both herbivore impacts and pollinator impacts on plant reproduction have been widely studied, few studies examine them in concert. Methodology Here, we review the contemporary literature that examines the net outcomes of herbivory and pollination on plant reproduction and the impacts of herbivores on pollination through damage to shared host plants using systematic...

Age-dependent differences in iris colouration of passerines during autumn migration in Central Europe

Mon Jun 08, 2020 03:00

Avian eye colour changes with age, but many aspects of this transition are still insufficiently understood. We examined if an individual’s sex, age, species and body condition are related to the iris colour in common migratory passerines during their autumn passage through Central Europe. A total of 1,399 individuals from nine numerous species were ringed and examined in late autumn in northern Poland. Each individual was sexed by plumage (if possible) and assigned to one of three classes of the...