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Cell Reprogram ; 26(4): 120-123, 2024 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39088354

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Cloning by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) remained challenging for Rhesus monkeys, mostly due to its low efficiency and neonatal death. Genome-scale analyses revealed that monkey SCNT embryos displayed widespread DNA methylation and transcriptional alterations, thus including loss of genomic imprinting that correlated with placental dysfunction. The transfer of inner cell masses (ICM) from cloned blastocysts into ICM-depleted fertilized embryos rescued placental insufficiency and gave rise to a cloned Rhesus monkey that reached adulthood without noticeable abnormalities.


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Clonagem de Organismos , Metilação de DNA , Macaca mulatta , Técnicas de Transferência Nuclear , Animais , Técnicas de Transferência Nuclear/veterinária , Macaca mulatta/genética , Feminino , Gravidez , Impressão Genômica , Blastocisto/citologia , Blastocisto/metabolismo , Genoma
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J Robot Surg ; 18(1): 300, 2024 Jul 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39073629

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Robotic surgery has emerged as a cornerstone in urological interventions, offering effectiveness and safety for patients. For anesthesiologists, this technological advancement presents a myriad of new challenges, spanning from patient selection and assessment to intraoperative dynamics and post-surgical pain management. This article aims to elucidate these challenges and provide guidance for anesthesiologists in navigating the complexities of anesthesia administration in robotic urological procedures. Through a detailed exploration of patient optimization, team coordination, intraoperative adjustments, and post-surgical care, this article serves as a valuable resource for ensuring the success of such interventions.


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Anestesia , Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Robóticos , Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Urológicos , Humanos , Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Robóticos/métodos , Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Urológicos/métodos , Anestesia/métodos , Dor Pós-Operatória/prevenção & controle , Seleção de Pacientes , Equipe de Assistência ao Paciente
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Biomedica ; 44(Sp. 1): 18-26, 2024 05 31.
Artigo em Inglês, Espanhol | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39079135

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Pheochromocytoma is a tumor derived from neural crest cells able to produce sympathomimetic substances and, hence, a particular clinical picture. It is responsible for less than 1% of high blood pressure cases, with an estimated incidence between 0.4 and 0.6 cases per 100,000 people each year, and an average survival of seven years. Pheochromocytoma is a solid tumor with a high genetic component, as heritability can reach 40%. Once diagnosed, its treatment and prognosis are partly conditioned by the associated pathogenic variants that can be documented, especially those related to RET, SDHx, VHL, and NF1 genes. We present the case of a young woman with abdominal pain and high blood pressure, who was found to have a pheochromocytoma. Genetic testing detected a rare and recently discovered pathogenic variant: the SDHA:c.1A>C (p.Met1Leu). The patient responded adequately to the surgical treatment and continued the follow-up without documented recurrences. The diagnostic approach for pheochromocytoma patients must start with a clinical suspicion, followed by metabolite measurement in blood and urine, and finally, imaging. Currently, technology development allows precision medicine applicability. In this case of pheochromocytoma, recent developments in precision medicine resulted in the detection of associated genetic components involving the patient and her family. Adequate screening of the index patient is required for documenting pathogenic variants and better characterizing the disease.


El feocromocitoma es un tumor derivado de las células de la cresta neural con la capacidad de producir sustancias simpaticomiméticas y, por ende, un cuadro clínico particular. Causa menos del 1 % de los casos de hipertensión arterial sistémica y su incidencia se estima entre 0,4 y 0,6 casos por 100.000 personas cada año, con una supervivencia media de siete años. De todos los tumores sólidos, el feocromocitoma tiene un mayor componente genético, que puede heredarse hasta en el 40 % de los casos. Una vez diagnosticada la enfermedad, se debe definir el tratamiento y el pronóstico, en parte condicionados por las variantes genéticas asociadas, en especial RET, SDHx, VHL y NF1. Se presenta el caso de una mujer joven con dolor abdominal e hipertensión arterial sistémica, a quien se le diagnosticó feocromocitoma. Al secuenciar el exoma, se identificó una variante patogénica extremadamente rara y de reciente descubrimiento: SDHA: c.1A>C (p.Met1Leu). La paciente respondió adecuadamente al tratamiento quirúrgico y continuó en seguimiento sin recurrencias. El abordaje diagnóstico de los pacientes con feocromocitoma comienza con la sospecha clínica, seguida de la medición de determinados metabolitos en sangre y orina, y, finalmente, los estudios de imagenología. Los desarrollos tecnológicos actuales permiten la aplicación de la medicina de precisión en este campo. En este caso de feocromocitoma, se identificó un componente genético importante que no solo afecta al paciente, sino también, a sus familiares. La tamización adecuada del caso índice permite identificar mutaciones y caracterizar mejor la enfermedad.


