Minerva medicaPub Date : 2024-06-12DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09406-0
Shiwei Yang, Shanyu Gao, Tongming Liu, Junning Liu
{"title":"A case of rhabdomyosarcoma with perianal swelling and pain.","authors":"Shiwei Yang, Shanyu Gao, Tongming Liu, Junning Liu","doi":"10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09406-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09406-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94143,"journal":{"name":"Minerva medica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141307708","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}
Minerva medicaPub Date : 2024-06-05DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09367-4
Yifei Sun, Chunxiao Hu, Yongtao Su
{"title":"Bioinformatics analysis of the prognostic value of ADH1B gene in diabetic foot ulcer.","authors":"Yifei Sun, Chunxiao Hu, Yongtao Su","doi":"10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09367-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09367-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94143,"journal":{"name":"Minerva medica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141263674","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}
Minerva medicaPub Date : 2024-06-05DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09341-8
Baoju Shan, Ting Yang
{"title":"Effect of bronchoscopic alveolar lavage combined with methylprednisolone on ALT, LDH, MP-DNA and MP-lgM in children with severe mycoplasma pneumonia.","authors":"Baoju Shan, Ting Yang","doi":"10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09341-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09341-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94143,"journal":{"name":"Minerva medica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141263675","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}
Minerva medicaPub Date : 2024-06-05DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09047-5
Qinghong Long, Jing Liu
{"title":"Effectiveness of the \"Internet+\" home nurse management model for elderly patients with chronic diseases.","authors":"Qinghong Long, Jing Liu","doi":"10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09047-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09047-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94143,"journal":{"name":"Minerva medica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141263676","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":"Relationship between serum CA125, TIMP-1 and SAA levels and clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.","authors":"Xin Chen, Xiang He, Yuan Li, Bing Guo, Guangyu Chen","doi":"10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09306-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09306-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94143,"journal":{"name":"Minerva medica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141263678","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}
Minerva medicaPub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09070-0
Nandan Kodur, W H Wilson Tang
{"title":"Non-cardiac comorbidities in heart failure: an update on diagnostic and management strategies.","authors":"Nandan Kodur, W H Wilson Tang","doi":"10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09070-0","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09070-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Managing non-cardiac comorbidities in heart failure (HF) requires a tailored approach that addresses each patient's specific conditions and needs. Regular communication and coordination among healthcare providers is crucial to providing the best possible care for these patients. Poorly controlled hypertension contributes to left ventricular remodeling and diastolic dysfunction, emphasizing the importance of optimal blood pressure control while avoiding adverse effects. Among HF patients with diabetes, SGLT2 inhibitors and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists have shown promise in reducing HF-related morbidity and mortality. Chronic kidney disease exacerbates HF and vice versa, forming the vicious cardiorenal syndrome, so disease-modifying therapies should be maintained in HF patients with comorbid CKD, even with transient changes in kidney function. Anemia in HF patients may be multifactorial, and there is growing evidence for the benefit of intravenous iron supplementation in HF patients with iron deficiency with or without anemia. Obesity, although a risk factor for HF, paradoxically offers a better prognosis once HF is established, though developing treatment strategies may improve symptoms and cardiac performance. In HF patients with stroke and atrial fibrillation, anticoagulation therapy is recommended. Among HF patients with sleep-disordered breathing, continuous positive airway pressure may improve sleep quality. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease often coexists with HF, and many patients can tolerate cardioselective beta-blockers. Cancer patients with comorbid HF require careful consideration of cardiotoxicity risks associated with cancer therapies. Depression is underdiagnosed in HF patients and significantly impacts prognosis. Cognitive impairment is prevalent in HF patients and impacts their self-care and overall quality of life.</p>","PeriodicalId":94143,"journal":{"name":"Minerva medica","volume":"115 3","pages":"337-353"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141428549","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}
