Prescription patterns demonstrate high demand for treating erectile dysfunction following radical prostatectomy by Signe Benzon Larsen, Annika von Heymann, Hein V. Stroomberg, Anne Sofie Friberg, Klaus Brasso, Andreas Røder, Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton, Randi Karlsen, Pernille Envold Bidstrup, Annamaria Giraldi, Christoffer Johansen

“…Interpretation: The observed patterns of prescriptions demonstrate a high demand for the treatment of erectile dysfunction following radical prostatectomy. …”
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A New Way to Treat Central Nervous System Dysfunction Caused by Musculoskeletal Injuries Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: A Narrative Review by Stéphane Perrey

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Patterns of left and right ventricular dysfunction and their clinical outcomes in septic patients by Hongmin Zhang, Beijun Gao, Ye Liu, Qing Zhang, Xiaoting Wang

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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Swallowing Dysfunction in Patients With Laryngomalacia Treated Medically and Surgically by Janelle Sloychuk, Amy Callaghan, Amanda Adsett, Daniela M. Isaac, Hamdy El‐Hakim, Andre Isaac

“…Abstract Objective To identify the prevalence, pattern, and nature of swallowing dysfunction (SwD) in a consecutive cohort of patients with laryngomalacia (LM), and to determine factors associated with a higher burden of SwD. …”
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Prevalence and treatment patterns of erectile dysfunction and hypogonadism in men with spina bifida: a retrospective study by Nyemkuna Fortingo, Manpreet Sandhu, Garrick Greear, Tung-Chin Hsieh, Joshua Horns, Rupam Das, Jim Hotaling, Yahir Santiago-Lastra

“…ObjectivesTo characterize the estimated prevalence and treatment patterns of erectile dysfunction and hypogonadism in men with spina bifida through a large claims database.MethodsThis retrospective claims study used the MarketScan® databases from 2008 to 2017 to compare prevalence estimates for erectile dysfunction and hypogonadism in men with spina bifida to those in men without spina bifida and to describe treatment patterns in this cohort.ResultsThe estimated prevalence of erectile dysfunction and hypogonadism in men with spina bifida was 7.83% and 7.71%, respectively. …”
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Steady-State PERG Adaptation Reveals Temporal Abnormalities of Retinal Ganglion Cells in Treated Ocular Hypertension and Glaucoma by Tommaso Salgarello, Andrea Giudiceandrea, Grazia Maria Cozzupoli, Martina Cocuzza, Romolo Fedeli, Donato Errico, Antonello Fadda, Filippo Amore, Marco Sulfaro, Epifanio Giudiceandrea, Matteo Salgarello, Stanislao Rizzo, Benedetto Falsini

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> This study investigates adaptive changes in long-lasting pattern electroretinogram (PERG) responses in ocular hypertension (OHT) and open-angle glaucoma (OAG) patients, and in healthy subjects. …”
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A Case of Pulmonary Fibrosis and COVID-19-Related Pneumonia in a Pembrolizumab-Treated Patient by Alberto Zolezzi, Gina Gualano, Annelisa Mastrobattista, Pietro Vittozzi, Virginia Di Bari, Carlotta Cerva, Silvia Mosti, Antonio Lugini, Fabrizio Albarello, Federica Di Stefano, Maria Beatrice Valli, Fabrizio Palmieri

“…Here, we present a case of SARS-CoV-2 infection complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and a fibrotic-like pattern in a patient treated with pembrolizumab for lung cancer. …”
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Psychological stress dysfunction in women with premenstrual syndrome by Qing Liu, Yuhang Lin, Wenjuan Zhang

“…We propose that abnormal stress coping styles and stress reactivity patterns, collectively referred to as stress dysfunction, are crucial factors influencing women's vulnerability to PMS. …”
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Cardiac function surveillance practices and outcomes in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer treated with trastuzumab: a retrospective cohort study across a safety-net and ter... by Le Huang, Pratyusha Manthena, Malcolm Su, Alvin Chandra, Navid Sadeghi

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Anticipatory reaching motor behavior characterizes patients within the Alzheimer’s disease continuum in a virtual reality environment by Alessia de Nobile, Ilaria Borghi, Paolo De Pasquale, Denise Jennifer Berger, Antonella Maselli, Francesco Di Lorenzo, Elena Savastano, Martina Assogna, Andrea Casarotto, Daniele Bibbo, Silvia Conforto, Francesco Lacquaniti, Giacomo Koch, Andrea d’Avella, Marta Russo

