International journal of clinical practice
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Apr 2021
Relationship between lymphovascular invasion and molecular subtypes in invasive breast cancer.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the relation between LVI and molecular subtypes in invasive breast cancers and to find out whether LVI which is a histopathologic indicator has a role in subtype classification or not. ⋯ As a result, we found that LVI can affect molecular subtypes. This showed that a histopathological factor may affect tumour biology. In other words, breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease with many different predictors and prognostic variables.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Apr 2021
Meta AnalysisSafety and Efficacy of High Power Shorter duration Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Radiofrequency ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is effective but hampered by pulmonary veins reconnection because of insufficient lesions. High power shorter duration ablation (HPSD) was seen to increase efficacy and safety. This analysis aimed to evaluate the clinical benefits of HPSD in patients with AF. ⋯ HPSD was safe and efficient for treating AF with clear advantages of procedural features, it also showed benefits of higher first-pass PVI and reducing recurrence of atrial arrhythmias compared with the LPLD. Moreover, major complications and ETI were similar between two groups.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Apr 2021
Observational StudyImplicaciones pronosticas de la Anemia en pacientes con Insuficiencia Cardiaca Aguda atendidos en Servicios de Urgencias Hospitalarios. Estudio ANEM-ICA.
The presence of anaemia leads to a worse prognosis in patients with heart failure (HF). There are few data on the impact of anaemia on mortality in patients with acute heart failure (AHF), and the studies available are mainly retrospective, and include hospitalised patients. ⋯ Anaemia is an independent predictor of mortality at 30 days and 1 year in patients with AHF attended in HEDs. It is important to study the aetiology of AHF since adequate treatment would reduce mortality.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Apr 2021
Relationship between "nomophobia" and material addiction "cigarette" and factors affecting them.
Since technological devices used for communication affect communication between people, nomophobia is a disorder of a new age. In this study, we discuss the relationship between nomophobia and smoking addiction and the factors affecting them. The Demographic Information Form and Nomophobia Scale (NMP-Q), ıf they were smoking we applied The Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) Scales were directed among students (n = 641) at Süleyman Demirel University studying Medicine, Dental, Nursing and Physiotherapy departments in the 1st and 4th grades. ⋯ The total score of the questionnaire (P < .01*) by gender and averages scores of women were higher in all mentioned sub-dimensions and total scores. In our study, there was no correlation between nomophobia and cigarette addiction because of the low number of smokers participating in our survey. Therefore, new conflicts with wider audiences are needed to examine the relationship between these two addictions.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Apr 2021
Location of death among patients presenting with cardiovascular disease to the Emergency Department in the United States.
In-hospital deaths are an important outcome and little is known about deaths in the emergency department (ED). Among patients who died of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), we assessed causes of death, temporal trends and the relative distribution of deaths in the ED versus hospital. ⋯ Inpatient CVD admissions and their associated death may not be a robust measure of the national burden of CVD since ED death-which are common for some conditions-are not captured.