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This case article takes you on a journey starting with a paediatric patient presenting with sudden-onset lower limb paralysis and paraesthesia. Differential diagnoses, investigations and management are discussed as the case progresses, ultimately leading to the underlying cause.
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Early identification and management of multimorbidity in patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs), such as RA, is an integral, but often neglected, aspect of care. The prevalence and incidence of conditions such as osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease and malignancies, often co-existing with RA, continues to have significant implications for the management of this patient group. Multimorbidity in RMDs can be associated with inflammatory disease activity and target organ damage. Lifestyle factors, such as smoking and inactivity, further contribute to the burden of disease. Inflammation is the underlying factor, not just in RA but also many comorbidities. The current framework of a treat-to-target approach focuses on achieving early remission and inflammatory activity suppression. We describe how the comorbidity burden in people with RMDs impacts on disease outcome and treatment response. The importance of addressing comorbidity at an early stage and adopting a patient centred approach is critical in modern practice.
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Artrite Reumatoide , Doenças Musculoesqueléticas , Osteoporose , Humanos , Multimorbidade , Artrite Reumatoide/tratamento farmacológico , Artrite Reumatoide/epidemiologia , Artrite Reumatoide/complicações , Comorbidade , Osteoporose/epidemiologia , Osteoporose/terapia , Osteoporose/complicações , Doenças Musculoesqueléticas/epidemiologia , Doenças Musculoesqueléticas/terapiaRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: To analyze clinical meningococcal strains associated with meningococcal septic arthritis cases in England and Wales, and to identify associations between patient age, the synovial joint affected and strain characteristics. METHODS: IMD cases confirmed by the Meningococcal Reference Unit (UK Health Security Agency) between January 2010 and December 2020 were included in the analysis. Septic arthritis cases were defined as those featuring detection and/or isolation of N. meningitidis from an articular site. Capsular grouping was performed by serology on clinical isolates and/or real-time PCR on clinical samples. RESULTS: We identified 162 cases of meningococcal septic arthritis, representing 2% of all invasive meningococcal disease cases during the study period. The knee and the hip were the most commonly affected joints, with the former significantly more frequent in adults and the latter seen more commonly in children and adolescents. Group B strains were between 2 and 6 times less likely to cause septic arthritis in relation to groups W, C and Y strains. CONCLUSIONS: Meningococcal septic arthritis remains a rare manifestation of invasive meningococcal disease. Strain and age associations identified in this study remain unexplained. Future analyzes including clinical case information may help to explain these findings.
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Artrite Infecciosa , Meningite Meningocócica , Infecções Meningocócicas , Neisseria meningitidis , Adolescente , Adulto , Artrite Infecciosa/epidemiologia , Criança , Humanos , Meningite Meningocócica/epidemiologia , País de Gales/epidemiologiaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) is now recommended prebiopsy in numerous healthcare regions based on the findings of high-quality studies from expert centres. Concern remains about reproducibility of mpMRI to rule out clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa) in real-world settings. OBJECTIVE: To assess the diagnostic performance of mpMRI for csPCa in a real-world setting. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A multicentre, retrospective cohort study, including men referred with raised prostate-specific antigen (PSA) or an abnormal digital rectal examination who had undergone mpMRI followed by transrectal or transperineal biopsy, was conducted. Patients could be biopsy naïve or have had previous negative biopsies. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: The primary definition for csPCa was International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) grade group (GG) ≥2 (any Gleason ≥7); the accuracy for other definitions was also evaluated. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS: Across ten sites, 2642 men were included (January 2011-November 2018). Mean age and PSA were 65.3yr (standard deviation [SD] 7.8yr) and 7.5ng/ml (SD 3.3ng/ml), respectively. Of the patients, 35.9% had "negative MRI" (scores 1-2); 51.9% underwent transrectal biopsy and 48.1% had transperineal biopsy, with 43.4% diagnosed with csPCa overall. The sensitivity and negative predictive value (NPV) for ISUP GG≥2 were 87.3% and 87.5%, respectively. The NPVs were 87.4% and 88.1% for men undergoing transrectal and transperineal biopsy, respectively. Specificity and positive predictive value of MRI were 49.8% and 49.2%, respectively. The sensitivity and NPV increased to 96.6% and 90.6%, respectively, when a PSA density threshold of 0.15ng/ml/ml was used in MRI scores 1-2; these metrics increased to 97.5% and 91.2%, respectively, for PSA density 0.12ng/ml/ml. ISUP GG≥3 (Gleason ≥4+3) was found in 2.4% (15/617) of men with MRI scores 1-2. They key limitations of this study are the heterogeneity and retrospective nature of the data. CONCLUSIONS: Multiparametric MRI when used in real-world settings is able to rule out csPCa accurately, suggesting that about one-third of men might avoid an immediate biopsy. Men should be counselled about the risk of missing some significant cancers. PATIENT SUMMARY: Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a useful tool for ruling out prostate cancer, especially when combined with prostate-specific antigen density (PSAD). Previous results published from specialist centres can be reproduced at smaller institutions. However, patients and their clinicians must be aware that an early diagnosis of clinically significant prostate cancer could be missed in nearly 10% of patients by relying on MRI and PSAD alone.
