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PLoS One ; 19(4): e0299429, 2024.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38630686

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Countless workers handle bodily effluvia and body envelope violations every working day, and consequentially face deeply unpleasant levels of disgust. Understanding if and how they adapt can help inform policies to improve worker satisfaction and reduce staff turnover. So far, limited evidence exist that self-reported disgust is reduced (or lower to begin with) among those employed in high-disgust environments. However, it is unclear if this is due to demand effects or translates into real behavioural changes. Here, we tested healthcare assistants (N = 32) employed in UK care homes and a control sample (N = 50). We replicated reduced self-reported pathogen disgust sensitivity in healthcare workers compared to controls. We also found it negatively correlated with career duration, suggesting long-term habituation. Furthermore, we found that healthcare assistants showed no behavioural disgust avoidance on a web-based preferential looking task (equivalent to eye tracking). Surprisingly, this extended to disgust elicitors found outside care homes, suggesting generalisation of disgust habituation. While we found no difference between bodily effluvia (core disgust) and body envelope violations (gore disgust), generalisation did not extend to other domains: self-reported sexual and moral disgust sensitivity were not different between healthcare assistants and the control group, nor was there a correlation with career duration. In sum, our work confirms that people in high-frequency disgust employment are less sensitive to pathogen disgust. Crucially, we provide preliminary evidence that this is due to a process of long-term habituation with generalisation to disgust-elicitors within the pathogen domain, but not beyond it.


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Asco , Emoções , Humanos , Habituação Psicofisiológica , Comportamento Sexual , Pessoal de Saúde
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Ann Surg Oncol ; 31(6): 4096-4104, 2024 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38461463

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BACKGROUND: Textbook outcome (TO) is a composite variable that can define the quality of pancreatic surgery. The aim of this study is to evaluate TO after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) for nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NF-PanNETs). PATIENTS AND METHODS: All patients who underwent PD for NF-PanNETs (2007-2016) in different centers were included in this retrospective study. TO was defined as the absence of severe postoperative complications and mortality, length of hospital stay ≤ 19 days, R0 resection, and at least 12 lymph nodes harvested. RESULTS: Overall, 477 patients were included. The TO rate was 32%. Tumor size [odds ratio (OR) 1.696; p = 0.013], a minimally invasive approach (OR 12.896; p = 0.001), and surgical volume (OR 2.062; p = 0.023) were independent predictors of TO. The annual frequency of PDs increased over time as well as the overall rate of TO. At a median follow-up of 44 months, patients who achieved TO had similar disease-free (p = 0.487) and overall survival (p = 0.433) rates compared with patients who did not achieve TO. TO rate in patients with NF-PanNET > 2 cm was 35% versus 27% in patients with NF-PanNET ≤ 2 cm (p = 0.044). Considering only NF-PanNETs > 2 cm, patients with TO and those without TO had comparable 5-year overall survival rates (p = 0.766) CONCLUSIONS: TO is achieved in one-third of patients after PD for NF-PanNETs and is not associated with a benefit in terms of long-term survival.


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Benchmarking , Neoplasias Pancreáticas , Pancreaticoduodenectomia , Complicações Pós-Operatórias , Humanos , Masculino , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/cirurgia , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/patologia , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/mortalidade , Feminino , Estudos Retrospectivos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Taxa de Sobrevida , Seguimentos , Idoso , Tumores Neuroendócrinos/cirurgia , Tumores Neuroendócrinos/patologia , Prognóstico , Tempo de Internação/estatística & dados numéricos , Adulto
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Radiol Case Rep ; 19(3): 1004-1007, 2024 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38226051

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Calcific tendinopathy in the gluteus medius is uncommon and sporadically reported. It may be asymptomatic or present with acute or chronic pain. Pain is usually isolated to the lateral hip overlying the gluteal muscles or greater trochanter. We present a rare case of gluteus medius calcific tendonitis as a cause of severe anterior hip pain. Given the atypical local and clinical presentation these can be often misdiagnosed as septic arthritis or fracture which may lead to overtreatment and even unnecessary surgery. This article will detail the clinical presentation, imaging findings, and clinical course following treatment. This will facilitate the clinician in making a timely diagnosis and establishing an effective treatment course.

