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{"title":"Effect of photobiomodulation treatment on pain control in patients with temporomandibular dysfunction disorder: systematic review.","authors":"Roberta Bertolli da Silveira, Izabela Ferreira, André Luis Botelho, Andréa Cândido Dos Reis","doi":"10.1080/08869634.2022.2086599","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08869634.2022.2086599","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To critically evaluate the literature and answer the question, \"How effective is photobiomodulation treatment on pain control in patients with TMJ disorder?\".</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PRISMA, PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Embase databases were used for the personalized search strategy. For risk of bias, Rob 2.0 for randomized clinical trials and ROBINS-I for non-randomized clinical trials were used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eighty-four articles were found and, after removing duplicates, seventy one studies were included for titles and abstracts. For a full reading, 30 articles were selected and, according to the eligibility criteria, 24 remained for qualitative analysis. The studies showed a low risk of bias. Due to the heterogeneity of the studies, it was not possible to perform a meta-analysis.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Photobiomodulation is an effective adjunct for the treatment of temporomandibular disorders, being a less invasive approach, safe, low-cost, and without side effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":88116,"journal":{"name":"Revue internationale de la Croix-rouge","volume":"54 1","pages":"117-127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79189740","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":"Th17 cells and their related cytokines: vital players in progression of malignant pleural effusion.","authors":"Yiran Niu, Qiong Zhou","doi":"10.1007/s00018-022-04227-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00018-022-04227-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is an exudative effusion caused by primary or metastatic pleural carcinosis. Th17 cells and their cytokines are critical components in various disease including MPE. In this review, we summarize current published articles regarding the multifunctional roles of Th17 cells and their related cytokines in MPE. Th17 cells are accumulated in MPE compared with paired serum via certain manners. The upregulation of Th17 cells and the interactions between Th17 cells and other immune cells, such as Th1 cells, Th9 cells, regulatory T cells and B cells, are reported to be involved in the formation and development of MPE. In addition, cytokines, which are elaborated by Th17 cells, including IL-17A, IL-17F, IL-21, IL-22, IL-26, GM-CSF, or associated with Th17 cells differentiation, including IL-1β, IL-6, IL-23, TGF-β, are linked to the pathogenesis of MPE through exerting pro- or anti-tumorigenic functions on their own as well as regulating the generation and differentiation of Th17 cells in MPE. Based on these findings, we proposed that Th17 cells and their cytokines might be diagnostic or prognostic tools and potential therapeutic targets for MPE.</p>","PeriodicalId":88116,"journal":{"name":"Revue internationale de la Croix-rouge","volume":"69 1","pages":"194"},"PeriodicalIF":8.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11072909/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79160023","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}

{"title":"Vertigo: Could this Symptom Indicate the Existence of an Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysm?","authors":"Grigorios Gkasdaris, Pedram Tabatabaei, Harry Kourtopoulos, Theodossios Birbilis","doi":"10.26574/maedica.2021.16.4.555","DOIUrl":"10.26574/maedica.2021.16.4.555","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b>Unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) can be presented with various symptoms, including atypical headaches and cranial nerve deficits. Vertigo is often referred in the literature as a coexisting symptom. Our aim was to investigate the importance of vertigo in the UIA symptomatology and present a possible explanation for its existence. <b>Methods:</b>We conducted a retrospective observational multicenter study concerning patients with surgically treated intracranial aneurysms. During a period of 10 years, 1 085 patients with cerebral aneurysms underwent surgery. There were 812 patients with ruptured intracranial aneurysms (RIA) and 273 with UIA. The medical records for each of the 273 patients were analyzed. <b>Results:</b> After the implementation of exclusion criteria, 89 (32.6%) of UIA patients were selected in the study, from which 71 (79.8%) were