Characteristics of Adenocarcinoma of the Gallbladder Following Cholecystectomies in the Hispanic Population

2019 ◽  
Vol 152 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S64-S65
Author(s):  
David Gustafson ◽  
Osvaldo Padilla

Abstract Introduction Gallbladder adenocarcinoma (GBC) is a rare malignancy. Frequency of incidental adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder in the literature is approximately 0.2% to 3%. Typically, GBC is the most common type and is discovered late, not until significant symptoms develop. Common symptoms include right upper quadrant pain, nausea, anorexia, and jaundice. A number of risk factors in the literature are noted for GBC. These risk factors are also more prevalent in Hispanic populations. This study sought to compare patients with incidental gallbladder adenocarcinomas (IGBC) to those with high preoperative suspicion for GBC. Predictor variables included age, sex, ethnicity, radiologic wall thickening, gross pathology characteristics (wall thickness, stone size, stone number, and tumor size), histologic grade, and staging. Methods Cases of GBC were retrospectively analyzed from 2009 through 2017, yielding 21 cases. Data were collected via Cerner EMR of predictor variables noted above. Statistical analysis utilized conditional logistic regression analysis. Results The majority of patients were female (n = 20) and Hispanic (n = 19). There were 14 IGBCs and 7 nonincidental GBCs. In contrast with previous research, exact conditional logistic regression analysis revealed no statistically significant findings. For every one-unit increase in AJCC TNM staging, there was a nonsignificant 73% reduction in odds (OR = 0.27) of an incidental finding of gallbladder carcinoma. Conclusion This study is important in that it attempts to expand existing literature regarding a rare type of cancer in a unique population, one particularly affected by gallbladder disease. Further studies are needed to increase predictive knowledge of this cancer. Longer studies are needed to examine how predictive power affects patient outcomes. This study reinforces the need for routine pathologic examination of cholecystectomy specimens for cholelithiasis.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiuxia Xie ◽  
Haoling Qin ◽  
Ling Lin ◽  
Jian Guan ◽  
Xuhui Zhou

Abstract Background: AAD refers to the blood flow into the middle membrane through the intimal rupture of the aorta. Hemorrhagic pulmonary sheath (HPS) is a common complication of Stanford-A AAD. The risk factors of HPS are remaining unclear Methods: In this study, we have probed the potential risk factors of HPS patients with acute Stanford A aortic dissection. 18 HPS patients with acute Stanford A aortic dissection were selected as the case group. The age difference ± 5 years and the same sex are set as the matching principles. 36 patients with acute Stanford-A type AD who did not detect HPS in the same period were matched according to the ratio of 1:2. Demographic data, treatment methods, AD-related disease history, clinical symptoms and Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) values of each patient were collected. Meanwhile, the values of the maximum diameter of ascending aorta (mm), aortic dissection range, and the main branch of the aorta, pleural effusion/blood, and pericardial effusion/blood were measured by two experienced cardiovascular radiological physicians. Univariate and multivariate conditional logistic regression analysis was used in this study. Results: CCI value and the branches of the brachiocephalic in the case group were significantly higher than those in the control group (p<0.05). Univariate conditional logistic regression analysis showed CCI and branches of the brachiocephalic were associated with HPS. Multivariate conditional logistic regression analysis suggested that branches of the brachiocephalic were an independent risk factor for HPS (OR=7.02, 95%CI=1.28-38.62, p=0.025). Conclusions: Branches of the brachiocephalic were an independent risk factor for HPS.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiuxia Xie ◽  
Haoling Qin ◽  
Ling Lin ◽  
Jian Guan ◽  
Xuhui Zhou

Abstract Background: AAD refers to the blood flow into the middle membrane through the intimal rupture of the aorta. Hemorrhagic pulmonary sheath (HPS) is a common complication of Stanford-A AAD. The risk factors of HPS are remaining unclear Methods: In this study, we have probed the potential risk factors of HPS patients with acute Stanford A aortic dissection. 18 HPS patients with acute Stanford A aortic dissection were selected as the case group. The age difference ± 5 years and the same sex are set as the matching principles. 36 patients with acute Stanford-A type AD who did not detect HPS in the same period were matched according to the ratio of 1:2. Demographic data, treatment methods, AD-related disease history, clinical symptoms and Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) values of each patient were collected. Meanwhile, the values of the maximum diameter of ascending aorta (mm), aortic dissection range, and the main branch of the aorta, pleural effusion/blood, and pericardial effusion/blood were measured by two experienced cardiovascular radiological physicians. Univariate and multivariate conditional logistic regression analysis was used in this study. Results: CCI value and the branches of the brachiocephalic in the case group were significantly higher than those in the control group (p<0.05). Univariate conditional logistic regression analysis showed CCI and branches of the brachiocephalic were associated with HPS. Multivariate conditional logistic regression analysis suggested that branches of the brachiocephalic were an independent risk factor for HPS (OR=7.02, 95%CI=1.28-38.62, p=0.025). Conclusions: Branches of the brachiocephalic were an independent risk factor for HPS.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiuxia Xie ◽  
Haoling Qin ◽  
Ling Lin ◽  
Jian Guan ◽  
Xuhui Zhou