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Neoplasias das Glândulas Suprarrenais , Hipertensão , Feocromocitoma , Humanos , Feocromocitoma/complicações , Feocromocitoma/genética , Feocromocitoma/diagnóstico , Feminino , Neoplasias das Glândulas Suprarrenais/complicações , Neoplasias das Glândulas Suprarrenais/genética , Neoplasias das Glândulas Suprarrenais/diagnóstico , Hipertensão/etiologia , Hipertensão/complicações , Colômbia , Paraganglioma/genética , Paraganglioma/complicações , Paraganglioma/diagnóstico , Adulto
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Adv Knowl Discov Data Min ; 14648: 322-334, 2024 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38983834

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Textual data often describe events in time but frequently contain little information about their specific timing, whereas complementary structured data streams may have precise timestamps but may omit important contextual information. We investigate the problem in healthcare, where we produce clinician annotations of discharge summaries, with access to either unimodal (text) or multimodal (text and tabular) data, (i) to determine event interval timings and (ii) to train multimodal language models to locate those events in time. We find our annotation procedures, dashboard tools, and annotations result in high-quality timestamps. Specifically, the multimodal approach produces more precise timestamping, with uncertainties of the lower bound, upper bounds, and duration reduced by 42% (95% CI 34-51%), 36% (95% CI 28-44%), and 13% (95% CI 10-17%), respectively. In the classification version of our task, we find that, trained on our annotations, our multimodal BERT model outperforms unimodal BERT model and Llama-2 encoder-decoder models with improvements in F1 scores for upper (10% and 61%, respectively) and lower bounds (8% and 56%, respectively). The code for the annotation tool and the BERT model is available (link).

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JACC Case Rep ; 29(12): 102362, 2024 Jun 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38764570

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Isolated apical ventricular hypoplasia is an extremely rare congenital heart disease. We describe 2 cases, each affecting a different side, presenting with unique clinical and imaging characteristics not hitherto delineated in the literature.

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Acta Neurochir (Wien) ; 166(1): 240, 2024 May 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38814348

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BACKGROUND: Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring plays a key role in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), however, cerebral hypoxia can occur without intracranial hypertension. Aiming to improve neuroprotection in these patients, a possible alternative is the association of Brain Tissue Oxygen Pressure (PbtO2) monitoring, used to detect PbtO2 tension. METHOD: We systematically searched PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Central for RCTs comparing combined PbtO2 + ICP monitoring with ICP monitoring alone in patients with severe or moderate TBI. The outcomes analyzed were mortality at 6 months, favorable outcome (GOS ≥ 4 or GOSE ≥ 5) at 6 months, pulmonary events, cardiovascular events and sepsis rate. RESULTS: We included 4 RCTs in the analysis, totaling 505 patients. Combined PbtO2 + ICP monitoring was used in 241 (47.72%) patients. There was no significant difference between the groups in relation to favorable outcome at 6 months (RR 1.17; 95% CI 0.95-1.43; p = 0.134; I2 = 0%), mortality at 6 months (RR 0.82; 95% CI 0.57-1.18; p = 0.281; I2 = 34%), cardiovascular events (RR 1.75; 95% CI 0.86-3.52; p = 0.120; I2 = 0%) or sepsis (RR 0.75; 95% CI 0.25-2.22; p = 0.604; I2 = 0%). The risk of pulmonary events was significantly higher in the group with combined PbtO2 + ICP monitoring (RR 1.44; 95% CI 1.11-1.87; p = 0.006; I2 = 0%). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that combined PbtO2 + ICP monitoring does not change outcomes such as mortality, functional recovery, cardiovascular events or sepsis. Furthermore, we found a higher risk of pulmonary events in patients undergoing combined monitoring.


