Rapid Brain Death following Cardiac Arrest without Intracranial Pressure Rise and Cerebral Circulation Arrest by Maxime Nguyen, Thomas Bièvre, Abdelouaid Nadji, Bélaïd Bouhemad

“…We describe here an unusual case of brain death following cardiac arrest. Brain electric activity had totally ceased, allowing the confirmation of brain death, despite normal cerebral blood flow (assessed by both transcranial doppler and tomodensitometry) and no evidence of intracranial hypertension. …”
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Lipid profile alterations following aerobic and resistance training programmes among HIV- seropositive female patients by Elvis I. Agbonlahor, Oluwaseun Susan Kubeyinje

“…This study was designed to assess the changes in lipid profile of HIV-seropositive patients following 6week aerobic and resistance exercise training. …”
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Sublingual Buprenorphine and Methadone Maintenance Treatment: A Three-Year Follow-Up of Quality of Life Assessment by Salvatore M. Giacomuzzi, Markus Ertl, Georg Kemmler, Yyvonne Riemer, Alexander Vigl

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Subjective and objective vestibular changes that occur following paediatric cochlear implantation: systematic review and meta-analysis by Michael Yong, Emily Young, Jane Lea, Hannah Foggin, Erica Zaia, Frederick K. Kozak, Brian D. Westerberg

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Dimension Synthesis Method of Disc Cam with Roller Translating Follower based on Technology of the Visualization-Oriented Mapping by Wu Qiuping, Li Yanping, Chang Yong

Subjects: “…Translating follower…”
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Autogenous Chin Block Grafts in the Aesthetic Zone: A 20-Year Follow-Up Case Report by Carlo Maiorana, Susanna Ferrario, Pier Paolo Poli, Mattia Manfredini

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Cervical Spinal Osteomyelitis with Epidural Abscess following an Escherichia coli Urinary Tract Infection in an Immunocompetent Host by Abdelmoniem Moustafa, Rowida Kheireldine, Zubair Khan, Hussam Alim, Mohammad Saud Khan, Mohd Amer Alsamman, Eslam Youssef

“…A diagnosis of SEA should be considered in patients presenting with progressive weakness and neurological deficits following UTI and is to be confirmed by MRI. E. coli could be the culprit for epidural abscess and spine osteomyelitis even in immunocompetent patients.…”
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Predictors of Alcohol Use, Alcohol-Related Problems, and Substance Use Following Adolescent Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery by Gretchen E. White, PhD, Richard E. Boles, PhD, Anita P. Courcoulas, MD, MPH, Thomas H. Inge, MD, Susan Z. Yanovski, MD, Todd M. Jenkins, PhD, Meg H. Zeller, PhD

“…Moreover, persistent or heavy marijuana use following MBS during adolescence is higher than national data. …”
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Transcriptome atlases of rat brain regions and their adaptation to diabetes resolution following gastrectomy in the Goto-Kakizaki rat by François Brial, Aurélie Le Lay, Claude Rouch, Edouard Henrion, Mathieu Bourgey, Guillaume Bourque, Mark Lathrop, Christophe Magnan, Dominique Gauguier

“…To generate a detailed atlas of the brain transcriptome in the context of diabetes, we carried out RNA sequencing in hypothalamus, hippocampus, brainstem and striatum of the Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rat model of spontaneous type 2 diabetes, which was applied to identify gene transcription adaptation to improved glycemic control following vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) in the GK. …”
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Biventricular Mechanical Circulatory Support Does Not Prevent Delayed Myocardial Ventricular Rupture following Myocardial Infarction by Yazhini Ravi, Emily P. Sudhakar, Pratima Nayak, Chittoor B. Sai-Sudhakar, Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas

“…We present a case of delayed free wall myocardial rupture following an acute inferior wall myocardial infarction in a patient with biventricular mechanical circulatory support.…”
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Effects of autologous platelet-rich plasma in promoting endometrial thickness on patients with thin endometrium following IVF by Gita Pratama, Elizabeth Agustina, Atika Mahira Yanfaunnas, Mila Maidarti, Achmad Kemal Harzif, R. Muharam, Budi Wiweko

