V K M Niyas, R Arjun, L Titus, F Hussain, S L Sreelakshmi, J Jomes, N Gupta
{"title":"Hybrid immunity versus vaccine immunity among Indian health care workers after ChAdOx-nCov-19 vaccine.","authors":"V K M Niyas, R Arjun, L Titus, F Hussain, S L Sreelakshmi, J Jomes, N Gupta","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcac155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcac155","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520760,"journal":{"name":"QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians","volume":" ","pages":"565-566"},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2022-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40567107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Auricular acupressure for treating early stage of knee osteoarthritis: a randomized, sham-controlled prospective study.","authors":"X Zhang, B He, H Wang, X Sun","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcab230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcab230","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We examined whether auricular acupressure (AA) at four specifically preselected AA points can alleviate knee pain and decrease non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) consumption and its adverse effects for osteoarthritis patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Sixty-two patients (more than 40 years) with knee osteoarthritis of Kellgren-Lawrence grades of I or II upon radiographic classification were enrolled in this randomized, sham-controlled prospective study, and divided into two groups (AA group and control group). The AA group received true AA by embedding vaccaria seeds at four specific AA points (knee joint, shenmen, subcortex and sympathesis) ipsilateral to the knee osteoarthritis site, while the control group received four nonacupuncture points on the auricular helix. Visual analog scale (VAS), the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) score, the number of patients who needed celecoxib pills and adverse effects were recorded.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>VAS and WOMAC scores in the AA group were significantly lower than that in the control group (P < 0.05) at Days 3 and 7 postsugery. The VAS and WOMAC score were significantly decreased after the treatment in the AA group compared with that before the treatment (P < 0.05). The use of celebrex is significantly lower in the AA group than in the control group (P < 0.05), no major side effects were observed during the auricular acupressure treatment.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Auricular acupressure plays a role in analgesic effect and can effectively decrease NSAIDs requirements without causing adverse events for the treatment of human knee osteoarthritis.</p>","PeriodicalId":520760,"journal":{"name":"QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians","volume":" ","pages":"525-529"},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2022-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39370093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Magnetic resonance imaging of takotsubo syndrome triggered by stress.","authors":"J Chen, L Lyu, Q Liu","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcac079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcac079","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520760,"journal":{"name":"QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians","volume":" ","pages":"483-485"},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2022-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40310141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Community-acquired pneumonia and non-invasive ventilation-a valid ICU avoidance strategy?","authors":"Seamas C Donnelly","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcac151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcac151","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520760,"journal":{"name":"QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians","volume":" ","pages":"427"},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2022-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40587620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S P Reddy, S A Phadnis, P Kumari, N Sharma, J Sethi, A K Pannu, N Sharma
{"title":"Thrombotic microangiopathy in Russel's viper envenomation.","authors":"S P Reddy, S A Phadnis, P Kumari, N Sharma, J Sethi, A K Pannu, N Sharma","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcac081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcac081","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520760,"journal":{"name":"QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians","volume":" ","pages":"486-487"},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2022-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40319604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Long COVID syndrome and the lung: how long will it last?","authors":"P D Mitchell, J Olaniyi, C Buckley, S C Donnelly","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcac070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcac070","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The prevalence and duration of the long-term respiratory complications of COVID-19 infection remains to be elucidated. This short commentary reports on recently published studies in patients post-acute COVID-19 infection in terms of symptom prevalence, physiological and radiological sequela and where only symptoms are present despite investigation. Pulmonary function testing, 6-min walk tests, computed tomography chest and more advanced imaging modalities have been incorporated to reveal the underlying pathophysiology that cause such disabling symptoms in patient with post-acute COVID-9 syndrome (PACS). PACS has a serious impact on people's ability to return to work, affecting the physical, mental, social sphere and with significant healthcare and general economic consequences for them, their families and society.</p>","PeriodicalId":520760,"journal":{"name":"QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians","volume":" ","pages":"349-350"},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2022-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9383566/pdf/hcac070.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40319504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Ohshima, T Suzuki, A Suzuki, N Nagata, A Maejima
{"title":"Three-dimensional images of ultrasonography in Sjogren's syndrome.","authors":"M Ohshima, T Suzuki, A Suzuki, N Nagata, A Maejima","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcac084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcac084","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520760,"journal":{"name":"QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians","volume":" ","pages":"316-317"},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2022-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40327602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Champagne bottle neck sign with Moyamoya disease.","authors":"K Takemoto, K Atagi","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcac083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcac083","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520760,"journal":{"name":"QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians","volume":" ","pages":"314-315"},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2022-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40327597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V Petrakis, P Panagopoulos, G Vrachiolias, E Spanoudakis, D Papazoglou, I Kotsianidis, K Liapis
{"title":"Onionskin-like histiocytes in an HIV late presenter.","authors":"V Petrakis, P Panagopoulos, G Vrachiolias, E Spanoudakis, D Papazoglou, I Kotsianidis, K Liapis","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcac082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcac082","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520760,"journal":{"name":"QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians","volume":" ","pages":"312-313"},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2022-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40320425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nailfold capillaroscopy findings and systemic sclerosis.","authors":"T Sakamoto, M Kaburaki, T Shimizu","doi":"10.1093/qjmed/hcab156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcab156","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520760,"journal":{"name":"QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians","volume":" ","pages":"266"},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2022-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39029283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}