Underestimation of cirrhosis related mortality in the Medicare eligible population, 1999-2018

Introduction: Little information is available on the outcomes of R-CHOP (rituximab with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone) and R-CVP (rituximab with cyclophosphamide, vincristine and prednisone) in treatment of the elderly patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), especially in Vietnam. Material and methods: All patients were newly diagnosed with CD20-positive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) at Blood Transfusion and Hematology Hospital, Ho Chi Minh city (BTH) between 01/2013 and 01/2018 who were age 60 years or older at diagnosis. A retrospective analysis of these patients was perfomed. Results: Twenty-one Vietnamese patients (6 males and 15 females) were identified and the median age was 68.9 (range 60-80). Most of patients have comorbidities and intermediate-risk. The most common sign was lymphadenopathy (over 95%). The proportion of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) was highest (71%). The percentage of patients reaching complete response (CR) after six cycle of chemotherapy was 76.2%. The median follow-up was 26 months, event-free survival (EFS) was 60% and overall survival (OS) was 75%. Adverse effects of rituximab were unremarkable, treatment-related mortality accounted for less than 10%. There was no difference in drug toxicity between two regimens. Conclusions: R-CHOP, R-CVP yielded a good result and acceptable toxicity in treatment of elderly patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In patients with known cardiac history, omission of anthracyclines is reasonable and R-CVP provides a competitive complete response rate.

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Gastrointestinal Ischemia Related Mortality in Patients Undergoing Off- or On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

The Heart Surgery Forum ◽

10.1532/hsf98.20081114 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. E79-E84 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mustafa Emmiler ◽

Afsin Yaveri ◽

Cevdet Uğur Koçoğullari ◽

Yüksel Ela ◽

Dursun Ali Şahin ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Coronary Artery ◽

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting ◽

Coronary Artery Bypass ◽

Artery Bypass ◽

Bypass Grafting ◽

Artery Bypass Grafting ◽

Pump Coronary Artery Bypass ◽

Gastrointestinal Ischemia ◽

Related Mortality

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PNEUMONIA-RELATED MORTALITY IN CHILDREN <5 YEARS OF AGE AFTER PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE INTRODUCTION IN COLOMBIA: A TIME-TREND ANALYSIS

10.26226/morressier.5731f0d2d462b8029238047a ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Alexandra Porras

Keyword(s):

Trend Analysis ◽

Conjugate Vaccine ◽

Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine ◽

Time Trend ◽

Vaccine Introduction ◽

Related Mortality

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Effects of Cancer, Coronary Artery Disease and other Comorbidities on COVID-19 Related Mortality: A Meta-analysis and Meta-regression

Journal of Surgery and Research ◽

10.26502/jsr.10020090 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 03 (04) ◽

Author(s):

Shon Shmushkevich ◽

Massimo Baudo ◽

Nagla Abdel Karim ◽

Mahmoud Morsi ◽

Mariam Khobsa ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Coronary Artery Disease ◽

Coronary Artery ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Meta Regression ◽

Artery Disease ◽

Related Mortality

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New therapy for fatty liver

Thai Journal of Hepatology ◽

10.30856/th.jhep2018vol1iss2_06 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 24-28

Author(s):

Tanita Suttichaimongkol

Keyword(s):

Oxidative Stress ◽

Liver Disease ◽

Fatty Liver ◽

Fatty Liver Disease ◽

Lifestyle Modifications ◽

Alcoholic Fatty Liver ◽

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver ◽

Liver Insulin Resistance ◽

Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease ◽

Related Mortality

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a leading cause of death from liver cirrhosis, endstage liver disease, and hepatocellular carcinoma. It is also associated with increased cardiovasculardisease and cancer related mortality. While lifestyle modifications are the mainstay of treatment,only a proportion of patients are able to make due to difficult to achieve and maintain, and so moretreatment options are required such as pharmacotherapy. This review presents the drugs used inmanaging NAFLD and their pharmacologic targets. Therapies are currently directed towards improvingthe metabolic status of the liver, insulin resistance, cell oxidative stress, apoptosis, inflammation orfibrosis. Several agents are now in large clinical trials and within the next few years, the availability oftherapeutic options for NAFLD will be approved. Keywords: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, fibrosis, cirrhosis

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Reaching Spanish-Speakers in Self-Administered Surveys

Archives of Psychology ◽

10.31296/aop.v3i4.101 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

Author(s):

J Michael Brick ◽

Andrew Caporaso ◽

Douglas Williams ◽

David Cantor

Keyword(s):

Single Phase ◽

Spanish Language ◽

Spanish Speakers ◽

English Speakers ◽

Future Research ◽

The Internet ◽

English Only ◽

Eligible Population ◽

The Us ◽

Survey Estimates

Decisions on public policy can be affected if important segments of the population are systematically excluded from the data used to drive the decisions. In the US, Spanishspeakers make up an important subgroup that surveys conducted in English-only underrepresent. This subgroup differs in a variety of characteristics and they are less likely to respond to surveys in English-only. These factors lead to nonresponse biases that are problematic for survey estimates. For surveys conducted by mail, one solution is to include both English and Spanish materials in the survey package. For addresses in the US where Spanish-speakers are likely to be living, this approach is effective, but it still may omit some non-English-speakers. Traditionally, including both English and Spanish materials for addresses not identified as likely to have Spanish-speakers was considered problematic due to concerns of a backlash effect. The backlash effect is that predominantly English-speakers might respond at a lower rate because of the inclusion of Spanish materials. Prior research found no evidence of a backlash, but used a twophase approach with a short screener questionnaire to identify the eligible population for an education survey. In this paper, we report on experiments in two surveys that extend the previous research to criminal victimization and health communication single-phase surveys. These experiments test the effect of the inclusion of Spanish language materials for addresses not identified as likely to have Spanish-speakers. Our findings confirm most results of the previous research; however we find no substantial increase in Spanish-only participation when the materials are offered in both languages for addresses that are not likely to have Spanish-speakers. We offer some thoughts on these results and directions for future research, especially with respect to collecting data by the Internet.

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