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Lesões Encefálicas Traumáticas , Pressão Intracraniana , Ensaios Clínicos Controlados Aleatórios como Assunto , Humanos , Encéfalo/fisiopatologia , Lesões Encefálicas Traumáticas/mortalidade , Lesões Encefálicas Traumáticas/terapia , Lesões Encefálicas Traumáticas/fisiopatologia , Hipertensão Intracraniana/etiologia , Hipertensão Intracraniana/diagnóstico , Pressão Intracraniana/fisiologia , Monitorização Fisiológica/métodos , Monitorização Neurofisiológica/métodos , Oxigênio/análise , Oxigênio/metabolismo
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Heliyon ; 10(7): e27516, 2024 Apr 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38560155

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The importance of radiology in modern medicine is acknowledged for its non-invasive diagnostic capabilities, yet the manual formulation of unstructured medical reports poses time constraints and error risks. This study addresses the common limitation of Artificial Intelligence applications in medical image captioning, which typically focus on classification problems, lacking detailed information about the patient's condition. Despite advancements in AI-generated medical reports that incorporate descriptive details from X-ray images, which are essential for comprehensive reports, the challenge persists. The proposed solution involves a multimodal model utilizing Computer Vision for image representation and Natural Language Processing for textual report generation. A notable contribution is the innovative use of the Swin Transformer as the image encoder, enabling hierarchical mapping and enhanced model perception without a surge in parameters or computational costs. The model incorporates GPT-2 as the textual decoder, integrating cross-attention layers and bilingual training with datasets in Portuguese PT-BR and English. Promising results are noted in the proposed database with ROUGE-L 0.748, METEOR 0.741, and NIH CHEST X-ray with ROUGE-L 0.404 and METEOR 0.393.

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Rev. chil. infectol ; Rev. chil. infectol;41(2): 205-211, abr. 2024. ilus, tab, graf
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS | ID: biblio-1559672

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INTRODUCCIÓN: La higiene de manos (HM) es la principal medida para disminuir las IAAS, las que en las Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI) presentan una alta prevalencia. En Chile no existe información sobre el impacto de la estrategia multimodal de la OMS para la HM en adultos. El objetivo fue evaluar el impacto de la implementación de la estrategia en una UPC. METODOLOGÍA: Estudio longitudinal con evaluación pre y post-intervención, entre los años 2018 y 2021, en la UCI del Hospital del Trabajador (HT), Santiago, Chile. La implementación se evaluó con pautas de cumplimiento de HM, consumo de jabón y productos en base alcohólica (PBA). El impacto se midió con las tasas de neumonía asociada a ventilación mecánica (NAVM), infecciones del torrente sanguíneo asociadas a CVC (ITS- CVC) y del tracto urinario por CUP (ITU-CUP), y la incidencia anual de dermatitis. RESULTADOS: El cumplimiento de pautas aumentó de 91 a 96% (p < 0,05). El consumo total de productos para la HM aumentó de 0,17 a 0,31 L/día/cama y de PBA en 10%. Las tasas de IAAS pre y post-intervención fueron para NAVM de 10,3 y 8,4; ITS-CVC de 0,8 y 1,5 e ITU-CUP de 4,2 y 5,3 por 1.000 días de exposición. La incidencia anual de dermatitis disminuyó en 30% (p < 0,05). CONCLUSIONES: La implementación de la estrategia multimodal se asoció a una disminución de las tasas de NAVM y de dermatitis en la UCI del HT.


INTRODUCTION: Hand hygiene is the main measure to decrease infections related to healthcare and the Intensive Care Unit has a high prevalence. In Chile there aren't reports about the impact of the World Health Organization multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy. AIM: To assess the implementation impact of this strategy at the ICU. METHODOLOGY: Longitudinal study with pre- and postintervention evaluation during the years 2018-2021 at ICU. The implementation was assessed against hand hygiene compliance guidelines, soap consumption and alcohol-based products. The impact was evaluated with the rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), catheter related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) and catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) and the annual dermatitis incidence. RESULTS: The guidelines compliance increased from 91% to 96% (p < 0.05). The total product consumption increased from 0.17 to 0.31 Liters/day/bed. The use of alcohol-based products increased by 10%. HAI rates pre- and post-intervention were for VAP 10.3 and 8.4, CRBSI 0.8 and 1.5 and CAUTI 4.2 and 5.3. The annual dermatitis incidence decreased by 30.8% (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The strategy implementation benefited the decrease of VAP and the dermatitis prevention in ICU.


