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Weingaertner O, Beier L, Stein K. Different perspectives of patients and physicians on LDL-C target achievement in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia: results on secondary prevention from the German PROCYON survey. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.2541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background
Lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in hypercholesterolemia patients at very high cardiovascular (CV) risk is essential in preventing future CV events. However, LDL-C targets often remain unattained.
Purpose
The purpose of the present survey was to identify possible reasons for insufficient LDL-C target achievement despite the availability of efficacious lipid lowering drugs in the clinical setting of hypercholesterolemia management in secondary prevention patients in Germany.
Methods
PROCYON was an online survey with over 5,000 participants on disease perception, awareness, burden, and management of hypercholesterolemia consisting of a patient survey (PROCYON A) and a healthcare practitioner (HCP) survey (PROCYON B). To quantify patient self-activation, the PAM-13 Patient Activation Measure by Insignia Health was incorporated. Results on 1,696 patients in secondary prevention are presented.
Results
Most post-CV event patients do not achieve their LDL-C target. HCPs assume patients' poor adherence to medication and lifestyle adaptions to be the most important reason (Figure 1). However, this contradicts the patients' perception. Accordingly, 87% of the patients are on a lipid lowering therapy and 81% of them have stated to take their medication regularly. They rank their medication for LDL-C reduction as equally important as that for other diseases. In contrast, HCPs think that 46% of their patients do not take hypercholesterolemia seriously. However, HCPs also believe, that LDL target attainment is still “important” or “very important” to 81% of their patients. This is in line with the patients' perception: 84% of the patients consider reaching their target as “important” or “very important”. PAM-13 results underline these results: 60% of the patients are already activated and want to gain control over their disease (PAM-13 level 3 of 4) and 12% reach highest self-activation levels (level 4 of 4). The HCP remains the major source of information for 77% of the patients and only 42% reach out for online resources. The importance of educating patients on adherence is acknowledged by all HCPs. Therefore, 71% express their desire of educational material. With respect to LDL-C levels, 49% of the patients reported no improvement. Of the patients under treatment without LDL-C improvement, only 23% take more than one drug, and 47% reported a change of dose. Furthermore, collaboration between GPs and specialists (cardiologists, diabetologists, lipidologists) was not evident.
Conclusion
Although secondary prevention patients are motivated to pursue their LDL-C targets, HCPs consider patient adherence as major reason for failure. Instead, the survey indicated that therapeutic strategies are not fully exhausted and there is space for treatment improvement either by dose escalation or addition of further lipid lowering drugs. Furthermore, patient education and specialist collaboration could improve patient management.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Private company. Main funding source(s): Novartis Pharma GmbH Figure 1
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- O Weingaertner
- University Hospital Jena, Klinik für Innere Medizin I, Jena, Germany
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- Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany
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Weingaertner O, Beier L, Stein K. Differences in hypercholesterolemia patient management in secondary and primary care: lessons learned from the German PROCYON survey. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.2540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
In Germany, cardiovascular (CV) disease was the leading cause of mortality (39% of all deaths), responsible for 340,000 deaths in 2014 (1). Considering its role as a major risk factor for CV disease, awareness for hypercholesterolemia in clinical practice seems insufficient.
Purpose
The purpose of the present survey was to identify patients' journey differences between primary and secondary prevention in patients with hypercholesterolemia.
Methods
PROCYON was a two-part online survey on disease perception, awareness, burden, and management of hypercholesterolemia consisting of a patient survey (PROCYON A) and a healthcare practitioner (HCP) survey (PROCYON B). The survey included over 5,000 patients with and without prior CV events as well as 109 HCPs (general practitioners, internists, cardiologists) involved in primary and secondary prevention.
Results
71% of the HCPs consider low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) as “very important” to assess a patients CV risk and 96% acknowledge a “causal relationship” between CV risk and LDL-C levels. Despite the theoretical awareness of LDL-C as a risk factor, 58% of the secondary prevention patients were initially diagnosed with hypercholesterolemia only while hospitalized due to a CV event, indicating insufficient translation of LDL-C awareness into clinical screening routine.
General practitioners (GP) and internists are the main point of contact for patients with hypercholesterolemia after the diagnosis. In primary and even in secondary prevention, cardiologists play a minor role in hypercholesterolemia patient care (cardiologist vs. GP/internist ratio 1:5), the majority of patients are managed by their general practitioners and internists and (cardiologist vs. GP/internist ratio 2:3) (Table 1). The frequency of LDL-C control assessments is lower in primary prevention patients compared to secondary prevention (Table 2). In primary prevention, only 43% of the patients are on a lipid lowering therapy compared to 87% in secondary prevention. From the point of diagnosis, LDL-C levels improved at least to some extent in only 30% of the primary prevention patients and 51% of the secondary prevention patients. Of the patients without LDL-C improvement who are on drug therapy, 53% (primary prevention) and 39% (the secondary prevention) are still on their initial treatment since diagnosis.
Conclusion(s)
Major differences in relation to assessment intervals, treatment initiation, and specialist care were identified between primary and secondary prevention populations, reflecting a major focus in secondary prevention with respect to primary prevention. The high percentage of patients on secondary prevention diagnosed after the first CV event reflects the need to improve preventive screening. It is essential to identify measures to increase LDL-C risk awareness, improve screening efforts and efficient LDL-C reduction in order to prevent future CV events in both populations.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Private company. Main funding source(s): Novartis Pharma GmbH
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- O Weingaertner
- University Hospital Jena, Klinik für Innere Medizin I, Jena, Germany
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- Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany
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Stein K, Warne N, Heron J, Zucker N, Bould H. Do children with recurrent abdominal pain grow up to become adolescents who control their weight by fasting? Results from a UK population-based cohort. Int J Eat Disord 2021; 54:915-924. [PMID: 33939186 PMCID: PMC8344098 DOI: 10.1002/eat.23513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2020] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Gastrointestinal (GI) problems are common in eating disorders, but it is unclear whether these problems predate the onset of disordered eating. Recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) is the most prevalent GI problem of childhood, and this study aimed to explore longitudinal associations between persistent RAP (at ages 7 and 9) and fasting for weight control at 16. METHOD The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) is a UK population cohort of children. Childhood RAP was reported by mothers and defined as RAP 5+ (5 pain episodes in the past year) in our primary analysis, and RAP 3+ (3 pain episodes) in our sensitivity analysis. Fasting for weight control was reported by adolescents at 16. We used logistic regression models to examine associations, with adjustments for potential confounders. RESULTS After adjustments, we found no association between childhood RAP 5+ and adolescent fasting for weight control at 16 (OR 1.30 (95% Confidence Intervals [CI] 0.87, 1.94) p = .197). However, we did find an association between RAP 3+ and later fasting, in the fully adjusted model (OR 1.50 [95% CI 1.16, 1.94] p = .002), and after excluding those with pre-existing anxiety (OR 1.52 [95% CI 1.17, 1.97] p = .002). DISCUSSION Our findings suggest a possible independent contribution of RAP to later risk of fasting for weight control, and RAP should be enquired about in the assessment of eating disorders. However, frequency of childhood abdominal pain (as captured by ALSPAC) may be less important to long-term outcomes than functional impairment.