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Radiol Case Rep ; 19(3): 994-999, 2024 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38226056

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Lateral patellar dislocations are the second most common type of traumatic knee injury, accounting for approximately 2-3% of cases, the most common being anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. There are several well-documented anatomical risk factors predisposing to patellofemoral instability for example: patella alta, trochlear dysplasia, ligamentous laxity, and genu valgum. Co-existing medial collateral ligament injury in cases of patellar dislocations in the absence of ACL injury is uncommon and infrequently reported in the literature. The authors present a case of a 14-year-old boy presenting with a left knee injury while playing football who was diagnosed on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with a transient lateral patellar dislocation, high-grade medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) injury and a full thickness (grade III) injury to the distal medial collateral ligament.

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BJR Case Rep ; 9(6): 20220049, 2023 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37928710

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We present an unusual case of Hoffa's fat pad impingement syndrome and chondromalacia patellae in the presence of a rare congenital crossed doubled patellar tendon. The crossed-doubled patellar tendon is exceedingly rare. It's relationship to other conditions involved in anterior knee pain is unclear; however, this case highlights potential pathological associations.

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Med Eng Phys ; 121: 104068, 2023 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37985025

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GOAL: This work examines the use of a previously described piecewise continuous lumped muscle parameter (PPCLMP) model for predicting selected gait parameters for walking without and with ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) of varying stiffnesses. METHODS: Two AFOs with low (3.4 Nm/deg) and high (6.9 Nm/deg) stiffnesses were tested on the left leg of six healthy subjects to examine the model prediction on the influence of different AFO stiffnesses on gait. RESULTS: The model prediction errors ranged from 0 % to 70 % for step lengths with root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.15 m and ranged from 0 % to 67 % for swing time with RMSE of 0.07 s. The prediction precision of step length was more consistent among subjects than of swing time. DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS: The model predicts the observed shortened step lengths and swing times, but there were significant differences between predicted and observed swing times and step lengths. The causes of these differences might be differences in the lumped muscle parameters taken from the literature and those of the subjects tested. Also, the model assumption that muscle stiffness is proportional to joint angle may not be corrected.


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Tornozelo , Órtoses do Pé , Humanos , Marcha/fisiologia , Caminhada/fisiologia , Articulação do Tornozelo , Músculos , Fenômenos Biomecânicos
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Int J Pharm ; 644: 123317, 2023 Sep 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37586575

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Nanomedicines have emerged as a promising approach for targeted therapeutic delivery and specifically as a beneficial alternative to conventional cancer therapies as they can deliver higher concentrations of chemotherapeutic agents at the tumour site compared to healthy tissue, thus providing improved drug efficacy and lower systemic toxicity. Long acting injectables are increasingly becoming the focus of pharmaceutical research, as they can reduce dosing frequency and improve the life quality of patients. Development of an in vitro release (IVR) method for modified release nanomedicines is challenging because of the uniqueness and range of different formulation design approaches, as well as the complex nature of drug release mechanisms which may result in inherent variability. Regulatory guidance on the development of dissolution or release methods for parenteral products is limited relative to oral products. This article details the extensive in vitro release method development work conducted on a polymeric nanoparticle to develop the release media composition and selection of suitable apparatus and sampling technique to separate the released drug from the formulation. The aim was to develop a suitably robust analytical method that generated clinically relevant in vitro release data.


