Asymptomatic Intestinal Malrotation Progressing to Midgut Volvulus in a Decompensated Alcoholic Cirrhotic Adult: A Rare Scenario Requiring Special Considerations by Vatche Melkonian, Pablo Quadri, Chintalapati R. Varma, Mustafa Nazzal, Henry B. Randall, Minh-Tri J. P. Nguyen

“…Based on our experience, we discuss special considerations with regard to the surgical technique and timing of Ladd’s procedure when encountering intestinal malrotation in a cirrhotic adult with portal hypertension.…”
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Oferta de sódio na alimentação em creches municipais: um risco à saúde by Anabelle Retondario, Débora Letícia Frizzi Silva, Márcia Aurelina de Oliveira Alves, Cláudia Choma Bettega Almeida, Suely Teresinha Schmidt, Sila Mary Rodrigues Ferreira

“…As to sodium content in a single meal, 100% of lunches and 60% of dinners exceeded the maximum recommended by PNAE, indicating risk factor to hypertension in childhood and highlighting intervention required in this population.…”
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Individual, health facility and wider health system factors contributing to maternal deaths in Africa: A scoping review. by Francis G Muriithi, Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Ruth Gakuo, Kia Pope, Arri Coomarasamy, Ioannis D Gallos

“…The leading causes of maternal deaths in Africa are preventable direct obstetric causes such as haemorrhage, infection, hypertension, unsafe abortion, and obstructed labour. …”
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Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome with Stroke in Puerperal Woman with High Titer of Anti-Phospholipid IgM Antibody by Hiroto Hirashima, Masahiro Iwamoto, Tadashi Ozawa, Shigeyoshi Kijima, Shigeki Matsubara, Akihide Ohkuchi

“…A tonic-clonic seizure abruptly occurred without either hypertension or proteinuria 5 days after delivery. Intracerebral hemorrhage involving an area of 2 cm in diameter in the right frontal lobe and subarachnoid hemorrhage with PRES were confirmed. …”
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Impact of Methamphetamine Abuse: A Rare Case of Rapid Cerebral Aneurysm Growth with Review of Literature by James Fowler, Brian Fiani, Syed A. Quadri, Vladimir Cortez, Mudassir Frooqui, Atif Zafar, Fahad Shabbir Ahmed, Asad Ikram, Anirudh Ramachandran, Javed Siddiqi

“…The pathophysiology of stroke related to meth and ATS abuse is multifactorial with hypertension, tachycardia, and vascular disease postulated as major mechanisms. …”
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Obesity Related Alterations in Plasma Cytokines and Metabolic Hormones in Chimpanzees by Pramod Nehete, Elizabeth R. Magden, Bharti Nehete, Patrick W. Hanley, Christian R. Abee

“…Obesity is characterized by chronic low-grade inflammation and serves as a major risk factor for hypertension, coronary artery disease, dyslipidemias, and type-2 diabetes. …”
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Risk Factors for Sudden in-hospital Cardiac Death in Patients with ST-segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction by Antonio Rafael Enamorado Anaya, Isolda María García Cañete, Marilín González Agüero, Gaoussou Goro

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the most prevalent risk factors were: arterial hypertension, smoking, as well as peripheral arterial insufficiency, the presence of diabetes and obesity.…”
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Red Light Mitigates the Deteriorating Placental Extracellular Matrix in Late Onset of Preeclampsia and Improves the Trophoblast Behavior by Jakara Griffin, John G. Krolikowski, Kenisha Kounga, Janine Struve, Agnes Keszler, Brian Lindemer, Michelle Bordas, Grant Broeckel, Nicole L. Lohr, Dorothee Weihrauch

“…Preexisting conditions which increase oxidative stress, e.g., hypertension and diabetes, increase the mother’s risk to develop preeclampsia. …”
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Iatrogenic Tracheal Rupture after Endotracheal Intubation: A Case Report by Silvana Kraleva, Tatjana Trojikj, Darko Talevski, Dola Malefski, Gordana Bozinovska Beaka

“…Her medical history was only arterial hypertension. She underwent general anesthesia, intubated with flexible ET tube, positioned in beach-chair position after introduction, and no complication occurred during surgery. 18 hours after surgery, after severe coughing, she suddenly developed subcutaneous emphysema of the facial, neck and upper anterior chest. …”
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Chronic Hepatitis C Association with Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Risk in the Era of DAA Therapy by Sylvia Drazilova, Jakub Gazda, Martin Janicko, Peter Jarcuska