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- K. Stein
- Academic Clinical Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Oxford; Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
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- Centre for Academic Mental Health, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN
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- Centre for Academic Mental Health, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN
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- Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- Centre for Academic Mental Health, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove, Bristol BS8 2BN & Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester, UK
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Dietz J, Spengler U, Müllhaupt B, Schulze Zur Wiesch J, Piecha F, Mauss S, Seegers B, Hinrichsen H, Antoni C, Wietzke-Braun P, Peiffer KH, Berger A, Matschenz K, Buggisch P, Backhus J, Zizer E, Boettler T, Neumann-Haefelin C, Semela D, Stauber R, Berg T, Berg C, Zeuzem S, Vermehren J, Sarrazin C, Giostra E, Berning M, Hampe J, De Gottardi A, Rauch A, Semmo N, Discher T, Trauth J, Fischer J, Gress M, Günther R, Heinzow H, Schmidt J, Herrmann A, Stallmach A, Hilgard G, Deterding K, Lange C, Ciesek S, Wedemeyer H, Hoffmann D, Klinker H, Schulze P, Kocheise F, Müller-Schilling M, Kodal A, Kremer A, Ganslmayer M, Siebler J, Lammert F, Rissland J, Löbermann M, Götze T, Canbay A, Lohse A, von Felden J, Jordan S, Maieron A, Moradpour D, Chave JP, Moreno C, Müller T, Muche M, Epple HJ, Port K, von Hahn T, Cornberg M, Manns M, Reinhardt L, Ellenrieder V, Rockstroh J, Schattenberg J, Sprinzl M, Galle P, Roeb E, Steckstor M, Schmiegel W, Brockmeyer N, Seufferlein T, Stremmel W, Strey B, Thimme R, Teufel A, Vogelmann R, Ebert M, Tomasiewicz K, Trautwein C, Tacke F, Koenen T, Weber T, Zachoval R, Mayerle J, Raziorrouh B, Angeli W, Beckebaum S, Doberauer C, Durmashkina E, Hackelsberger A, Erhardt A, Garrido-Lüneburg A, Gattringer H, Genné D, Gschwantler M, Gundling F, Hametner S, Schöfl R, Hartmann C, Heyer T, Hirschi C, Jussios A, Kanzler S, Kordecki N, Kraus M, Kullig U, Wollschläger S, Magenta L, Beretta-Piccoli BT, Menges M, Mohr L, Muehlenberg K, Niederau C, Paulweber B, Petrides A, Pinkernell M, Piso R, Rambach W, Reiser M, Riecken B, Rieke A, Roth J, Schelling M, Schlee P, Schneider A, Scholz D, Schott E, Schuchmann M, Schulten-Baumer U, Seelhoff A, Stich A, Stickel F, Ungemach J, Walter E, Weber A, Winzer T, Abels W, Adler M, Audebert F, Baermann C, Bästlein E, Barth R, Barthel K, Becker W, Behrends J, Benninger J, Berger F, Berzow D, Beyer T, Bierbaum M, Blaukat O, Bodtländer A, Böhm G, Börner N, Bohr U, Bokemeyer B, Bruch H, Bucholz D, Burkhard O, Busch N, Chirca C, Delker R, Diedrich J, Frank M, Diehl M, Dienethal A, Dietel P, Dikopoulos N, Dreck M, Dreher F, Drude L, Ende K, Ehrle U, Baumgartl K, Emke F, Glosemeyer R, Felten G, Hüppe D, Fischer J, Fischer U, Frederking D, Frick B, Friese G, Gantke B, Geyer P, Schwind H, Glas M, Glaunsinger T, Goebel F, Göbel U, Görlitz B, Graf R, Gruber H, Härter G, Herder M, Heuchel T, Heuer S, Höffl KH, Hörster H, Sonne JU, Hofmann W, Holst F, Hunstiger M, Hurst A, Jägel-Guedes E, John C, Jung M, Kallinowski B, Kapzan B, Kerzel W, Khaykin P, Klarhof M, Klüppelberg U, Klugewitz K, Knapp B, Knevels U, Kochsiek T, Körfer A, Köster A, Kuhn M, Langekamp A, Künzig B, Link R, Littman M, Löhr H, Lutz T, Knecht G, Lutz U, Mainz D, Mahle I, Maurer P, Mayer C, Meister V, Möller H, Heyne R, Moritzen D, Mroß M, Mundlos M, Naumann U, Nehls O, Ningel K, Oelmann A, Olejnik H, Gadow K, Pascher E, Petersen J, Philipp A, Pichler M, Polzien F, Raddant R, Riedel M, Rietzler S, Rössle M, Rufle W, Rump A, Schewe C, Hoffmann C, Schleehauf D, Schmidt K, Schmidt W, Schmidt-Heinevetter G, Schmidtler-von Fabris J, Schnaitmann E, Schneider L, Schober A, Niehaus-Hahn S, Schwenzer J, Seidel T, Seitel G, Sick C, Simon K, Stähler D, Stenschke F, Steffens H, Stein K, Steinmüller M, Sternfeld T, Strey B, Svensson K, Tacke W, Teuber G, Teubner K, Thieringer J, Tomesch A, Trappe U, Ullrich J, Urban G, Usadel S, von Lucadou A, Weinberger F, Werheid-Dobers M, Werner P, Winter T, Zehnter E, Zipf A. Efficacy of Retreatment After Failed Direct-acting Antiviral Therapy in Patients With HCV Genotype 1-3 Infections. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2021; 19:195-198.e2. [PMID: 31706062 DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2019.10.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Revised: 09/19/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Hepatitis C virus infection is causing chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. By combining direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), high sustained virologic response rates (SVRs) can be achieved. Resistance-associated substitutions (RASs) are commonly observed after DAA failure, and especially nonstructural protein 5A (NS5A) RASs may impact retreatment options.1-3 Data on retreatment of DAA failure patients using first-generation DAAs are limited.4-7 Recently, a second-generation protease- and NS5A-inhibitor plus sofosbuvir (voxilaprevir/velpatasvir/sofosbuvir [VOX/VEL/SOF]) was approved for retreatment after DAA failure.8 However, this and other second-generation regimens are not available in many resource-limited countries or are not reimbursed by regular insurance, and recommendations regarding the selection of retreatment regimens using first-generation DAAs are very important. This study aimed to analyze patients who were re-treated with first-generation DAAs after failure of a DAA combination therapy.
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- Julia Dietz
- Department of Internal Medicine 1, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), External Partner Site, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site, Cologne-Bonn, Germany
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- Swiss Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Center and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site, Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Germany
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- I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site, Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Germany
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- Center for HIV and Hepatogastroenterology, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Gastroenterologisch-Hepatologisches Zentrum Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), External Partner Site, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Virology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute for Interdisciplinary Medicine IFI, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), External Partner Site, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), External Partner Site, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 1, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), External Partner Site, Frankfurt, Germany; Medizinische Klinik 2, St Josefs-Hospital, Wiesbaden, Germany.
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Ledermann J, Shapira-Frommer R, Santin A, Lisyanskaya A, Pignata S, Vergote I, Raspagliesi F, Sonke G, Birrer M, Provencher D, Sehouli J, Colombo N, González Martín A, Oaknin A, Saadatpour A, Kobie J, Jelinic P, Stein K, Matulonis U. 843P Association of gene expression signatures and TMB with response to pembrolizumab (pembro) in patients (pts) with recurrent ovarian cancer (ROC) enrolled in KEYNOTE-100. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Jentgen-Ceschino B, Stein K, Fischer V. Case study of radial fibrolamellar bone tissues in the outer cortex of basal sauropods. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2020; 375:20190143. [PMID: 31928196 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The histology of sauropod long bones often appears uniform and conservative along their evolutionary tree. One of the main aspects of their bone histology is to exhibit a fibrolamellar complex in the cortex of their long bones. Here, we report another bone tissue, the radial fibrolamellar bone (RFB), in the outer cortex of the humeri of a young adult cf. Isanosaurus (Early to Late Jurassic, Thailand) and an adult Spinophorosaurus nigerensis (Early to Middle Jurassic, Niger) that do not exhibit any pathological feature on the bone surface. Its location within the cortex is unexpected, because RFB is a rapidly deposited bone tissue that would rather be expected early in the ontogeny. A palaeopathological survey was conducted for these sampled specimens. Observed RFB occurrences are regarded as spiculated periosteal reactive bone, which is an aggressive form of periosteal reaction. A 'hair-on-end' pattern of neoplasmic origin (resembling a Ewing's sarcoma) is favoured for cf. Isanosaurus, while a sunburst pattern of viral or neoplasmic origin (resembling an avian osteopetrosis or haemangioma) is favoured for Spinophorosaurus. This study highlights the importance of bone histology in assessing the frequency and nature of palaeopathologies. This article is part of the theme issue 'Vertebrate palaeophysiology'.
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- Benjamin Jentgen-Ceschino
- Department of Geology, Université de Liège, 14 Allée du 6 Aout, Liège 4000, Belgium.,Earth System Science - AMGC, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Earth System Science - AMGC, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.,Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Directorate 'Earth and History of Life', Rue Vautier 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Geology, Université de Liège, 14 Allée du 6 Aout, Liège 4000, Belgium
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Fujiwara K, Shapira-Frommer R, Alexandre J, Monk B, Fehm T, Colombo N, Caceres M, Hasegawa K, Dubot C, Li J, Stein K, Keefe S, Tewari K. KEYNOTE-826: A phase III randomized study of chemotherapy with or without pembrolizumab for first-line treatment of persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical cancer. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz426.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Rigney M, Stein K. P1.07-01 Lung Cancer Support Groups: Still Relevant in a Digital World? J Thorac Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.08.1010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Rosero S, Jones P, Goldenberg I, Zareba W, Stein K, McNitt S, Brown M, Polonsky B, Kutyifa V. P2277Utility of cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED)-derived patient activity, a novel digital biomarker, to predict inappropriate therapy. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
The role of cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED)-derived activity to predict inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy is not known. The Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial – Reduce Inappropriate Therapy (MADIT-RIT) enrolled 1500 patients with contemporary indication for an ICD or a CRT-D. We aimed to identify whether activity, as a digital biomarker, predicted inappropriate therapy.
