CORRECTION OF MALNUTRITION IN CANCER P ATIENTS WITH ORAL SUPPLEMENTS (SIPING) by V. M. Khomyakov, A. D. Ermoshina

“…Malnutrition in cancer patients is associated with poorer overall survival, reduced benefit from surgical and medical therapies, increased therapy-related toxicity, poorer quality of life. …”
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Concurrent Neonatal Proteus mirabilis Infection in Dizygotic Twins by Lillian Sung, Noni E MacDonald, James S Hutchison

“…An investigation of the asymptomatic second twin revealed a urinary tract infection that resolved with antimicrobial therapy. It is recommend that when infection with this virulent organism is diagnosed in one twin, the second twin should be fully evaluated for sepsis and empirical antimicrobial therapy should be considered.…”
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Ventilatory Care in Status Asthmaticus by Robert J Smyth

“…A number of patients with a severe exacerbation of asthma fail medical therapy and require urgent intubation and mechanical ventilation. …”
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Factors Affecting Evidence-Based Practices in Foreign Rehabilitation Therapists'Service and Its Implications for China by Yali WANG, Keli MU

“…Evidence based practice (EBP), emerged at the turn of 70s and 80s in the 20th century, has been developed rapidly and been applied to medical rehabilitation field and other health care professions such as occupational therapy and physical therapy. Development and application of EBP, however, is still hindered by various internal and external factors. …”
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Evaluation of Oral Cannabinoid-Containing Medications for the Management of Interferon and Ribavirin-Induced Anorexia, Nausea and Weight Loss in Patients Treated for Chronic Hepati... by Cecilia T Costiniuk, Edward Mills, Curtis L Cooper

“…OBJECTIVES: The systemic and cognitive side effects of hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy may be incapacitating, necessitating dose reductions or abandonment of therapy. …”
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Immunosuppression and the Immune Response to Transplantation by David Ludwin, Dianne Arlen, J David Russell

“…OBJECTIVES: To review the roles of allorecognition, transplant rejection, and immunosuppressive therapy in predisposing patients to viral infections. …”
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Nitric Oxide Levels in Patients with Psoriasis Treated with Methotrexate

“…In this study, 22 patients with psoriasis were scored with PASI (psoriasis area and severity index) and the levels of serum nitrite-nitrate were evaluated before and after therapy with methotrexate (Mtx). The results were compared with age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers. …”
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Cytomegalovirus and Human Herpesvirus 6 and 7: Diseases and Diagnosis in Transplantation by Paul D Griffiths

“…Patients with active infection can then be entered into trials of suppressive therapy (where virus excretion is from the urine or saliva) or pre-emptive therapy (where excretion is detected systemically). …”
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Antidepressant Prophylaxis Reduces Depression Risk but Does Not Improve Sustained Virological Response in Hepatitis C Patients Receiving Interferon Without Depression at Baseline:... by Awad Al-Omari, Juthaporn Cowan, Lucy Turner, Curtis Cooper

“…BACKGROUND: Depression complicates interferon-based hepatitis C virus (HCV) antiviral therapy in 10% to 40% of cases, and diminishes patient well-being and ability to complete a full course of therapy. …”
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Incident Heart Failure in Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis: A Post Hoc Analysis of the CORAL Trial by Rajesh Gupta, Michelle M. Estrella, Rebecca Scherzer, Pamela S. Brewster, Lance D. Dworkin, Hanh T. Nguyen, Yanmei Xie, Joachim H. Ix, Michael G. Shlipak, Timothy P. Murphy, Donald E. Cutlip, Eldrin F. Lewis, Christopher J. Cooper