Minerva medicaPub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-05-09DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09133-X
Yang Chen, Ying Gue, Garry McDowell, Diana A Gorog, Gregory Y H Lip
{"title":"Impaired endogenous fibrinolysis status: a potential prognostic predictor in ischemic stroke.","authors":"Yang Chen, Ying Gue, Garry McDowell, Diana A Gorog, Gregory Y H Lip","doi":"10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09133-X","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09133-X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Stroke confers a severe global healthcare burden, hence exploring risk factors for stroke occurrence and prognosis is important for stroke prevention and post-stroke management strategies. Endogenous fibrinolysis is a spontaneous physiological protective mechanism that dissolves thrombus to maintain vascular patency. Recently, impaired endogenous fibrinolysis has been considered as a potential novel cardiovascular risk factor, but its link with ischaemic stroke in the past has been underappreciated. In this review, we summarize the latest mechanisms of endogenous fibrinolysis, review the current evidence and data on endogenous fibrinolysis in ischemic stroke. It includes the structure of thrombus in ischemic stroke patients, the effect of fibrin structure on the endogenous fibrinolytic efficiency, and the association between intravenous thrombolytic therapy and endogenous fibrinolysis in ischemic stroke. It also includes the single factors (tissue plasminogen activator, urokinase plasminogen activator, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor, complement component 3, complement component 5, alpha-2-antiplasmin, plasmin-alpha-2-antiplasmin complex, and lipoprotein[a]), and the global assessments of endogenous fibrinolysis status (thromboelastography, rotational thromboelastometry, and global thrombosis test), and their potential as predictors to identify occurrence or unfavorable functional outcomes of ischemic stroke. All of these assessments present advantages and limitations, and we suggest that the global thrombosis test may be more appropriate for detecting impaired endogenous fibrinolysis status in ischemic stroke patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":94143,"journal":{"name":"Minerva medica","volume":" ","pages":"364-379"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140900756","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}
Minerva medicaPub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-05-09DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09159-6
Tommaso Bucci, Giulio F Romiti, Bernadette Corica, Alena Shantsila, Wee-Siong Teo, Hyung-Wook Park, Wataru Shimizu, Hung-Fat Tse, Marco Proietti, Tze-Fan Chao, Gregory Y H Lip
{"title":"Educational status and the risk of adverse outcomes in Asian patients with atrial fibrillation: a report from the prospective APHRS-AF Registry.","authors":"Tommaso Bucci, Giulio F Romiti, Bernadette Corica, Alena Shantsila, Wee-Siong Teo, Hyung-Wook Park, Wataru Shimizu, Hung-Fat Tse, Marco Proietti, Tze-Fan Chao, Gregory Y H Lip","doi":"10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09159-6","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S0026-4806.24.09159-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of educational status (ES) on the clinical course of Asian patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used data from the prospective APHRS-AF Registry. ES was classified as follows: low (primary school), medium (secondary), and high (University). The primary outcome was a composite of all-cause death, thromboembolic events, acute coronary syndrome, and heart failure. Secondary outcomes were each component of the primary outcome, cardiovascular death, and major bleeding. The one-year risk of primary and secondary outcomes was assessed through Cox-regressions. Adherence to the Atrial fibrillation Better Care (ABC) pathway was assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 2697 AF patients (69±12 years, 34.8% females), 34.6% had low ES; 37.3% had medium ES; and 28.1% had high ES. Compared to patients with medium-high ES, patients with low ES were older, more often females, with a higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, and a lower ABC pathway adherence (30.4% vs. 40.2%, P<0.001). On multivariable analysis, low ES was associated with a higher risk for the primary outcome (HR 1.52,95%CI 1.11-2.06) and all-cause death (HR 1.76,95%CI 1.10-2.83) than medium-high ES. A significant interaction was found for the risk of composite outcome among the different age strata, with the higher risk in the elderly (P for int=0.008), whereas the beneficial effect of the ABC pathway was irrespective of ES (P for int=0.691).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In Asian AF patients, low ES is associated with high mortality. Efforts to improve education and include ES evaluation in the integrated care approach for AF are necessary to reduce the cardiovascular burden in these patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":94143,"journal":{"name":"Minerva medica","volume":" ","pages":"308-319"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140900735","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}