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Química Farmacêutica , Nanopartículas , Humanos , Química Farmacêutica/métodos , Preparações Farmacêuticas , Liberação Controlada de Fármacos , Nanomedicina , Sistemas de Liberação de Medicamentos
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Ann Surg Oncol ; 30(11): 6628-6636, 2023 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37505351

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INTRODUCTION: Although tumor size (TS) is known to affect surgical outcomes in laparoscopic liver resection (LLR), its impact on laparoscopic major hepatectomy (L-MH) is not well studied. The objectives of this study were to investigate the impact of TS on the perioperative outcomes of L-MH and to elucidate the optimal TS cutoff for stratifying the difficulty of L-MH. METHODS: This was a post-hoc analysis of 3008 patients who underwent L-MH at 48 international centers. A total 1396 patients met study criteria and were included. The impact of TS cutoffs was investigated by stratifying TS at each 10-mm interval. The optimal cutoffs were determined taking into consideration the number of endpoints which showed a statistically significant split around the cut-points of interest and the magnitude of relative risk after correction for multiple risk factors. RESULTS: We identified 2 optimal TS cutoffs, 50 mm and 100 mm, which segregated L-MH into 3 groups. An increasing TS across these 3 groups (≤ 50 mm, 51-100 mm, > 100 mm), was significantly associated with a higher open conversion rate (11.2%, 14.7%, 23.0%, P < 0.001), longer operating time (median, 340 min, 346 min, 365 min, P = 0.025), increased blood loss (median, 300 ml,  ml, 400 ml, P = 0.002) and higher rate of intraoperative blood transfusion (13.1%, 15.9%, 27.6%, P < 0.001). Postoperative outcomes such as overall morbidity, major morbidity, and length of stay were comparable across the three groups. CONCLUSION: Increasing TS was associated with poorer intraoperative but not postoperative outcomes after L-MH. We determined 2 TS cutoffs (50 mm and 10 mm) which could optimally stratify the surgical difficulty of L-MH.


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Laparoscopia , Neoplasias Hepáticas , Humanos , Hepatectomia/efeitos adversos , Neoplasias Hepáticas/complicações , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/etiologia , Tempo de Internação , Estudos Retrospectivos , Laparoscopia/efeitos adversos , Duração da Cirurgia
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J Sex Res ; : 1-14, 2023 May 23.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37220115

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Attention is a key mechanism underlying many aspects of sexuality, with eye-tracking studies revealing that attention is both sustained by sexual stimuli and corresponds with sexual interest. Despite its utility, eye-tracking experiments typically require specialized equipment and are conducted in a laboratory setting. The overarching objective of this research was to assess the utility of a novel online method, MouseView.js, for assessing attentional processing of sexual stimuli outside of a laboratory context. MouseView.js is an open-source, web-based application where the display is blurred to mimic peripheral vision and an aperture is directed using a mouse cursor to fixate on regions of interest within the display. Using a discovery (Study 1, n = 239) and replication (Study 2, n = 483) design, we examined attentional biases to sexual stimuli among two diverse samples with respect to gender/sex and sexual orientation. Results revealed strong attentional biases toward processing sexual stimuli relative to nonsexual stimuli, as well as dwell times that correlated with self-report sexuality measures. Results mirror those observed for laboratory-based eye-tracking research, but using a freely available instrument that mirrors gaze tracking. MouseView.js offers important advantages to traditional eye-tracking methods, including the ability to recruit larger and more diverse samples, and minimizes volunteer biases.

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Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am ; 31(2): 309-320, 2023 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37019552

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Early diagnosis and treatment of many rheumatological conditions has become crucial in order that drug therapies can be started before irreversible structural damage occurs. Both MR imaging and ultrasound play a valid role in the pathway of many of these conditions. The imaging findings as well as relative merits are described in this article as well as limitations that must be kept in mind when interpreting the imaging. Both conventional radiography and computed tomography also add important information in certain cases and should not be forgotten.


