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- Khatri, C, et al.
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Outcomes after perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with proximal femoral fractures: an international cohort study
- 2021
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In: BMJ open. - : BMJ. - 2044-6055. ; 11:11, s. e050830-
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Studies have demonstrated high rates of mortality in people with proximal femoral fracture and SARS-CoV-2, but there is limited published data on the factors that influence mortality for clinicians to make informed treatment decisions. This study aims to report the 30-day mortality associated with perioperative infection of patients undergoing surgery for proximal femoral fractures and to examine the factors that influence mortality in a multivariate analysis.SettingProspective, international, multicentre, observational cohort study.ParticipantsPatients undergoing any operation for a proximal femoral fracture from 1 February to 30 April 2020 and with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection (either 7 days prior or 30-day postoperative).Primary outcome30-day mortality. Multivariate modelling was performed to identify factors associated with 30-day mortality.ResultsThis study reports included 1063 patients from 174 hospitals in 19 countries. Overall 30-day mortality was 29.4% (313/1063). In an adjusted model, 30-day mortality was associated with male gender (OR 2.29, 95% CI 1.68 to 3.13, p<0.001), age >80 years (OR 1.60, 95% CI 1.1 to 2.31, p=0.013), preoperative diagnosis of dementia (OR 1.57, 95% CI 1.15 to 2.16, p=0.005), kidney disease (OR 1.73, 95% CI 1.18 to 2.55, p=0.005) and congestive heart failure (OR 1.62, 95% CI 1.06 to 2.48, p=0.025). Mortality at 30 days was lower in patients with a preoperative diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 (OR 0.6, 95% CI 0.6 (0.42 to 0.85), p=0.004). There was no difference in mortality in patients with an increase to delay in surgery (p=0.220) or type of anaesthetic given (p=0.787).ConclusionsPatients undergoing surgery for a proximal femoral fracture with a perioperative infection of SARS-CoV-2 have a high rate of mortality. This study would support the need for providing these patients with individualised medical and anaesthetic care, including medical optimisation before theatre. Careful preoperative counselling is needed for those with a proximal femoral fracture and SARS-CoV-2, especially those in the highest risk groups.Trial registration numberNCT04323644
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- Gyllensten, Hanna, et al.
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Modelling drug-related morbidity in Sweden using an expert panel of pharmacists
- 2012
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In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACY. - : Springer Science and Business Media. - 2210-7703 .- 2210-7711. ; 34:4, s. 538-546
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Background Drug-related morbidity (DRM) is common and to some extent preventable, and associated with considerable costs in patients attending hospital. In outpatients and in the general public corresponding data are limited, but pharmacists expert opinion has suggested high rates of DRM also in US ambulatory care. It is unknown if the results are applicable in Sweden today. Objective To estimate the proportions of patients with DRM and preventable DRM and the cost-of-illness (COI) of DRM in Sweden based on pharmacists expert opinion. Setting Swedish healthcare. Method The study applied a conceptual model of DRM based on a decision tree. An expert panel of pharmacists determined the probabilities of therapeutic outcomes of medication therapy. The COI analysis included direct costs from the healthcare perspective. Sensitivity analyses were performed for variations in probabilities and pathway costs. Main outcome measure DRM included new medical problems (adverse drug reactions, drug dependence and intoxications) and therapeutic failures (insufficient effects of medicines and morbidity due to untreated indication). Results The expert panel estimated that 61 +/- A 14 % (mean +/- A SD) of all patients attending healthcare suffered from DRM, of which 29 +/- A 8 % suffered from new medical problems, 18 +/- A 6 % from therapeutic failures, and 15 +/- A 7 % from a combination of both. The DRM was considered preventable in 45 +/- A 15 % of the patients with DRM. The estimated COI was EUR 997 per patient attending healthcare, corresponding to an annual cost of EUR 6,600 million to the Swedish healthcare system. The COI ranged from EUR 490 to EUR 1,314 when varying the participants probabilities of DRM and clinical outcomes from the first to the third quartile. Of the pathway costs, the COI was most sensitive to variation in the cost of prolonged hospital stay (COI range EUR 953-1,306). Conclusion According to pharmacists expert opinion, a large proportion of patients in Sweden experience DRM and preventable DRM, and the estimated COI of DRM is extensive. Since observational studies have not addressed the burden of DRM to the general public, this study adds the pharmacists perception on DRM. Other healthcare professionals perceptions on DRM need to be investigated in future studies.
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- Jonsson, K. Hanna M., et al.
