A Curious Case of Iron-Deficiency Anemia by Seth Shaffer, Mayur Brahmania, Hemant Shah

“…His past history was significant for cirrhosis based on a previous variceal bleed but a workup for chronic liver disease was negative and a liver biopsy did not show steatosis, fibrosis, or cirrhosis. …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Copper T and Levonorgestrel IUD on Proteoglycan Composition of Cervical Mucus by Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven, Zihni Açar Yazıcı, Aynur Kırbaş, Figen Kır Şahin

“…Cervical mucus samples were collected 7 days after the menstrual bleeding and the levels of hyaluronan (HA), heparin sulfate (HS) and sulfated-glycosaminoglycans (s-GAG) were evaluated. …”
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Management of Neuraxial Analgesia in a Parturient with Factor XIII Deficiency: A Case Report and Proposed Management Algorithm by David B. Carroll, Conrad Myler, Natthapol Songdej, Khaled Sedeek, Dmitri Bezinover

“…Factor XIII (FXIII) deficiency is a rare coagulation defect that can be associated with significant bleeding. A 28-year-old pregnant woman, with a history of hemorrhagic stroke secondary to severe congenital FXIII deficiency, presented in active labor requesting an epidural. …”
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Iron deficiency anaemia: pathophysiology, assessment, practical management by Matthew James Brookes, Mark A Samaan, Esha Sharma, Aditi Kumar, Alexandra Marley

“…Although the most common causes of IDA are gastrointestinal bleeding and menstruation in women, decreased dietary iron and decreased iron absorption are also culpable causes. …”
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Spontaneous Heterotopic Triplet Pregnancies With Single Intrauterine and Twin Tubal Pregnancies Post‐Levonorgestrel Use: Case Report and Literature Review by Azadeh Tarafdari, Nasim Eshraghi, Hawraa Shbeeb, Marzie Poorabdoli, Marjan Ghaemi, Mohammadamin Parsaei

“…This highlights the need to consider heterotopic pregnancy in differential diagnoses for patients presenting with abdominal pain or vaginal bleeding, even with detected intrauterine pregnancies, especially after failed emergency contraception, necessitating thorough laboratory and ultrasonographic diagnostic work‐up.…”
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Assessment of quality of life in patients undergoing periodontal flap surgery using the questionnaire for patient-based outcomes following periodontal therapy by Birina Deka, Prasad Nadig, Monali Shah, Tanvi Tilokani, Hardi Gandhi

“…Results: All patients (100%) reported a decrease in bleeding gums, and 96% noticed an improvement in bad breath following surgery. …”
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Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism Associated with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telengiectasia by Scarano Valentina, De Santis Daniele, Suppressa Patrizia, Lastella Patrizia, Lenato Gennaro Mariano, Triggiani Vincenzo, Sabbà Carlo

“…Hypertension, postphlebitic syndrome of lower limbs, frequent nose bleeding, and anemia were present in his history; in his adolescence, he was treated for idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. …”
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Beyond the surface: A case study about nevus sebaceous removal for cosmetic concerns by Joshua Lewis, Jatinder P Singh, Ernst J Nicanord

“…Symptoms are typically cosmetic, lacking pain or bleeding. Clinical presentation varies with age, initially appearing as a smooth, hairless yellowish patch, later evolving into an elevated lesion after the onset of puberty. …”
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Prothrombin Complex Concentrate for Rapid Reversal of Warfarin Anticoagulation to Allow Neuraxial Blockade by Conor Skerritt, Stephen Mannion

“…However, most published data describes the use of PCCs in the setting of major bleeding or emergent major surgery, with little information on neuraxial blockade. …”
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Navigating the nasopharyngeal maze: Balanced surgical approach for advanced juvenile angiofibromas by Sowrabh Kumar Arora, Sumanth Bollu, Bhavya Mishra

“…Advanced instances may result in proptosis, cranial neuropathy, facial edema, and potentially fatal bleeding. The tumors exhibit local invasiveness which can extend intracranially. …”
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Recurrent Oral Mucocele Management with Diode Laser by Amira Besbes, Yamina Elelmi, Faten Khanfir, Raja Belgacem, Hichem Ghedira

“…The procedure was rapidly completed with no bleeding. The patient was followed-up after 2 weeks and 6 months. …”
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A Case of Malignant Biliary Obstruction with Severe Obesity Successfully Treated by Endoscopic Ultrasonography-Guided Biliary Drainage by Takashi Obana, Shuuji Yamasaki

