Care Plans for Native and Prosthetic Joint Septic Arthritis, and Acute Hematogenous and Chronic Osteomyelitis by Stephen D Shafran, The Septic Arthritis∕Osteomyelitis Outpatient Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy Working Group

“…A nursing care plan for septic arthritis and osteomyelitis is included, along with pathogen-specific therapy for common pathogens, including Gram-positive and Gram-negative cocci.…”
Get full text

Advance in clinical application of Traditional Chinese Medicine collapse therapy in the treatment of hemiplegia after stroke (中药塌渍治疗中风偏瘫的临床应用进展) by ZHANG Nannan (张楠楠), TUO Yuhong (庹玉红), GENG Qingwen (耿庆文), HE Xuelian (何雪莲), LIU LI (刘丽)

Subjects: “…traditional chinese medicine collapse therapy…”
Get full text

Association between chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine prescription in patients with radicular low back pain: a retrospective cohort study using real-world data from the USA by Jeffery A Dusek, Robert James Trager, Zachary A Cupler, Kayla J DeLano, Jaime A Perez

“…Objectives Although chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy (CSMT) and prescription benzodiazepines are common treatments for radicular low back pain (rLBP), no research has examined the relationship between these interventions. …”
Get full text

Breast Cancer Suspicion in a Transgender Male-to-Female Patient on Hormone Replacement Therapy Presenting with Right Breast Mass: Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Presentation of a Rare Lesion by Krystina Tongson, Victoria Konovalova, Naveen Dhawan, Steffi Sharma, Jaya Bahl, Mohammad Masri

“…There has been an increasing use of hormonal therapy among male-to-female (MtF) transgender individuals. …”
Get full text

Effectiveness and safety of PD-1/L1 inhibitors as first-line therapy for patients with advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who are ineligible for platinum-based chemotherapy: a meta-analysis by Weiming Liang, Weiming Liang, Zhijing Wang, Zhilong Huang, Yanping Huang, Chunyan Li, Yiwen Liang, Miaoyan Huang, Duo Zhang, Chenchen Li

“…ObjectiveTo evaluate the efficacy and safety of programmed cell death protein 1 or its ligand (PD-1/L1) inhibitors as first-line therapy in advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) who are ineligible for platinum-based chemotherapy.MethodA systematic search was conducted in four databases (Pubmed, Embase, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library) to find articles that evaluate the effectiveness of first-line PD-1/L1 inhibitors for mUC, from the establishment of the databases to 22 November 2023. …”
Get full text

Erratum to ‘Efficacy and safety of local fibrinolytic therapy in intracranial hemorrhages: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials’ [World Neurosurgery: X (22C) (2024) 100316] by Arun Babu Rajeswaran, Arshad Ali, Saleh Safi, Ahmed Eid Abdulghani Saleh

“…Background: Local fibrinolytic therapy for ICH and IVH are used to dissolve clots, but their role remains debatable. …”
Get full text

Application of auricular acupoint scraping therapy in postoperative patients with lower extremity fracture (耳穴推刮术在下肢骨折术后患者中的应用) by GUI Huiqiong (桂辉琼), WANG Yihua (王一华), YUAN Qingna (袁庆娜), JI Chen (冀晨), YANG Yihua (杨毅华)

Subjects: “…auricular acupoint scraping therapy…”
Get full text

Twelve-Month Outcomes and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Biomarkers After Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implantation in Pseudophakic Eyes with Post-Vitrectomy Cystoid Macular Edema (CME)—Refractory to Medical Therapy by Francesco Pignatelli, Alfredo Niro, Giuseppe Addabbo, Pasquale Viggiano, Giacomo Boscia, Maria Oliva Grassi, Francesco Boscia, Cristiana Iaculli, Giulia Maria Emilia Clima, Antonio Barone, Ermete Giancipoli

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: Topical therapy alone can be a valuable option for post-PPV CME in approximately 50% of patients. …”
Get full text

The Linda Kizazi study: a comparison of morbidity and mortality from birth to 2 years between children who are HIV-unexposed and HIV-exposed, uninfected in the era of universal antiretroviral therapy by John Kinuthia, Dara A Lehman, Dalton Wamalwa, Brenda Wandika, Emily R Begnel, Ednah Ojee, Judy Adhiambo, Eliza Mabele, Vincent Ogweno, Efrem S Lim, Soren Gantt, Jennifer Slyker

“…To assess whether this difference persists in the era of universal antiretroviral therapy (ART), we conducted a cohort study to compare the risk of acute diarrhoea, respiratory tract infections (RTI), malaria, hospitalisation, and all-cause mortality between Kenyan CHEU and CHUU from birth to 2 years.Methods From December 2018 to March 2020 at Mathare North Health Centre in Nairobi, we recruited pregnant women living with HIV on ART for ≥6 months and pregnant women without HIV from the same community. …”
Get full text

