Clinical outcomes of primary arterial embolization in severe hepatic trauma: A systematic review

Purpose

This purpose of this systematic review was to determine the safety and efficacy of arterial embolization as the primary treatment for grade III-V liver trauma, excluding the postoperative use of arterial embolization.

Beta-Blockers and Ivabradine in Chronic Heart Failure: From Clinical Trials to Clinical Practice

Beta-blockers have become one of the cornerstones of treatment of patients with heart failure (HF) and depressed left ventricular function, but in clinical practice only 30–35 % of patients achieve the therapeutic target dose as established in randomized clinical trials. Moreover, high resting heart rate (HR) has emerged as a simple but relevant risk factor for cardiovascular events, including coronary artery disease and HF; also, it was found to have an independent prognostic value in patients with HF. Evidence that HR could be considered a good parameter to evaluate the quality of treatment in patients with HF has been suggested; of note, many patients maintain a resting HR ≥70 beats per minute despite optimal beta-blocker therapy. In recent years, a new drug able to reduce HR, ivabradine, has been introduced in clinical practice, and its use in the clinical setting of HF patients has been recommended by current European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines. Here we review the evidence of the prognostic role of HR in systolic HF and the potential relationship between HR lowering and the beneficial effects of beta-blockers; we will also analyze the reasons why an appropriate use of these drugs is seldom achieved in clinical practice, and review the evidence for the use of ivabradine in systolic HF in the clinical setting.     

Cervical mass as the first clinical manifestation of unsuspected metastatic seminoma

The authors reported a case of a 27‐year‐old man with a nontender left neck mass that had grown quite rapidly within few weeks. FNAB and CT were not consistent to establish the definite diagnosis. After excisional biopsy, the histopathological examination and the immunohistochemical study of the specimen revealed a cervical metastasis of seminoma. The patient was treated with chemotherapy with a complete clinical remission. This uncommon case-report can represent a great diagnostic and therapeutic challenge and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of every cervical masses occurring in young males patients. Diagnostic delays are unfortunately common and may lead to metastatic spread and worse prognosis.     

国际康复政策架构与核心内容研究：基于世界卫生组织康复政策文件的内容分析

目的 运用世界卫生组织(WHO)健康服务构成要素的理论,从健康服务体系视域,对WHO有关康复服务的政策架构与行动战略进行系统的内容分析,探讨WHO国际康复政策的理论基础与方法、康复政策架构以及行动战略的核心内容。方法 WHO发布的康复相关政策文件包括《健康服务体系中的康复》《健康服务体系中的康复：行动指南》《康复指标清单：康复监测和评估架构配套的工具》和《康复现状系统评估配套工具(STARS)：康复信息收集模板(TRIC)》,形成国际康复政策体系。本研究运用内容分析方法,根据WHO健康服务构成的六大要素,即领导力和治理能力、筹资、健康人力资源、服务提供、医药技术、健康信息系统,详细分析国际康复政策的理论基础与方法、政策架构以及行动战略的核心内容与康复服务优先发展领域。结果 现代康复服务政策核心依据WHO有关构建以人为本的健康服务、关注健康的社会决定因素的理论,依据《国际功能、残疾与健康分类》的功能、残疾和健康理论,明确发展康复是实现联合国可持续发展目标三,确保健康的生活方式,促进各年龄段人群的福祉,即“全民健康覆盖”的重要路径。系统分析了领导力和治理能力、筹资、健康人力资源、服务提供、医药技术、健康信息系统六大领域,WHO的国际政策架构、行动战略以及发展内容与优先领域。WHO倡导制定国家康复规划,建立与完善康复治理结构并发展康复治理能力,采取多种途径为发展康复服务筹资。将康复融入现代健康服务体系,在健康服务连续体中提供不同层次的康复服务,在健康服务体系中构建康复服务体系,培训专业人员,建立服务信息网络,提升服务质量和服务覆盖率,关注重点领域和优先项目,以满足不同人群的多样化需求,实现全民健康覆盖。将辅助技术作为医药技术领域纳入康复服务体系。在健康信息系统中,收集有关功能和康复需求的信息以及康复服务结果和影响的数据,并开展基于循证的康复政策系统研究。结论 基于健康服务体系六大构成要素,从宏观、中观和微观三个层面,系统研究了国际康复政策架构。现代康复发展的理念是要实现全民健康覆盖。发展康复必须建立以人为中心的现代健康服务体系,并且关注社会决定因素。发展康复是实现联合国2030年可持续发展目标的重要举措。国际康复的政策体系围绕康复领导力和治理、康复筹资、康复人力资源、康复服务提供、康复相关医药技术以及康复与健康信息六大领域,从理论与政策、政策行动、实施工具和路径(评价指标体系和实施效果评估)三个层级,构建了康复发展的政策和行动战略以及具体的实施方法与工具的体系。实施WHO康复政策,需要采取如下行动：加强康复服务领导力、治理、规划和协调能力;构建合理的康复筹资机制,为康复筹措必要资金;健全康复人力资源培养与保障机制;提升康复人员专业能力,提升康复服务提供能力并改善服务质量;提高辅助产品和辅助技术服务的质量与可及性;建立涵盖功能、残疾和康复的健康信息系统并开展康复科学研究。     

Using newspaper obituaries to “nowcast” daily mortality: Evidence from the Italian COVID-19 hot-spots

Real-time tracking of epidemic helps governments and health authorities make timely data-driven decisions. Official mortality data, whenever reliable and available, is usually published with a substantial delay. We report results of using newspapers obituaries to “nowcast” the mortality levels observed in Italy during the COVID-19 outbreak between February 24, 2020 and April 15, 2020. Mortality levels predicted using obituaries outperform forecasts based on past mortality according to several performance metrics, making obituaries a potentially valid alternative source of information to deal with epidemic surveillance.