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Multivariable regression analysis revealed shorter OS in patients with higher age, worse functioning status, colorectal primary cancer compared to lung cancer, presence of extracranial metastases, and more than four BM. Patients with preoperative progressive extracranial disease or synchronous BM had shorter OS compared to patients with stable extracranial disease.
Ds-GPA could be calculated in less than half of patients preoperatively and GPA poorly identified patients which had minimal benefit of surgery. Including status of extracranial disease improve prognostication and therefore selection to surgery for brain metastases.
Ds-GPA could be calculated in less than half of patients preoperatively and GPA poorly identified patients which had minimal benefit of surgery. Including status of extracranial disease improve prognostication and therefore selection to surgery for brain metastases.
Depression affects people feeling to be anxious, worried, and restless. They also lose interest in activities, concentrating and appetite, they finally may attempt suicide. Depression is the second chronic disease, as a source of the global burden of disease, after heart disease. Its prevalence elevated seven times during the COVID-19.
The current study was designed to evaluate camphor neuroprotective role against rats' ciprofloxacin-induced depression.
Depression was induced by administration of ciprofloxacin (50 mg/kg; orally) for 21 days. Wister albino male rats were divided into five groups. Group I (normal control) rats were given normal saline. Group II rats received camphor (10 mg/kg; i.p.) for 21 days. Group III (depression control) rats received ciprofloxacin only. Groups IV and V rats received camphor (5 and 10 mg/kg; i.p.) for 21 days concurrent with ciprofloxacin. Behavior tests as forced swimming test, activity cage, and rotarod were estimated. Oxidative stress and antioxidant biomarkers as malondialdehyde (MDA), nitric oxide (NO), catalase, and nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf-2) besides inflammatory biomarkers as Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) as well as neurotransmitters were determined. Finally, histopathological examination was done.
Camphor increased catalase and Nrf-2 activities, decreased NO, MDA, TNF-α, TLR4 serum levels, and elevating brain contents of serotonin, dopamine, gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) and P190-RHO GTP protein with normal neuronal cells of the frontal cortex.
Camphor has neuroprotective effect via modulation of Nrf-2 and TLR4 against ciprofloxacin-induced depression in rats.
Camphor has neuroprotective effect via modulation of Nrf-2 and TLR4 against ciprofloxacin-induced depression in rats.Colchicine (Col) is a drug used mainly for prevention and treatment of acute gouty arthritis. Unfortunately, colchicine has a narrow therapeutic index, with no obvious differentiation between toxic and nontoxic doses, resulting in a great deal of doubt and a disappointing outcome. To surmount such limitation, colchicine nanoemulsion systems (ColNE) were developed using water titration technique. EGFR phosphorylation The pseudoternary phase diagrams of surfactant (Span 20 or Span 60 or Tween 80), cosurfactant (ethanol) and oil (IPM) were constructed. The developed ColNE systems were characterized for particle size (PS), polydispersity index (PDI), zeta potential (ZP) and entrapment efficiency (EE %). ColNE-5 was selected as optimized system with PS = 103.34 ± 5.44 nm, ZP = 34.23 ± 0.94 mV, PDI = 0.26 ± 0.01% and EE % = 75.65 ± 0.34%. To track ColNE-5 in vivo, technetium 99 m (99mTc) was incorporated into this system via coupling with colchicine. 99mTc-ColNE-5 and 99mTc-Col solution (99mTc-ColS) were injected intra-articularly (IA) into the inflamed knee joint of Swiss albino mice joints stimulated by MSU crystals then the biodistribution pattern was studied. The findings revealed that IA injection of 99mTc-ColNE-5 significantly enhanced retention and the pharmacodynamic effects of Col compared to 99mTc-ColS. Herein, we concluded that nanoemulsion (NE) could be used as an IA injectable delivery vehicle to improve retention and localization of Col inside the inflamed joint.
Primarily to understand whether clinically relevant factors affect the International Outcome Inventory (IOI-HA) scores and to examine if IOI-HA scores improve when renewing the hearing aids (HA) for experienced users. Secondly, to estimate the overall HA effectiveness using the IOI-HA.
A prospective observational study.
In total, 1961 patients with hearing loss were included. All patients underwent a hearing examination, were fitted with HAs, and answered the IOI-HA. Factor analysis of IOI-HA separated the items into a Factor 1 (use of HA, perceived benefits, satisfaction, and quality of life) and Factor 2 (residual activity limitation, residual participation restriction and impact on others) score.
Degree of hearing loss, word recognition score, motivation, HA usage time, tinnitus, asymmetry, and sex were significantly associated with total IOI-HA, Factor 1, or Factor 2 scores. The seven IOI-HA items increased on average by 0.4 (
0.001) when renewing HAs. The total median IOI-HA score at follow-up was 29 (7) for experienced (
= 460) and first-time users (
= 1189), respectively.
Degree of hearing loss, word recognition score, motivation, tinnitus, asymmetry, and sex may be used to identify patients who require special attention to become successful HA users.
Degree of hearing loss, word recognition score, motivation, tinnitus, asymmetry, and sex may be used to identify patients who require special attention to become successful HA users.
There is growing evidence in the literature that patients' age is associated with increased risk of death in acute pesticide poisoning. However, few studies have investigated whether the age effect differs between males and females. We aimed to examine the association between age-sex and risk of death in acute pesticide self-poisoning.
A prospective cohort of deliberate pesticide-poisoned patients admitted to ten rural Sri Lankan hospitals between March 2002 and December 2019. The pesticide ingested was identified based on identification of container or history. A mixed effects logistic regression was fitted to investigate the effect of age-sex on death in acute pesticide self-poisoning adjusting for clinical symptoms on admission, measured by Glasgow Coma Scale and Poison Severity Score, and controlling for clustering among hospital sites.
In total, 201 different pesticides were ingested by patients. 6,643 patients ingested an unknown pesticide. A single pesticide was co-ingested with alcohol by 4,603 patients.