Physicians write clinical notes with abbreviations and shorthand that are difficult to decipher. Abbreviations can be clinical jargon (writing “HIT” for “heparin induced thrombocytopenia”), ambiguous terms that require expertise to disambiguate (using “MS” for “multiple sclerosis” or “mental sta...
Abbreviations AUC: Area under the curve of drug concentrations versus time CLSI: Clinical & Laboratory Standards Institute Cmax: Maximum concentration EUCAST: European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing IAC: Intraabdominal candidiasis ICU: Intensive care unit cIAIs: Complicated intra...
Brain metastasis (BrM) poses a significant challenge to the prognosis and quality of life for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system (CNS), has been i
A: Yes, in terms of laboratory reporting. Clinicians must decide how to use an SDD result for a specific patient in consideration of all other clinical and physiological parameters for that patient. Q: Do the new cefepime breakpoints apply to Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other gram-negative ...
Specifically, it demonstrated that PPP differs from ACH and GPP in terms of patients’ demographics, disease presentation, and underlying genetic abnormalities. Methods Patient ascertainment This research was carried out in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by...
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111 The accuracy of CT for T4b staging in terms of aortic and tracheobronchial invasion is approximately 80%.112, 113 When tracheobronchial invasion is suspected, bronchoscopy and biopsy should be considered to confirm the diagnosis. N-stage tumors (spread to regional lymph nodes) are defined ...
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As previously discussed, one of the hallmarks of cancer epigenetics is the aberrant global hypomethylation and regional hypermethylation of many tumour suppressor genes. These dysregulated methylated genes have therefore attracted research interest in terms of exploring their utility as potential MPM-specific...
these situations. Indeed, these results, as well as clinical practice, suggest a particular severity of these situations in terms of psychological disorders, but also a difficulty in organizing a return to the family home in this context, which could explain re-hospitalizations if the child ...