Factors Associated with Acute Malnutrition among Children Admitted to a Diarrhoea Treatment Facility in Bangladesh by Connor Fuchs, Tania Sultana, Tahmeed Ahmed, M. Iqbal Hossain

“…To assess the risk factors for acute malnutrition (weight-for-height z-score (WHZ) < −2), a case-control study was conducted during June–September 2012 in 449 children aged 6–59 months (178 with WHZ < −2 and 271 comparing children with WHZ ≥ −2 and no edema) admitted to the Dhaka Hospital of icddr,b in Bangladesh. …”
Get full text

Budd-Chiari Syndrome with Multiple Thrombi due to a Familial Arg42Ser Mutation in the Protein C Gene by Jun Muratsu, Atsuyuki Morishima, Kazuhiro Mizoguchi, Keiji Ataka, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Xinping Fan, Toshiyuki Miyata, Katsuhiko Sakaguchi

“…A 34-year-old Japanese woman was admitted to our hospital complaining of developing bilateral pedal edema. Imaging studies led to a diagnosis of Budd-Chiari syndrome combined with internal jugular vein thrombus. …”
Get full text

Comparative Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of the Diode Laser (980 nm) and Sclerotherapy for the Treatment of Oral Pyogenic Granuloma by Peeyush Shivhare, Naqoosh Haidry, Neha Sah, Ajay Kumar, Abhishek Gupta, Ankur singh, Mohan Raju Penumatcha, Shalini Subramanyam

“…Compared with the sclerotherapy group, the laser group had less side effects including pain, edema, ulceration, ecchymosis, infections, and scarring. …”
Get full text

Anti-human leukocyte antigen-DPB1 antibody-associated transfusion-related acute lung injury after hematopoietic stem cell infusion by Mehmet Can Balkan, Fatma Visal Okur, Fatma Burcu Belen Apak, Sevil Babayeva, Numan Firat Ekici, Baris Kuskonmaz, Duygu Uckan Cetinkaya

“…At the last hour of infusion, the patient had acute hypoxemia, tachycardia, and bilateral pulmonary edema. He was diagnosed with TRALI and completely recovered with supportive therapy in 48 h. …”
Get full text

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the treatment of a crush injury of the hand: a case report by Pedro Henry Neto, Zamara Brandão Ribeiro, Adriano Bastos Pinho, Carlos Henrique Rodrigues de Almeida, Carlos Alberto de Albuquerque Maranhão, Joaquim da Cunha Campos Goncalves

“…Posttraumatic compartment syndrome responds well to HBOt, which reduces edema and contributes to angiogenesis, as well as promoting the cascade of healing events. …”
Get full text

Efek Suplementasi Selenium terhadap Marker Darah Pasca Cedera Kontusio by Mariel Daba, Hanna Goenawan, Vita Murniati Tarawan, Aziis Mardanarian Rosdianto, Ronny Lesmana

“…Contusion injury increases the inflammatory response to a muscle or tissue that begins with vasodilation, increases blood flow, increases vascular permeability, and leads to edema formation at the site of injury. Objectives: To determine the effect of selenium supplementation on changes in blood markers in rats treated with contusion injury. …”
Get full text

Hyperreflective Intraretinal Spots in Diabetics without and with Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: An In Vivo Study Using Spectral Domain OCT by Stela Vujosevic, Silvia Bini, Giulia Midena, Marianna Berton, Elisabetta Pilotto, Edoardo Midena

“…SD-OCT hyperreflective spots are present in diabetic eyes even when clinical retinopathy is undetectable. …”
Get full text

TRANSMETACARPAL REPLANTATION. ELEVEN YEARS LATER by Binka Popova, Elena Mateva, Kevork Kaykchian, Deyan Sokolov

“…During replantation enormous tissue edema appeared, caused by long ischemia time with cryopreservation of the amputated part for three hours. …”
Get full text

Case report: A case of mycobacterium bovis, in a previously healthy 10-year-old girl in Lebanon by Amal Naous, MD, Zeina Naja, MD, Aref Ramadan, MD, Batoul Ahmad-Kassem, MD, Walaa Saba Tayon, MD, Mahmoud Abdelnabi, MD, Lynn Mansour, Zenah Delbani, Elissa El-judri, Ali Zeidan, Mariam Rajab, MD

“…Subsequent hospitalization for continuous fever, limb edema, and strawberry tongue led to a diagnosis of Kawasaki disease. …”
Get full text

BONE MARROW MICROENVIRONMENT INVOLVEMENT IN T-MN: FOCUS ON MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS by Maria Teresa Voso, Giulia Falconi, Emiliano Fabiani