A multicenter, single‐group, open feasibility study of a new individual cognitive behavioral therapy program for adult Japanese patients with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Study protocol by Naoki Takamatsu, Misuzu Nakashima, Kei Matsuura, Ikue Umemoto, Masaya Ito, Junichiro Kanazawa, Hirofumi Tomiyama, Masaki Kondo, Hisateru Tachimori, Tomohiro Nakao, Masaru Horikoshi, Hironori Kuga

Subjects: Get full text

Clinical outcomes of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy following autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in 38 patients with refractory/relapsed primary or secondary central nervous system lymphoma by Jiaying Wu, Wanying Liu, Yang Cao, Yang Yang, Zhen Shang, Mi Zhou, Yicheng Zhang, Fankai Meng, Xiaojian Zhu, Yi Xiao

“…Conclusions CAR T-cell therapy following ASCT shows promising efficacy for r/r CNSL patients. …”
Get full text

Assessing the Impact of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) on Tuberculosis Incidence and Predictors of Tuberculosis among Adult Patients Enrolled on ART in Nekemte Town, Western Ethiopia: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Gemechu Tiruneh, Alemayehu Getahun, Emiru Adeba

“…Isoniazid preventive therapy is a prophylactic treatment used in the prevention of active tuberculosis. …”
Get full text

Five lessons from a mid-level health manager intervention to increase uptake of tuberculosis prevention therapy in Uganda: ‘it is a completely different thing to implement what you know.’ by Jason Johnson-Peretz, Canice Christian, Cecilia Akatukwasa, Fred Atwine, Elijah Kakande, Moses R. Kamya, Diane V. Havlir, Carol S. Camlin, Gabriel Chamie

“…Objectives The SEARCH-IPT trial led a series of mini-collaborative meetings, which provided business leadership and management training for an intervention group of mid-level healthcare system managers in rural Eastern, East-Central, and Southwestern Uganda to see whether this would increase uptake of isoniazid-prevention therapy (IPT) for people living with HIV (PLHIV) in intervention districts. …”
Get full text

Efficacy and Tolerance of Vascular Electrical Stimulation Therapy in the Management of Vaso-Occlusive Crises in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: A Phase II Single-Centre Randomized Study in Ivory Coast by Renée-Paule Botti, Sie Saïda Bokoum, Etienne L’Hermite, Dohoma Alexis Silue, Boidy Kouakou, Sarah Anastasie Bognini, Serge Arnaud Agoua, Edgar Mandeng Ma Linwa, Roméo Ayemou, Kouassi Gustave Koffi

“…The question arises as to whether vascular electrical stimulation therapy (VEST) could be effective or not on VOCs. …”
Get full text

Bladder-sparing therapy in a case report of huge muscle-invasive bladder IMT treated with 1470 nm diode laser en bloc resection followed by laparoscopic partial cystectomy by Junhao Chu, Huisheng Yuan, Zhihui Zhang, Jiajun Kan, Shishuai Duan, Zilong Wang, Zilong Wang, Zilong Wang, Muwen Wang

“…During subsequent follow-ups, the patient showed good recovery with no signs of recurrence, providing a promising treatment concept for bladder-sparing therapy in muscle-invasive bladder IMT.…”
Get full text

Pigmented pathological type and depth of follicular extension as predictors of treatment failure in 5-aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy for actinic keratosis: A retrospective, matched nested case-control study by Qinyuan Zhu, Huyan Chen, Jing Luan, Qiong Huang, Lianjun Chen, Wenyu Wu, Shujun Chen

Subjects: Get full text

Molecular Mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Disease Induced by Amyloid-β and Tau Phosphorylation Along with RhoA Activity: Perspective of RhoA/Rho-Associated Protein Kinase Inhibitors for Neuronal Therapy by Eun Hee Ahn, Jae-Bong Park

Get full text

Effect of five-element cupping therapy on postoperative wound pain of patients with mixed hemorrhoids (五行能量罐治疗混合痔术后伤口疼痛效果观察) by WEI Yongchun (魏永春), QIN Shasha (秦沙沙), ZHANG Kaiye (张凯烨), WANG Yali (王亚丽), DONG Yuxia (董玉霞), E Haiyan (鄂海燕), TANG Ling (唐玲)

Subjects: “…five-element cupping therapy…”
Get full text

Perbandingan Kadar CD4 dan Total Lymphocyte Count dengan Kombinasi Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy pada pasien HIV/AIDS di RSUP Dr.Kariadi Semarang by Iraisa Rosaria

“…Tujuan: Membuktikan perbedaan jenis pemberian kombinasi Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy dengan perubahan kadar CD4 dan Total Lymphocyte Count pada pasien HIV/AIDS di RSUP Dr. …”
Get full text

Determinants of Anemia among HIV-Positive Children on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Attending Hospitals of North Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2019: A Case-Control Study by Biruk Beletew, Ayelign Mengesha, Mohammed Ahmed, Awet Fitwi, Mesfin Wudu

“…The main purpose of this study was to assess the determinants of anemia among children on highly active antiretroviral therapy attending hospitals of North Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. …”
Get full text