The impact of PD-L1 expression status on the prognosis of ALK-positive lung cancer patients by Li Wang, Yingjun Kong, Yao Zhang, Chuanyong Mu

“…Objective: This study analyzes the clinical characteristics of ALK-positive lung cancer patients and the impact of PD-L1 expression on their prognosis, providing insights for diagnosis and treatment. …”
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Evaluation of Small Intestinal Permeability in Patients with Overlap Syndrome (Autoimmune Hepatitis/Primary Biliary Cholangitis) by D. R. Akberova, A. Kh. Odintcova, D. I. Abdulganieva

“…Аim: to evaluate the state of small intestine permeability by the “double sugar test” in patients with overlap syndrome (autoimmune hepatitis / primary biliary cholangitis (AIH / PBC)).Materials and methods. …”
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To Analyze the Effect of Platelet Count of Platelet-rich Plasma on Clinical Outcomes in Patients of Osteoarthritis of Knee by Amit Saraf, Prakhar Agarwal, Abhinav Kush

“…Purpose: The purpose of this study was to find the association between the platelet (PLT) count in PLT-rich plasma (PRP) injection and clinical response in knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients. Materials and Methods: Fifty patients of Kellgren–Lawrence Grade 2 and 3 KOA were given single intra-articular PRP injection. …”
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Omicron Positivity in Air of Hospital Settings Gathered COVID-19 Patients, Vaccinated/Unvaccinated Populations by Zeynep Ece Kuloğlu, Zeynep Bengi Eren, Bedirhan Haykar, Cansel Vatansever, Tayfun Barlas, Mert Ahmet Kuskucu, Gülen Güney-Esken, Füsun Can

“…The viral RNA was positive in 50% of the COVID-19 patient rooms, 33% of the febrile disease outpatient clinic, and 33% of the clinical laboratory waiting room. …”
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Adoption of Electronic Records Management System in Managing Patients Records at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. by Musiimenta, Lucky

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Factors associated with delays in seeking tuberculosis treatment among patients at Muhima district hospital, Rwanda by Mercy Nwankwo, Chinenye, Yasmin Omar, Umubyeyi

Subjects: “…Factors associated, Delays in seeking tuberculosis treatment, Patients, Muhima district hospital…”
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Atypical HELLP Syndrome in a Pregnant Patient with Takayasu Arteritis and Subclavian to Axillary Artery Saphenous Vein Bypass Graft: A Case Report by Hediye Dağdeviren, Hüseyin Cengiz, Sema Süzen Çaypınar, Cihan Kaya, Ammar Kanawati

“…Therefore, the management of pregnancies in patients with this disease is of great importance to obstetricians. …”
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Young people and parent or carers views on type 2 diabetes mellitus care in England and Wales: analysis of parent and patient-reported measures survey by Pooja Sachdev, Katherine Hawton, Hannah Hickingbotham

“…The aim of this study is to analyse the responses to the Parent and Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREM) survey 2021–2022 for patients with T2DM and their families to inform care.Methods As part of the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) (2022), the NPDA PREM survey was open online between August 2021 and January 2022. …”
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Resolution of Refractory Status Epilepticus With Ketamine Without Intubation in a Patient With Stroke-Like Migraine Attacks After Radiation Therapy (SMART) Syndrome by Kyle N. Kaneko, Pablo Read, John M. Eaton, Yoshie Umemura, Justin L. Hoskin

“…Here, we present a case of refractory focal status epilepticus in a patient with SMART syndrome who was treated with ketamine, which resolved seizures without the need for intubation.…”
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Patient Preferences for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Medication Regimen Attributes and their Potential Impact on Adherence: Results from a Multi-national Conjoint Study by Ishan Hirji, Jessica Grinspan, Emuella Flood, Diana Chirovsky, Jennifer Devlen, Samuel Wagner, Catherine Davis

“…**Background:** Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have significantly improved survival for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) but require long-term administration and non-adherence due to regimen requirements has been reported. …”
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Using positive deviance to enhance HIV care retention in South Africa: development of a compassion-focused program to improve the staff and patient experience by Allison J. Ober, Donald H. Skinner, Laura M. Bogart, Leletu Busakwe, Wadene Davids, Hassan Mahomed, Debbie Ling, Virginia Zweigenthal

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Type 2 diabetes remission through lifestyle intervention in a geriatric patient with long-standing diabetes and at thirty-three-months follow-up by Pramod Tripathi, Diptika Tiwari, Milanjeet Kaur Raizada, Nidhi Kadam