females and 18 (20.2%) males. The mean age was 56.9 (± 12.876) years old. Vertigo existed in 72 (80.9%), headache in 41 (46.1%) and visual symptoms in 21 (23.6%) patients. No significant correlation (p >0.05) was demonstrated between gender, age or aneurysm location in correlation with vertigo, headache or visual symptoms, apart from a negative significant correlation between age and vertigo (p=0.031). <b>Conclusion:</b>Vertigo is an alarming symptom that could indicate the existence of an UIA. The pathophysiological mechanism could be explained by the formation of an aneurysmal vortex that projects into the parent artery, leading to disturbances in the laminar flow and formation of an irregular/turbulent flow, which potentially affects the cerebral autoregulation and by consequence, the central processing of movement.</p>","PeriodicalId":88116,"journal":{"name":"Revue internationale de la Croix-rouge","volume":"41 1","pages":"555-562"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8897800/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79308596","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}

{"title":"Predictors of surgical treatment in children with tethered fibrofatty filum terminale.","authors":"Osama N Kashlan, D Andrew Wilkinson, Hal Morgenstern, Siri S Khalsa, Cormac O Maher","doi":"10.3171/2019.8.PEDS19292","DOIUrl":"10.3171/2019.8.PEDS19292","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Thickened or fatty filum terminale is an occult lesion that can cause tethered cord syndrome requiring surgical untethering. This study's objectives were to estimate the incidence of tethered fibrofatty filum terminale (TFFT) in a large insured pediatric population, identify predictors of surgery among those TFFT patients, and assess a diagnostic algorithm.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>TFFT was defined according to the ICD-9-CM code for cord tethering (742.59), after excluding codes for diastematomyelia, lipomyelomeningocele, terminal myelocystocele, meningocele, and myelomeningocele. Utilizing the Optum Insight database for 2001-2014, the authors identified pediatric patients (< 21 years) in the US who were diagnosed with a tethered cord and estimated the TFFT incidence rates in that source population and the surgical untethering probability among TFFT patients over the 14-year period. Logistic regression was used to estimate the effects (adjusted OR and 95% CI) of age at diagnosis, sex, Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) score, diagnosis of Chiari malformation type I, diagnosis of syrinx, and the probability of surgery by US census region. Lastly, to evaluate their algorithm for identifying TFFT from ICD-9 codes, the authors estimated its positive predictive value (PPV) among 50 children who were diagnosed at their institution and met the ICD-9-CM criteria.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 3218 diagnoses of TFFT, with 482 of these pediatric patients undergoing tethered cord release during the study period. The estimated incidence rate was 12.0 per 100,000/year (95% CI 11.6-12.4 per 100,000/year). The incidence rate was slightly higher in females than in males (12.7 vs 11.4 per 100,000/year). The probability of surgery in the total pediatric TFFT population was 15.0% (95% CI 13.8%-16.2%) and was greater in children with a syrinx (OR 2.2, 95% CI 1.6-3.0), children 7-11 years of age at diagnosis versus < 1 year (OR 1.5, 95% CI 1.1-2.0), CCI score ≥ 3 versus 0 (OR 2.3, 95% CI 1.4-3.8), and residents of the Western vs Northeastern US (OR 2.3, 95% CI 1.6-3.5). In the authors' own institution's database, the PPV of TFFT was 35/50 (70.0%, 95% CI 57.3%-82.7%) for identifying tethered cord due to fibrofatty filum terminale among childhood positives.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Patients with comorbidities or an associated syrinx showed a higher risk of untethering procedures for TFFT. Also, surgery was appreciably more frequent in the Western US. These findings signify the need for a collaborative prospective cohort study of long-term outcomes for TFFT patients with and without surgery to determine which patients should have surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":88116,"journal":{"name":"Revue internationale de la Croix-rouge","volume":"44 1","pages":"196-203"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79296828","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":"Combination of quadruplex qPCR and next-generation sequencing for qualitative and quantitative analysis of the HIV-1 latent reservoir.","authors":"Christian Gaebler, Julio C C Lorenzi, Thiago Y Oliveira, Lilian Nogueira, Victor Ramos, Ching-Lan Lu, Joy A Pai, Pilar Mendoza, Mila Jankovic, Marina Caskey, Michel C