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Artrite Reumatoide , Humanos , Artrite Reumatoide/diagnóstico por imagem , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Ultrassonografia/métodos , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X/métodos , Radiografia
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J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci ; 30(9): 1098-1110, 2023 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36872098

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BACKGROUND: The aim of this multicentric study was to investigate the impact of tumor location and size on the difficulty of Laparoscopic-Left Hepatectomy (L-LH). METHODS: Patients who underwent L-LH performed across 46 centers from 2004 to 2020 were analyzed. Of 1236 L-LH, 770 patients met the study criteria. Baseline clinical and surgical characteristics with a potential impact on LLR were included in a multi-label conditional interference tree. Tumor size cut-off was algorithmically determined. RESULTS: Patients were stratified into 3 groups based on tumor location and dimension: 457 in antero-lateral location (Group 1), 144 in postero-superior segment (4a) with tumor size ≤40 mm (Group 2), and 169 in postero-superior segment (4a) with tumor size >40 mm (Group 3). Patients in the Group 3 had higher conversion rate (7.0% vs. 7.6% vs. 13.0%, p-value .048), longer operating time (median, 240 min vs. 285 min vs. 286 min, p-value <.001), greater blood loss (median, 150 mL vs. 200 mL vs. 250 mL, p-value <.001) and higher intraoperative blood transfusion rate (5.7% vs. 5.6% vs. 11.3%, p-value .039). Pringle's maneuver was also utilized more frequently in Group 3 (66.7%), compared to Group 1 (53.2%) and Group 2 (51.8%) (p = .006). There were no significant differences in postoperative stay, major morbidity, and mortality between the three groups. CONCLUSION: L-LH for tumors that are >40 mm in diameter and located in PS Segment 4a are associated with the highest degree of technical difficulty. However, post-operative outcomes were not different from L-LH of smaller tumors located in PS segments, or tumors located in the antero-lateral segments.


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Carcinoma Hepatocelular , Laparoscopia , Neoplasias Hepáticas , Humanos , Hepatectomia , Neoplasias Hepáticas/cirurgia , Neoplasias Hepáticas/patologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/cirurgia , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/patologia , Duração da Cirurgia , Tempo de Internação , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/cirurgia
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J Clin Microbiol ; 61(3): e0165022, 2023 03 23.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36877080

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Eravacycline (ERV) (brand name Xerava [Tetraphase]) is a new tetracycline-class antibacterial that has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAIs). ETEST is a gradient diffusion method that represents a simple alternative to the broth microdilution (BMD) method for performing antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST). A multicenter evaluation of the performance of the new ETEST ERV (bioMérieux) in comparison with BMD was conducted following FDA and International Standards Organization (ISO) recommendations, using FDA- and EUCAST-defined breakpoints. Clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae (n = 542) and Enterococcus spp. (n = 137) were included. Based on the BMD reference method, 92 Enterobacteriaceae isolates and 9 enterococcal isolates were nonsusceptible to ERV according to the FDA breakpoints, while 7 Escherichia coli isolates and 3 Enterococcus sp. isolates were classified as ERV resistant according the EUCAST breakpoints. Referring to FDA performance criteria, the ETEST ERV demonstrated 99.4% and 100.0% essential agreement (EA), 98.0% and 94.9% categorical agreement (CA), very major error (VME) rates of 5.4% and 33.33%, and major error (ME) rates of 1.3% and 3.1% with clinical and challenge isolates, respectively, of Enterobacteriaceae and Enterococcus spp. According to EUCAST breakpoints, E. coli and Enterococcus sp. isolate results also met ISO acceptance criteria for EA and CA (EA of 99.0% and 100.0%, respectively, and CA of 100.0% for both), without any VMEs or MEs. In conclusion, we report that ETEST ERV represents an accurate tool for performing ERV AST of Enterobacteriaceae and Enterococcus sp. isolates.


