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Intern Med J 2021 Feb;51(2):181-188

ANZAC Institute Concord Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the commonest primary liver cancer encountered in the community and a leading cause of cancer morbidity and mortality. In Australia, there are several current important issues that need to be addressed in HCC management. There is a dramatically rising incidence of HCC in Australia with comparatively poorer outcomes in remote regions and in socioeconomic disadvantaged groups. Read More

J Thorac Imaging 2021 Feb 25. Epub 2021 Feb 25.

Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Purpose: Cavitary lung lesions often pose a diagnostic challenge, and tissue sampling can be required to obtain a confident diagnosis. Many authors contend that a computed tomography-guided percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsy (PTLB) of a cavitary lung lesion places a patient at higher risk for systemic air embolism (SAE) compared with biopsy of a noncavitary lesion.

Materials And Methods: We reviewed the literature for studies of SAE complicating PTLB. Read More

J Biomech 2021 Feb 12;119:110304. Epub 2021 Feb 12.

Department of Industrial Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

The distal ischemic steal syndrome (ISS) is a complication following the construction of an arteriovenous (A-V) access for hemodialysis. The ability to non-invasively monitor changes in skin microcirculation improves both the diagnosis and treatment of vascular diseases. In this study, we propose a novel technique for evaluating the palms' blood distribution following arteriovenous access, based on thermal imaging. Read More

Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2021 Feb 18;85:1-4. Epub 2021 Feb 18.

Department of Medicine, University of Toronto and Division of Brain, Imaging & Behaviour, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease, Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Clinic, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address:

Introduction: Freezing of gait (FOG) is a complex symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD) that manifests during walking as limited forward progression despite the intention to walk. It is unclear if lower limb motor blocks (LLMB) that occur independently from FOG are related to overground FOG and the effects of dopaminergic medications.

Methods: Nineteen patients with PD were tested on two separate days in the dopaminergic medication "on" and "off" states. Read More

J Colloid Interface Sci 2021 Feb 1;591:451-462. Epub 2021 Feb 1.

Universität Hamburg, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Grindelallee 117, 20146 Hamburg, Germany; The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address:

Hypothesis: The application of ferritin containers as a promising drug delivery vehicle is limited by their low bioavailability in blood circulation due to unfavorable environments, such as degradation by protease. The integration of ferritin containers into the polymeric network of microgels through electrostatic interactions is expected to be able to protect ferritin against degradation by protease. Furthermore, a stimuli-responsive microgel system can be designed by employing an acid-degradable crosslinker during the microgel synthesis. Read More