“…Moreover, DAA treatment of chronic hepatitis C improves hypertension control and atherosclerotic plaques. It is very likely that DAA therapeutic regimens will decrease both T2DM prevalence and cardiovascular risk in chronic hepatitis C patients; further research, however, is needed.…”
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A Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method for Evaluation of Two Brands of Enalapril 20 mg Tablets in Healthy Human Volunteers by Wael Abu Dayyih, Mohammed Hamad, Ahmad Abu Awwad, Eyad Mallah, Zainab Zakarya, Alice Abu Dayyih, Tawfiq Arafat

“…Enalapril is an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor used for treatment of hypertension and chronic heart disease. Enalaprilat is its active metabolite responsible for the activity. …”
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Epigenetic Markers of Renal Function in African Americans by Samantha M. Bomotti, Jennifer A. Smith, Alicia L. Zagel, Jacquelyn Y. Taylor, Stephen T. Turner, Sharon L. R. Kardia

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Machine learning for classifying chronic kidney disease and predicting creatinine levels using at-home measurements by Brady Metherall, Anna K. Berryman, Georgia S. Brennan

“…Feature importance analysis identifies the key clinical variables hemoglobin and blood urea, and key comorbidities hypertension and diabetes mellitus, in agreement with previous studies. …”
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Incidence and Characteristics of Patients with Visual Impairment due to Macular Edema Secondary to Retinal Vein Occlusion in a Representative Canadian Cohort by Robert J. Petrella, Julie Blouin, Brian Davies, Martin Barbeau

“…Furthermore, a greater proportion of RVO patients had hypertension (68% versus 14%) or dyslipidemia (16% versus 10%), when compared to a healthy control cohort of 76,077 subjects (P<0.05). …”
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Decoding morbidity patterns in ASHA workers of Vadodara, Gujarat – A cross-sectional study by Grishma Chauhan, Neelabh Pankaj, Bhavna Dhakate, Kinjal Gadhavi, Niraj Pandit

“…Anemia was found among most ASHAs, 32 (26.02%), followed by diabetes, 19 (15.45%), and hypertension, musculoskeletal problems, thyroid disorders, and obesity were the other major diseases found among the ASHAs in 14.63%, 13.82%, 13.01%, and 11.38%, respectively. …”
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Stability of Watch-Based Blood Pressure Measurements Analyzed by Pre-Post Calibration Differences by Youngro Lee, Jongae Park, Sungjoon Park, Jongmo Seo, Hae-Young Lee

“…Guideline adherence is vital, particularly for the elderly, females, and individuals with hypertension. The research enhances measurement reliability through extensive datasets, shedding light on calibration stability.…”
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Smoking and alcohol use plays a mediating role on the social determinants of high blood pressure: Evidence from nationally representative sample in India by Arivarasan Barathi, Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy, Rajan Rushender

“…Behavioral characteristics are strong candidates to act as mediators of the observed effects of socioeconomic determinants on BP; therefore, we aimed to investigate the mediating role of smoking and alcohol on the association between education, wealth index, sex, and hypertension using NFHS-5 data. Materials and Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of the data collected from a nationally representative survey (NFHS-5 data) in India. …”
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Kounis Syndrome Secondary to Medicine-Induced Hypersensitivity by Parackrama Karunathilake, Udaya Ralapanawa, Thilak Jayalath, Shamali Abeyagunawardena

“…He was a diagnosed patient with hypertension and dyslipidemia five years ago. After taking the antibiotics, he had developed generalized itching followed by urticaria suggesting an allergic reaction. …”
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Influence of cataract surgery in biopsychosocial adaptation in the elderly by Leonor Rosario Diaz Alfonso, Elvira Machado Héctor, Bárbara Suárez Rodríguez, Mariela Julia Curbelo Gómez

“…Most frequent personal pathological records were arthropathies, diabetes mellitus and hypertension. A significant relationship between initial visual acuity levels and depression rates was found; as well as limitations in performing basic daily life activities. …”
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Network Graph Analysis of Gene-Gene Interactions in Genome-Wide Association Study Data by Sungyoung Lee, Min-Seok Kwon, Taesung Park

“…Most common complex traits, such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and cancers, are known to be associated with multiple genes, environmental factors, and their epistasis. …”
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