Infective Complications of Endobronchial Ultrasound-Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) and Clinical Biomarkers: A Concise Review by Pinelopi Bosgana, Dimitrios Ampazis, Vasileios Vlachakos, Argyrios Tzouvelekis, Fotios Sampsonas

“…In this review we attempt to summarize the risk factors related to these infective complications, along with useful biomarkers that can be used to identify patients that might develop infective complications, to facilitate the prediction or even prompt treatment of these.…”
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Age-Related White Matter Changes by Yun Yun Xiong, Vincent Mok

“…Age-related white matter changes (WMC) are considered manifestation of arteriolosclerotic small vessel disease and are related to age and vascular risk factors. Most recent studies have shown that WMC are associated with a host of poor outcomes, including cognitive impairment, dementia, urinary incontinence, gait disturbances, depression, and increased risk of stroke and death. …”
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Foreign Body Aspiration of a Dental Bridge in the Left Main Stem Bronchus by Monay Mahmoud, Syed Imam, Hetalben Patel, Matthew King

“…Decreased levels of consciousness, sedation, and neuromuscular diseases are major risk factors for foreign body aspiration in adults. Prompt diagnosis and intervention through foreign body retrieval are critical to prevent significant morbidity and mortality. …”
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An Unexpected Presentation of Haemoperitoneum in a Pregnant Woman by Kaushalya Arulpragasam, Andrea Atkinson, Mathias Epee-Bekima

“…Corpus luteal cyst rupture is a common phenomenon but often not the cause of significant morbidity as it was in this case, especially in the absence of any associated risk factors.…”
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Review of Factors Related to the Thyroid Cancer Epidemic by Yihao Liu, Lei Su, Haipeng Xiao

“…This review tries to give a balanced view of debated factors leading to the thyroid cancer epidemic, to offer some alternatives in understanding the controversies, and to suggest potential directions in the search of modifiable risk factors to help reduce thyroid cancer.…”
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An Unusual Case of a Tonsillolith by John Chan, Mamun Rashid, Yakubu Karagama

“…Here, we illustrate a case with risk factors of oropharyngeal cancer and a history of fish bone impaction in the throat that was initially diagnosed as a “tonsillar foreign body” which turned out eventually to be a large tonsillolith.…”
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Hypoadiponectinemia: A Link between Visceral Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome by Tiziana Di Chiara, Christiano Argano, Salvatore Corrao, Rosario Scaglione, Giuseppe Licata

“…Metabolic syndrome (MetS) represents a combination of cardiometabolic risk factors, including visceral obesity, glucose intolerance or type 2 diabetes, elevated triglycerides, reduced HDL cholesterol, and hypertension. …”
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TEORETHICAL EVALUATION OF ANTHROPOGENIC RISKS IN TAZLAU RIVER BASIN by LUMINITA BIBIRE, MIHAELA-BEATRICE BARBIERU, NARCIS BARSAN, ADRIAN STELIAN GHENADI

“…The paper identifies anthropogenic risk factors from Tazlau Basin, and proposes analyzes of the consequences and the measures to avoid these ensuing consequences. …”
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Severe Symptomatic Hyponatremia Secondary to Escitalopram-Induced SIADH: A Case Report with Literature Review by Rishi Raj, Aasems Jacob, Ajay Venkatanarayan, Mohankumar Doraiswamy, Manjula Ashok

“…With this article, we want to emphasize clinicians about this rare side effect of escitalopram use and look for the risk factors leading to SIADH.…”
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Uterine Cervix Cancer. Different Progress among Prevention, Early Diagnosis and Treatment by Víctor Manuel Medina Pérez, Rodolfo Arián Morales Yera, Liudmila Sierra Pérez

“…This disease has been associate to multiple risk factors, but with the improvement in the papilloma virus detection it was demonstrated that 98 % of the cases detected is due to this virus. …”
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Cotrimoxazole-Induced Hypoglycaemia in a Patient with Churg-Strauss Syndrome by Russell Senanayake, Mamoun Mukhtar

“…We will explore the risk factors, monitoring requirements, and the mechanism by which co-trimoxazole induces hypoglycaemia.…”
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A Case of Probable Amisulpride Induced Mania after Eight Months of Therapy by Prakash Thapa, Rajasee Sharma

“…We have also attempted to describe the possible risk factors based on the available case studies.…”
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Vida Saludable: Diabetes by Linda B. Bobroff

“…This 4-page fact sheet is a major revision that discusses diabetes, possible consequences of high blood glucose, risk factors, healthy weights, symptoms, control methods, and ways to choose a healthy diet. …”
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ADHD, ODD, and CD: Do They Belong to a Common Psychopathological Spectrum? A Case Series by Sayanti Ghosh, Mausumi Sinha

“…Numerous studies have reported comorbidities, overlapping symptoms, and shared risk factors among cases of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and conduct disorder (CD). …”
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Rare Site of Ectopic Pregnancy in a Patient with Bicornuate Uterus by Ayman Shehata, Mohamed El Namoury, Mostafa Heider

“…No definite cause for ectopic pregnancy was detected, but many risk factors were described as abnormal tube, pelvic infection, or surgery. …”
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Antropologia medica nella crisi ambientale. Determinanti biosociali, politica e campi di causazione by Elisa Pasquarelli, Andrea Filippo Ravenda

“…The authors discuss – within different interpretative perspectives and in reference to plural contexts – the relationship between environment and health protection and the ways in which the presence of environmental and/or industrial risk factors stimulate sometimes conflicting responses in social actors with diversified interests. …”
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Severe acute pulmonary embolism in pregnancy by Bhaskar Narayan

“…Although pregnancy and the puerperium are risk factors for PE, it is important to avoid early diagnostic closure, and to consider other causes for the patient’s presentation.…”
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Hypertension in the Elderly by Blas Gil-Extremera, Pedro Cía-Gómez

“…Several studies (SYST-EUR, HYVET, CONVINCE, VALUE, etc.) have demonstrated the benefits of treatment (nitrendipine, hydrochrotiazyde, perindopril, indapamide, verapamil, or valsartan) in aged hypertensive patients not only concerning blood pressure values but also the other important risk factors. Conclusion. Hypertension is the most prevalent cardiovascular disorder in the Western countries, and the relevance of receiving pharmacological treatment of hypertension in aged patients is crucial; in addition, the results suggest that combination therapy—nitrendipine plus enalapril—could have more benefits than those observed with the use of nitrendipine alone.…”
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Understanding the tumor microenvironment for personalized immunotherapy in early-onset head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by Yidan Shan, Di He, Fengguo Yan, Weijia Huang

“…Studies suggest that early-onset HNSCC is associated with specific risk factors and prognostic outcomes, while the underlying mechanisms driving these age-related differences remain unclear. …”
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Vida Saludable: Diabetes by Linda B. Bobroff

“…This 4-page fact sheet is a major revision that discusses diabetes, possible consequences of high blood glucose, risk factors, healthy weights, symptoms, control methods, and ways to choose a healthy diet. …”
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