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Enterobacteriaceae , Escherichia coli , Humanos , Testes de Sensibilidade a Antimicrobianos por Disco-Difusão , Enterococcus , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Tetraciclinas/farmacologia
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J Anxiety Disord ; 96: 102700, 2023 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36965222

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Although attentional bias for threat has been implicated in anxiety disorders, traditional attentional bias measures have been criticized for lack of reliability and validity, and eye tracking technologies can be cost-prohibitive. MouseView.js was recently developed to mimic eye tracking online by using the computer cursor as a proxy for gaze, and although it is equally reliable, MouseView.js' utility for capturing attentional bias for threat in anxiety-related disorders remains unclear. To fill this knowledge gap, snake phobic and non-phobic participants (N = 62) completed a behavioral avoidance task (BAT) and the MouseView.js task which consisted of 10-second exposures to blurred, side-by-side images of either pleasant-neutral or threat-neutral pairings and were instructed to freely move the mouse to reveal the images. Results demonstrated that snake phobic participants had significantly shorter average mouse dwell time on threat images than non-phobic individuals and showed a significant reduction in average dwell time on threat images following the first presentation of the threat-neutral pairing. Additionally, dwell time on threat images significantly mediated the group differences in steps completed on the BAT. Results highlight the utility of MouseView.js in capturing avoidant patterns of attentional bias for threat that may also partially drive avoidance in snake phobia. Implications for capturing attentional bias for threat in anxiety disorders more broadly are discussed.


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Viés de Atenção , Transtornos Fóbicos , Humanos , Animais , Camundongos , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Movimentos Oculares
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Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol ; 8(2): 157-168, 2023 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36521500

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BACKGROUND: Patients with borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma have relatively low resection rates and poor survival despite the use of adjuvant chemotherapy. The aim of our study was to establish the feasibility and efficacy of three different types of short-course neoadjuvant therapy compared with immediate surgery. METHODS: ESPAC5 (formerly known as ESPAC-5f) was a multicentre, open label, randomised controlled trial done in 16 pancreatic centres in two countries (UK and Germany). Eligible patients were aged 18 years or older, with a WHO performance status of 0 or 1, biopsy proven pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in the pancreatic head, and were staged as having a borderline resectable tumour by contrast-enhanced CT criteria following central review. Participants were randomly assigned by means of minimisation to one of four groups: immediate surgery; neoadjuvant gemcitabine and capecitabine (gemcitabine 1000 mg/m2 on days 1, 8, and 15, and oral capecitabine 830 mg/m2 twice a day on days 1-21 of a 28-day cycle for two cycles); neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX (oxaliplatin 85 mg/m2, irinotecan 180 mg/m2, folinic acid given according