Methods
In 1500 patients enrolled in MADIT-RIT, CIED-derived patient activity was acquired daily. CIED-derived activity was averaged for the first 30 days following randomization and utilized in this study to predict inappropriate therapy post- 30-day. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to evaluate first inappropriate therapy by 30-day CIED-derived patient activity quintiles, and by 30-day device derived patient activity as a continuous measurement.
Results
There were a total of 1463 patients with activity data available (90%), 135 patients received at least one inappropriate therapy during the post-30 day follow-up period. Patients in the highest quintile (Q5) of CIED-derived activity (more active) were younger, more often males and more likely to have had a prior ablation of an atrial arrhythmia. Patients in the highest quintile of 30-day CIED-derived median activity had the highest risk of receiving inappropriate therapy, 21% at 2 years as compared 7–11% in the other four quintiles (Figure, p<0.001 for the overall duration). Patients with the highest level of 30-day median patient activity (Q5) had 1.75 times higher risk of any inappropriate therapy as compared with lower levels of activity, Q1-Q4 (HR=1.75, 95% CI: 1.23–2.50, p<0.002). Each 10% increase in CIED-derived 30-day median patient activity was associated with a significant, 73% increase in risk of receiving inappropriate therapy (HR=1.73, 95% CI: 1.17–2.54, p=0.005). Patients in the highest quintile for activity had a 68% increase in the risk of SVT excluding atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter or atrial tachycardia (HR=1.69, 95% CI: 1.26–2.25, p=0.004), despite 96% receiving beta-blocker medications.
Inappropriate ICD Therapies by Activity
Conclusions
CIED-derived 30-day median patient activity predicted subsequent inappropriate therapy in ICD and CRT-D patients enrolled in MADIT-RIT. Patients with high levels of 30-day CIED-derived median patient activity were at a significantly higher risk of receiving inappropriate therapy. Activity, as a digital biomarker, may have utility in predicting and managing the risk of inappropriate therapy in this population.
Acknowledgement/Funding
Boston Scientific
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- S Rosero
- University of Rochester, Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center, Rochester, United States of America
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- Boston Scientific, Minneapolis, United States of America
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- University of Rochester, Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center, Rochester, United States of America
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- University of Rochester, Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center, Rochester, United States of America
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- Boston Scientific, Minneapolis, United States of America
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- University of Rochester, Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center, Rochester, United States of America
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- University of Rochester, Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center, Rochester, United States of America
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- University of Rochester, Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center, Rochester, United States of America
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- University of Rochester, Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center, Rochester, United States of America
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Kutyifa V, Jones P, Goldenberg I, Brown M, Zareba W, Stein K, McNitt S, Polonsky S, Rosero S. 2179Clinical significance of device-derived activity in ICD and CRT-D patients - Data from MADIT-RIT. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
The Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial – Reduce Inappropriate Therapy (MADIT-RIT) enrolled 1500 patients and showed that novel ICD programming reduced inappropriate therapy and improved survival. However, the role of device-derived patient activity to predict mortality is not known.
Methods
In 1500 patients enrolled in MADIT-RIT, device-derived patient activity was captured daily. Device-derived activity was averaged for the first 30 days following randomization, and utilized in this study to predict mortality post-30 days. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to evaluate all-cause mortality by 30-day device derived patient activity quintiles, and as a 3-level function of 30-day device derived patient activity (Q1, Q2–3, Q4–5).
Results
There were a total of 1463 patients with data available (98%), 66 of them died during the follow-up post-30 days. Patients in the lowest quintile (Q1: 4%∼1 hour daily activity) of device-derived activity were older, they were more often female, and they more often had diabetes and NYHA class III HF symptoms. Patients in the lowest quintile of 30-day device derived median activity (1 hour daily activity) had the highest risk of mortality, 15% in 2 years as compared to Q2–3 (1–2 hours daily activity, 8–7% 2-year mortality), and Q4–5 (>2 hours daily activity, 2–3% 2-year mortality) (Figure, p<0.001 for the overall duration). Each quintile decrease in device-derived 30-day median patient activity was associated with a significant, 41% increase in mortality (HR=1.41, 95% CI: 1.15–1.71, p=0.001). Patients with the lowest level of 30-day median patient activity (Q1) had 4.13-times higher risk of mortality as compared to the highest level of activity patients, Q4–5 (HR=4.13, 95% CI: 1.89–9.03, p<0.001). Patients with intermediate levels of activity (Q2–3) still had a 2.8-fold increase in death as compared to the highest activity level cohort of patients (HR=2.79, 95% CI: 1.31–5.91, p=0.008).
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Conclusions
Device-derived 30-day median patient activity predicted subsequent all-cause mortality in ICD and CRT-D patients enrolled in MADIT-RIT. Patients with low and moderate levels of 30-day device-derived median patient activity (less than 2 hours daily activity) were at a significantly higher risk of death, and these cohorts warrant further investigation and management to improve outcomes.
Acknowledgement/Funding
MADIT-RIT was funded by an unrestricted research grant from Boston Scientific to the University of Rochester.
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- V Kutyifa
- University of Rochester Medical Center, Cardiology Division, Rochester, United States of America
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- University of Rochester Medical Center, Cardiology Division, Rochester, United States of America
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- University of Rochester Medical Center, Cardiology Division, Rochester, United States of America
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- University of Rochester Medical Center, Cardiology Division, Rochester, United States of America
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- University of Rochester Medical Center, Cardiology Division, Rochester, United States of America
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- University of Rochester Medical Center, Cardiology Division, Rochester, United States of America
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- University of Rochester Medical Center, Cardiology Division, Rochester, United States of America
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- University of Rochester Medical Center, Cardiology Division, Rochester, United States of America
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- University of Rochester Medical Center, Cardiology Division, Rochester, United States of America
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Thompson-Coon J, Abbott R, Orr N, McGill P, Whear R, Bethel A, Garside R, Stein K. 45HOW DO ‘ROBOPETS’ IMPACT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF RESIDENTS IN CARE HOMES? A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE EVIDENCE. Age Ageing 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afz075.05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- J Thompson-Coon
- NIHR Collaboration for Applied Health Research and Care (South West Peninsula)
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- NIHR Collaboration for Applied Health Research and Care (South West Peninsula)
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- NIHR Collaboration for Applied Health Research and Care (South West Peninsula)
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- University of Exeter, College of Medicine and Health
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- NIHR Collaboration for Applied Health Research and Care (South West Peninsula)
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- NIHR Collaboration for Applied Health Research and Care (South West Peninsula)
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- European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter
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- NIHR Collaboration for Applied Health Research and Care (South West Peninsula)
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Donziger M, Zaleta A, McManus S, Olson J, Salani R, Lee N, Santiago K, La Cava S, Smith M, DeFeo S, Stein K. Risk for anxiety and depression among individuals with ovarian cancer: The interplay between age and distress. Gynecol Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2019.04.397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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McManus S, Zaleta AK, Miller MF, Olson J, Saxton MC, Stein K. Abstract P1-11-09: Sleep disturbance and quality of life among breast cancer survivors. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs18-p1-11-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Introduction: Breast cancer survivors are at risk for substantial sleep disturbance, which can negatively affect quality of life. Sleep disturbance can be exacerbated by co-occurring emotional concerns such as depressive symptoms and anxiety. Prior research has largely focused on linkages between sleep disturbance and emotional concerns among individuals with early stage disease. To dive deeper, we examined sleep disturbance and its correlates among breast cancer survivors with and without metastatic disease.
Methods: 631 female breast cancer survivors (168 ever experiencing metastatic disease [MBC]; 463 never metastatic [BC]) enrolled in the Cancer Support Community's online Cancer Experience Registry, provided socio-demographic information, and reported cancer-related distress (CancerSupportSource®, a 25-item measure with depression and anxiety risk screening subscales) and levels of pain interference (PI) and sleep disturbance (PROMIS-29 subscales). We examined associations between risk for depression/anxiety, PI, and worse sleep disturbance with multivariate regression, adjusting for metastatic disease, treatment history, and number of comorbidities.
Results: Participants were 84% non-Hispanic White; mean age=54.8 years, SD=12.2; mean time since diagnosis=4.4 years, SD=5.5. 72% ever received chemotherapy; 60% radiation therapy; 56% hormone therapy; 91% had surgery for their cancer. 47% reported moderate to very serious concern about sleep problems; concern about sleep did not differ by metastatic history. 20% of participants reported a level of sleep disturbance that was significantly worse (>1SD) than the U.S. population average and 18% reported PI that was significantly worse (>1SD) than the U.S. population average; these did not differ by metastatic history. Using CancerSupportSource anxiety and depression risk screening subscales, 47% of participants were identified as at risk for clinically significant levels of anxiety, and 35% at risk for clinically significant levels of depression. Participants with MBC were more likely to be at risk for clinically significant levels of anxiety (χ2=.7.98, p<.01). Depression risk did not differ between MBC and BC survivors. Greater sleep disturbance was associated with having ever received radiation therapy (r=.11, p<.01), number of reported comorbidities (r=.37, p<.001), greater PI (r=.46, p<.001), and greater risk for clinically significant depression (r=.38, p<.001) and anxiety (r=.35, p<.001). In multivariate analysis, risk for clinically significant levels of depression (semipartial r=.12, p< .005), anxiety (semipartial r=.05, p< .05), and greater PI (semipartial r=.24, p< .001) remained associated with greater sleep disturbance after controlling for treatment history, metastatic status, and number of comorbidities, (R2=.28, F(4,588)=56.26, p<.001).