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Adoption of E2PLUS tools and resources to promote the development of institutional capacity for patient-centered and community-engaged research at a cancer center by Katherine J. Briant, Prajakta Adsul, Elizabeth A. Carosso, Marty Chakoian, Diane Mapes, Terri Coutee, Bridgette Hempstead, Laurie Hassell, Wendy Law, Jason A. Mendoza

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Patient-derived follicular lymphoma spheroids recapitulate lymph node signaling and immune profile uncovering galectin-9 as a novel immunotherapeutic target by Cèlia Dobaño-López, Juan García Valero, Ferran Araujo-Ayala, Ferran Nadeu, Fabien Gava, Carla Faria, Marine Norlund, Renaud Morin, Pascale Bernes-Lasserre, Fabian Arenas, Marta Grau, Cristina López, Irene López-Oreja, Neus Serrat, Ares Martínez-Farran, Lluís Hernández, Heribert Playa-Albinyana, Rubén Giménez, Silvia Beà, Elías Campo, Jean-Michel Lagarde, Armando López-Guillermo, Laura Magnano, Dolors Colomer, Christine Bezombes, Patricia Pérez-Galán

“…Here we present the first FL-Patient Derived Lymphoma Spheroid (FL-PDLS), including fundamental immune actors and features of TME in FL lymph nodes (LNs). …”
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Evaluation of health care providers’ ability to identify patient-ventilator triggering asynchrony in intensive care unit: a translational observational study in China by Shengjun Liu, Zhangyi Zhao, Xiangyu Chen, Yi Chi, Siyi Yuan, Fuhong Cai, Zhangwei Song, Yue Ma, Huaiwu He, Longxiang Su, Yun Long

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Exploiting somatic oncogenic driver alterations in a patient with Li-Fraumeni syndrome– paving the path towards precision medicine: a case report by Carolin Seeling, Sonja Dahlum, Ralf Marienfeld, Vera Jan, Brigitte Rack, Uwe Gerstenmaier, Ambros J. Beer, Regine Mayer-Steinacker, Wolfgang Thaiss, Thomas F. E. Barth, Thomas Seufferlein, Nadine T. Gaisa, Stephan Stilgenbauer, Wolfgang Janni, Reiner Siebert, Hartmut Döhner, Verena I. Gaidzik

“…Due to impaired DNA damage repair, conventional cytotoxic therapies or radiotherapy should be avoided whenever feasible to mitigate the high incidence of treatment-related secondary malignancies in these patients. However, there is limited evidence supporting the effectiveness of targeted therapy approaches in LFS patients. …”
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Defining patient-reported outcomes in diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and chronic kidney disease for clinical practice guidelines - perspectives of the taskforce of the Guideline Workshop by Katharine Barnard-Kelly, Tadej Battelino, Frank C. Brosius, Antonio Ceriello, Francesco Cosentino, James R. Gavin, Francesco Giorgino, Jennifer Green, Linong Ji, Monika Kellerer, Sue Koob, Mikhail Kosiborod, Nebojsa Lalic, Nikolaus Marx, Prashant Nedungadi, Christopher G. Parkin, Helena W. Rodbard, René D. Rötzer, Lars Rydén, Wayne Huey-Herng Sheu, Eberhard Standl, Britta Tendal Jeppesen, Pinar Topsever, Per Olav Vandvik, Christoph Wanner, Oliver Schnell

“…However, they do not include recommendations for the assessment of patient-reported outcomes (PROs), which would – dependent on the topic of guideline – be important for improving shared decision-making, patients’ concordance with guideline recommendations, clinical outcomes and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). …”
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The ongoing importance of patient-informed, collaborative research in advancing the definition and harmonization of post COVID-19 condition (PCC) subtypes across diverse populations by Erin Collins, Nicole Shaver, Julian Little

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Agreement Between Provider-Completed and Patient-Completed Preoperative Frailty Screening Using the Clinical Risk Analysis Index: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study by Mehraneh Khalighi, Amy C Thomas, Karl J Brown, Katherine C Ritchey

“…Provider-completed and patient-completed RAI-C assessments resulted in the same frailty classification in 60% (12/20) of participants, but 40% (8/20) of participants were reclassified to a more frail category based on patient-completed assessment. …”
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Antisynthetase syndrome with anti-glycyl tRNA synthetase antibodies in a patient with axial spondyloarthritis treated with tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors by Maria Iacovantuono, Chiara Bonini, Ernesto Di Biase, Vinicio Magliacani, Gian Domenico Sebastiani

“…Only two cases of ASSD in ax-SpA patients have been described in the literature, although with a different autoantibody profile. …”
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