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Methyl 4-O-benzoyl-2,3-O-isopropylidene-a-L-rhamnopyranoside
- 2006
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In: Acta Crystallographica Section C. - : Wiley Interscience. - 0108-2701 .- 1600-5759. ; 62:8, s. o447-o449
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- The title compound, C17H22O6, having an ester group at O4 of the hexopyranosyl sugar residue shows for the exo-cyclic C=O bond a conformation that is eclipsed to the C4-H4 bond. The two related torsion angles are denoted by syn and cis conformations. The q1 torsion angle (H4-C4-O4-C10) is indicated to have a similar conformation in solution as analyzed by NMR spectroscopy and a Karplus-type relationship.
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- Jonsson, K. Hanna M., et al.
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NMR analysis of conformationally dependent nJC,H and nJC,C in the trisaccharide α-L-Rhap-(1→2)[α-L-Rhap-(1→3)]-α-L-Rhap-OMe and a site-specifically labeled isotopologue thereof
- 2011
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In: Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry. - : Wiley. - 0749-1581 .- 1097-458X. ; 49:3, s. 117-124
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- An array of NMR spectroscopy experiments have been carried out to obtain conformationally dependent 1H,13C- and 13C,13C-spin–spin coupling constants in the trisaccharide α-L-Rhap-(1 → 2)[α-L-Rhap-(1 → 3)]-α-L-Rhap-OMe. The trisaccharide was synthesized with 13C site-specific labeling at C2′ and C2″, i.e. in the rhamnosyl groups in order to alleviate 1H spectral overlap. This facilitated the measurement of a key trans-glycosidic proton–proton cross-relaxation rate using 1D 1H,1H-T-ROESY experiments as well as a 3JC, H coupling employing 1D 1H,13C-long-range experiments, devoid of potential interference from additional J coupling. By means of both the natural abundance compound and the 13C-labeled sample 2D 1H,13C-J-HMBC and 1H,13C-HSQC-HECADE NMR experiments, total line-shape analysis of 1H NMR spectra and 1D 13C NMR experiments were employed to extract 3JC, H, 2JC, H, 3JC, C, and 1JC, C coupling constants. The 13C site-specific labeling facilitates straightforward determination of nJC, C as the splitting of the 13C natural abundance resonances. This study resulted in eight conformationally dependent coupling constants for the trisaccharide and illustrates the use of 13C site-specific labeling as a valuable approach that extends the 1D and 2D NMR methods in current use to attain both hetero- and homonuclear spin–spin coupling constants that subsequently can be utilized for conformational analysis.
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- Jonsson, K. Hanna M., et al.
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Structural determination of the O-antigenic polysaccharide from Escherichia coli O74
- 2009
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In: Carbohydrate Research. - : Elsevier Ltd.. - 0008-6215 .- 1873-426X. ; 344:12, s. 1592-1595
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- The structure of the O-antigen polysaccharide (PS) from Escherichia coli O74 has been determined. Component analysis, together with 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy as well as 1H,15N-HSQC experiments were employed to elucidate the structure. Inter-residue correlations were determined by 1H,1H-NOESY and 1H,13C-heteronuclear multiple-bond correlation experiments. The PS is composed of tetrasaccharide repeating units with the following structure: Full-size image (5K) Cross-peaks of low intensity from an α-linked N-acetylglucosamine residue were present in the NMR spectra, and spectral analysis indicates that they originate from the penultimate residue in the polysaccharide. Consequently, the biological repeating unit has a 3-substituted N-acetyl-d-glucosamine residue at its reducing end. The 1H, 13C and 15N NMR chemical shifts of the α- and β-anomeric forms of d-Fucp3NAc are also reported. The repeating unit of the E. coli O74 O-antigen is identical to that of the capsular polysaccharide from E. coli K45.
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- Jonsson, K. Hanna M., et al.