Conclusion: Being at risk for clinically significant levels of depression and anxiety and experiencing greater pain interference are associated with worse sleep disturbance among breast cancer survivors across the illness trajectory. Health care providers are encouraged to discuss with patients how they can address sleep disturbance concerns, including referrals to integrative therapies that address the constellation of affective, pain, and sleep symptoms.
Citation Format: McManus S, Zaleta AK, Miller MF, Olson J, Saxton MC, Stein K. Sleep disturbance and quality of life among breast cancer survivors [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P1-11-09.
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- S McManus
- Cancer Support Community, Research and Training Institute, Philadelphia, PA; Cancer Support Community, Washington, DC
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- Cancer Support Community, Research and Training Institute, Philadelphia, PA; Cancer Support Community, Washington, DC
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- Cancer Support Community, Research and Training Institute, Philadelphia, PA; Cancer Support Community, Washington, DC
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- Cancer Support Community, Research and Training Institute, Philadelphia, PA; Cancer Support Community, Washington, DC
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- Cancer Support Community, Research and Training Institute, Philadelphia, PA; Cancer Support Community, Washington, DC
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- Cancer Support Community, Research and Training Institute, Philadelphia, PA; Cancer Support Community, Washington, DC
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Wiemann J, Fabbri M, Yang TR, Stein K, Sander PM, Norell MA, Briggs DEG. Fossilization transforms vertebrate hard tissue proteins into N-heterocyclic polymers. Nat Commun 2018; 9:4741. [PMID: 30413693 PMCID: PMC6226439 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07013-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Vertebrate hard tissues consist of mineral crystallites within a proteinaceous scaffold that normally degrades post-mortem. Here we show, however, that decalcification of Mesozoic hard tissues preserved in oxidative settings releases brownish stained extracellular matrix, cells, blood vessels, and nerve projections. Raman Microspectroscopy shows that these fossil soft tissues are a product of diagenetic transformation to Advanced Glycoxidation and Lipoxidation End Products, a class of N-heterocyclic polymers generated via oxidative crosslinking of proteinaceous scaffolds. Hard tissues in reducing environments, in contrast, lack soft tissue preservation. Comparison of fossil soft tissues with modern and experimentally matured samples reveals how proteinaceous tissues undergo diagenesis and explains biases in their preservation in the rock record. This provides a target, focused on oxidative depositional environments, for finding cellular-to-subcellular soft tissue morphology in fossils and validates its use in phylogenetic and other evolutionary studies.
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- Jasmina Wiemann
- Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA.
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- Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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- Steinmann Institute for Geology, Mineralogy, and Paleontology, University of Bonn, Nussallee 8, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Earth System Sciences AMGC, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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- Steinmann Institute for Geology, Mineralogy, and Paleontology, University of Bonn, Nussallee 8, 53115, Bonn, Germany
- Dinosaur Institute, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90007, USA
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- Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY, 10024-5192, USA
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- Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
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DeMello MM, Pinto BM, Mitchell S, Dunsiger SI, Stein K. Peer support for physical activity adoption among breast cancer survivors: Do the helped resemble the helpers? Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 2018; 27:e12849. [PMID: 29637645 DOI: 10.1111/ecc.12849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Interventions offering peer mentoring programmes promoting moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) have shown improvements in MVPA and well-being from baseline; however, research is limited. The purpose of this study was to compare the physical activity (PA) levels and psychosocial well-being of coaches and participants at baseline and following a 12-week intervention. Breast cancer survivors (<5 years) were recruited and randomised into either exercise (Reach-to-Recovery (RTR) + PA) or control (RTR Control). Participants in both groups were individually assigned one of the 18 available coaches who delivered either the MVPA intervention or the control condition via telephone. PA (7-Day PA Recall), psychosocial well-being, fatigue and mood were assessed at baseline and intervention completion. Seventy-six breast cancer survivors (average age = 55.62 (±9.55)) were randomised. At baseline, all participants showed significantly lower MVPA (p = .001) and well-being (p < .05) as compared to coaches. However, post-intervention showed significant improvement in PA and well-being in RTR + PA, so that they were no longer significantly different from the coaches. Post-intervention, MVPA (p < .01), quality of life (p < .05) and fatigue (p < .05) remained significantly lower in RTR Controls compared to coaches. Future interventions should consider the behavioural patterns not only of the participants, but also of those who deliver the interventions.
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- M M DeMello
- College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Miriam Hospital and W. Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Squamate reptiles constitute a major component of the world’s terrestrial vertebrate diversity, encompassing many morphotypes related to ecological specialization. Specifically, Gekkota, the sister clade to most other squamates, have highly specialized autopodia, which have been linked to their ecological plasticity. In this study, a developmental staging table of the geckoHemidactylus, housed at the Museum für Naturkunde, is established. Twelve post-ovipositional stages are erected, monitoring morphological embryological transitions in eye, ear, nose, heart, limbs, pharyngeal arches, and skin structures. Ecomorphological specializations in the limbs include multiple paraphalanges, hypothesized to aid in supporting the strong muscles, that are situated adjacent to metacarpal and phalangeal heads. Furthermore, some phalanges are highly reduced in manual digits III and IV and pedal digits III, IV, and V. Development, composition, and growth of limb elements is characterized in detail via µCT, histochemistry, and bone histological analysis. Using known life history data from two individuals, we found an average lamellar bone accretion rate in the humeral diaphysis comparable to that of varanids. Various adult individuals also showed moderate to extensive remodeling features in their long bone cortices, indicating that these animals experience a highly dynamic bone homeostasis during their growth, similar to some other medium-sized to large squamates. This study of in-ovo development of the geckoHemidactylus and its ecomorphological specializations in the adult autopodia, enlarges our knowledge of morphological trait evolution and of limb diversity within the vertebrate phylum.
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van der Vos W, Stein K, Di-Poï N, Bickelmann C. Ontogeny of Hemidactylus (Gekkota, Squamata) with emphasis on the limbs. ZOOSYST EVOL 2018. [DOI: 10.3897/zse.41.22289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Squamate reptiles constitute a major component of the world’s terrestrial vertebrate diversity, encompassing many morphotypes related to ecological specialization. Specifically, Gekkota, the sister clade to most other squamates, have highly specialized autopodia, which have been linked to their ecological plasticity. In this study, a developmental staging table of the gecko Hemidactylus, housed at the Museum für Naturkunde, is established. Twelve post-ovipositional stages are erected, monitoring morphological embryological transitions in eye, ear, nose, heart, limbs, pharyngeal arches, and skin structures. Ecomorphological specializations in the limbs include multiple paraphalanges, hypothesized to aid in supporting the strong muscles, that are situated adjacent to metacarpal and phalangeal heads. Furthermore, some phalanges are highly reduced in manual digits III and IV and pedal digits III, IV, and V. Development, composition, and growth of limb elements is characterized in detail via µCT, histochemistry, and bone histological analysis. Using known life history data from two individuals, we found an average lamellar bone accretion rate in the humeral diaphysis comparable to that of varanids. Various adult individuals also showed moderate to extensive remodeling features in their long bone cortices, indicating that these animals experience a highly dynamic bone homeostasis during their growth, similar to some other medium-sized to large squamates. This study of in-ovo development of the gecko Hemidactylus and its ecomorphological specializations in the adult autopodia, enlarges our knowledge of morphological trait evolution and of limb diversity within the vertebrate phylum.
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Godefroit P, Garcia G, Gomez B, Stein K, Cincotta A, Lefèvre U, Valentin X. Extreme tooth enlargement in a new Late Cretaceous rhabdodontid dinosaur from Southern France. Sci Rep 2017; 7:13098. [PMID: 29074952 PMCID: PMC5658417 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13160-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Rhabdodontidae is a successful clade of ornithopod dinosaurs, characteristic of Late Cretaceous continental faunas in Europe. A new rhabdodontid from the late Campanian, of southern France, Matheronodon provincialis gen. et sp. nov., is characterized by the extreme enlargement of both its maxillary and dentary teeth, correlated to a drastic reduction in the number of maxillary teeth (4 per generation in MMS/VBN-02-102). The interalveolar septa on the maxilla are alternately present or resorbed ventrally so as to be able to lodge such enlarged teeth. The rhabdodontid dentition and masticatory apparatus were adapted for producing a strict and powerful shearing action, resembling a pair of scissors. With their relatively simple dentition, contrasting with the sophisticated dental batteries in contemporary hadrosaurids, Matheronodon and other rhabdodontids are tentatively interpreted as specialized consumers of tough plant parts rich in sclerenchyma fibers, such as Sabalites and Pandanites.