“…These motor declines, which often precede cognitive symptoms, include slower and less accurate reaching movements. This study explored reaching actions in a Virtual Reality (VR) environment in AD and MCI patients to identify motor deficits and their link to cognitive decline. …”
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Features of Visual Dysfunctions in Patients with Primary Hypothyroidism and Thyrotoxicosis by V. G. Likhvantseva, V. N. Trubilin, E. V. Korosteleva, S. G. Kapkova, V. A. Vygodin

“…Reliably high sensitivity (92.6 %) and specificity (50.0 %) of short-wave infrared perimetry in relation to static automated perimetry were revealed. In thyroid dysfunctions, the prevalence of optic neuropathy reaches 93 % according to the data of short-wave infrared perimetry versus 7 % of static automated perimetry. …”
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Assessment of Pulmonary Function in Treated Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients Using Spirometry by R. Anand, M. Thoupikka, Maria Lithi Rashmi, J. Sneha Joshi, M. Ananthi

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Injury Patterns in Fencing Athletes – A Retrospective Review by Emily R Cross, Sloane M Lynch, Patricia E Miller, Danielle L Hunt, Cynthia J Stein

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Pulmonary Type B Niemann-Pick Disease Successfully Treated with Lung Transplantation by R. S. O’Neill, N. Belousova, M. A. Malouf

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Heart Failure with Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: A Complex Conundrum Simply Not Limited to Diastolic Dysfunction by Angel Lopez-Candales, Talal Asif, Khalid Sawalha, Nicholas B. Norgard

“…Over the last two decades, the changing paradigm of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) has transformed our understanding not only of the pathophysiology of this clinical entity but also the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches aimed at treating this complex patient population. No longer HFpEF should be seen as simply left ventricular diastolic dysfunction but as a group of that in addition of having small and thick left ventricles with abnormal diastolic filling patterns as their main pathophysiologic abnormality; they also have whole host of different abnormalities. …”
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Persistence of Olfactory Dysfunction in Post CoVid-19 Patients Using Sniffin Sticks-A Prospective Study by Priyanka Thangaraj, Sowmya Gajapathy, Jayita Das Poduval

“…CONCLUSION Knowledge about time pattern on the recovery of OD in Post CoVid patients will be essential in counselling and treating them. …”
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Enantioselective toxicity of (S)-amlodipine towards zebrafish embryos: Abnormal ocular development, cardiac dysfunction, and malformed intersegmental vessels by Chaeeun Kim, Donghyeon Kim, Sung-Eun Lee

“…Enantioselective toxicity was evident in cardiac function, as (S)-AM-induced heart dysfunction, despite both enantiomers displaying similar patterns of heart development-related gene expression. …”
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Edaravone Improves Streptozotocin-Induced Memory Impairment via Alleviation of Behavioral Dysfunction, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Histopathological Parameters by Mahdieh Anoush, Soroush Bijani, Fatemeh Moslemifar, Fatemeh Jahanpour, Ali Kalantari-Hesari, Mir-Jamal Hosseini

“…It was supposed that EDV managed to ameliorate memory dysfunction, discriminatory behavior, oxidative stress, and cellular antioxidant power in a dose-independent pattern in mice.…”
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Functioning in patients with major depression treated with duloxetine or a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor in East Asia by Novick D, Montgomery W, Haro JM, Moneta MV, Zhu G, Yue L, Hong J, Duenas H, Brugnoli R

“…This treatment difference was more apparent in the subgroup of patients with PPS at baseline. Similar patterns were also observed for SDS subscores (work, social life, and family life).Conclusion: Depressed patients treated with duloxetine achieved better functioning compared to those treated with SSRIs. …”
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Prioritizing FDA approved therapeutics for treating sepsis phenotypes: A network modeling approach based on neutrophil proteomics by Jordan C. Langston, Dan Liu, Qingliang Yang, Salim Merali, Carmen Merali, Narender Singh, Jennifer L. Fisher, Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian, Laurie E. Kilpatrick, Mohammad F. Kiani, Mohammad F. Kiani

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