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Blood Transfusion Management for Patients Treated With Anti-CD38 Monoclonal Antibodies

2018

Daratumumab has proven to be highly efficacious for relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma (MM) and has recently been approved in the frontline setting for MM patients ineligible for transplantation. In the future, expanded indications are possible for daratumumab and other anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies in development. For several years, it has been recognized that these therapies interfere with blood bank testing by binding to CD38 on red blood cells and causing panagglutination on the Indirect Antiglobulin Test. This can lead to redundant testing and significant delays in patient care. Given the anticipated increase in utilization of anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies, as well as the tra…

Plauto. Menecmi

2020

Due fratelli gemelli, una moglie ricca e una giovane amante, un servo fedele e un parassita inaffidabile, un banchetto segreto e un mantello rubato: sono questi gli ingredienti che danno vita alla commedia dei Menaechmi, che si struttura attorno allo schema dell’equivoco. I due Menecmi del titolo, identici per uno strano gioco del destino perfino nel nome, sono sulla scena – quasi paradossalmente – l’uno ignaro dell’altro e, in tal modo, generano confusione tra i vari personaggi della pièce, alimentando, con malintesi e ambiguità, una divertente serie di gag in una straordinaria comedy of errors. Two twin brothers, a rich wife and a young lover, a faithful servant and an unreliable parasite…

Investigations into under-registration of costumers meters in Palermo (Italy) and the effect of introducing unmetered flow reducers

2009

Monitoring the quality of the hospital pharmacoterapeutic process by sentinel patient program

2018

To analyze the results of sentinel patient program to monitoring the  quality pharmacoterapeutic process in the hospitalized patient through  medication errors.Design: Observational, prospective and transversal study. Ambit: General hospital of 1,000 beds.From May 2011 to June 2016.  Sample: Patients with treatment prescribe within 24 hours of being admitted  with 4 or more medications.Medication error, drugs prescribed,  medications and doses dispensing, drugs administered. Safety indicators were  defined based on medication errors at each stage of the pharmacotherapeutic  process.Of the 746 patients studied, 334 had at least 1 medication error  (44.8%; IC95%: 41.7-47.8). In the 746 treatm…

Worm-like artifacts in exfoliative cytology.

2006

The presence of worms in cytological smears is occasionally reported, although various other structures exist that may be confused with such parasites. We present eight worm-like artifacts observed in routine Papanicolaou smears. Recognition of these structures is important to avoid overvaluation or confusion with true worms. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2006;34:636–639. © 2006 Wiley–Liss, Inc.

The safety attitudes questionnaire for out-of-hours service in primary healthcare—Psychometric properties of the Croatian version

2020

The aim of the study was to assess the reliability and construct validity of the Croatian trans- lation of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire—Ambulatory version (SAQ-AV) in the out-of- hours (OOH) primary care setting. A cross-sectional observational study using anonymous web-survey was carried out targeting a convenience sample of 358 health professionals working in the Croatian OOH primary care service. The final sample consisted of 185 questionnaires (response rate 51.7%). Psychometric properties were assessed using exploratory hierarchical factor analysis with Schmid-Leiman rotation to bifactor solution, McDonald’s ω, and Cronbach’s α. Five group factors were identified: Organization cl…

Evaluation of Shared Genetic Susceptibility to High and Low Myopia and Hyperopia

2021

Importance: Uncertainty currently exists about whether the same genetic variants are associated with susceptibility to low myopia (LM) and high myopia (HM) and to myopia and hyperopia. Addressing this question is fundamental to understanding the genetics of refractive error and has clinical relevance for genotype-based prediction of children at risk for HM and for identification of new therapeutic targets. Objective: To assess whether a common set of genetic variants are associated with susceptibility to HM, LM, and hyperopia. Design, Setting, and Participants: This genetic association study assessed unrelated UK Biobank participants 40 to 69 years of age of European and Asian ancestry. Par…

Cisplatin preparation error; patient management and morbidity

2009

Introduction. Antineoplastic drug therapy errors represent a high iatrogenic potential due to antineoplastic drugs narrow therapeutic ranges and the complexity of chemotherapy regimens that may increase the risk of morbidity and mortality for oncology patients.Setting. We report a 57-year-old man with head and neck cancer who mistakenly received 180 mg/ m2of cisplatin overdose despite the safety measures and validations carried out during preparation. The patient developed moderate nausea and vomiting, acute renal failure, hearing difficulty (tinnitus), and severe myelodepression.Patient management. Prophylactic and symptomatic treatments were applied in order to prevent and correct toxicit…

Comparison of higher order aberrations measured by NIDEK OPD-Scan dynamic skiascopy and Zeiss WASCA Hartmann-Shack aberrometers.

2008

<h4>PURPOSE</h4><p>To compare the measurement of wavefront aberrations in non-cyclopleged human eyes with Hartmann-Shack and dynamic skiascopy wavefront analyzers.</p> <h4>METHODS</h4><p>Eighty eyes of 40 healthy young adults (19 men, 21 women; mean age 20.8±2.5 years) with refractive errors ranging from +1.50 to –9.75 diopters (D) sphere and up to 1.75 D cylinder (mean spherical equivalent refraction –2.12±2.69 D) were examined with the Zeiss/Meditec WASCA and NIDEK OPD-Scan wavefront analyzers and with the Nippon SRW5000 binocular, open-field autorefractor without the instillation of antimuscarinic agents. Three measurements were taken with each s…

Assessment of data and parameter uncertainties in integrated water-quality model

2011

In integrated urban drainage water quality models, due to the fact that integrated approaches are basically a cascade of sub-models (simulating sewer system, wastewater treatment plant and receiving water body), uncertainty produced in one sub-model propagates to the following ones depending on the model structure, the estimation of parameters and the availability and uncertainty of measurements in the different parts of the system. Uncertainty basically propagates throughout a chain of models in which simulation output from upstream models is transferred to the downstream ones as input. The overall uncertainty can differ from the simple sum of uncertainties generated in each sub-model, dep…