Nevin Manimala

Sci Total Environ. 2021 May 23;789:147962. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147962. Online ahead of print.

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The research aimed to find out physiochemical properties, metal concentration, sources of metals using statistical analyses, and positive matrix factorization (PMF) model using 315 soil and 250 foodstuff samples (25 species) in Jhenidah as well as Kushtia district, Bangladesh. The range of Pb, Cd, As, Cu, Ni and Cr contents (mg/kg) in soils were found to be 0.97-114.72, 0.11-7.51, 1.07-23.38, 0.89-122.91, 0.91-77.32 and 0.7-23.03 mg/kg, respectively, whereas those in foodstuff samples were found to be 0.46-11.48, 0.30-11.54, 0.47-9.21, 0.20-3.59, 0.001-1.76, and 0.27-5.93 mg/kg, respectively. PMF model revealed that Cu (81.4%) in the study area soils were predominantly contributed by vehicular fuel combustion, Cr (84.9%) was primarily of natural origin, Pb (73%) resulted from traffic emissions, Cd (74.3%), and As (63.4%) mainly came from agricultural practices while Ni (70.9%) was dominated as industrial pollution. EF > 1.5 of Cu, As, and Pb suggesting mild contamination; however, soils from all the studied sites revealed moderate potential ecological risk. Cr recorded BCF values of >1 in the majority of the examined crops, suggesting higher uptake of Cr than other metals. Cr, Ni, As, and Pb showed cancer risks from food intake and risk values were greater than the threshold range (10^-4), suggesting potential cancer risks.

PMID:34051494 | DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147962

Gynecol Obstet Fertil Senol. 2021 May 26:S2468-7189(21)00152-5. doi: 10.1016/j.gofs.2021.05.004. Online ahead of print.

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INTRODUCTION: Para-aortic lymphadenectomy plays a fundamental role in the surgical management of pelvic gynecological cancers. Two laparoscopic approaches exist: the transperitoneal (TP) and the extraperitoneal (EP). The aim of this study was to compare these 2 approaches in terms of surgical outcomes, specially the number of removed lymph nodes according to the surgical technique, and morbidity.

MATERIALS AND METHOD: A single-center retrospective study was carried out at the Lariboisiere University Hospital between January 2011 and March 2020 including all patients who underwent para-aortic lymphadenectomy for the management of a pelvic gynecological cancer (cervix, endometrium, ovary). Univariate and multivariate analysis (logistic regression) were performed to compare the TP and the EP groups.

RESULTS: 143 patients were included: 74 in the TP group and 69 in the RP group. The total duration of surgery was 220.8 minutes in the TP group and 166.4 minutes in the EP group (p<0.001 in multivariate analysis). No significant difference between groups were found in the average total number of lymph nodes removed but there was a statistically significant difference in the average latero-aortic number of lymph nodes removed: 8.5 lymph nodes in the TP group and 11.3 lymph nodes in the group RP (p<0.001 in multivariate analysis). There was no difference between groups in peri and postoperative morbidity.

CONCLUSION: EP para-aortic lymphadenectomy reduces duration of surgery and increases the average latero-aortic number of lymph nodes removed with same morbidity compared to TP para-aortic lymphadenectomy, this confirming its preferred indication in endometrial and in cervical cancers.

PMID:34051427 | DOI:10.1016/j.gofs.2021.05.004

Conscious Cogn. 2021 May 25;93:103150. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2021.103150. Online ahead of print.

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The present study investigates how the brain automatically discriminates emotional schematic faces, as indicated by the mismatch responses, and how reliable these brain responses are. Thirty-three healthy volunteers participated in the vMMN EEG experiment with four experimental sets differing from each other by the type of standard (object with scrambled face features) and the type of deviants (Angry, Happy and Neutral schematic faces) presented. Conscious subjective evaluations of valence, arousal and attention catching of the same stimuli showed clear differentiation of emotional expressions. Deviant faces elicited rather similar vMMN at frontal and occipital sites. Bayesian analyses suggest that vMMN does not differ between angry and happy faces. Neutral faces, however, did not yield statistically significant vMMN at occipital leads. Pearson’s correlation and intra-class correlation analyses showed that the brain’s reactions to the stimuli were highly stable within individuals across the experimental sets, whereas the mismatch responses were much more variable.

PMID:34051391 | DOI:10.1016/j.concog.2021.103150

Joint Bone Spine. 2021 May 26:105226. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2021.105226. Online ahead of print.

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PMID:34051385 | DOI:10.1016/j.jbspin.2021.105226

J Thorac Oncol. 2021 May 26:S1556-0864(21)02174-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.05.003. Online ahead of print.

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INTRODUCTION: Stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a heterogeneous disease requiring a multi-modal management approach. We conducted a real-world, global study to characterise patients, treatment patterns, and their associated clinical outcomes for stage III NSCLC.