Abstract Background: AAD refers to the blood flow into the middle membrane through the intimal rupture of the aorta. HPS is a common complication of Stanford-A AAD. The risk factors of HPS are remaining unclear Methods: In this study, we have probed the potential risk factors of hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) patients with acute Stanford A aortic dissection. 18 HPS patients with acute Stanford A aortic dissection were selected as case group. 36 Normal people were considerate as control group. Demographic data, treatment methods, AD related disease history, clinical symptoms and Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) values of each patient were collected. Meanwhile, the values of maximum diameter of ascending aorta (mm), aortic dissection range, and main branch of aorta, pleural effusion/blood, and pericardial effusion/blood were measured by two experienced cardiovascular radiological physicians. Univariate and multivariate conditional logistic regression analysis were used in this study. Results: CCI value and the branches of the brachiocephalus in case group were significant higher than that in control group (p<0.05). Univariate conditional logistic regression analysis showed CCI and branches of the brachiocephalus were associated with HPS. Multivariate conditional logistic regression analysis suggested that branches of the brachiocephalus was an independent risk factor for HPS (OR=7.02, 95%CI=1.28-38.62, p=0.025). Conclusions: Branches of the brachiocephalus were an independent risk factor for HPS.


2006 ◽  
Vol 52 (11) ◽  
pp. 2021-2027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hillary H Hegener ◽  
I-Min Lee ◽  
Nancy R Cook ◽  
Paul M Ridker ◽  
Robert YL Zee

Abstract Background: Adiponectin (ADIPOQ) gene variations are associated with risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes. No prospective data are available, however, on the risk of atherothrombotic disorders in persons with ADIPOQ variations who do not have diabetes. Methods: From a group of DNA samples collected at baseline in a prospective cohort of 14 916 initially healthy American men, we assessed the presence of 5 ADIPOQ genetic variants (rs266729, rs182052, rs822396, rs2241766, and rs1501299) in samples from 600 Caucasian men who subsequently suffered an atherothrombotic event (incident myocardial infarction or ischemic stroke) and from 600 age- and smoking-matched Caucasian men who remained free of reported vascular disease during follow-up (controls). Results: Genotype distributions for the variations tested were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Marker-by-marker conditional logistic regression analysis, adjusted for potential risk factors, showed an association of rs266729 [recessive: odds ratio (OR), 0.26; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.10–0.64; P = 0.004] and rs182052 (recessive: OR, 0.40; 95% CI, 0.21–0.76; P = 0.006) with decreased risk of ischemic stroke. These findings remained significant after Bonferroni correction. Haplotype-based (constituted by rs266729, rs182052, and rs822396) conditional logistic regression analysis, adjusted for the same potential risk factors, showed an association of haplotype G-A-G (OR, 0.28; 95% CI, 0.09–0.87; P = 0.03) with decreased risk of ischemic stroke. Prespecified analysis limited to participants without baseline diabetes showed similar significant findings. Conclusions: The present prospective investigation provides further evidence for a protective role of adiponectin gene variation in the risk of ischemic stroke that was independent of the presence of diabetes.


2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (03) ◽  
pp. 120-125
Author(s):  
Fatikhatul Mabruroh ◽  
Syahrizal Syarif

Penyakit Jantung koroner menjadi masalah kesehatan global baik pada negara maju ataupunberkembang. Stres sebagai salah satu faktor risiko penyakit jantung koroner masih kurangmendapatkan perhatian. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui hubungan stres terhadap penyakit jantungkoroner di Kota Bogor tahun 2015. Disain studi yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah nestesd-case control menggunakan data kohort yang dikumpulkan oleh Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Kesehatan. Jumlah sampel yang diambil pada penelitian in adalah 1.078 dengan perbandingan kelompok kasus dan kontrol 1:5. Jenis analisis yang digunakan adalah conditional logistic regression analysis. Hasil analisis menunjukkan risiko stres dan variabel lainnya, stres (OR adjusted 1,07 CI 95% 0,49 – 2,33), HDL (OR adjusted 0,8 CI 95% 0,55 – 1,17) , Usia (OR adjusted 1,77 CI 95% 1,07 – 2, 92), LDL (OR adjusted 2,34 CI 95% 1,38 – 3,95), dan kolesterol total (OR adjusted 0,55 CI 95% 0,32 – 0,94) tidak berhubungan secara signifikan pada terjadinya penyakit jantung koroner. Diharapkan terdapat penelitian lainnya menggunakan alat ukur yang lebih spesifik agar dapat meminimalisir adanya misklarifikasi pada melihat asosiasi stres terhadap penyakit jantung koroner.