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Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética Multiparamétrica , Neoplasias da Próstata , Biópsia , Humanos , Masculino , Antígeno Prostático Específico , Neoplasias da Próstata/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias da Próstata/patologia , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
Despite limited program evaluations of Medicaid accountable care organizations (ACOs), no studies have examined if cost-saving goals negatively affect quality of life and health care experiences of low-income enrollees. The Hennepin Health ACO uses an integrated care model to address the physical, behavioral, and social needs of Medicaid expansion enrollees. As part of a larger evaluation, we conducted semistructured interviews with 35 primary care using Hennepin Health members enrolled for 2 or more years. Using fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis, we assessed enrollee complexity and use of the care model and improvements in quality of life. We found improved quality of life was consistently associated with strong bonds to primary care, consistent mental health care, and support from extended care team members. Comprehensive, integrated care models within ACOs may improve quality of life for low-income Medicaid enrollees through coordinated primary and mental health care.
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Organizações de Assistência Responsáveis/estatística & dados numéricos , Medicaid/estatística & dados numéricos , Serviços de Saúde Mental/estatística & dados numéricos , Atenção Primária à Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Qualidade de Vida/psicologia , Adulto , Redução de Custos , Feminino , Humanos , Entrevistas como Assunto , Masculino , Medicaid/economia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/legislação & jurisprudência , Pesquisa Qualitativa , Estados UnidosRESUMO
ABSTRACT The authors investigated the ability of human participants to discover novel actions under conditions of delayed reinforcement. Participants used a joystick to search for a target indicated by visual or auditory reinforcement. Reinforcement delays of 75-150 ms were found to significantly impair action acquisition. They also found an effect of modality, with acquisition superior with auditory feedback. The duration at which delay was found to impede action discovery is, to the authors' knowledge, shorter than that previously reported from work with operant and causal learning paradigms. The sensitivity to delay reported, and the difference between modalities, is consistent with accounts of action discovery that emphasize the importance of a time stamp in the motor record for solving the credit assignment problem.
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Condicionamento Operante , Desempenho Psicomotor , Reforço Psicológico , Estimulação Acústica , Adolescente , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Estimulação Luminosa , Fatores de Tempo , Adulto JovemRESUMO
We present a behavioural task designed for the investigation of how novel instrumental actions are discovered and learnt. The task consists of free movement with a manipulandum, during which the full range of possible movements can be explored by the participant and recorded. A subset of these movements, the 'target', is set to trigger a reinforcing signal. The task is to discover what movements of the manipulandum evoke the reinforcement signal. Targets can be defined in spatial, temporal, or kinematic terms, can be a combination of these aspects, or can represent the concatenation of actions into a larger gesture. The task allows the study of how the specific elements of behaviour which cause the reinforcing signal are identified, refined and stored by the participant. The task provides a paradigm where the exploratory motive drives learning and as such we view it as in the tradition of Thorndike [1]. Most importantly it allows for repeated measures, since when a novel action is acquired the criterion for triggering reinforcement can be changed requiring a new action to be discovered. Here, we present data using both humans and rats as subjects, showing that our task is easily scalable in difficulty, adaptable across species, and produces a rich set of behavioural measures offering new and valuable insight into the action learning process.
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Aprendizagem/fisiologia , Análise e Desempenho de Tarefas , Animais , Comportamento , Humanos , Movimento/fisiologia , Estimulação Luminosa , Ratos , Reforço Psicológico , Reprodutibilidade dos TestesAssuntos
Anticorpos Monoclonais/administração & dosagem , Discite , Espondilite Anquilosante/complicações , Vértebras Torácicas , Anti-Inflamatórios/administração & dosagem , Biópsia , Dor no Peito/etiologia , Dor no Peito/patologia , Dor no Peito/fisiopatologia , Discite/tratamento farmacológico , Discite/etiologia , Discite/patologia , Discite/fisiopatologia , Humanos , Infliximab , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Radiografia , Recuperação de Função Fisiológica/efeitos dos fármacos , Indução de Remissão/métodos , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Espondilite Anquilosante/sangue , Espondilite Anquilosante/tratamento farmacológico , Espondilite Anquilosante/patologia , Espondilite Anquilosante/fisiopatologia , Vértebras Torácicas/diagnóstico por imagem , Vértebras Torácicas/fisiopatologia , Resultado do Tratamento , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/antagonistas & inibidoresRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: Macroscopic sessile tumor architecture was associated with adverse outcomes after radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) for upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). Before inclusion in daily clinical decision-making, the prognostic value of tumor architecture needs to be validated in an independent, external dataset. We tested whether macroscopic tumor architecture improves outcome prediction in an international cohort of patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We retrospectively studied 754 patients treated with RNU for UTUC without neoadjuvant chemotherapy at 9 centers located in Asia, Canada, and Europe. Tumor architecture was macroscopically categorized as either papillary or sessile. Univariable and multivariable Cox regression analyses were used to address recurrence-free (RFS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) estimates. RESULTS: Macroscopic sessile architecture was present in 20% of the patients. Its prevalence increased with advancing pathologic stage and it was significantly associated with established features of biologically aggressive UTUC, such as tumor grade, lymph node metastasis, lymphovascular invasion, and concomitant CIS (all P values < 0.02). The median follow-up for patients who were alive at last follow-up was 40 months (IQR: 18-75 months, range: 1-271 months). Two-year RFS and CSS for tumors with papillary architecture were 85% and 90%, compared with 58% and 66% for those with macroscopic sessile architecture, respectively (P values < 0.0001). On multivariable Cox regression analyses, macroscopic sessile architecture was an independent predictor of both RFS (hazard ratio {HR}: 1.5; P = 0.036) and CSS (HR: 1.5; P = 0.03). CONCLUSION: We confirmed the independent prognostic value of macroscopic tumor architecture in a large, independent, multicenter UTUC cohort. It should be reported in every pathology report and included in post-RNU predictive models in order to refine current clinical decision making regarding follow-up protocol and adjuvant therapy.