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- Pascal Godefroit
- Directorate 'Earth and History of Life', Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 1000, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Université de Poitiers, IPHEP, UMR CNRS 7262, 86073, Poitiers, France
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- Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon: Terre, Planète, Environnement, UMR CNRS 5276, 69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Chemistry Department: Analytical, Environmental and Geo-chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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- Directorate 'Earth and History of Life', Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 1000, Brussels, Belgium.,Department of Geology, University of Namur, 5000, Namur, Belgium
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- Directorate 'Earth and History of Life', Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 1000, Brussels, Belgium.,Department of Geology, Liège University, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Université de Poitiers, IPHEP, UMR CNRS 7262, 86073, Poitiers, France.,Palaios Association, 86300, Valdivienne, France
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Welzel TM, Hinrichsen H, Sarrazin C, Buggisch P, Baumgarten A, Christensen S, Berg T, Mauss S, Teuber G, Stein K, Deterding K, van Bömmel F, Heyne R, John C, Zimmermann T, Lutz T, Schott E, Hettinger J, Kleine H, König B, Hüppe D, Wedemeyer H. Real-world experience with the all-oral, interferon-free regimen of ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir and dasabuvir for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in the German Hepatitis C Registry. J Viral Hepat 2017; 24:840-849. [PMID: 28342229 DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 02/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Real-world studies are relevant to complement clinical trials on novel antiviral therapies against chronic hepatitis C; however, clinical practice data are currently limited. This study investigated effectiveness and safety of ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir (OBV/PTV/r)±dasabuvir (DSV)±ribavirin (RBV) for treatment of HCV genotype (GT) 1 and GT4 infection in a large real-world cohort. The German Hepatitis C Registry is an observational cohort study prospectively collecting clinical practice data on direct-acting antiviral therapies. Patients with GT1/4 infection treated with OBV/PTV/r±DSV±RBV were analysed. Effectiveness was assessed by sustained virologic response in 558 patients who reached post-treatment week 12 (SVR12). Safety is reported in 1017 patients who initiated treatment. Of the patients, 892 (88%) had GT1 and 125 (12%) had GT4 infection. Prior treatment experience and cirrhosis were reported in 598 (59%) and 228 (22%) patients, respectively. Overall, SVR12 (mITT) was 96% (486/505) in GT1- and 100% (53/53) in GT4 patients. SVR12 rates were high across subgroups including patients with cirrhosis (95%, 123/129), patients with moderate to severe renal impairment (100%, 34/34), and subgroups excluded from registrational trials like patients ≥70 years (96%, 64/67) and failures to prior protease inhibitor treatment (96%, 46/48). Adverse events (AEs) and serious AEs were reported in 52% (525/1017) and 2% (21/1017) of patients, respectively, and led to treatment discontinuation in 1.5% (15/1017) of patients. OBV/PTV/r±DSV±RBV was effective and generally well tolerated for treatment of HCV infection in clinical practice.
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- T M Welzel
- Department of Medicine 1, University Hospital, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Gastroenterology-Hepatology Center Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Medicine 1, University Hospital, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Medical Department II, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectiology, St. Josefs-Hospital, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Liver Unit, Asklepios Clinic St. Georg, IFI-Institute, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Medicine (CIM), Münster, Germany
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- Section of Hepatology, Clinic for Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Center for HIV and Hepatogastroenterology, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Private Practice, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Hepatologie - Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Section of Hepatology, Clinic for Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Leberzentrum am Checkpoint Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Private Practice for Internal Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Infektiologikum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co KG, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co KG, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co KG, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Center for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Herne
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Mehnert J, Rugo H, O'Neil B, Santoro A, Schellens J, Cohen R, Doi T, Ott P, Pishvaian M, Puzanov I, Aung K, Hsu C, Le Tourneau C, Soria JC, Elez E, Tamura K, Gould M, Zhao G, Stein K, Piha-Paul S. Pembrolizumab for patients with PD-L1–positive advanced carcinoid or pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: Results from the KEYNOTE-028 study. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Ott P, Bang YJ, Razak A, Bennouna J, Soria JC, Rugo H, Cohen R, O'Neil B, Mehnert J, Lopez J, Doi T, van Brummelen E, Levitan D, Zhao G, Emancipator K, Stein K, Joe A, Ayers M, Lunceford J, Piha-Paul S. Relationship of PD-L1 and a T-cell inflamed gene expression profile (GEP) to clinical response in a multicohort trial of solid tumors (KEYNOTE [KN]028). Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Cikes M, Sanchez Martinez S, Biering Sorensen T, Pouleur A, Knappe D, Kutyifa V, Moss A, Stein K, Bijnens B, Solomon S. 5118Machine-learning characterization of myocardial deformation patterns to identify responders to resynchronization therapy. Eur Heart J 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx493.5118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Phillips K, Santoso T, Sanders P, Alison J, Chan JLK, Pak H, Chandavimol M, Ghamdi MAL, Stein K, Shanker A, Omar R. Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure with the WATCHMAN Device: 12 Month Outcomes from the WASP Asia-Pacific Registry. Heart Lung Circ 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.06.330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Janssen M, Putz J, Giessing M, Fornara P, Friedersdorff F, Dreikorn K, Heynemann H, Stein K, Wunderlich H, Stöckle M. [Report of the 23rd annual meeting of the Working Group Kidney Transplantation of the German Society of Urology in Homburg (Saar)]. Urologe A 2016; 56:69-71. [PMID: 27966097 DOI: 10.1007/s00120-016-0295-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- M Janssen
- Klinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes und Medizinische Fakultät der Universität des Saarlandes, Kirrbergerstr., 66424, Homburg/Saar, Deutschland.
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus der Technischen Universität Dresden, Dresden, Deutschland
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- Urologische Klinik, Heinrich Heine-Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
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- Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale), Halle/Saale, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Urologie - Campus Mitte, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
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- AK Nierentransplantation, Ärztezentrum Horn, Bremen, Bremen, Deutschland
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- AK Nierentransplantation, Halle, Deutschland
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- Urologische Praxis Große Wasserstraße, Rostock, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie, St. Georg-Klinikum Eisenach, Eisenach, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes und Medizinische Fakultät der Universität des Saarlandes, Kirrbergerstr., 66424, Homburg/Saar, Deutschland
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Thompson Coon J, Abbott R, Coxon G, Day J, Lang I, Lourida I, Pearson M, Reed N, Rogers M, Stein K, Sugavanam P, Whear R. OP68 Implementing and disseminating best practice in the care home setting: A systematic scoping review. Br J Soc Med 2016. [DOI: 10.1136/jech-2016-208064.68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Stein K, Jenckel A, Jappe U, Heine H. Innate immune network in asthma: studies on dendritic cell interaction with airway epithelium. Pneumologie 2016. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1584648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Leventi E, Reitter A, Jung R, Stein K, Fischer E, Rövenich K, Weitz E, Staikov P, Rett K. Fetale Malnutrition bei postbariatrischer Hypoglykämie (PBH). Interdisziplinäres Management einer neuartigen Herausforderung. DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2016. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1584110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Salmon A, Chalk D, Stein K, Frost A. Response to: Comment on 'Cost effectiveness of collagen crosslinking for progressive keratoconus in the UK NHS'. Eye (Lond) 2016; 30:1152-3. [PMID: 27101750 DOI: 10.1038/eye.2016.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- A Salmon
- Institute of Health Services Research, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- Institute of Health Services Research, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- Institute of Health Services Research, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Devon, UK
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Stein K, Schmidt L, Fischer E, Rövenich K, Weitz E, Staikov P, Rett K. Hohe Trefferquote und unerwartet deutliche Geschlechtsunterschiede beim präbariatrischen Dysglykämiescreening in einem interdisziplinären Adipositaszentrum. DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2016. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1580944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Schmidt L, Fischer E, Rövenich K, Weitz E, Stein K, Staikov P, Rett K. Unerwartete Geschlechtsunterschiede bei präbariatrischem Diabetes- und Herz-Kreislauf-Risikoscreening in einem interdisziplinären Adipositaszentrum. DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2016. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1580951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Prakasam S, Stein K, Lee MK, Rampa S, Nalliah R, Allareddy V, Allareddy V. Prevalence and predictors of complications following facial reconstruction procedures. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2016; 45:735-42. [PMID: 26819151 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2015.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Revised: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 12/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Facial reconstruction procedures are immensely challenging and are done for a multitude of reasons. The purpose of this report is to provide nationally representative estimates of different types of facial reconstructive procedures and to examine prevalence and predictors of a wide range of complications associated with these procedures in the USA. The Nationwide Inpatient Sample, the largest inpatient dataset for the USA, was used. Data for the years 2004-2010 related to facial reconstruction procedures were identified through ICD-9-CM procedure codes. Associated complications were identified using secondary diagnosis field codes. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to examine the association between patient/hospital-level factors and the occurrence of complications. A total 26,374 facial reconstruction procedures were performed. About 20% of all patients who had facial reconstruction procedures developed a complication. Frequently occurring complications included postoperative pneumonia (4.9% of hospitalizations), hemorrhage (3.9%), other infections (3.6%), non-healing wounds (3.5%), and iatrogenically induced complications (3.2%). Significant factors found to be consistently associated with different types of complications included age, co-morbid burden, sex, and type of admission. The reported results are generalizable within limitations and can be used by health care providers to tailor quality improvement initiatives to minimize or better treat complications in the high-risk cohorts.