Nussenzweig","doi":"10.1084/jem.20190896","DOIUrl":"10.1084/jem.20190896","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>HIV-1 infection requires lifelong therapy with antiretroviral drugs due to the existence of a latent reservoir of transcriptionally inactive integrated proviruses. The goal of HIV-1 cure research is to eliminate or functionally silence this reservoir. To this end, there are numerous ongoing studies to evaluate immunological approaches, including monoclonal antibody therapies. Evaluating the results of these studies requires sensitive and specific measures of the reservoir. Here, we describe a relatively high-throughput combined quantitative PCR (qPCR) and next-generation sequencing method. Four different qPCR probes covering the packaging signal (PS), group-specific antigen (<i>gag</i>), polymerase (<i>pol</i>), and envelope (<i>env</i>) are combined in a single multiplex reaction to detect the HIV-1 genome in limiting dilution samples followed by sequence verification of individual reactions that are positive for combinations of any two of the four probes (Q4PCR). This sensitive and specific approach allows for an unbiased characterization of the HIV-1 latent reservoir.</p>","PeriodicalId":88116,"journal":{"name":"Revue internationale de la Croix-rouge","volume":"47 1","pages":"2253-2264"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6781006/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79327033","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}

{"title":"Three new acid M⁺ arsenates and phosphates with multiply protonated As/PO₄ groups.","authors":"Karolina Schwendtner, Uwe Kolitsch","doi":"10.1107/S2053229619008489","DOIUrl":"10.1107/S2053229619008489","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The crystal structures of caesium dihydrogen arsenate(V) bis[trihydrogen arsenate(V)], Cs(H₂AsO₄)(H₃AsO₄)₂, ammonium dihydrogen arsenate(V) trihydrogen arsenate(V), NH₄(H₂AsO₄)(H₃AsO₄), and dilithium bis(dihydrogen phosphate), Li₂(H₂PO₄)₂, were solved from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. NH₄(H₂AsO₄)(H₃AsO₄), which was hydrothermally synthesized (T = 493 K), is homeotypic with Rb(H₂AsO₄)(H₃AsO₄), while Cs(H₂AsO₄)(H₃AsO₄)₂ crystallizes in a novel structure type and Li₂(H₂PO₄)₂ represents a new polymorph of this composition. The Cs and Li compounds grew at room temperature from highly acidic aqueous solutions. Li₂(H₂PO₄)₂ forms a three-dimensional (3D) framework of PO₄ tetrahedra sharing corners with Li₂O₆ dimers built of edge-sharing LiO₄ groups, which is reinforced by hydrogen bonds. The two arsenate compounds are characterized by a 3D network of AsO₄ groups that are connected solely via multiple strong hydrogen bonds. A statistical evaluation of the As-O bond lengths in singly, doubly and triply protonated AsO₄ groups gave average values of 1.70 (2) Å for 199 As-OH bonds, 1.728 (19) Å for As-OH bonds in HAsO₄ groups, 1.714 (12) Å for As-OH bonds in H₂AsO₄ groups and 1.694 (16) Å for As-OH bonds in H₃AsO₄ groups, and a grand mean value of 1.667 (18) Å for As-O bonds to nonprotonated O atoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":88116,"journal":{"name":"Revue internationale de la Croix-rouge","volume":"73 1","pages":"1134-1141"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2019-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6681722/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79047009","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}

{"title":"A Community-Driven Intervention for Improving Biospecimen Donation in African American Communities.","authors":"Kushal Patel, Wendelyn Inman, Jemal Gishe, Owen Johnson, Elizabeth Brown, Mohamed Kanu, Rosemary Theriot, Maureen Sanderson, Pamela Hull, Margaret Hargreaves","doi":"10.1007/s40615-017-0336-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40615-017-0336-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Human biospecimens are an invaluable resource for addressing cancers and other chronic diseases. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of an educational intervention on biospecimen knowledge and attitudes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The participants consisted of 112 African Americans, 18 years and older, and who had not provided biospecimens for any health-related research in the past. A total of 55 participants received the educational brochure, and 57 received the educational video. The main outcomes of the study were knowledge and attitudes for biospecimen donation. This information was collected pre- and post-intervention.