Traditional uses, botanical description, phytochemistry, and pharmacological activities of Phytolacca acinosa: a review by Tooba Khalid, Chieh-Wei Chang, Samir Anis Ross, Faiza Naseer, Abdul Qadeer, Chien-Chin Chen, Chien-Chin Chen, Chien-Chin Chen, Chien-Chin Chen, Hafiz Abdul Rafey

“…The plant has a long history of usage in traditional medicine for treating a variety of ailments including infectious diseases, edema, inflammation, gastric, and abdominal distress. …”
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A rare case of acute respiratory distress syndrome due to chlorine gas inhalation: Rapid progression with favorable ICU outcome by Dung Thai Pham, Bang Ngoc Dao, Dung Tien Nguyen, Ba Van Dang, Dung Tien Le, Hung Manh Do, Loc Tich Hoang, Minh Tuan Ngo, Duong Minh Vu

“…The patient's condition deteriorated rapidly, with symptoms progressing to acute pulmonary edema and severe hypoxemia, requiring immediate transfer to the intensive care unit (ICU). …”
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Case Report: Concurrent primary CNS lymphoma and meningothelial meningioma - nuances of diagnosis and management [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Rosalinda Menoni, Ira Bowen, Dan Miulli, Jacob Bernstein, Samir Kashyap

“…CT imaging revealed a right occipital mass with significant vasogenic edema causing 12mm of midline shift. MRI revealed two distinct homogeneously contrast-enhancing lesions: a right occipital mass with dural-based attachment, as well as a homogenously contrast-enhancing lesion adjacent to the right posterolateral ventricle. …”
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Pathomorphology of severe Grade 3-4 hepatic encephalopathy in decompensated cirrhosis patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure by T.V. Shulyatnikova, V.O. Tumanskiy, L.M. Tumanska

“…The above-mentioned changes confirm that the loss of consciousness and other psychoneurological manifestations of severe HE Grade 3-4 are due to compound am­monia-associated changes in the components of the glioneuronal complex, namely: adaptive remodeling and dystro­phic changes in astrocytes, reduced synaptic transmission and apoptotic neuronal death, reactive changes in microglia with a small proportion of microgliocytes involved in phagocytosis, cytotoxic brain edema and dysfunction of the glymphatic system…”
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Surgical management of intracranial hypertension in rickets-related craniosynostosis by Alessio Iacoangeli, Sergio Capelli, Andrea Held, Emidio Procaccini, Davide Luglietto, Matteo Barba, Alessandro De Benedictis, Carlo Gandolfo, Carlo Efisio Marras

“…We report the case of a 9-year-old boy with X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets who presented with headache, fundus oculi edema, and double sinus pericranii. A CT scan revealed fusion of the cranial sutures, and continuous intracranial pressure monitoring confirmed intracranial hypertension. …”
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Response to 1-Year Fixed-Regimen Bevacizumab Therapy in Treatment-Naïve DME Patients: Assessment by OCT Angiography by Magdalena Hunt, Sławomir Teper, Adam Wylęgała, Edward Wylęgała

“…To evaluate the effectiveness of intravitreal bevacizumab treatment in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) by assessing retinal changes using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A). …”
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Digestive cancers: mechanisms, therapeutics and management by Tianzuo Zhan, Johannes Betge, Nadine Schulte, Lena Dreikhausen, Michael Hirth, Moying Li, Philip Weidner, Antonia Leipertz, Andreas Teufel, Matthias P. Ebert

“…We comprehensively describe the current stage-dependent pharmacological management of these malignancies, including chemo-, targeted, and immunotherapy. For each cancer entity, we provide an overview of recent therapeutic advancements and research progress. …”
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Proceso de atención de enfermería aplicado a un adulto mayor con pie diabético by Fatima Del carmen Bernal Corrales, Ximena Alessandra Guevara Sánchez, Liz Katherine Heredia Roalcaba, Lesly Andrea Serrepe Rodas

“…Caso clínico: Adulto mayor internado en el servicio de medicina en un hospital nivel I por presentar una úlcera en el primer dedo del pie derecho, con una profundidad de 0,5 x 0,5 cm de diámetro, de dos meses de evolución, además de un edema en el miembro inferior derecho, con antecedente de diabetes mellitus no controlada. …”
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Nonoperative management of colon and mesocolon injuries caused by blunt trauma: three case reports by Naa Lee, Euisung Jeong, Hyunseok Jang, Yunchul Park, Younggoun Jo, Jungchul Kim

“…Colon and mesocolon injuries, large hematoma, colon wall edema, and/or ischemia were revealed on CT. However, no prominent mesenteric extravasation, free fluid, bowel infarction, and/or colon wall perforation were observed. …”
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Development and validation of a protocol to determine product perception in relation to the moment of the day by M. Visalli, S. Plano, C. Tortorello, D. Vigo, M.V. Galmarini

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Autopsias en fallecidos de la tercera edad by Teresita Montero González, José Domingo Hurtado de Mendoza Amat, Marlene García Origuela