2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guoli Duan ◽  
Nan Lv ◽  
Jianhua Yin ◽  
Jinyu Xu ◽  
Bo Hong ◽  
...  

ObjectivesWe evaluated the correlation between posterior communicating artery (PcomA) aneurysm rupture and morphological and hemodynamic parameters to assess related rupture risk indices.MethodsSix patients with PcomA aneurysms that ultimately ruptured (cases) were studied after initially being included in a prospective database including their three-dimensional (3D) imaging before rupture. For each case, four incidental stable unruptured aneurysms (controls) were randomly selected and matched based on clinical factors. The 3D images from all patients were reconstructed to establish the patient-specific model. Six morphologic parameters and three hemodynamic parameters were measured and calculated. A conditional logistic regression analysis was used to assess the individual risk of rupture.ResultsThe analysis demonstrated a larger aneurysm size (p=0.001), higher aspect ratio (p=0.018), ellipticity index (p<0.001), undulation index (p=0.005), percentage of low wall shear stress (WSS) area (LSA%) (p=0.010), and a lower normalized WSS (p=0.005) in the case group. The multivariate conditional logistic regression analysis demonstrated that only normalized WSS was significantly associated with the rupture of PcomA aneurysms (OR 0.151; 95% CI 0.025 to 0.914; p=0.040).ConclusionsHemodynamics and morphology are closely associated with aneurysm rupture, and WSS may be a more reliable parameter characterizing the rupture status of PcomA aneurysms.


2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052097621
Author(s):  
Yining Qian ◽  
Yaming Yang ◽  
Ping Lin ◽  
Yue Xiao ◽  
Yan Sun ◽  
...  

This research aimed to identify risk factors including individual characteristics and environment circumstances related to different types of school bullying (physical, relational, verbal, sexual, and possession bullying) among middle school students in China. Cases were the respondents reporting perpetrating bullying behaviors three or more times in the past year. One control was selected for each case from those participants who were not involved in school bullying in the past 12 months. Data were collected between April 2019 and May 2019 in China. After considering potential confounding variables including gender, grade level, and school, multivariable conditional logistic regression analysis was performed based on the univariate logistic analysis including 1,594 adolescents. According to conditional logistic regression analysis, alcohol use and lack of emotional management and control were the significant individual characteristics positively associated with involvement in school bullying. Alcohol use was related to all five types of school bullying perpetration. Poor relationships between family members, father’s alcohol use, and parental neglect were strong risk factors for relational bullying. Lack of a sense of safety and absence of trusted people were associated with physical, relational, and verbal bullying perpetration. Results of this study provide evidence about risk factors for school bullying and have implications for potential policies to reduce bullying. Effective policies and programs need to take individual characteristics (social-emotional skills, anger control), family (parent training in conflict resolution, appropriate disciplining), peer and school factors (promoting prosocial networks, zero tolerance for bullying, appropriate disciplining policies against students who bully others, teacher training on building positive teacher–student relationships and positive discipling techniques) into consideration in order to develop effective prevention programs.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Dong ◽  
Minhui Zhu ◽  
Luguang Huang ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Hengxin Liu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Tissue expansion is used for scar reconstruction owing to its excellent clinical outcomes; however, the complications that emerge from tissue expansion hinder repair. Infection is considered a major complication of tissue expansion. This study aimed to analyze the perioperative risk factors for expander infection. Methods A large, retrospective, single-institution observational study was carried out over a 10-year period. The study enrolled consecutive patients who had undergone tissue expansion for scar reconstruction. Demographics, etiological data, expander-related characteristics and postoperative infection were assessed. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis were performed to identify risk factors for expander infection. In addition, we conducted a sensitivity analysis for treatment failure caused by infection as an outcome. Results A total of 2374 expanders and 148 cases of expander infection were assessed. Treatment failure caused by infection occurred in 14 expanders. Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified that disease duration of ≤1 year (odds ratio (OR), 2.07; p &lt; 0.001), larger volume of expander (200–400 ml vs &lt;200 ml; OR, 1.74; p = 0.032; &gt;400 ml vs &lt;200 ml; OR, 1.76; p = 0.049), limb location (OR, 2.22; p = 0.023) and hematoma evacuation (OR, 2.17; p = 0.049) were associated with a high likelihood of expander infection. Disease duration of ≤1 year (OR, 3.88; p = 0.015) and hematoma evacuation (OR, 10.35; p = 0.001) were so related to high risk of treatment failure. Conclusions The rate of expander infection in patients undergoing scar reconstruction was 6.2%. Disease duration of &lt;1 year, expander volume of &gt;200 ml, limb location and postoperative hematoma evacuation were independent risk factors for expander infection.


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