“…In addition, BM-MSC maintain the stability of the BM immune microenvironment and reduce the damage caused to HSC by stress stimuli. In t-MN context, chemo/radio-therapy may induce damage to the BM-MSC and likewise alter BM-MSC functions by promoting pro-inflammatory response, clonal selection and/or the production of factors that may favor malignant hematopoiesis. …”
Get full text

siRNA therapeutics for effective management of rheumatoid arthritis by Vishakha R. Chakole, Tathagata Dutta, Priyankar Sen

“…Several treatments are available for RA, including analgesics, corticosteroids, DMARDs, biological agents, combinational therapy, epigenetic and cell therapies which play a crucial role in preventing joint function deterioration, inflammation, synovial edema, etc. Besides these numerous advantages, these treatments have several disadvantages like liver cirrhosis, interstitial lung disease, sexual health is impaired in males, neuropsychiatric adverse effects, etc. …”
Get full text

Successful Treatment with Mycophenolate Mofetil and Tacrolimus in Juvenile Severe Lupus Nephritis by Tomoo Kise, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Shigeru Fukuyama, Masatsugu Uehara

“…Nineteen months later, she was admitted to the hospital with generalized edema. Her symptoms were nephrotic syndrome and acute renal dysfunction. …”
Get full text

Impact of Baseline Central Retinal Thickness on Outcomes in the VIVID-DME and VISTA-DME Studies by Edoardo Midena, Mark Gillies, Todd A. Katz, Carola Metzig, Chengxing Lu, Yuichiro Ogura

“…To report the impact of baseline central retinal thickness (CRT) on outcomes in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) in VIVID-DME and VISTA-DME. Methods. …”
Get full text

A Meta-Analysis Comparing Postoperative Complications and Outcomes of Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery versus Conventional Phacoemulsification for Cataract by Zi Ye, Zhaohui Li, Shouzhi He

“…Elevated intraocular pressure and macular edema were most commonly developed complications after cataract surgery, and the incidence of these complications associated with the two surgeries was similar. …”
Get full text

Subfoveal Choroidal Thickness after Panretinal Photocoagulation with Red and Green Laser in Bilateral Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Patients: Short Term Results by Ramak Roohipoor, Sina Dantism, Aliasghar Ahmadraji, Reza Karkhaneh, Mohammad Zarei, Fariba Ghasemi

“…A total of 50 patients with bilateral proliferative diabetic retinopathy and no diabetic macular edema underwent PRP. One eye was randomly assigned to red or green laser. …”
Get full text

Perspective on Agapeic Ethic and Creation Care by Loveday Chigozie Onyezonwu, Ucheawaji Godfrey Josiah

“…This research was conducted across Port Harcourt City, Obio Akpor, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni, Oyibo, and Eleme municipal areas of Rivers State, Nigeria. The churches observed include Protestant Churches (Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Church of Nigeria that is Anglican Communion, and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints); the Roman Catholic Church; Pentecostal Churches (such as Salvation Ministries Worldwide, Redeemed Christian Church of God, and Deeper Life Bible Church); and African Indigenous Churches (namely, the Christ Apostolic Church, Cherubim and Seraphim, and Celestial Church of Christ). …”
Get full text

Clinical-surgical characterization of acute cholecystitis in patients treated in the General Surgery Service. Cienfuegos, 2017-2019 by Jorge Luis Estepa Pérez, Tahiluma Santana Pedraza, Jorge Luis Estepa Ramos, José Antonio Feliú Rosa

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong> acute cholecystitis is an inflammatory disease, characterized by acute changes in the gallbladder wall that can range from edema and congestion to gangrene and perforation. …”
Get full text

Evaluation of the risk of hypothyroidism and its clinical manifestations using the Zulewski scale by Aldo Ferreira-Hermosillo, Juan Omar Toledo, Karla Cordoba

“…Inquiry of slow movements, dry skin, and facial edema allowed the identification of 90.2% of participants at high risk of hypothyroidism.ConclusionsIn Mexico, a significant portion of the population is at an intermediate or high risk of hypothyroidism, requiring confirmatory diagnostic tests.…”
Get full text

Neovascular Glaucoma as the First Symptom of Bilateral Occlusive Retinal Vasculitis in a 4-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report by Klaudia Rakusiewicz-Krasnodębska, Joanna Jędrzejczak-Młodziejewska, Krystyna Kanigowska, Wojciech Hautz

“…Clinical examination revealed significant findings, including elevated intraocular pressure, corneal edema, and iris neovascularization in the left eye. …”
Get full text

Triple-drug antibiotic therapy for disseminated nocardial abscess in the mediastinum and brain of an immunocompetent patient: a case report by Yue Zhang, Zhongchun Qi, Hua Li, Hui Gao

“…A head-enhanced CT revealed scattered multiple ring-enhanced nodules in both cerebral hemispheres and the left cerebrum, accompanied by extensive surrounding edema. The mediastinal puncture tissue culture confirmed the growth of Nocardia. …”
Get full text