“…Aumentan progresivamente en las causas de muerte directa, la sepsis y el tromboembolismo, mientras disminuyen el choque, edema pulmonar e infarto cardiaco. Aumenta en las causas básicas la aterosclerosis cerebral y generalizada, disminuye la coronaria, la enfermedad hipertensiva y los tumores malignos. …”
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Parasitic structure defect blights sustainability of cobalt-free single crystalline cathodes by Lei Yu, Alvin Dai, Tao Zhou, Weiyuan Huang, Jing Wang, Tianyi Li, Xinyou He, Lu Ma, Xianghui Xiao, Mingyuan Ge, Rachid Amine, Steven N. Ehrlich, Xing Ou, Jianguo Wen, Tongchao Liu, Khalil Amine

“…These LRNDs act as critical tipping points, inducing significant chemo-mechanical lattice strain and irreversible structural degradation, which exacerbates the voltage and capacity loss in electrochemical performance. …”
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Role of colour doppler ultrasound in the evaluation of hemodialysis arteriovenous access maturation and its correlation with success rate by Alka Agrawal, Prachi Shukla, Mayank Patidar, Suhas Kattigowda

“…Common complications included thrombosis (14.7%) and diffuse subcutaneous edema (17.6%).Conclusion: Doppler ultrasound is a reliable and objective tool for assessing AVF maturity and predicting functionality. …”
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A Unique Case of Mantle Cell Lymphoma Masquerading as a Cecal Mass by Sarahi Herrera-Gonzalez, Dema Shamoon, Tingliang Shen, Simon Badin, Yatinder Bains

“…Treatment involves conventional chemo-immunotherapy consisting of R CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone) or RB (rituximab and bendamustine), with the latter being better tolerated and associated with longer progression-free survival. …”
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Neutrophils Are Dysregulated in Patients with Hereditary Angioedema Types I and II in a Symptom-Free Period by Tereza Grymova, Marcela Vlkova, Premysl Soucek, Roman Hakl, Jana Nechvatalova, Peter Slanina, Julie Stichova, Jiri Litzman, Tomas Freiberger

“…In summary, the results showed neutrophils’ alerted state and dysregulation at the transcript level in patients with HAE types I and II even in a symptom-free period, which might make them more susceptible to edema formation. Neutrophils’ T-cell suppressive capacity in HAE patients needs to be further investigated.…”
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Continuation of Aspirin Therapy before Cataract Surgery with Different Incisions: Safe or Not? by Qingjian Li, Yiwen Qian, Yu Zhang, Gaoyuan Sun, Xian Zhou, Zhiliang Wang

“…Consecutive patients having cataract surgery under topical anesthesia with different incisions between May 2016 and August 2017 were followed. 236 eyes of 166 patients on routine aspirin therapy were randomized into 2 groups: continuation group, 112 eyes; discontinuation group, 124 eyes. 121 eyes of 94 patients on no routine anticoagulant therapy were used as the control group. …”
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Psoralidin: emerging biological activities of therapeutic benefits and its potential utility in cervical cancer by Tanya Tripathi, Apoorva Chaudhary, Divya Janjua, Udit Joshi, Nikita Aggarwal, Chetkar Chandra Keshavam, Alok Chandra Bharti

“…This unique characteristic suggests its potential to be used as an adjunct molecule in combination with existing treatment to enhance the efficacy of chemo/radiotherapy for treating CaCx. However, low bioavailability and intestinal efflux limit the use of psoralidin in clinical applications. …”
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Effect of Maggot Flour (Hermetia illucens larvae) on Histopathology of Koi carp <I>(Cyprinus carpio)</I> Muscles and Gills Infected with <I>Edwarsiella tarda</I> by Hengki Pradana, Arief Prajitno, Maftuch Maftuch

“…The results of the histopathological analysis showed that in muscle and gill tissue, treatment C (75%) showed the lowest damage value among other treatments with an average score of necrosis 0.93, hyaline degeneration 1.33, and Edema 1.27. Average score of gill tissue damage was 0.9 fusion, 1.3 congestion, 0.9 hyperplasia. …”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Educated Macrophages Ameliorate LPS-Induced Systemic Response by Yaoqin Hu, Chaojin Qin, Guoping Zheng, Dengming Lai, Huikang Tao, Yan Zhang, Guanguan Qiu, Menghua Ge, Lanfang Huang, Lina Chen, Baoli Cheng, Qiang Shu, Jianguo Xu

“…Educated macrophages decreased lung inflammation, weight loss, pulmonary edema, and inflammatory cytokine response. In vitro, ASCs increased expression of M2 macrophages independent of direct cell-to-cell contact when macrophages were treated with LPS or serum from patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). …”
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Purtscher-Like Retinopathy by Rita Massa, Carolina Vale, Mafalda Macedo, Maria João Furtado, Miguel Gomes, Miguel Lume, Angelina Meireles

“…The ophthalmologic evaluation revealed the best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of 20/32 in the right eye (RE) and of 20/40 in the left eye (LE); biomicroscopy of anterior segment showed scleral icterus and fundoscopy revealed peripapillary cotton-wool spots, optic disc edema, and RPE hypo- and hyperpigmentation in the middle peripheral retina in both eyes with an intraretinal hemorrhage in the LE. 15 months after the initial presentation, without ophthalmological treatment, there was an improvement of BCVA to 20/20 in both eyes and optical coherence tomography (OCT) revealed areas of reduction of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness corresponding to the previous cotton-wool spots. …”
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