中毒性表皮坏死松解症导致眼部远期并发症1例

中毒性表皮坏死松解症与Stevens-Johnson综合征是一种由药物反应引起的严重的表皮及黏膜的不良反应。最常发生于成人,与服用磺胺类、巴比妥类、非类固醇抗炎药、苯妥英纳、醋甲唑胺、别嘌呤醇和青霉素等药物有关。约有1/5的患者否认有服药史,约在1/3病例中由于同时患有严重疾病及用药物治疗而病因不明。中毒性表皮坏死松解症为皮肤科少数病情危重的疾病之一,其死亡率达30%~35%。20%~40%的存活者有眼睛受累。少数患者由于泪管阻塞可出现泪眼,多数患者表现为睫毛、眼睑上皮增生,伴鳞状化生、结膜和角膜新生血管形成,引起一种中毒性表皮坏死松解症眼综合征。经及时治疗中毒性表皮坏死松解症可好转。但是部分患者眼部情况可继续发展,可引起畏光、灼痛、视力下降甚至失明。现汇报1例中毒性表皮坏死松解症眼综合征患者眼部远期并发症。     

Neurologic Complications of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Thoracic Malignancies

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have transformed the prognosis of cancers previously considered lethal. The spectrum of therapeutic indications is rapidly expanding, including the vast majority of thoracic malignancies. By enhancing the immune responses against cancer, the ICI treatments lead to the development of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) that may affect any organ. Severity varies from mild to fatal clinical manifestations. Neurologic involvement is relatively rare and highly heterogeneous, including central and peripheral nervous system diseases associated with neural-specific autoantibodies or not, central nervous system vasculitis, and granulomatous and demyelinating disorders. Symptoms often manifest within the first four cycles of treatment and can develop regardless of the class of ICI used. An unfavorable outcome is found in up to one-third of patients and is generally associated with the patients’ clinical characteristics (e.g., age, coexistence of systemic adverse events), cancer type (e.g., lung cancer versus other), and specific clinical setting (e.g., ICI treatment in patients with preexisting paraneoplastic neurologic autoimmunity, ICI rechallenge after a first neurologic irAE). Diagnosis should be suspected in patients with new-onset neurologic symptoms while on ICI treatment which are not explained by metastatic disease or other metabolic/infectious disorders. Recommended treatment is based on clinical severity and consists of ICI discontinuation with or without immunosuppressive/immunomodulatory therapy, although alternative approaches are reasonable depending on cancer status (e.g., aggressive immunosuppression without discontinuing ICI in patients with initial cancer response). Early recognition and appropriate treatment of these neurologic irAEs are crucial for improved patient outcomes and therapeutic planning.     

Imaging Features of Pulmonary Immune-related Adverse Events

Pulmonary immune-related adverse events represent rare but potentially severe side effects of immunotherapies. Diagnosis is often challenging, as symptoms and imaging features are not specific and may mimic other lung diseases, thus potentially delaying appropriate patient management. In this setting, an accurate imaging evaluation is essential for a prompt detection and correct management of these drug-induced lung diseases. The purpose of this article is to review the different types of pulmonary immune-related adverse events, describe their imaging characteristics on both high-resolution computed tomography and positron emission tomography/computed tomography and stress their underlying diagnostic challenge by presenting the mimickers.     

A propensity score–matched analysis indicates screening for asymptomatic coronary artery disease does not predict cardiac events in kidney transplant recipients

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Enhancing medical radiation science education through a design science research methodology

Recently, there has been a call for research-informed and research-developed practice in health sciences education. This prompts the consideration of alternative suitable research approaches that could be used to enhance health sciences education practice, including medical radiation sciences education (MRSE) practice. In this discussion paper, the authors uphold design science research (DSR) methodology as a suitable research approach to enhance MRSE practice and research. An overview of the DSR methodology and an example of a project that used DSR methodology are presented to demonstrate the application of this methodology in MRSE practice and research. The paper concludes that the use of DSR methodology could be instrumental in addressing practice related challenges while developing a theoretical contribution to the discipline.     

左卡尼汀治疗心肌炎的临床效果与安全性观察

目的对心肌炎患者采用左卡尼汀治疗的效果和安全性进行探究。方法研究对象以2018年7月-2019年9月收治的心肌炎患者82例为对象,以随机数字表划分为常规组和研究组,两组患者每组41例。采用常规治疗方式对常规组进行治疗,在此基础上,采用左卡尼汀对研究组进行治疗。在治疗结束后,观察并比较临床疗效和用药过程的安全问题。结果研究组的治疗总有效率为97.6%,但常规组的治疗总有效率只有80.5%,从结果来看研究组的治疗有效率更高,效果更佳突出,组间结果差异对比(P <0.05)。在不良反应方面,研究组的不良反应(4.9%)虽然比常规组(2.4%)更高,然而从统计学结果来看差异无统计学意义(P> 0.05)。结论针对心肌炎患者采用左卡尼汀进行治疗具有很好的效果,而且具有很高的安全性。     

免疫检查点抑制剂在乳腺癌免疫治疗中应用进展

乳腺癌已成为全球发病率最高的癌症，其异质性使得乳腺癌分类治疗进入了精准治疗时代。随着肿瘤免疫治疗的成功，既往被认为“弱免疫原性”的乳腺癌也跨入了免疫治疗阶段。目前，免疫检查点抑制剂在乳腺癌免疫治疗的临床应用中取得了重大进展，但乳腺癌免疫治疗单药的获益人群有限，联合方案成为新的研究热点。随着免疫检查点抑制剂在乳腺癌中的研究进展，有效联合免疫治疗和化疗可能提高乳腺癌病人的生存率，但用药时机和适用人群仍需合理评估。免疫治疗在乳腺癌中既有应用前景，也存在挑战。