“…Although a second PTBD attempt from the right hepatic lobe was accomplished, biliary tract bleeding followed, and the catheter was dislodged. …”
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Deep Endometriosis Induced Spontaneous Colon Rectal Perforation in Pregnancy: Laparoscopy Is Advanced Tool to Confirm Diagnosis by Aurelio Costa, Annalisa Sartini, Silvia Garibaldi, Marco Cencini

“…Endometriosis causes rare complications in pregnancy, such as obstetrical bleeding, preterm birth, spontaneous haemoperitoneum, and intestinal perforation. …”
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Octreotide Treatment of Massive Hemorrhage due to Cytomegalovirus Colitis by Christopher N Andrews, Paul L Beck

“…Colonoscopy showed numerous actively bleeding deep ulcers in the cecum. A provisional diagnosis of CMV colitis was made and she was started on ganciclovir. …”
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Endoscopic Management of Gastric Varices: Efficacy and Outcomes of Gluing with N-Butyl-2-Cyanoacrylate in a North American Patient Population by PJ Belletrutti, J Romagnuolo, RJ Hilsden, F Chen, B Kaplan, J Love, PL Beck

“…BACKGROUND: Gastric variceal bleeding is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in patients with portal hypertension. …”
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Nerve Surgery to Treat Intractable Genitofemoral Neuropathic Pain following Laparoscopic Live Kidney Donation by K. Ramdhani, M. J. A. Malessy, M. J. G. Simon, V. A. L. Huurman

“…The most common complications entail bleeding, wound infection, and incisional hernia. Here we discuss a 50-year-old patient with a severe less known complication, namely, postoperative persistent neuropathic pain in the scrotum and left upper leg. …”
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Can nebulised heparin reduce acute lung injury in patients with SARS‑CoV‑2 requiring advanced respiratory support in Ireland: the CHARTER‑Ireland phase Ib/IIa, randomised, parallel... by David Cosgrave, Bairbre McNicholas, Ciara Hanley, John Robert Sheehan, Padraig Calpin, Maeve Kernan, Darragh Murphy, Alberto Alvarez‑Iglesias, John Ferguson, Camilla Giacomini, Christine Greene, Catriona Cody, Shane McGeary, Marion Murphy, Marianne Fitzgerald, Gerard Curley, Barry Dixon, Roger J. Smith, Claire Masterson, Daniel O’Toole, Frank van Haren, John G. Laffey

“…Eight patients had one or more bleeding events, 5 in the heparin group and 3 in the control group, but were no cases of pulmonary bleeding, of severe haemorrhage or of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Rivaroxaban versus Warfarin for the Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Real-World Study by Yan Huang, Linli Duan, Wenjun He, Cheng Hong, Yehui Guo, Xinni Wang, Nuofu Zhang, Yanghang Chen, Tao Wang, Jian Wang, Chunli Liu

“…The ratio of patients without bleeding was 48.84% for rivaroxaban and 19.05% for standard therapy (P=0.001). …”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for SARS-CoV-2: a multi-centered, prospective, observational study in critically ill 92 patients in Saudi Arabia by Saad Alhumaid, Abbas Al Mutair, Header A. Alghazal, Ali J. Alhaddad, Hassan Al-Helal, Sadiq A. Al Salman, Jalal Alali, Sana Almahmoud, Zulfa M. Alhejy, Ahmad A. Albagshi, Javed Muhammad, Amjad Khan, Tarek Sulaiman, Maha Al-Mozaini, Kuldeep Dhama, Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Ali A. Rabaan

“…Also, there was a high number of patients with septic shock (19.6%) and multiple organ failure (10.9%); and more complications occurred at any time during hospitalization [pneumothorax (5% vs 29.3%, p = 0.000), bleeding requiring blood transfusion (7.1% vs 38%, p = 0.000), pulmonary embolism (6.4% vs 15.2%, p = 0.016), and gastrointestinal bleeding (3.3% vs 8.7%, p = 0.017)] in the ECMO group. …”
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Presentation and Surgical Management of Duodenal Duplication in Adults by Caroline C. Jadlowiec, Beata E. Lobel, Namita Akolkar, Michael D. Bourque, Thomas J. Devers, David W. McFadden

“…Clinical presentations include pancreatitis, biliary obstruction, gastrointestinal bleeding from ectopic gastric mucosa, and malignancy. …”
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