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Humanos , Desinfecção das Mãos/métodos , Infecção Hospitalar/prevenção & controle , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva/normas , Infecções Urinárias/prevenção & controle , Infecções Urinárias/epidemiologia , Organização Mundial da Saúde , Infecção Hospitalar/epidemiologia , Estudos Longitudinais , Dermatite/prevenção & controle , Dermatite/epidemiologia , Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica/prevenção & controle , Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica/epidemiologia , Infecções Relacionadas a Cateter/prevenção & controle , Infecções Relacionadas a Cateter/epidemiologia
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Clin Transl Oncol ; 26(10): 2618-2628, 2024 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38615292

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INTRODUCTION: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly aggressive malignancy about 50% of PDAC are metastatic at presentation. In this study, we evaluated PDAC demographics, annual trend analysis, racial disparities, survival rate, and the role of different treatment modalities in localized and metastatic disease. METHODS: A total of 144,824 cases of PDAC were obtained from the SEER database from 2000 to 2018. RESULTS: The median age was 69 years, with a slightly higher incidence in males (52%) and 80% of all cases were white. Among cases with available data, 43% were grade III tumors and 57% were metastatic. The most common site of metastasis was the liver (15.7%). The annual incidence has increased steadily from 2000 to 2018. The overall observed (OS) 5-year survival rate was 4.4% (95% CI 4.3-4.6%), and 5 years cause-specific survival (CSS) was 5% (95% CI 5.1-5.4%). The 5-year survival with multimodal therapy (chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation) was 22% (95% CI 20.5-22.8%). 5-year CSS for the blacks was lower at 4.7% (95% CI 4.2-5.1%) compared to the whites at 5.3% (95% CI 5.1-5.4%). Multivariate analysis found male gender and black race associated with worse prognosis. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis found multimodal therapy to have the best outcomes in all three stages. CONCLUSION: PDAC is an aggressive malignancy with male gender and black race are associated with a poor prognosis. Surgery with chemoradiation was associated with the best overall survival. With steadily increasing rates of PDAC, improved treatment modalities are paramount to improving survival in these patients.


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Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático , Neoplasias Pancreáticas , Programa de SEER , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Negro ou Afro-Americano/estatística & dados numéricos , Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático/etnologia , Carcinoma Ductal Pancreático/mortalidade , Terapia Combinada , Disparidades em Assistência à Saúde , Incidência , Neoplasias Hepáticas/etnologia , Neoplasias Hepáticas/mortalidade , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/etnologia , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/mortalidade , Taxa de Sobrevida , Estados Unidos/epidemiologia , Brancos
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BJU Int ; 134(2): 175-184, 2024 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38587299

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness and adverse effects of urethrectomy alone or as part of multimodal therapy (MMT). METHODS: A comprehensive search was conducted across MEDLINE (OVID), EMBASE, LILACS and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) databases, from their inception to the present date. The study cohort comprised individuals aged 16 years and older diagnosed with urethral tumours at any stage who underwent either isolated urethrectomy or urethrectomy as an integral component of MMT. RESULTS: Ninety-two studies comprising 25 480 patients met the inclusion criteria. Surgical outcomes for urethral cancer vary considerably, with 5-year overall survival (OS) ranging from 10% to 68% based on disease extent, approach, and gender. Radiotherapy (RT) alone provides 5-year OS of approximately 40%. Combined regimens provide better outcomes compared to single modalities, including reduced recurrence and enhanced survival. However, trimodal therapy showed survival benefits only for urothelial subtypes, indicating the need to tailor management according to cancer type. MMT with neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to surgery demonstrated the most consistent survival gains. CONCLUSIONS: The management of urethral cancer demands a nuanced, personalised approach, accounting for factors such as tumour location, sex, and tumour stage. MMT combining surgery, chemotherapy and RT has shown the ability to enhance outcomes in advanced disease. More extensive collaborative studies through specialised centres are imperative to advance evidence-based protocols and refine treatment in order to improve survival.


