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Sleep-related breathing disorder (central sleep apnoea) improved coincidentally by medical therapy with fumarates (dimethyl fumarate)

Abdulmajeed M Albadi, Mana M Alshahrani, Riyad O Allehebi

Article Type

Case Report

Published

In this article, the authors describe a case study of a 31-year-old woman known to have multiple sclerosis and concomitant severe central sleep apnoea (CSA). She received the medication dimethyl fumarate for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, and her CSA significantly improved to mild CSA after the treatment.

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Optimization of GDMT for patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: can physiological and biological barriers explain the gaps in adherence to heart failure guidelines?

Marilyne Jarjour, Anique Ducharme

Article Type

Review

Published

The authors provide a comprehensive overview of clinicians’ adherence to heart failure guidelines in a specialized real-life setting, particularly regarding use and optimization of guideline-derived medical therapies, as well as the implementation of more recent agents. They seek potential explanations for suboptimal treatment and its impact on patient outcomes.

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Corrigendum: real-world management of abnormal scarring using topical silicone gel: expert consensus and case series from the Asian SCARS Expert Group

Xiaonan Yang, Visnu Lohsiriwat, Frank Chun Shin Chang, Tan Thiam Chye, Catherine J Howard, Liang Qiao, Steven W Shaw, Tu Nguyen Anh Tran, Chan Yung, Daniel Dellosa, Dinesh Nagrale

Article Type

Corrigendum

Published

The authors wish to make the following corrections to their article: Yang X, Lohsiriwat V, Chang FCS, Chye TT, Howard CJ, Qiao L, Shaw SW, Tran TNA, Yung C, Dellosa D, Nagrale D. Real-world management of abnormal scarring using topical silicone gel: expert consensus and case series from the Asian SCARS Expert Group. Drugs Context. 2023;12:2023-4-3. https://doi.org/10.7573/dic.2023-4-3

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Antifungal resistance, combinations and pipeline: oh my!

Kayla R Stover, Brandon K Hawkins, J Myles Keck, Katie E Barber, David A Cretella

Article Type

Review

Published

The purpose of this review is to discuss resistance mechanisms and challenges with currently available agents, provide evidence for combination therapy, and evaluate the newly available and upcoming antifungal agents and their proposed place in the treatment of challenging fungal infections.

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