Primary Hyperparathyroidism: An Overview by Jessica MacKenzie-Feder, Sandra Sirrs, Donald Anderson, Jibran Sharif, Aneal Khan

“…Primary hyperparathyroidism is a common condition that affects 0.3% of the general population. …”
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Features of clinical presentation, diagnostics and treatment of idiopathic gastroparesis (<i>Review of literature and case presentation</i>) by Yu. V. Yevsyutina, O. S. Lyashenko, Ye. A. Poluektova, Z. A. Lemeshko, A. A. Sheptulin, V. T. Ivashkin

“…To analyse publications devoted to idiopathic gastroparesis (IG) issue and present original case of this disease.Key points. IG is a common manifestation of impaired evacuatory function of the stomach. …”
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Autoimmune Chronic Active Hepatitis (Lupoid Hepatitis) and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis in Two Young Adult Females by Gerald Y. Minuk, Lloyd R. Sutherland, S. Chris Pappas, James K. Kelly, Sue E. Martin

“…Autoimmune chronic active hepatitis (CAH) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) arc chronic diseases of the hepatobiliary system that have many clinical, immunologic and genetic features in common. Despite these similarities, there are few reports of the two diseases coexisting. …”
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Bone Metastasis as the Only Metastatic Site in a Patient with Pancreatic Cancer following Distal Pancreatectomy by Muhammad Wasif Saif, Natalie Galanina, L. Ravage-Mass, Kristin Kaley, Daniel Cornfeld, Lynne Lamb, David Chhieng

“…The typical sites of metastases in pancreatic cancer include the liver and peritoneum. Other less common sites are the lung, brain, kidney, and bone. …”
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Strong Convergence Theorems for Countable Families of Uniformly Quasi-ϕ-Asymptotically Nonexpansive Mappings and a System of Generalized Mixed Equilibrium Problems by Siwaporn Saewan, Poom Kumam

“…Furthermore, we prove that our new iterative scheme converges strongly to a common element of the aforementioned sets. The results presented in this paper improve and extend important recent results in the literature.…”
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The Possible Clinical Predictors of Fatigue in Parkinson’s Disease: A Study of 135 Patients as Part of International Nonmotor Scale Validation Project by Vinod Metta, Kartik Logishetty, P. Martinez-Martin, Heather M. Gage, P. E. S. Schartau, T. K. Kaluarachchi, Anne Martin, Per Odin, P. Barone, Fabrizio Stocchi, A. Antonini, K. Ray Chaudhuri

“…Fatigue is a common yet poorly understood and underresearched nonmotor symptom in Parkinson’s disease. …”
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Sedation and Analgesia in Children with Developmental Disabilities and Neurologic Disorders by Todd J. Kilbaugh, Stuart H. Friess, Ramesh Raghupathi, Jimmy W. Huh

“…Sedation and analgesia performed by the pediatrician and pediatric subspecialists are becoming increasingly common for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in children with developmental disabilities and neurologic disorders (autism, epilepsy, stroke, obstructive hydrocephalus, traumatic brain injury, intracranial hemorrhage, and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy). …”
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A Fatal Case of Nafcillin-Induced Hepatotoxicity: A Case Report and the Literature Review by Mian Bilal Alam, Amin Kadoura, Magesh Sathaiah

“…Drug-induced hepatotoxicity (DIH) is quite common, and there are several recommendations for its treatment based upon its etiology. …”
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Rett Syndrome. A Review with Emphasis on Clinical Characteristics and Intervention by Meir Lotan, Bruria Ben-Zeev

“…In the majority of cases, it is caused by a mutation in MECP2, an X-linked gene, and considered the most common multidisabling genetic disorder in females after Down syndrome. …”
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An Unusual Case of Acute Appendicitis due to Metastatic Prostatic Adenocarcinoma by Numbereye Numbere, Andrew Dunn, Aaron R. Huber

“…Acute appendicitis is a common surgical emergency in older adults. In the elderly, like in younger cohorts, acute appendicitis most commonly arises without neoplastic underpinnings. …”
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Cervical Myelopathy in Rheumatoid Arthritis by N. Mukerji, N. V. Todd