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Neoplasias Uretrais , Humanos , Neoplasias Uretrais/terapia , Masculino , Terapia Combinada , Feminino
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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38596609

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We present the case of a 56-year-old patient with fever of unknown origin associated with chest and lumbar pain. Multimodality imaging revealed diffuse peri-aortitis in the thoracic aorta without involvement of the aortic valve, contributing substantially to the diagnosis of Ig G4-associated aortitis. Immunosuppressive therapy was started. Follow-up at five months with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging showed a reduction in the inflammatory process in the thoracic aorta.


Presentamos el caso de un paciente de 56 años, con cuadro febril de origen desconocido asociado a dolor torácico y lumbar. La imagen multimodal demostró periaortitis difusa en la aorta torácica sin afectación de la válvula aórtica, lo que contribuyó sustancialmente al diagnóstico de aortitis asociada a Ig4. Se inició tratamiento inmunosupresor. El seguimiento a los 5 meses, la resonancia magnética cardíaca mostró una reducción del proceso inflamatorio en la aorta torácica.

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Front Plant Sci ; 15: 1324090, 2024.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38504889

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In the field of plant breeding, various machine learning models have been developed and studied to evaluate the genomic prediction (GP) accuracy of unseen phenotypes. Deep learning has shown promise. However, most studies on deep learning in plant breeding have been limited to small datasets, and only a few have explored its application in moderate-sized datasets. In this study, we aimed to address this limitation by utilizing a moderately large dataset. We examined the performance of a deep learning (DL) model and compared it with the widely used and powerful best linear unbiased prediction (GBLUP) model. The goal was to assess the GP accuracy in the context of a five-fold cross-validation strategy and when predicting complete environments using the DL model. The results revealed the DL model outperformed the GBLUP model in terms of GP accuracy for two out of the five included traits in the five-fold cross-validation strategy, with similar results in the other traits. This indicates the superiority of the DL model in predicting these specific traits. Furthermore, when predicting complete environments using the leave-one-environment-out (LOEO) approach, the DL model demonstrated competitive performance. It is worth noting that the DL model employed in this study extends a previously proposed multi-modal DL model, which had been primarily applied to image data but with small datasets. By utilizing a moderately large dataset, we were able to evaluate the performance and potential of the DL model in a context with more information and challenging scenario in plant breeding.

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Eur J Ophthalmol ; : 11206721241235976, 2024 Feb 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38409808

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OBJECTIVE: To describe the peculiarities in imaging acquisition of fourteen patients with choroidal nevus using the Broad Line Fundus Imaging (BLFI) technology. METHODS: Single-center, retrospective, cross-sectional analysis. RESULTS: All images were acquired using the BLFI technology. We have found that choroidal nevus is undetectable in the blue channel (BC) (435-500 nm) and the green channel (GC) (500-585 nm). The only visible changes are related to the drusen, which appeared in BC and GC as light focal dots, correlated to the yellowish foci in the true-color image. On the red channel (RC) (585-640 nm), all lesions revealed the same pattern: a well-defined dark spot, with enhanced contrast, allowing the better visualization, measuring, and characterization of the nevus when compared with the other color channels, including the true-color imaging. CONCLUSION: BLFI application in choroidal nevus might be helpful at presentation, refining the diagnostic reliability, and monitoring, as it allows for better detection of alterations in the lesions. The peculiarities of the choroidal nevus are better assessed when using the RC due to its longer wavelength and deeper penetration in the retina and choroid.

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Front Cardiovasc Med ; 11: 1323492, 2024.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38414925

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Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is a rare cardiomyopathy, but its prevalence is increasing due to the greater availability of diagnostic tools, whose pathophysiology is unknown; however, the evidence points to an excess of catecholamines that ends up generating cardiac stunning. The cause of excessive sympathetic discharge is multifactorial, and some tumors may be related to their origin. In this case report, we present a female patient with TTS whose only identified triggering factor was an atrial myxoma, which generated an unusual clinical presentation. Current multimodal diagnostic tools together with the multidisciplinary evaluation of the HeartTeam allowed an accurate diagnosis and an adequate management of the clinical picture.