METHODS: KINDLE was a retrospective study in patients with stage III NSCLC (American Joint Committee on Cancer, 7^th edition) diagnosed between January 2013 and December 2017, with at least nine months of documented follow-up since index diagnosis. In addition to descriptive statistics, Kaplan-Meier methodology evaluated survival estimates; two-sided 95% confidence interval (CI) intervals were computed. Cox proportional hazard model was used for univariate and multi-variate analyses.

RESULTS: A total of 3151 patients from more than 100 centres across 19 countries from Asia, Middle East and Africa, and Latin America were enrolled. Median age was 63.0 years (range 21.0-92.0); 76.5% were males, 69.2% had a smoking history, 53.7% had adenocarcinoma and 21.4% underwent curative resection. Of >25 treatment regimens, concurrent chemoradiotherapy (cCRT) was the most common (29.4%). The overall median progression-free survival (mPFS; 95% CI) and median overall survival (mOS) were 12.5 months (12.06-13.14) and 34.9 months (32.00-38.01), respectively. Significant associations (p<0.05) were observed for mPFS and mOS with respect to gender, region, smoking status, stage, histology, and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) status. In univariate and multi-variate analyses, younger age, stage IIIA, better ECOG status, cCRT, and surgery as initial therapy predicted better mOS.

CONCLUSIONS: KINDLE reveals the diversity in treatment practices and outcomes in stage III NSCLC in a real-world setting in the pre-immuno-oncology era. There is a high unmet medical need, necessitating novel approaches to optimise outcomes.

PMID:34051381 | DOI:10.1016/j.jtho.2021.05.003

J Card Fail. 2021 May 26:S1071-9164(21)00197-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.05.007. Online ahead of print.

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INTRODUCTION: The role of oral vasodilators in the management of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is not clearly defined. We evaluated the use of captopril vs. hydralazine-isosorbide dinitrate (H-ISDN) in the transition from sodium nitroprussside (SNP) in ADHF patients.

METHODS AND RESULTS: A retrospective chart review of 369 consecutive adult ICU patients with ADHF and reduced ejection fraction who received either a captopril or H-ISDN protocol to transition from SNP was performed. Captopril patients were matched 1:2 to H-ISDN patients, based on serum creatinine (SCr) andrace (black vs non-black). Baseline demographics, serum chemistry, and use of ACE-I/ARB were similar between groups. Time to SNP discontinuation (46.9 vs 40.4 hours, p=0.11) and hospital LOS (9.86 vs 7.99 days, p=0.064) were similar between groups. ICU LOS was statistically shorter in the H-ISDN group (4.11 vs 3.96 days, p=0.038). Fewer H-ISDN patients were discharged on an ACEi/ARB (82.9 % vs 69.9%, p=0.003) despite similar kidney function at time of discharge (SCr 1.1 vs 1.2, p=0.113). No difference was observed in rates of readmission (40.7% vs 50%, p=0.09) or mortality (16.3% vs 17.5 %, p=0.77) at one year post discharge.

CONCLUSION: Similar in-patient and one-year outcomes were observed between patients using H-ISDN versus ACEi when transitioning from SNP, even though fewer H-ISDN patients were discharged on ACEi/ ARB despite similar kidney function.

PMID:34051349 | DOI:10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.05.007

Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2021 May 29. doi: 10.1007/s00068-021-01704-1. Online ahead of print.

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PURPOSE: Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) are commonly utilized for the repair of distal radius fractures (DRF). While general anesthesia (GA) is typically administered for ORIF, recent studies have also demonstrated promising results with the usage of regional anesthesia (RA) in the surgical treatment of distal radius fractures. This study will compare complication rates between the use of RA versus GA for ORIF of DRFs.

METHODS: A multi-institutional surgical registry was utilized to identify patients who had undergone ORIF for DRFs from 2005 to 2018-these patients were stratified into GA and RA cohorts. Patients were matched utilizing coarsened-exact-matching (CEM) to compare postoperative outcomes and rates of 30-day complications were compared between the two cohorts.

RESULTS: Upon CEM-matching, 1191 patients receiving RA were matched to 9250 patients who had received GA, with a multivariate imbalance measure (L1) statistic of < 0.001. In the matched-cohort analysis, no significant differences were observed in rates of any complication (all p ≥ 0.083). On multivariate regression analyses, RA was not associated with increased risk for any complication (p = 0.445), minor complications (p = 0.093), major complications (p = 0.758), unplanned reoperations (p = 0.355), unplanned readmissions (p = 0.799), or mortality (p = 0.579).

CONCLUSION: With similar safety profiles, RA is a safe and reasonable alternative to GA when managing DRFs surgically. RA may be the preferred anesthetic technique for ORIF of DRFs in patients at high risk with GA, such as those with reactions to GA in the past or with significant cardiopulmonary risk factors.