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- S Prakasam
- Department of Periodontology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health, Omaha, NE, USA
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- College of Dentistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Critical Care, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
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Stein K, Havlicek V, Papp S, Palm F, Brem G, Besenfelder U. 9 ENDOSCOPY-MEDIATED INTRATUBAL INSEMINATION IN THE COW – A PRELIMINARY REPORT ABOUT THE APPLICATION OF A NOVEL MINIMALLY INVASIVE INSEMINATION TECHNIQUE. Reprod Fertil Dev 2016. [DOI: 10.1071/rdv28n2ab9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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On their long path through the female reproductive tract to the fertilization site, spermatozoa are exposed to diverse influences and hazards of the cervical, uterine, and oviducal environment that naturally select viable sperms for the following fertilization. Consequently, this results in a reduction from several billions of sperms in the ejaculate to a functional sperm reservoir within the range of 102 in the isthmus of the Fallopian tube. A technique to deposit spermatozoa directly into the ampulla, thus bypassing most of the reproductive tract, enables a rigorous reduction in number of sperms deposited. Furthermore, it provides a direct assessment of sperm fertility. The aim of our study was to establish an endoscopy-assisted intratubal insemination technique using different sperm dosages, fresh or cryopreserved, to determine adequate conditions for optimal fertilization. Eighteen Simmental heifers were inseminated with fresh semen, and 9 heifers were inseminated with frozen semen using this novel technique. The heifers were synchronized using a modified Ovsynch protocol, and insemination was conducted 18 to 20 h after the second gonadotropin-releasing hormone application. Insemination of heifers was performed under epidural anaesthesia. A tubing system bearing the endoscope and an insemination device was introduced through the vaginal wall into the peritoneal cavity. The insemination device consisted of a tube connected to a curved glass capillary tube loaded with semen. After a visual examination of the ovaries for the presence of an ovulatory Graafian follicle, the capillary tube was inserted directly via the infundibulum into the ipsilateral ampulla and the semen dose was deposited. The entire procedure took ~10 min. Two days later the oviduct was flushed by the same technique. A tubing system connected to a metal catheter served for flushing the embryos and unfertilized oocytes from the oviduct into the uterine horn. Afterward, embryos and oocytes were collected by flushing the uterine horn using an embryo flushing catheter and an embryo filter (EmCon). Embryos were stained using a Hoechst dye to visualise the numbers of attached spermatozoa to the zonae pellucidae. From 18 inseminations with fresh semen doses of 7 to 28 million sperms, 7 embryos at the 2- to 8-cell stage were found. Two of these embryos had more than 10 accessory sperms (AS), 3 had 3 to 6 AS, and 2 were without AS. From 9 inseminations with frozen semen doses containing 1.5 million sperms, we obtained 2 embryos, one at the 4-cell stage without AS and one at the 8-cell stage with 5 AS. Additionally, 3 unfertilized oocytes were collected. In conclusion, these preliminary results demonstrate a promising technique for intratubal AI, which has to be further optimized by studying numbers and treatment of spermatozoa and time of insemination.
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Havlicek V, Gad A, Papp S, Stein K, Palm F, Tesfaye D, Hoelker M, Besenfelder U. 232 EFFECT OF SUPEROVULATION PRETREATMENT ON DEVELOPMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF IN VITRO-FERTILIZED BOVINE EMBRYOS TRANSFERRED TO THE OVIDUCT-UTERUS ENVIRONMENT. Reprod Fertil Dev 2016. [DOI: 10.1071/rdv28n2ab232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Superovulation is a routine procedure to stimulate growth and ovulation of multiple follicles. However, the hormonal changes in the reproductive tract after superovulation treatment affect the environment and subsequently the early embryo development. The aim of the study was to examine the effect of superovulation pretreatment on embryo development and gene expression of IVM/IVF derived embryos subsequently cultured in vivo. The cumulus‐oocyte complexes derived from slaughterhouse ovaries were in vitro matured and fertilized. The denuded presumptive zygotes were cultured in CR1 medium with 5% oestrous cow serum. A total of 788 cleaved embryos at Day 2 were transferred by transvaginal endoscopy into the oviduct of synchronized and superovulated heifers (superstimulated group, SS) and 784 cleaved embryos were transferred into the ipsilateral oviduct of single ovulated synchronized heifers (single ovulation group, SO). In total, 10 Simmental heifers were used for in vivo culture in a crossover design. The in vivo culture was repeated once at an interval of at least 6 weeks in the same animal. At Day 7, embryos were recovered by combined flushing of the oviducts by endoscopy and the adjacent part of the uterine horns by conventional procedure. The numbers of recovered blastocysts were recorded and the embryos were cultured for the following 48 h to determine the blastocyst rate at Days 8 and 9. Simultaneously, 410 cleaved embryos were cultured in vitro for 9 days (control group, C). Triplicate pools of 10 blastocysts recovered at Day 7 from each treatment group were used for RNA isolation. Real-time PCR using sequence specific primers was performed in StepOnePlus™ real time PCR system (Applied Biosystem, Foster City, CA, USA). A comparative threshold cycle method was used to quantify expression levels of the candidate genes compared to the internal control GAPDH gene. The number of recovered embryos after in vivo culture was significantly lower in the SS group compared with the SO group (66.9 v. 79.5%, respectively; P < 0.05). The blastocyst rates at Days 7, 8, and 9 in the SS, SO, and C groups were not significantly different (31.9, 43.3, and 47.1% v. 35.2, 48.5, and 53.5% v. 37.8, 50, and 56.1%, respectively). Molecular analysis of selected genes playing important roles during pre-implantation development revealed significantly lower expression levels of IL6, IL18, and ABCC2 between both experimental in vivo culture groups and the C-group. The IL18 was also significantly down-regulated in the SS-group compared to the SO-group. The transcription factor NFκB was found to be down-regulated in the SS-group compared to the SO and C groups (P < 0.05). In conclusion, we showed that the superovulation pretreatment did not affect blastocyst yield during the culture period but seemed to influence the expression of developmentally important genes in the resulting embryos.