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Data Brief ; 52: 110008, 2024 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38235175

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This paper details the acquisition, structure and preprocessing of the MultiCaRe Dataset, a multimodal case report dataset which contains data from 75,382 open access PubMed Central articles spanning the period from 1990 to 2023. The dataset includes 96,428 clinical cases, 135,596 images, and their corresponding labels and captions. Data extraction was performed using different APIs and packages such as Biopython, requests, Beautifulsoup, BioC API for PMC and EuropePMC RESTful API. Image labels were created based on the contents of their corresponding captions, by using Spark NLP for Healthcare and manual annotations. Images were preprocessed with OpenCV in order to remove borders and split figures containing multiple images, data were analyzed and described, and a subset was randomly selected for quality assessment. The dataset's structure allows for seamless integration of different types of data, making it a valuable resource for training or fine-tuning medical language, computer vision or multi-modal models.

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Int J Retina Vitreous ; 10(1): 8, 2024 Jan 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38254230

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PURPOSE: To describe the association of serous maculopathy with absence of retinal pigment epithelium (SMARPE) and large drusen in patients with non-neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS: A retrospective study of ophthalmic examination and multimodal imaging data of individuals with SMARPE and large drusen observed over a period of 12-month was accomplished. SMARPE was defined as subretinal accumulation of fluid within the macular area due to retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) aperture. Large drusen were identified by the presence of sub-RPE deposits using multimodal imaging analysis (color fundus photography, fundus autofluorescence, and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography). RESULTS: Twelve eyes of 7 white patients with a mean age of 77 years were observed to have SMARPE associated with large drusen. The median visual acuity was 20/100. Bilateral SMARPE lesions were observed in 71% of study patients. All SMARPE lesions were hypoautofluorescent, located in the subretinal space between the RPE and the ellipsoid zone, and presented as complete or incomplete RPE apertures associated with subretinal fluid. The SMARPE in this study had coincident multimodal imaging features as the SMARPE described in other reports in the literature. CONCLUSIONS: Bilateral SMARPE can occur in association with typical AMD large drusen. Anomalisms resulting in drusen biogenesis or mechanisms that act alongside to these may be related to SMARPE development.

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Dev Cogn Neurosci ; 66: 101345, 2024 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38277711

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Health-related behaviours have been related to brain structural features. In developing settings, such as Latin America, high social inequality has been inversely associated with several health-related behaviours affecting brain development. Understanding the relationship between health behaviours and brain structure in such settings is particularly important during adolescence when critical habits are acquired and ingrained. In this cross-sectional study, we carry out a multimodal analysis identifying a brain region associated with health-related behaviours (i.e., adiposity, fitness, sleep problems and others) and cognitive/academic performance, independent of socioeconomic status in a large sample of Chilean adolescents. Our findings suggest that the relationship between health behaviours and cognitive/academic performance involves a particular brain phenotype that could play a mediator role. These findings fill a significant gap in the literature, which has largely focused on developed countries and raise the possibility of promoting healthy behaviours in adolescence as a means to influence brain structure and thereby cognitive/academic achievement, independently of socioeconomic factors. By highlighting the potential impact on brain structure and cognitive/academic achievement, policymakers could design interventions that are more effective in reducing health disparities in developing countries.

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Vet. zootec ; 31: 1-7, 2024. ilus, tab
Artigo em Português | LILACS, VETINDEX | ID: biblio-1552931

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Foi atendido no Hospital Veterinária da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (HOVET-UFMT) - Campus Cuiabá, um gato palheiro (Leopardus braccatus), macho, filhote e pesando 1,8kg. Após avaliação clínica e exames complementares diagnosticou-se presença de corpo estranho solido gástrico e intestinal. Como medicação pré-anestésica optou-se pela associação de cetamina (1mg/kg) e midazolam (0,2mg/kg), seguiu-se com a indução com propofol (à efeito) e manutenção anestésica por meio do fornecimento de isofluorano. Como técnica adicional utilizou-se epidural, com uma associação de lidocaína (4,5mg/kg) e morfina (0,1mg/kg). Durante o procedimento anestésico notou-se estabilidade das variáveis cardiovasculares e respiratórias, além de recuperação satisfatória ao final do procedimento.


