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Clinical and microbiological features of infection in alcoholic hepatitis: an international cohort study

Richard Parker, Gene Y. Im, Fiona Jones et al. · 2017 · Journal of Gastroenterology

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have described the clinical impact of infection in alcoholic hepatitis (AH) but none have comprehensively explored the aetiopathogenesis of infection in this setting. We examined the causes, consequences and treatment of infection in a cohort of patients with AH. METHODS: We undertook a retrospective cohort study of patients with AH admitted between 2009 and 2014 to seven centres in Europe and the USA. Clinical and microbiological data were extracted from medical records. Survival was analysed with Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox proportional hazards analysis to cont

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Formaldehyde metabolism in the biocatalytic upgrading of lignin.

Lalande AT, Eltis LD · 2026 · Current opinion in biotechnology

Formaldehyde is a toxic metabolite generated in the bacterial catabolism of lignin-derived aromatic compounds (LDACs) through the oxidative O-demethylation of methoxylated aromatics. Microbial cell factories designed to convert LDACs to…

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Will patients benefit from regionalization of gynecologic cancer care?

Kathleen F Brookfield, Michael C Cheung, Relin Yang et al. · 2009 · PLoS ONE

OBJECTIVE: Patient chances for cure and palliation for a variety of malignancies may be greatly affected by the care provided by a treating hospital. We sought to determine the effect of volume and teaching status on patient outcomes for five gynecologic malignancies: endometrial, cervical, ovarian and vulvar carcinoma and uterine sarcoma. METHODS: The Florida Cancer Data System dataset was queried for all patients undergoing treatment for gynecologic cancers from 1990-2000. RESULTS: Overall, 48,981 patients with gynecologic malignancies were identified. Endometrial tumors were the most common

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Association of the TGF-beta1 polymorphism with primary open-angle glaucoma: a case-control study.

Derakhshan A, Zia MJ, Tavakkol Afshari J et al. · 2026 · Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal

Background Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is characterized by increased resistance to aqueous humor outflow. Transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-beta1) contributes to this resistance by promoting synthesis and remodeling of the…

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Presbyvestibulopathy: an uncommon cause of dizziness in the elderly.

Chang TP, Kuo YH, Bery AK · 2026 · Frontiers in neurology

Background Dizziness is common in older adults, and often presents a diagnostic challenge. Vestibular function declines with age, but the prevalence and diagnostic explanatory value of mild vestibular loss in isolation (i.e., the clinical…

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[Clinical and genetic characteristics of infantile-onset Pompe disease​ and long-term efficacy of enzyme replacement therapy].

Sun YM, Wang YJ, Wang HF et al. · 2026 · Zhonghua er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of pediatrics

Objective: To analyze the clinical and genetic characteristics of infantile-onset Pompe disease (IOPD) and evaluate the long-term efficacy of enzyme replacement therapy (ERT). Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted on 24 IOPD…

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Emotion regulation skills training for adolescents and parents in a clinical setting: a randomised controlled trial.

Holmqvist Larsson K, Falkenström F, Andersson G et al. · 2026 · Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health

Background Emotion dysregulation is a transdiagnostic construct associated with psychiatric symptomatology. Improving strategies to regulate emotions is an important focus in several psychological treatments. In the current study we…

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Implantation of a Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device During Cardiopulmonary Bypass Is Associated with a Significant and Transient Acute Thromboinflammatory Response.

Gerogianni A, Sørensen G, Hoel TN et al. · 2026 · International journal of molecular sciences

Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation is a life-saving therapy for end-stage heart failure but may compromise immune integrity. Mechanical shear stress and surface-induced innate immune activation can trigger bleeding and…

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Navigating the distal vasculature: Challenges and lessons learned from failed Thrombectomy trials.

Sporns PB, Almohammad M, Minnerup J et al. · 2025 · Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences

BackgroundWhile endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) is firmly established for large vessel occlusion stroke, recent enthusiasm for extending EVT to distal medium vessel occlusions (DMVOs) has been tempered by the neutral results of three major…

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Finding Ramón: Navigating Failure and Luck in Mexico.

Jones GA · 2025 · Critical criminology

Failure is taboo. Yet as researchers we often encounter failure in the field and engage in confessional conversations with colleagues about 'what went wrong'. Failure is regarded as an unfortunate and unproductive part of research. Better…

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Engaging in the Life-planning in Early Alzheimer's and other Dementias advance care planning intervention is associated with perceived advance care planning concordance and interpersonal connectedness.

Bybee SG, Clayton JL, Aruscavage N et al. · 2025 · The Gerontologist

Background and objectives Persons living with dementia often rely upon a care partner as their surrogate medical decision maker, yet little is known about how dementia care dyads achieve advance care planning (ACP) concordance: when a care…

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Why doesn't neuroimaging work in psychiatry?

McCutcheon RA, Jauhar S, Pillinger T · 2026 · The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science

Half a century of neuroimaging has transformed our understanding of psychiatric disorders but not our clinical practice. This piece examines why that promise remains unfulfilled and argues that the future lies not in ever newer tools but…

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Spontaneous rupture and hemorrhage of a large simple hepatic cyst following external electrical muscle stimulation: a case managed by emergency laparoscopy.

Feng W, Ye Q, Wang Q et al. · 2026 · Journal of surgical case reports

Hemorrhagic rupture of a simple liver cyst is a rare clinical occurrence. Whether external physical forces can trigger such rupture remains unclear. A 47-year-old woman presented with acute abdominal pain 72 h following an electrical…

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