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Dewaele L, Tsogtbaatar K, Barsbold R, Garcia G, Stein K, Escuillié F, Godefroit P. Perinatal Specimens of Saurolophus angustirostris (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae), from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0138806. [PMID: 26466354 PMCID: PMC4605499 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background The Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation, Gobi Desert, Mongolia has already yielded abundant and complete skeletons of the hadrosaur Saurolophus angustirostris, from half-grown to adult individuals. Methodology/Principal Findings Herein we describe perinatal specimens of Saurolophus angustirostris, associated with fragmentary eggshell fragments. The skull length of these babies is around 5% that of the largest known S. angustirostris specimens, so these specimens document the earliest development stages of this giant hadrosaur and bridge a large hiatus in our knowledge of the ontogeny of S. angustirostris. Conclusions/Significance The studied specimens are likely part of a nest originally located on a riverbank point bar. The perinatal specimens were buried by sediment carried by the river current presumably during the wet summer season. Perinatal bones already displayed diagnostic characters for Saurolophus angustirostris, including premaxillae with a strongly reflected oral margin and upturned premaxillary body in lateral aspect. The absence of a supracranial crest and unfused halves of the cervical neural arches characterize the earliest stages in the ontogeny of S. angustirostris. The eggshell fragments associated with the perinatal individuals can be referred to the Spheroolithus oogenus and closely resemble those found in older formations (e.g. Barun Goyot Fm in Mongolia) or associated with more basal hadrosauroids (Bactrosaurus-Gilmoreosaurus in the Iren Dabasu Fm, Inner Mongolia, China). This observation suggests that the egg microstructure was similar in basal hadrosauroids and more advanced saurolophines. Competing Interests One of the authors (FE) is employed by the commercial organization Eldonia. Eldonia provided support in the form of a salary for FE, but did not have any additional role or influence in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript and it does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
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- Leonard Dewaele
- Directorate 'Earth and History of Life', Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, rue Vautier 29, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium; Research Unit Palaeontology, Department Geology and Soil Sciences, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Institute of Paleontology and Geology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, 210-351, Mongolia
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- Institute of Paleontology and Geology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, 210-351, Mongolia
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- Université de Poitiers, IPHEP, UMR CNRS 7262, 6 rue M. Brunet, 86073, Poitiers cedex 9, France
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- Earth System Science, AMGC, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Directorate 'Earth and History of Life', Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, rue Vautier 29, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium
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Cadranel J, Park K, Pless M, Bendaly E, Patel D, Sasane M, Swallow E, Galebach P, Stein K, Marinsek N, Zhang J. 3087 Characteristics and treatment patterns of ALK+ NSCLC patients who receive second-generation ALK inhibitors: A chart review study. Eur J Cancer 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(16)31728-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Arrieta O, Cadranel J, Park K, Pless M, Bendaly E, Patel D, Sasane M, Nosal A, Macalalad A, Kercheval J, Stein K, Weiss J, Zhang J. 3114 Testing and treatment practice of oncologists managing ALK+ NSCLC: international physician survey across four regions. Eur J Cancer 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(16)31755-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Park K, Cadranel J, Arrieta O, Pless M, Bendaly E, Patel D, Sasane M, Nosal A, Guerin A, Kageleiry A, Stein K, Marinsek N, Zhang J. 3108 Treatment Patterns and Survival among ALK+ Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Patients: A Chart Review Study. Eur J Cancer 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(16)31749-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Salmon HA, Chalk D, Stein K, Frost NA. Cost effectiveness of collagen crosslinking for progressive keratoconus in the UK NHS. Eye (Lond) 2015; 29:1504-11. [PMID: 26315704 DOI: 10.1038/eye.2015.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Accepted: 07/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Keratoconus is a progressive degenerative corneal disorder of children and young adults that is traditionally managed by refractive error correction, with corneal transplantation reserved for the most severe cases. UVA collagen crosslinking is a novel procedure that aims to prevent disease progression, currently being considered for use in the UK NHS. We assess whether it might be a cost-effective alternative to standard management for patients with progressive keratoconus. METHODS We constructed a Markov model in which we estimated disease progression from prospective follow-up studies, derived costs derived from the NHS National Tariff, and calculated utilities from linear regression models of visual acuity in the better-seeing eye. We performed deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analyses to assess the impact of possible variations in the model parameters. RESULTS Collagen crosslinking is cost effective compared with standard management at an incremental cost of £ 3174 per QALY in the base case. Deterministic sensitivity analysis shows that this could rise above £ 33,263 per QALY if the duration of treatment efficacy is limited to 5 years. Other model parameters are not decision significant. Collagen crosslinking is cost effective in 85% of simulations at a willingness-to-pay threshold of £ 30,000 per QALY. CONCLUSION UVA collagen crosslinking is very likely to be cost effective, compared with standard management, for the treatment of progressive keratoconus. However, further research to explore its efficacy beyond 5 years is desirable.
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- H A Salmon
- NIHR CLAHRC South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC), University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- NIHR CLAHRC South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC), University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- NIHR CLAHRC South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC), University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Ophthalmology, South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Torquay, Devon, UK
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Hong GS, Schwandt T, Stein K, Schneiker B, Kummer MP, Heneka MT, Kitamura K, Kalff JC, Wehner S. Effects of macrophage-dependent peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ signalling on adhesion formation after abdominal surgery in an experimental model. Br J Surg 2015; 102:1506-16. [PMID: 26313905 DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Revised: 02/28/2015] [Accepted: 06/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND The pathophysiology of adhesion formation after abdominal and pelvic surgery is still largely unknown. The aim of the study was to investigate the role of macrophage polarization and the effect of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) γ stimulation on adhesion formation in an animal model. METHODS Peritoneal adhesion formation was induced by the creation of ischaemic buttons within the peritoneal wall and the formation of a colonic anastomosis in wild-type, interleukin (IL) 10-deficient (IL-10(-/-) ), IL-4-deficient (IL-4(-/-) ) and CD11b-Cre/PPARγ(fl) (/fl) mice. Adhesions were assessed at regular intervals, and cell preparations were isolated from ischaemic buttons and normal peritoneum. These samples were analysed for macrophage differentiation and its markers, and expression of cytokines by quantitative PCR, fluorescence microscopy, arginase activity and pathological examination. Some animals underwent pioglitazone (PPAR-γ agonist) or vehicle treatment to inhibit adhesion formation. Anastomotic healing was evaluated by bursting pressure measurement and collagen gene expression. RESULTS Macrophage M2 marker expression and arginase activity were raised in buttons without adhesions compared with buttons with adhesions. IL-4(-/-) and IL-10(-/-) mice were not affected, whereas CD11b-Cre/PPARγ(fl) (/fl) mice showed decreased arginase activity and increased adhesion formation. Perioperative pioglitazone treatment increased arginase activity and decreased adhesion formation in wild-type but not CD11b-Cre/PPARγ(fl) (/fl) mice. Pioglitazone had no effect on anastomotic healing. CONCLUSION Endogenous macrophage-specific PPAR-γ signalling affected arginase activity and macrophage polarization, and counter-regulated peritoneal adhesion manifestation. Pharmacological PPAR-γ agonism induced a shift towards macrophage M2 polarization and ameliorated adhesion formation in a macrophage-dependent manner. Surgical relevance Postoperative adhesion formation is frequently seen after abdominal surgery and occurs in response to peritoneal trauma. The pathogenesis is still unknown but includes an imbalance in fibrinolysis, collagen production and inflammatory mechanisms. Little is known about the role of macrophages during adhesion formation. In an experimental model, macrophage M2 marker expression was associated with reduced peritoneal adhesion formation and involved PPAR-γ-mediated arginase activity. Macrophage-specific PPAR-γ deficiency resulted in reduced arginase activity and aggravated adhesion formation. Pioglitazone, a PPAR-γ agonist, induced M2 polarization and reduced postoperative adhesion formation without compromising anastomotic healing in mice. Pioglitazone ameliorated postoperative adhesion formation without compromising intestinal wound healing. Therefore, perioperative PPAR-γ agonism might be a promising strategy for prevention of adhesion formation after abdominal surgery.
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Clinical Neurosciences Unit, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Clinical Neurosciences Unit, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.,Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.,Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Glowka TR, Steinebach A, Stein K, Schwandt T, Lysson M, Holzmann B, Tsujikawa K, de Jonge WJ, Kalff JC, Wehner S. The novel CGRP receptor antagonist BIBN4096BS alleviates a postoperative intestinal inflammation and prevents postoperative ileus. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2015; 27:1038-49. [PMID: 25929169 DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Abdominal surgery results in neuronal mediator release and subsequent acute intestinal hypomotility. This phase is followed by a longer lasting inflammatory phase resulting in postoperative ileus (POI). Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) has been shown to induce motility disturbances and in addition may be a candidate mediator to elicit neurogenic inflammation. We hypothesized that CGRP contributes to intestinal inflammation and POI. METHODS The effect of CGRP in POI was tested in mice treated with the highly specific CGRP receptor antagonist BIBN4096BS and in CGRP receptor-deficient (RAMP-1(-/-) ) mice. POI severity was analyzed by cytokine expression, muscular inflammation and gastrointestinal (GI) transit. Peritoneal and muscularis macrophages and mast cells were analyzed for CGRP receptor expression and functional response to CGRP stimulation. KEY RESULTS Intestinal manipulation (IM) resulted in CGRP release from myenteric nerves, and a concurrent increased interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-1β transcription and leukocyte infiltration in the muscularis externa and increased GI transit time. CGRP potentiates IM-induced cytokine transcription within the muscularis externa and peritoneal macrophages. BIBN4096BS reduced cytokine levels and leukocyte infiltration and normalized GI transit. RAMP1(-/-) mice showed a significantly reduced leukocyte influx. CGRP receptor was expressed in muscularis and peritoneal macrophages but not mast cells. CGRP mediated macrophage activation but failed to induce mast cell degranulation and cytokine expression. CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES CGRP is immediately released during abdominal surgery and induces a neurogenic inflammation via activation of abdominal macrophages. BIBN4096BS prevented IM-induced inflammation and restored GI motility. These findings suggest that CGRP receptor antagonism could be instrumental in the prevention of POI.