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Studies on the conformational flexibility of alpha-L-rhamnose-containing oligosaccharides using C-13-site-specific labeling, NMR spectroscopy and molecular simulations : implications for the three-dimensional structure of bacterial rhamnan polysaccharides
- 2012
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In: Organic and biomolecular chemistry. - : Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). - 1477-0520 .- 1477-0539. ; 10:12, s. 2453-2463
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- Bacterial polysaccharides are comprised of a variety of monosaccharides, L-rhamnose (6-deoxy-L-mannose) being one of them. This sugar is often part of alpha-(1 -> 2)- and/or alpha-(1 -> 3)-linkages and we have therefore studied the disaccharide alpha-L-Rhap-(1 -> 2)-alpha-L-Rhap-OMe to obtain information on conformational preferences at this glycosidic linkage. The target disaccharide was synthesized with C-13 site-specific labeling at C1' and at C2', i.e., in the terminal group. 2D H-1, C-13-HSQC-HECADE and H-1, C-13-J-HMBC NMR experiments, 1D C-13 and H-1 NMR spectra together with total line-shape analysis were used to extract conformationally dependent hetero- and homonuclear spin-spin coupling constants. This resulted in the determination of (2)JC(2',H1'), (3)J(C1',C1), (3)J(C1',C3), (3)J(C2',C2), (2)J(C1',C2), (1)JC(1',C2'), and (1)J(C1',H1'). These data together with previously determined J(CH) and H-1, H-1 NOEs result in fourteen conformationally dependent NMR parameters that are available for analysis of glycosidic linkage flexibility and conformational preferences. A 100 ns molecular dynamics (MD) simulation of the disaccharide with explicit water molecules as solvent showed a major conformational state at phi(H) approximate to 40 degrees and psi(H) approximate to -35 degrees, consistent with experimental NMR data. In addition, MD simulations were carried out also for alpha-L-Rhap-(1 -> 3)-alpha-L-Rhap-OMe and a rhamnan hexasaccharide. The gathered information on the oligosaccharides was used to address conformational preferences for a larger structure, a 2- and 3-linked nonasaccharide, with implications for the 3D structure of rhamnan polysaccharides, which should be regarded as flexible polymers.
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- Metcalfe, Daniel B., et al.
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Patchy field sampling biases understanding of climate change impacts across the Arctic
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In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2397-334X. ; 2:9, s. 1443-1448
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- Effective societal responses to rapid climate change in the Arctic rely on an accurate representation of region-specific ecosystem properties and processes. However, this is limited by the scarcity and patchy distribution of field measurements. Here, we use a comprehensive, geo-referenced database of primary field measurements in 1,840 published studies across the Arctic to identify statistically significant spatial biases in field sampling and study citation across this globally important region. We find that 31% of all study citations are derived from sites located within 50 km of just two research sites: Toolik Lake in the USA and Abisko in Sweden. Furthermore, relatively colder, more rapidly warming and sparsely vegetated sites are under-sampled and under-recognized in terms of citations, particularly among microbiology-related studies. The poorly sampled and cited areas, mainly in the Canadian high-Arctic archipelago and the Arctic coastline of Russia, constitute a large fraction of the Arctic ice-free land area. Our results suggest that the current pattern of sampling and citation may bias the scientific consensuses that underpin attempts to accurately predict and effectively mitigate climate change in the region. Further work is required to increase both the quality and quantity of sampling, and incorporate existing literature from poorly cited areas to generate a more representative picture of Arctic climate change and its environmental impacts.
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- Natanaelsson, Jennie, et al.
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Direct and indirect costs for adverse drug events identified in medical records across care levels, and their distribution among payers
- 2017
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In: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. - : ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. - 1551-7411 .- 1934-8150. ; 13:6, s. 1151-1158
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- Background: Adverse drug events (ADEs) cause considerable costs in hospitals. However, little is known about costs caused by ADEs outside hospitals, effects on productivity, and how the costs are distributed among payers. Objective: To describe the direct and indirect costs caused by ADEs, and their distribution among payers. Furthermore, to describe the distribution of patient out-of-pocket costs and lost productivity caused by ADEs according to socio-economic characteristics. Method: In a random sample of 5025 adults in a Swedish county, prevalence-based costs for ADEs were calculated. Two different methods were used: 1) based on resource use judged to be caused by ADEs, and 2) as costs attributable to ADEs by comparing costs among individuals with ADEs to costs among matched controls. Payers of costs caused by ADEs were identified in medical records among those with ADEs (n = 596), and costs caused to individual patients were described by socio-economic characteristics. Results: Costs for resource use caused by ADEs were (sic)505 per patient with ADEs (95% confidence interval (sic)345-665), of which 38% were indirect costs. Compared to matched controls, the costs attributable to ADEs were (sic)1631, of which (sic)410 were indirect costs. The local health authorities paid 58% of the costs caused by ADEs. Women had higher productivity loss than men ((sic)426 vs. (sic)109, p = 0.018). Out-of-pocket costs displaced a larger proportion of the disposable income among low-income earners than higher income earners (0.7% vs. 0.2%-0.3%). Conclusion: We used two methods to identify costs for ADEs, both identifying indirect costs as an important component of the overall costs for ADEs. Although the largest payers of costs caused by ADEs were the local health authorities responsible for direct costs, employers and patients costs for lost productivity contributed substantially. Our results indicate inequalities in costs caused by ADEs, by sex and income. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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