“…Intervention: Medical therapy alone versus medical therapy plus renal artery stenting. …”
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Flow Cytometric Assessment of FcγRIIIa-V158F Polymorphisms and NK Cell Mediated ADCC Revealed Reduced NK Cell Functionality in Colorectal Cancer Patients by Phillip Schiele, Stefan Kolling, Stanislav Rosnev, Charlotte Junkuhn, Anna Luzie Walter, Jobst Christian von Einem, Sebastian Stintzing, Wenzel Schöning, Igor Maximilian Sauer, Dominik Paul Modest, Kathrin Heinrich, Lena Weiss, Volker Heinemann, Lars Bullinger, Marco Frentsch, Il-Kang Na

“…Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) by NK cells is a key mechanism in anti-cancer therapies with monoclonal antibodies, including cetuximab (EGFR-targeting) and avelumab (PDL1-targeting). …”
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Fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations during music-evoked autobiographical memories in neurotypical older adults by Teresa Lesiuk, Kaitlyn Dillon, Giulia Ripani, Ioannis Iliadis, Gabriel Perez, Bonnie Levin, Xiaoyan Sun, Roger McIntosh

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The Role of Duodenogastroesophageal Reflux in the Progression of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: From Esophagitis to Adenocarcinoma by O. A. Storonova, A. V. Paraskevova, A. A. Makushina

“…The addition of UDCA drugs to the basic therapy is pathogenetically justified in patients with GERD in the presence of duodenogastroesophageal reflux. …”
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Complications and outcomes in diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma with gastric lesions treated with R‐CHOP by Tomohiro Kadota, Sachiko Seo, Hiroe Fuse, Genichiro Ishii, Kuniaki Itoh, Tomonori Yano, Kazuhiro Kaneko, Kunihiro Tsukasaki

“…Abstract Standard therapy for gastric diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is considered to be chemotherapy with or without involved‐field radiation therapy. …”
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Percutaneous Vertebroplasty and Facet Blocking for Treating Back Pain Caused by Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture by Yongquan Cheng, Xiaoliang Wu, Jiawei Shi, Hui Jiang

“…Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) and facet blocking (FB) combined therapy would relieve pain better, but it has not been elucidated. …”
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Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Use in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease—Reports from a Romanian Center by Roxana Matran, Andra-Mihaela Diaconu, Andreea Maria Iordache, Irina Dijmărescu, Alexandra Coroleucă, Daniela Păcurar, Cristina Becheanu

“…This study aims to evaluate and document these AEs to facilitate optimal patient selection and monitoring strategies of patients undergoing these therapies. <b>Methods</b>: This retrospective, single-center study examined pediatric IBD patients receiving anti-TNF-α therapy at the “Grigore Alexandrescu” Emergency Hospital for Children in Bucharest, Romania, from January 2015 to October 2024. …”
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Effectiveness of interventions for middle-aged and ageing population with neck pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis protocol by Alison B Rushton, Nicola R Heneghan, Taweewat Wiangkham, Uchukarn Boonyapo, Piyameth Dilokthornsakul, Nattawan Phungwattanakul

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Associations between Driving Status, Frequency of Transport use after Driving Cessation, and Social Frailty among Middle-Aged and Older Adults by Tatsuya Fukuei, Shoma Akaida, Yoshiaki Taniguchi, Daijo Shiratsuchi, Yuto Kiuchi, Mana Tateishi, Yukari Aishita, Ryota Kuratsu, Hyuma Makizako

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Physical Activity Improves Verbal and Spatial Memory in Older Adults with Probable Mild Cognitive Impairment: A 6-Month Randomized Controlled Trial by Lindsay S. Nagamatsu, Alison Chan, Jennifer C. Davis, B. Lynn Beattie, Peter Graf, Michelle W. Voss, Devika Sharma, Teresa Liu-Ambrose

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Virological and Immunological Aspects of AIDS Pathogenesis by Brian Conway, Francisco J Diaz-Mitoma

“…In a large American clinical trial. resistance to zidovudine (ZDV) was predictive of subsequent disease progression if this therapy was continued. Surprisingly. this was also predictive of deterioration if therapy was changed to didanosine (ddl). …”
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