“…Involvement of the cervical spine is common in rheumatoid arthritis. Clinical presentation can be variable, and symptoms may be due to neck pain or compressive myeloradiculopathy. …”
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Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy in a 1-Month-Old Infant by Joseph C. Mares, Yaniv Bar-Cohen

“…Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is the most common arrhythmia in children and is especially common in infants. …”
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Urinary Tract Infections in Children: Changing Trends in Etiology and Local Resistance Patterns over a Three-Year Period by Patrícia Sousa, Lucinda Delgado, Susana Correia-de-Oliveira, Cecília Pereira, Ângela Dias, Ana Cláudia Tavares

“… Introduction: Urinary tract infections are common in pediatrics. Knowledge of local resistance patterns is crucial to guide empirical antibiotic therapy. …”
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Cytogenetics and Molecular Abnormalities in Pediatric Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in a Referral Center in Tehran, Iran by Mahshid Heidary Sadegh, Maniya Mozafari, Mohammad Vasei, Sajjadeh Movahedinia, Marzieh Hosseini, Moeinadin Safavi

“…The most common structural variants included t(v;11), t(15;17), t(8;21) and del(7q). …”
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Detection of differences in physical symptoms between depressed and undepressed patients with breast cancer: a study using K-medoids clustering by Jianyao Tang, Bingqian Guo, Chuhan Zhong, Jing Chi, Jiaqi Fu, Jie Lai, Yujie Zhang, Zihan Guo, Shisi Deng, Yanni Wu

“…High co-occurrence was observed in both commonly mentioned symptoms and those less commonly mentioned but frequently co-occurring with them. …”
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Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Adolescents who Attempted Suicide and Differences in Clinical Characteristics Related to Tobacco, Alcohol, and Substance Use by Buket Canlan Özaydın, Mustafa Selahattin Yeşil, Börte Gürbüz Özgür, Hatice Aksu

“…Family prob- lems were the most common stressor (72.6%). Conduct disorder was the most common psychiatric diagnosis. …”
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Diagnostic and Management Pathways for Pulmonary Carcinoid Tumours in the United Kingdom: Results from the National Lung Neuroendocrine Tumour Pathway Project by Wasat Mansoor, Stuart Ferguson, Victoria Ross, Denis Talbot

“…Somatostatin analogues were the most commonly reported first-line treatment (63% of respondents), and chemotherapy was the most commonly reported second-line therapy and third-line therapy (33% and 41%, respectively) for unresectable and metastatic disease. …”
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Retrospective study of spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage: vasospasm and other complications (Part III) by S. Bakanauskaitė, J. Grigaitė, R. Danilevičienė, G. Lizaitienė, L. Piliponis, J. Ščerbak, D. Jatužis, J. Valaikienė

“…In 102 patients (mean age 58±16 years; 55% female), the most common cause of spontaneous SAH was ruptured aneurysm, the most common arterial sites were the middle cerebral artery (36%), anterior cerebral artery and/or communicating artery (together 33%), and internal carotid artery (20%). …”
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Evaluation of change in emergency care knowledge and skills among front-line healthcare providers in Ukraine with the Basic Emergency Care course: a pretest/post-test study by Sean M Kivlehan, Amy Allen, Olha Viun, Dmitry A Makarov, Daniel Schnorr, Sonny Patel, Sergii A Ryzhenko, Phuong Pham, Timothy B Erickson

“…Open-ended written feedback was collected upon course completion and analysed for common themes.Results Participant knowledge assessment scores improved from 19 (IQR 15–20) to 22 (IQR 19–23) on a 25-point scale (p&lt;0.001). …”
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Three-Year Assault Cases Performed on the Emergency Trauma Center by Melih Yucel SANLIER, Behcet Al, Volkan CELEBI, Gorkem Alper SOLAKOGLU, Eltaf TORUN, Kurtulus ACIKSARI, Bilgehan Ahmet CUMHUR, Nafiye SANLIER

“…Facial injuries were significantly more common in males (p=&lt;0.05), whereas spinal and pelvic injuries were common in females (p&lt;0.05). …”
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