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The average knowledge scores increased (p < 0.0001) and the average attitude scores for biospecimen donation improved (p < 0.0001) post-intervention for both the video and brochure conditions. There was an interaction between the intervention condition and knowledge where the participants who received the educational video showed a greater increase in knowledge pre-to-post compared to those who received the educational brochure (p = 0.0061). There were no significant interactions between the two intervention conditions for attitudes toward biospecimen donation.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The results of this study demonstrated the feasibility and efficacy of an academic institution collaborating with the African American community in developing educational tools for biospecimen donation.</p>","PeriodicalId":88116,"journal":{"name":"Revue internationale de la Croix-rouge","volume":"57 1","pages":"15-23"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2018-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5548654/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79170178","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}

{"title":"Update on the evaluation of transient vision loss.","authors":"John H Pula, Katherine Kwan, Carlen A Yuen, Jorge C Kattah","doi":"10.2147/OPTH.S94971","DOIUrl":"10.2147/OPTH.S94971","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Transient vision loss may indicate underlying vascular disease, including carotid occlusion and thromboembolism, or it may have a more benign etiology, such as migraine or vasospasm. This review focuses on the differential diagnosis and workup of patients presenting with transient vision loss, focusing on several key areas: the relationship to thromboembolic vascular disease, hypercoagulable testing, retinal migraine, and bilateral vision loss. The objective is to provide the ophthalmologist with information on how to best manage these patients. Thromboembolic etiologies for transient vision loss are sometimes managed with medications, but when carotid surgery is indicated, earlier intervention may prevent future stroke. This need for early treatment places the ophthalmologist in the important role of expediting the management process. Hospital admission is recommended in patients presenting with transient symptoms within 72 hours who meet certain high-risk criteria. When the cause is giant cell arteritis, ocular ischemic syndrome, or a cardioembolic source, early management of the underlying condition is equally important. For nonthromboembolic causes of transient vision loss such as retinal migraine or retinal vasospasm, the ophthalmologist can provide reassurance as well as potentially give medications to decrease the frequency of vision loss episodes. </p>","PeriodicalId":88116,"journal":{"name":"Revue internationale de la Croix-rouge","volume":"61 1","pages":"297-303"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4755435/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79087318","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}

{"title":"Livres et articles","authors":"P. No","doi":"10.1484/j.cde.2.307168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1484/j.cde.2.307168","url":null,"abstract":"Articles – Africa and the International Criminal Court / A. P. van der Mei... [et al.]. – In: Africa Legal Aid Quarterly Maastricht: AFLA; January-March 2003, 44 p. – De la guerre et de la paix en Afrique / Pierre Kipré. – In: Afrique contemporaine; No 207, automne 2003, p. 133-146. – La dynamique des conflits ethniques au Nord-Kivu: une réflexion prospective / Etienne Rusamira. – In: Afrique contemporaine; No 207, automne 2003, p. 147-163. – Les crises africaines / Joseph Vitalis. – In: Etudes; T. 399, no 6, décembre 2003, p. 585-595. – The relationship between truth commissions and international courts: The case of Sierra Leone / William A. Schabas. – In: Human Rights Quarterly; Vol. 25, no. 4, November 2003, p. 1035-1066. – Tragédies africaines / Yves Lacoste... [et al.]. – In: Hérodote: revue de géographie et de géopolitique; No 111, Paris: La Découverte, 2003, 155 p.","PeriodicalId":88116,"journal":{"name":"Revue internationale de la Croix-rouge","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1484/j.cde.2.307168","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66674055","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":"Cérémonie de remise du Prix Paul Reuter 2003","authors":"Daniel Thürer","doi":"10.1017/s1560775500115287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1560775500115287","url":null,"abstract":"Laureate : Madame le Professeur Ruth Abril Stoffels, Universite Cardenal Herrera, Valence, Espagne. Allocution du Professeur Daniel Thurer, Vice-President de la Commission du Fonds Paul Reuter et membre du CICR","PeriodicalId":88116,"journal":{"name":"Revue internationale de la Croix-rouge","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57029471","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}