to local practice, and fluorouracil 400 mg/m2 bolus injection on days 1 and 15 followed by 2400 mg/m2 46 h intravenous infusion given on days 1 and 15, repeated every 2 weeks for four cycles); or neoadjuvant capecitabine-based chemoradiation (total dose 50·4 Gy in 28 daily fractions over 5·5 weeks [1·8 Gy per fraction, Monday to Friday] with capecitabine 830 mg/m2 twice daily [Monday to Friday] throughout radiotherapy). Patients underwent restaging contrast-enhanced CT at 4-6 weeks after neoadjuvant therapy and underwent surgical exploration if the tumour was still at least borderline resectable. All patients who had their tumour resected received adjuvant therapy at the oncologist's discretion. Primary endpoints were recruitment rate and resection rate. Analyses were done on an intention-to-treat basis. This trial is registered with ISRCTN, 89500674, and is complete. FINDINGS: Between Sept 3, 2014, and Dec 20, 2018, from 478 patients screened, 90 were randomly assigned to a group (33 to immediate surgery, 20 to gemcitabine plus capecitabine, 20 to FOLFIRINOX, and 17 to capecitabine-based chemoradiation); four patients were excluded from the intention-to-treat analysis (one in the capecitabine-based chemoradiotherapy withdrew consent before starting therapy and three [two in the immediate surgery group and one in the gemcitabine plus capecitabine group] were found to be ineligible after randomisation). 44 (80%) of 55 patients completed neoadjuvant therapy. The recruitment rate was 25·92 patients per year from 16 sites; 21 (68%) of 31 patients in the immediate surgery and 30 (55%) of 55 patients in the combined neoadjuvant therapy groups underwent resection (p=0·33). R0 resection was achieved in three (14%) of 21 patients in the immediate surgery group and seven (23%) of 30 in the neoadjuvant therapy groups combined (p=0·49). Surgical complications were observed in 29 (43%) of 68 patients who underwent surgery; no patients died within 30 days. 46 (84%) of 55 patients receiving neoadjuvant therapy were available for restaging. Six (13%) of 46 had a partial response. Median follow-up time was 12·2 months (95% CI 12·0-12·4). 1-year overall survival was 39% (95% CI 24-61) for immediate surgery, 78% (60-100) for gemcitabine plus capecitabine, 84% (70-100) for FOLFIRINOX, and 60% (37-97) for capecitabine-based chemoradiotherapy (p=0·0028). 1-year disease-free survival from surgery was 33% (95% CI 19-58) for immediate surgery and 59% (46-74) for the combined neoadjuvant therapies (hazard ratio 0·53 [95% CI 0·28-0·98], p=0·016). Three patients reported local disease recurrence (two in the immediate surgery group and one in the FOLFIRINOX group). 78 (91%) patients were included in the safety set and assessed for toxicity events. 19 (24%) of 78 patients reported a grade 3 or worse adverse event (two [7%] of 28 patients in the immediate surgery group and 17 [34%] of 50 patients in the neoadjuvant therapy groups combined), the most common of which were neutropenia, infection, and hyperglycaemia. INTERPRETATION: Recruitment was challenging. There was no significant difference in resection rates between patients who underwent immediate surgery and those who underwent neoadjuvant therapy. Short-course (8 week) neoadjuvant therapy had a significant survival benefit compared with immediate surgery. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with either gemcitabine plus capecitabine or FOLFIRINOX had the best survival compared with immediate surgery. These findings support the use of short-course neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. FUNDING: Cancer Research UK.