Was attended to in the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Mato Grosso (HOVET-UFMT) - Campus Cuiabá, a pantanal cat (Leopardus braccatus), male, puppy and weighing 1.8 kg. After clinical evaluation and complementary exams, the presence of a solid gastric and intestinal foreign body was diagnosed. As pre-anesthetic medication, the association of ketamine (1mg/kg) and midazolam (0.2mg/kg) was chosen, followed by induction with propofol (for effect) and anesthetic maintenance by supplying isoflurane. As an additional technique, an epidural was used, with an association of lidocaine (4.5mg/kg) and morphine (0.1mg/kg). During the anesthetic procedure, stability of cardiovascular and respiratory variables was observed, in addition to satisfactory recovery at the end of the procedure.


Ingresó en el Hospital Veterinario de la Universidad Federal de Mato Grosso (HOVET-UFMT) · Campus Cuiabá, un gato palheiro (Leopardus braccatus), macho, cachorro y con un peso de 1,8 kg. Luego de evaluación clínica y exámenes complementarios se diagnosticó la presencia de cuerpo extraño sólido gástrico e intestinal. Como medicación preanestésica se optó por la asociación de ketamina (1 mg/kg) y midazolam (0,2 mg/kg), seguida de inducción con propofol (por efecto) y mantenimiento anestésico mediante suministro de isoflurano. Como técnica adicional se utilizó epidural, con asociación de lidocaína (4,5 mg/kg) y morfina (0,1 mg/kg). Durante el procedimiento anestésico se observó estabilidad de variables cardiovasculares y respiratorias, además de recuperación satisfactoria al final del procedimiento.


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Animais , Midazolam/administração & dosagem , Felidae/cirurgia , Anestesia Balanceada/veterinária , Ketamina/administração & dosagem , Bloqueio Nervoso/veterinária , Animais Selvagens/fisiologia
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Arq. gastroenterol ; Arq. gastroenterol;61: e23107, 2024.
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS-Express | LILACS | ID: biblio-1557110

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ABSTRACT Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly aggressive and lethal form of cancer with limited prognostic accuracy using traditional factors. This has led to the exploration of innovative prognostic models, including convolutional neural networks (CNNs), in PDAC. CNNs, a type of artificial intelligence algorithm, have shown promise in various medical applications, including image analysis and pattern recognition. Their ability to extract complex features from medical images makes them suitable for improving prognostication in PDAC. However, implementing CNNs in clinical practice poses challenges, such as data availability and interpretability. Future research should focus on multi-center studies, integrating multiple data modalities, and combining CNN outputs with biomarker panels. Collaborative efforts and patient autonomy should be considered to ensure the ethical implementation of CNN-based prognostic models. Further validation and optimisation of CNN-based models are necessary to enhance their reliability and clinical utility in PDAC prognostication.


RESUMO Contexto O adenocarcinoma ductal pancreático (ACDP) é uma forma de câncer altamente agressiva e letal com precisão prognóstica limitada usando fatores tradicionais. Isso levou à exploração de modelos prognósticos inovadores, incluindo redes neurais convolucionais (CNNs), no ACDP. As CNNs, um tipo de algoritmo de inteligência artificial, mostraram promessa em várias aplicações médicas, incluindo análise de imagem e reconhecimento de padrões. Sua capacidade de extrair características complexas de imagens médicas as torna adequadas para melhorar o prognóstico no ACDP. No entanto, a implementação de CNNs na prática clínica apresenta desafios, como a disponibilidade de dados e a interpretabilidade. Pesquisas futuras devem se concentrar em estudos multicêntricos, integrando múltiplas modalidades de dados e combinando saídas de CNN com painéis de biomarcadores. Esforços colaborativos e autonomia do paciente devem ser considerados para garantir a implementação ética de modelos prognósticos baseados em CNN. Mais validação e otimização de modelos baseados em CNN são necessárias para aumentar sua confiabilidade e utilidade clínica na prognostico do ACDP.

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