PMID:34050773 | DOI:10.1007/s00068-021-01704-1

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2021 May 29. doi: 10.1007/s00167-021-06621-9. Online ahead of print.

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PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate preoperative sports participation and postoperative clinical outcomes including a return to sports (RTS) after hybrid closed-wedge high tibial osteotomy (CWHTO) for medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee. Characteristic of Hybrid CWHTO was defined as extra-articular lateral closed and medial open wedge osteotomy.

METHODS: The patients who underwent hybrid CWHTO from January 2016 to December 2018 were retrospectively reviewed and divided them into sports and non-sports groups. The preoperative demographic and radiographic characteristics were compared in both groups. And the clinical outcomes including the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score, visual analogue scale (VAS), Lysholm score, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) activity score, and RTS in the sports group were also investigated. Statistical analysis was performed for comparisons among the preoperative factors between the two groups. Influence of sports impact and bone union of fibular osteotomy was also statistically investigated for RTS.

RESULTS: Of the 161 knees (129 patients; 46 males, 83 females), 20 knees (16 patients; 13 males, 3 females; 12.3%) belonged to sports group. Although there were no significant differences regarding the age and radiographic parameters, there were significant differences in the body mass index and proportion of males between both groups. The JOA, VAS, Lysholm, and UCLA activity scores significantly improved after surgery. RTS was 80% at a mean duration of 7.2 ± 3.1 months. RTS in the high-impact sports group was significantly lower than that in the low-impact sports group (high-impact 60% vs. low-impact 100%, p = 0.043). There was no significant difference in RTS regarding bone union after fibular osteotomy.

CONCLUSION: The clinical outcomes including RTS were satisfactory in patients with hybrid CWHTO.

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV.

PMID:34050769 | DOI:10.1007/s00167-021-06621-9

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 May 29:dgab377. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab377. Online ahead of print.

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BACKGROUND: Age at natural menopause (ANM) is an important index for women’s health. Either early or late ANM is associated with a series of adverse outcomes later in life. Despite being an inheritable trait, its genetic determinant has not yet been fully understood.

METHODS: Aiming to better characterize the genetic architecture of ANM, we conducted genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analyses in European-specific as well as trans-ancestry samples by using GWAS summary statistics from the following 3 large studies: the Reproductive Genetics Consortium (ReproGen, N=69,626), the UK Biobank cohort (UKBB, N=111,593) and the BioBank Japan Project (BBJ, N=43,861), followed by a series of bioinformatical assessments and functional annotations.

RESULTS: By integrating the summary statistics from the 3 GWAS of up to 225,200 participants, this largest meta-analysis identified 49 novel loci and 3 secondary signals that were associated with ANM at the genome-wide significance level (P<5×10 -8). No population specificity or heterogeneity was observed at most of the associated loci. Functional annotations prioritized 90 candidate genes at the newly identified loci. Among the 26 traits that were genetically correlated with ANM, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) exerted a causal relationship, implying a causal pattern by which HRT was determined by ANM.

CONCLUSION: Our findings improved our understanding of the etiology of female menopause, as well as shed light on potential new therapies for abnormal menopause.

PMID:34050765 | DOI:10.1210/clinem/dgab377

Bioinformatics. 2021 May 29:btab417. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btab417. Online ahead of print.

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MOTIVATION: Currently, most genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are studies of a single disease against controls. However, an individual is often affected by more than one condition. For example, coronary artery disease (CAD) is often comorbid with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Similarly, it is clinically meaningful to study patients with one disease but without a related comorbidity. For example, obese T2DM may have different pathophysiology from non-obese T2DM.

RESULTS: We developed a statistical framework (CombGWAS) to uncover susceptibility variants for comorbid disorders (or a disorder without comorbidity), using GWAS summary statistics only. In essence, we mimicked a case-control GWAS in which the cases are affected with comorbidities or a disease without comorbidity. We extended our methodology to analyze continuous traits with clinically meaningful categories (e.g. lipids), and combination of more than 2 traits.We verified the feasibility and validity of our method by applying it to simulated scenarios and four cardiometabolic (CM) traits. In total, we identified 384 and 587 genomic risk loci respectively for 6 comorbidities and 12 CM disease ‘subtypes’ without a relevant comorbidity. Genetic correlation analysis revealed that some subtypes may be biologically distinct from others. Further Mendelian randomization analysis showed differential causal effects of different subtypes to relevant complications. For example, we found that obese T2DM is causally related to increased risk of CAD (p=2.62E-11).

AVAILABILITY: The R code is available at: https://github.com/LiangyingYin/CombGWAS.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

PMID:34050728 | DOI:10.1093/bioinformatics/btab417