“…Results: Seven of nine patients had adequate endometrial thickness followed by FET. Endometrial thickness was improved in 8 from 9 patients (88.8%). …”
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Neglected Forearm Fractures and Its Outcome Following Mediolateral Plate Osteosynthesis: A Retrospective Case Series by Sitsabesan Chokkalingam, Ashok T Ramanathan, Gopinath Menon

“…Both functional and radiological outcomes were assessed with minimum follow-up till the fracture union. Anderson's criteria was used for functional assessment and radiological assessment of radius using bow magnitude, bow percentage and bow ratio. …”
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Residual Hemothorax after Chest Tube Placement Correlates with Increased Risk of Empyema Following Traumatic Injury by Riyad Karmy-Jones, Michele Holevar, Ryan J Sullivan, Ani Fleisig, Gregory J Jurkovich

“…BACKGROUND: Empyema complicates tube thoracostomy following trauma in up to 10% of cases. Studies of potential risk factors of empyema have included use of antibiotics, site of injury and technique of chest tube placement. …”
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Comparative analysis and optimal allocation of virtual inertia from grid‐forming and grid‐following controlled ESSs by Naixuan Zhu, Pengfei Hu, Chongxi Jiang, Yanxue Yu, Daozhuo Jiang

“…Then the inertia characteristics of both grid‐forming and grid‐following devices are formulated, followed by the unified gradient descent optimization method for allocating virtual inertia. …”
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Risk Factors Associated with Falls and Fractures Following Prescription of Opioids Among Privately Insured Patients with Osteoarthritis by Stuart Silverman, Patricia Schepman, J. Bradford Rice, Craig G. Beck, William Pajerowski, Alan G. White, Sheena Thakkar, Rebecca L. Robinson, Birol Emir

“…**Results:** Of 16 663 patients meeting inclusion criteria, 3886 (23%) had at least 1 fall or fracture during follow-up. Of these 3886 patients, 1349 (35%) had at least 1 fall with an average of 3 fall claims, and 3299 (85%) patients had at least 1 fracture with an average of 8 claims during follow-up. …”
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Structural Brain Changes Following Left Temporal Low-Frequency rTMS in Patients with Subjective Tinnitus by Astrid Lehner, Berthold Langguth, Timm B. Poeppl, Rainer Rupprecht, Göran Hajak, Michael Landgrebe, Martin Schecklmann

“…For a subgroup of 41 patients, additional brain scans were done after a follow-up period of 90 days. GM changes were analysed by means of voxel based morphometry. …”
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Postobstructive Pulmonary Edema following Tonsillectomy/Adenoidectomy in a 2-Year-Old with Poland-Moebius Syndrome by Tanisha Powell, Nirupma Sharma, Kathleen T. McKie

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Simultaneous Bilateral Quadriceps Tendon Rupture following Long-Term Low-Dose Nasal Corticosteroid Application by Mohamed Omar, Philipp Haas, Max Ettinger, Christian Krettek, Maximilian Petri

“…We report the case of a 61-year-old healthy patient who sustained a simultaneous bilateral quadriceps tendon rupture following minor trauma. Medical history was completely clear except of a long-term nasal corticosteroid medication due to allergic rhinitis.…”
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Metabolic deficiencies underlie reduced plasmacytoid dendritic cell IFN-I production following viral infection by Trever T. Greene, Yeara Jo, Carolina Chiale, Monica Macal, Ziyan Fang, Fawziyah S. Khatri, Alicia L. Codrington, Katelynn R. Kazane, Elizabeth Akbulut, Shobha Swaminathan, Yu Fujita, Patricia Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, Thekla Cordes, Christian Metallo, David A. Scott, Elina I. Zúñiga

“…Abstract Type I Interferons (IFN-I) are central to host protection against viral infections, with plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC) being the most significant source, yet pDCs lose their IFN-I production capacity following an initial burst of IFN-I, resulting in susceptibility to secondary infections. …”
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“Spontaneous epidural hematoma in a pediatric patient following pansinusitis: a case report and review of the literature” by Shahin Nazarpour, Farid Qoorchi Moheb Seraj, Seyed Morteza Sharifzadeh Khavari, Mehran Seadghat, Mohammad Ali Abouei Mehrizi

“…Although spontaneous epidural hematoma following craniofacial infection is rare, prompt imaging and hematoma evacuation have been found with higher rates of favorable outcomes and Markley decreased mortality. …”
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