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- T R Glowka
- Department of Surgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka, Japan
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- Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.,Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Mahal BA, Chen MH, Bennett CL, Kattan MW, Sartor O, Stein K, D'Amico AV, Nguyen PL. High PSA anxiety and low health literacy skills: drivers of early use of salvage ADT among men with biochemically recurrent prostate cancer after radiotherapy? Ann Oncol 2015; 26:1390-5. [PMID: 25926039 PMCID: PMC4478973 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Revised: 02/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although commonly used, early initiation of salvage androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has not been proven to enhance survival. We evaluated whether prostate-specific antigen (PSA) anxiety or health literacy are associated with use of early salvage ADT among men with recurrent prostate cancer after radiotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS The prospective Comprehensive, Observational, Multicenter, Prostate Adenocarcinoma Registry was used to study 375 men with biochemically recurrent prostate cancer after external beam radiation or brachytherapy. Multivariable logistic regression was used to determine whether PSA anxiety and health literacy are associated with salvage ADT as initial management after biochemical recurrence. RESULTS Sixty-eight men (18.1%) received salvage ADT as initial management for PSA recurrence. Men with high PSA anxiety were twice as likely to receive salvage ADT compared with men who did not have high PSA anxiety on both univariable [28.8% versus 13.1%; odds ratio (OR) 2.15; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.16-4.00; P = 0.015] and multivariable analysis [adjusted OR (AOR) 2.36; 95% CI 1.21-4.62; P = 0.012]. Furthermore, men who had higher levels of health literacy were nearly half as likely to undergo salvage ADT compared with men who had lower levels of health literacy on univariable analysis (15.2% versus 26.3%; OR 0.50; 95% CI 0.29-0.88; P = 0.016), with a trend toward this association on multivariable analysis (AOR 0.58; 95% CI 0.32-1.05; P = 0.07). CONCLUSIONS Among men with PSA recurrence after radiotherapy, odds of use of salvage ADT were nearly twice as great among men with high PSA anxiety or low health literacy, suggesting that these men are receiving higher rates of unproven treatment. Given that early salvage ADT is costly, worsens quality of life, and has not been shown to improve survival, quality improvement strategies are needed for these individuals.
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- Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut, Storrs
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- South Carolina College of Pharmacy and the Hollings Cancer Center, Charleston
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland
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- Departments of Medicine and Urology, Tulane University, New Orleans
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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Rodler D, Stein K, Korbel R. Observations on the Right Ovary of Birds of Prey: A Histological and Immunohistochemical Study. Anat Histol Embryol 2015; 44:168-77. [DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- D. Rodler
- Department of Veterinary Sciences; Institute of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology; University of Munich; Veterinaerstrasse 13 80539 Munich Germany
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- Clinical Department; Clinic for Birds, Reptils, Amphibians and Ornamental Fish; University of Munich; Sonnenstrasse 18 85764 Oberschleißheim Germany
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- Clinical Department; Clinic for Birds, Reptils, Amphibians and Ornamental Fish; University of Munich; Sonnenstrasse 18 85764 Oberschleißheim Germany
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Preschool children often show total expiration times of less than one second in pulmonary function tests. Therefore, FEV1 cannot be used for evaluation of obstructive pulmonary diseases in small children. Aex, the area under the expiratory flow-volume loop, does not depend on the expiration time. The Aex value varies according to the convex or concave shape of the flow volume loop, can be quantified and is a valuable parameter in the diagnosis of obstructive airway diseases.In this study FEV1 und Aex values of 19882 flow-volume loops were measured and compared. The comparison shows a very high correlation coefficient of r = 0.99.The changes of both parameters in an individual after provocation or bronchospasmolysis also demonstrate a strong correlation. A 20 % change of FEV1 equals an Aex change of 36 %.We conclude that measuring Aex is a good alternative to measuring FEV1 especially if the FEV1 cannot be obtained due to short expiration times.
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- Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Informatik in den Kultur-, Geschichts-, und Geowissenschaften, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
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Newlove-Delgado T, Ukoumunne O, Stein K, Ford T. Trajectories of Psychopathology in Relation to Mental Health Related Service Contacts over Three Years in the British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Survey 2004. Eur Psychiatry 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(15)30331-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Skutschas P, Stein K. Long bone histology of the stem salamander Kokartus honorarius (Amphibia: Caudata) from the Middle Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan. J Anat 2015; 226:334-47. [PMID: 25682890 DOI: 10.1111/joa.12281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Kokartus honorarius from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Kyrgyzstan is one of the oldest salamanders in the fossil record, characterized by a mixture of plesiomorphic morphological features and characters shared with crown-group salamanders. Here we present a detailed histological analysis of its long bones. The analysis of a growth series demonstrates a significant histological maturation during ontogeny, expressed by the progressive appearance of longitudinally oriented primary vascular canals, primary osteons, growth marks, remodelling features in primary bone tissues, as well as progressive resorption of the calcified cartilage, formation of endochondral bone and development of cartilaginous to bony trabeculae in the epiphyses. Apart from the presence of secondary osteons, the long bone histology of Kokartus is very similar to that of miniaturized temnospondyls, other Jurassic stem salamanders, miniaturized seymouriamorphs and modern crown-group salamanders. We propose that the presence of secondary osteons in Kokartus honorarius is a plesiomorphic feature, and the loss of secondary osteons in the long bones of crown-group salamanders as well as in those of miniaturized temnospondyls is the result of miniaturization processes. Hitherto, all stem salamander long bong histology (Kokartus, Marmorerpeton and 'salamander A') has been generally described as having paedomorphic features (i.e. the presence of Katschenko's Line and a layer of calcified cartilage), these taxa were thus most likely neotenic forms. The absence of clear lines of arrested growth and annuli in long bones of Kokartus honorarius suggests that the animals lived in an environment with stable local conditions.
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- Pavel Skutschas
- Vertebrate Zoology Department, Biological Faculty, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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Jenckel A, Stein K, Brand S, Sigmund A, Holst O, Kirschning C, Kauth M, Heine H. Allergy protection mediated by Lactococcus lactis G121-stimulated dendritic cells requires endosomal acidification and activation through TLR13. Pneumologie 2015. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1544607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Stein K, Maruschke M, Protzel C, Hakenberg OW. [Allogeneic kidney transplantation. Preoperative, perioperative and postoperative management]. Urologe A 2014; 53:91-101; quiz 102. [PMID: 24389690 DOI: 10.1007/s00120-013-3375-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Allogeneic renal transplantation is the best treatment for many patients with chronic renal failure and end-stage kidney disease. Especially the health-related quality of life markedly improves after renal transplantation and the side effects of dialysis treatment as well as the progression of organ and tissue deterioration related to renal failure which are not treated effectively by dialysis are greatly reduced. To achieve good results of renal transplantation, however, the best possible preoperative as well as perioperative and postoperative conditions have to be established and patients on waiting lists need to be well prepared. Interdisciplinary patient care is needed before and after renal transplantation in order to achieve durable and long-term success of renal transplantation.
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- K Stein
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Universitätsmedizin Rostock, Ernst-Heydemann-Straße 6 , 18055, Rostock, Deutschland,
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Stein K, Stoffels M, Lysson M, Kalff J, Wehner S. PP051-MON 5-LIPOXYGENASE MEDIATES POSTOPERATIVE BOWEL INFLAMMATION IN A MICE MODEL OF POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS. Clin Nutr 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(13)60363-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Coon JT, Abbott R, Rogers M, Whear R, Pearson S, Lang I, Cartmell N, Stein K. PP24 Interventions to Reduce Inappropriate Prescribing of Antipsychotic Medications to People with Dementia Living in Residential Care: A Systematic Review. Br J Soc Med 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-203126.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Kirchhof P, Breithardt G, Aliot E, Al Khatib S, Apostolakis S, Auricchio A, Bailleul C, Bax J, Benninger G, Blomstrom-Lundqvist C, Boersma L, Boriani G, Brandes A, Brown H, Brueckmann M, Calkins H, Casadei B, Clemens A, Crijns H, Derwand R, Dobrev D, Ezekowitz M, Fetsch T, Gerth A, Gillis A, Gulizia M, Hack G, Haegeli L, Hatem S, Georg Hausler K, Heidbuchel H, Hernandez-Brichis J, Jais P, Kappenberger L, Kautzner J, Kim S, Kuck KH, Lane D, Leute A, Lewalter T, Meyer R, Mont L, Moses G, Mueller M, Munzel F, Nabauer M, Nielsen JC, Oeff M, Oto A, Pieske B, Pisters R, Potpara T, Rasmussen L, Ravens U, Reiffel J, Richard-Lordereau I, Schafer H, Schotten U, Stegink W, Stein K, Steinbeck G, Szumowski L, Tavazzi L, Themistoclakis S, Thomitzek K, Van Gelder IC, von Stritzky B, Vincent A, Werring D, Willems S, Lip GYH, Camm AJ. Personalized management of atrial fibrillation: Proceedings from the fourth Atrial Fibrillation competence NETwork/European Heart Rhythm Association consensus conference. Europace 2013; 15:1540-56. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/eut232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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