Mar 3rd, 2023 - Analyzing proteins from single cells by tandem mass spectrometry (MS) has recently become technically feasible. While such analysis has the potential to accurately quantify thousands of proteins across thousands of single cells, the accuracy and reproducibility of the results may be undermined by numerous factors affecting experimental design, sample preparation, data acquisition and data analy...

Jun 7th, 2022 - Haemochromatosis is characterised by elevated transferrin saturation (TSAT) and progressive iron loading that mainly affects the liver. Early diagnosis and treatment by phlebotomy can prevent cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, diabetes, arthropathy and other complications. In patients homozygous for p.Cys282Tyr in HFE, provisional iron overload based on serum iron parameters (TSAT >45% and fe...

Apr 5th, 2022 - There is limited guidance on laboratory reporting and interpretation of lipids and lipoproteins used in cardiovascular risk stratification. This contributes to inconsistencies in lipid reporting across clinical laboratories. Recently, the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) published the 2021 CCS guidelines for the management of dyslipidemia for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in the...

Jan 26th, 2022 - Amalgam (Part 1): Safe Management of Waste and Mercury: Adopted by the FDI General Assembly: 27-29 September 2021, Sydney, Australia.|2022||analysis,toxicity,

Aug 25th, 2021 - An estimated 13% of all US adults (18 years or older) have diabetes, and 34.5% meet criteria for prediabetes. The prevalences of prediabetes and diabetes are higher in older adults. Estimates of the risk of progression from prediabetes to diabetes vary widely, perhaps because of differences in the definition of prediabetes or the heterogeneity of prediabetes. Diabetes is the leading cause of ki...

Aug 4th, 2021 - ASCO Rapid Recommendations Updates highlight revisions to select ASCO guideline recommendations as a response to the emergence of new and practice-changing data. The rapid updates are supported by an evidence review and follow the guideline development processes outlined in the ASCO Guideline Methodology Manual. The goal of these articles is to disseminate updated recommendations, in a timely m...

Aug 1st, 2021 - Increased serum ferritin is a very frequent cause of referral for which thorough evaluation is required to avoid unnecessary exploration and inaccurate diagnosis. Clinicians must thus know factors and tools that are relevant in this setting. Several biochemical and radiological tools drastically improved the diagnosis work-up of increased serum ferritin. Because serum ferritin value can be alte...

May 21st, 2021 - Obstetrician-gynecologists are the leading experts in the health care of women, and obesity is the most common medical condition in women of reproductive age. Obesity in women is such a common condition that the implications relative to pregnancy often are unrecognized, overlooked, or ignored because of the lack of specific evidence-based treatment options. The management of obesity requires lo...

May 1st, 2021 - Idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is common in gastroenterology and hepatology practices, and it can have multiple presentations, ranging from asymptomatic elevations in liver biochemistries to hepatocellular or cholestatic jaundice, liver failure, or chronic hepatitis. Antimicrobials, herbal and dietary supplements, and anticancer therapeutics (e.g., tyrosine kinase inhibitors or ...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Melanoma affects about 6000 patients a year in Spain. A group of medical oncologists from Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM) and Spanish Multidisciplinary Melanoma Group (GEM) has designed these guidelines to homogenize the management of these patients. The diagnosis must be histological and determination of BRAF status has to be performed in patients with stage ≥ III. Stage I-III resec...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Over the last 2 decades, there has been a great accumulation of new evidence regarding the management of nutritional and metabolic aspects of kidney disease. The 2020 update to the KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Nutrition in CKD provides a comprehensive up-to-date information on the understanding and care of patients with CKD. It provides updated information on nutritional aspects of kid...

Feb 11th, 2021 - A review of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (BSHI) Guideline 'HLA matching and donor selection for haematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation' published in 2016 was undertaken by a BSHI appointed writing committee. Literature searches were performed and the data extracted were presented as recommendations according to the GRADE nomenclature.

Nov 10th, 2020 - To follow the revision of the fourth edition of WHO classification and the recent progress on the management of diffuse gliomas, the joint guideline committee of Chinese Glioma Cooperative Group (CGCG), Society for Neuro-Oncology of China (SNO-China) and Chinese Brain Cancer Association (CBCA) updated the clinical practice guideline. It provides recommendations for diagnostic and management dec...

Sep 4th, 2020 - The need for accurate D-dimer reporting in COVID-19: Communication from the ISTH SSC on fibrinolysis.|2020|Thachil J,Longstaff C,Favaloro EJ,Lippi G,Urano T,|pathogenicity,blood,blood,diagnosis,virology,blood,diagnosis,virology,analysis,blood,diagnosis,virology,

Sep 1st, 2020 - The American Diabetes Association (ADA) updates the Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes annually to provide clinicians, patients, researchers, payers, and other interested parties with evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and management of diabetes. To develop the 2020 Standards, the ADA Professional Practice Committee, comprising physicians, adult and pediatric endocrinologists, ...

Aug 31st, 2020 - GI Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia: Clinical Decision Support Tool.|2020| ,|blood,diagnosis,etiology,standards,methods,standards,standards,diagnostic imaging,metabolism,pathology,standards,blood,complications,diagnosis,pathology,analysis,diagnostic imaging,metabolism,pathology,blood,metabolism,standards,standards,

Aug 31st, 2020 - Spotlight: Gastrointestinal Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia.|2020|Ko CW,Siddique SM,Patel A,Harris A,Altayar O,|blood,diagnosis,etiology,standards,standards,standards,diagnostic imaging,metabolism,pathology,standards,blood,complications,diagnosis,pathology,analysis,diagnostic imaging,metabolism,pathology,blood,metabolism,standards,standards,

Aug 19th, 2020 - AGA Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Gastrointestinal Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia.|2020|Ko CW,Siddique SM,Patel A,Harris A,Sultan S,|blood,diagnosis,epidemiology,etiology,standards,standards,diagnostic imaging,metabolism,pathology,standards,blood,complications,diagnosis,pathology,analysis,diagnostic imaging,metabolism,pathology,blood,metabolism,standards,epidemiology,

Jun 27th, 2020 - Controversies and uncertainty persist in prostate cancer grading. To update grading recommendations. Critical review of the literature along with pathology and clinician surveys. Percent Gleason pattern 4 (%GP4) is as follows: (1) report %GP4 in needle biopsy with Grade Groups (GrGp) 2 and 3, and in needle biopsy on other parts (jars) of lower grade in cases with at least 1 part showing Gleason...

May 28th, 2020 - Scientific and Standardization Committee communication: Clinical guidance on the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.|2020|Spyropoulos AC,Levy JH,Ageno W,Connors JM,Hunt BJ,|administration & dosage,adverse effects,therapeutic use,blood,complications,diagnosis,blood,etiology,analysis,chemically induced,prevention & control,blood,c...