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Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático , Neoplasias Pancreáticas , Humanos , Irinotecano/uso terapêutico , Terapia Neoadjuvante/efeitos adversos , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/cirurgia , Capecitabina , Oxaliplatina/uso terapêutico , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/efeitos adversos , Gencitabina , Leucovorina/uso terapêutico , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/tratamento farmacológico , Fluoruracila/uso terapêutico , Quimiorradioterapia , Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático/tratamento farmacológico , Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático/cirurgia
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Vaccines (Basel) ; 10(9)2022 Sep 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36146524

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This review describes key aspects of the development of the rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP Ebola vaccine and key activities which are continuing to further expand our knowledge of the product. Extensive partnerships and innovative approaches were used to address the various challenges encountered during this process. The rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP Ebola vaccine was initially approved by the European Medicines Agency and prequalified by the World Health Organization in November 2019. It was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration in December 2019 and approved in five African countries within 90 days of prequalification. The development resulted in the first stockpile of a registered Ebola vaccine that is available to support outbreak response. This also provides insights into how the example of rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP can inform the development of vaccines for Sudan ebolavirus, Marburg virus, and other emerging epidemic diseases in terms of the types of approaches and data needed to support product registration, availability, and the use of a filovirus vaccine.

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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36001009

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Summary: Vasoactive intestinal peptide-secreting tumours (VIPomas) are an extremely rare form of functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour with an estimated annual incidence of 1 in 10 million. Associated tumour hypersecretion of other peptides, including pancreatic polypeptide (PPomas), may also be seen. These malignancies classically present with a defined triad of refractory diarrhoea, hypokalaemia and metabolic acidosis known as Verner-Morrison syndrome. Diagnosis is frequently delayed, and the majority of patients will have metastatic disease at presentation. Symptoms are usually well controlled with somatostatin analogue administration. Here we report a case of metastatic mixed VIPoma/PPoma-induced diarrhoea causing renal failure so severe that ultrafiltration was required to recover adequate renal function. Learning points: Profuse, watery diarrhoea is a common presenting complaint with a multitude of aetiologies. This, combined with the rarity of these tumours, makes diagnosis difficult and frequently delayed. A functional neuroendocrine tumour should be suspected when diarrhoea is unusually extreme, prolonged and common causes have been promptly excluded. These patients are likely to be profoundly unwell on presentation. They are extremely hypovolaemic with dangerous electrolyte and metabolic abnormalities. Aggressive initial rehydration and electrolyte replacement are imperative. A somatostatin analogue should be commenced as soon as the diagnosis is suspected. This is an extreme example of Verner-Morrison syndrome. We are unaware of another case where renal failure secondary to diarrhoea and dehydration was so severe that renal replacement therapy was required to restore adequate renal function, further emphasising how critically unwell these patients can be. Both the primary tumour and metastases showed a remarkably good and rapid response to somatostatin analogue administration. Cystic change and involution were noted on repeat imaging within days. Prior to his illness, this patient was extremely high functioning with no medical history. His diagnosis was an enormous psychological shock, and the consideration and care for his psychological well-being were a crucial part of his overall management. It highlights the importance of a holistic approach to cancer care and the role of the clinical nurse specialist within the cancer multidisciplinary team.

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Biol Psychol ; 174: 108401, 2022 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35872286

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Attentional bias for threat is an adaptive feature of human psychology, but may become maladaptive in anxiety-related disorders, causing distress, distraction, and distorted perception of danger. Reaction time measures have revealed automatic, covert attention biases to threat, whereas eye tracking has revealed voluntary biases over a larger timescale, with monitoring or avoidance depending on context. Recently, attentional bias for threat has been studied as a conditioned fear response, providing new insight into how attentional biases are acquired and inhibited through learning experiences. However, very few studies have examined voluntary gaze biases during fear learning. In a novel eye tracking paradigm (N = 78), we examine the overt components of attentional bias to threat and safety cues. We found that threat cues, but not safety cues, elicited an initial orienting bias, as well as sustained monitoring bias across 10-second trials. This collective "vigilance" response to threat cues was insensitive to extinction, whereas condition fear responding revealed by pupil size and self-report ratings showed marked extinction. Vigilance may be less prone to extinction, compared to autonomic arousal, because eye movements require less energy than preparing the body for defensive behavior. Implications for understanding vigilance in PTSD are considered.


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Atenção , Viés de Atenção , Ansiedade/psicologia , Atenção/fisiologia , Viés de Atenção/fisiologia , Condicionamento Clássico/fisiologia , Movimentos Oculares , Medo/fisiologia , Humanos
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Br J Radiol ; 95(1136): 20220278, 2022 Aug 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35704452

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The detailed anatomy of the rectus femoris and corresponding injury appearances were first described in 1995. Since then, there has been little published to change our understanding of this complex anatomical area. More recent anatomical dissection work in 2004 and 2006 alluded to the presence of an altered configuration of the proximal tendon anatomy. Whilst widely accepted that the proximal rectus femoris muscle has two distinct tendon slips, the authors in 2006 described a third separate tendon slip arising from the anterior femoral capsule and this has been widely termed the 'capsular head'. We provide evidence that imaging features corroborate this revised anatomical concept. Whilst the clinical relevance of these findings is yet to be established, it remains important that our understanding of the radiological anatomy in this area advances with the forward growth of imaging clarity. In this review, we revisit anatomical concepts and present atypical injury cases that may be explained by the presence of a separate capsular head.


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Músculo Quadríceps , Tendões , Atletas , Diagnóstico por Imagem , Fêmur , Humanos , Músculo Quadríceps/anatomia & histologia , Músculo Quadríceps/diagnóstico por imagem , Tendões/anatomia & histologia
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