Clinical Profile of Dengue Fever in Children: A Study from Southern Odisha, India by Shubhankar Mishra, Ramya Ramanathan, Sunil Kumar Agarwalla

“…The most common presenting symptom was fever seen in 100% and hepatomegaly (43.8%), the most common physical finding. Gastrointestinal bleeding was markedly seen in severe dengue (76.9%). …”
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Targeting HIF-1α to Prevent Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury: Does It Work? by Kapil Sethi, Kenny Rao, Damien Bolton, Oneel Patel, Joseph Ischia

“…Partial nephrectomy (open or minimally invasive) usually requires temporary renal arterial occlusion to limit intraoperative bleeding and improve access to intrarenal structures. …”
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Umbilical Hernia as Forerunner of Primary Umbilical Endometriosis: A Case Report by Saunri Hansadah, Jasmina Begum, Pankaj Kumar, Sweta Singh, Deepthy Balakrishnan, Anirban Kundu

“…Report herein is a case of PUE associated with an umbilical hernia who presented with classical umbilical nodule symptoms with cyclical pain and bleeding due to menstruation. The patient underwent omphalectomy with abdominal wall defect repair using prosthetic mesh. …”
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Gluteal Compartment Syndrome following an Iliac Bone Marrow Aspiration by Edmundo Berumen-Nafarrate, Carlos Vega-Najera, Carlos Leal-Contreras, Irene Leal-Berumen

“…Here we present a case of a 51-year-old patient with history of a non-Hodgkin lymphoma who underwent a bone marrow aspiration from the posterior iliac crest that had excessive bleeding at the puncture zone. The patient complained of increasing pain, tenderness, and buttock swelling. …”
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A Case of Ruptured Exophytic Uterine Artery Pseudoaneurysm without Specific Risk Factors That Manifested Seven Days after Vaginal Delivery by Masatake Toshimitsu, Takayuki Iriyama, Jiro Sato, Osamu Abe, Mari Ichinose, Seisuke Sayama, Takahiro Seyama, Kenbun Sone, Keiichi Kumasawa, Yutaka Osuga

“…Early diagnosis of exophytic UAP rupture is difficult due to the absence of vaginal bleeding. This study reports the case of a 31-year-old postpartum woman who presented with abdominal pain and fever seven days after vaginal delivery, without symptoms of maternal shock. …”
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Diffusion-Weighted MRI and FDG-PET in Diagnosis of Endometrial Stromal Nodule by Shunsuke Maruyama, Yukiyasu Sato, Yumiko Satake, Hiroko Mise, Tomoko Kim

“…A 72-year-old postmenopausal woman presented with 5-year history of persistent vaginal bleeding. Histological examination of the endometrial curettage specimen revealed hyperplasia of apparently normal endometrial stromal cells. …”
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Novel approaches in myelofibrosis by Steffen Koschmieder

“…Abstract Myelofibrosis (MF) is a clonal myeloid neoplasm characterized by bone marrow fibrosis, splenomegaly, and disease‐associated symptoms, as well as increased mortality, due to thrombosis, severe bleeding, infections, or progression to acute leukemia. …”
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Early and Ultraearly Administration of Tranexamic Acid in Traumatic Brain Injury: Our 8-Year-Long Clinical Experience by Nurdan Acar, Mustafa Emin Canakci, Ugur Bilge

“…Recent studies showed that TXA can be useful in management of intracerebral hemorrhage, especially in reducing the amount of bleeding. The TXA given in the first 3 hours has been shown to reduce mortality. …”
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Relationship between periodontal disease and respiratory conditions in patients admitted to the Internal Medicine ward by Beatriz María Borrell Fuster, Víctor René Navarro Machado, Ana Belkys Hernández Millán, Beatriz María Fuster Cabrera, Belkis Julia León Águila

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> all patients with respiratory disease had some type of injury which included them within any of the periodontal conditions; the most frequent were the formation of bags between 4 and 5 mm (70.3%) and gingival bleeding (33.3%). The predominating risk factor for both groups of diseases was the smoking habit. …”
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Severe Gingival Enlargement with Coexisting Erosive Lichen Planus in Severe Chronic Periodontitis Patient by Ambika Sharma, Chakshu Aggarwal, Vijay P. Mathur, Divesh Sardana

“…A 49-year-old hypertensive female presented with painful enlarged bleeding and suppurating gums with burning sensation on eating food along with long-term usage of antihypertensive drug amlodipine known for its gingival enlargement effect. …”
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Extra-Hepatic Portal Venous Obstruction in Pregnant Women of South-Asian Descent: A Case Series by Nimmi Amala, Akshaya Murali, Annamma Thomas

“…Extra-hepatic portal venous obstruction (EHPVO), even though asymptomatic in a majority of the cases, has a higher risk of variceal bleeding in pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes. …”
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Deranged liver among Sudanese Patients with Dengue Virus Infection in Port Sudan Teaching Hospital by Bashir Abdrhman Bashir Mohamed

“…PT was prolonged in 9%, PTT was prolonged in 12.6% and shortened by 5.4% of the patients, whereas hypofibrinogenemia in 18.3% and hyperfibrinogenemia in 67.4% of the patients. Bleeding was seen in 10.5% of patients and thrombocytopenia was detected in 83.5% of patients. …”
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First Experience Using the Sheathless Hyperion Guiding Catheter System Designed for Direct Insertion by Andrew Borrie, Sarah Fairley, Scott A. Harding

“…There was no in-hospital urgent revascularisation or death and no major bleeding or vascular complications. Occlusion occurred in 2 (1.6%) radial arteries. …”
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A Novel Round Insulated Tip Papillotome as an Alternative to the Classic Needle-Knife for Precut Sphincterotomy in Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography by Birol Baysal, Hakan Akin, Omar Masri, Ali Tüzün İnce, Hakan Senturk

“…Only five patients (3.6%) developed mild to moderate post-ERCP pancreatitis and two had mild bleeding. No perforations or deaths were encountered. …”
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Methimazole Inhibits the Expression of GFAP and the Migration of Astrocyte in Scratched Wound Model In Vitro by Lina Zhao, Xianyu Zhang, Chunhai Zhang

“…While scar formation plays a very important role in wound healing and prevents further bleeding by forming a physical barrier, it is also one of key features of CNS injury, resulting in glial scar formation (astrogliosis), which is closely related to treatment resistant epilepsy, chronic pain, and other devastating diseases. …”
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Single-center experience with ultra-early cranioplasty within 3 weeks after decompressive craniectomy by Lei Zhao, Gengshen Zhang, Xiaomeng Liu, Lijun Yang, Kai Tang, Jianliang Wu

“…This article aims to investigate the effect of different timing of CP on the neurologic prognosis of patients, and to explore the feasibility and safety of ultra-early CP (within 3 weeks) following DC.MethodsThe duration time of surgery, intraoperative bleeding volume, surgery-related complications, and activities of daily living (ADL) scores were retrospectively analyzed in 23 patients underwent ultra-early CP performed within 3 weeks, and compared with 136 patients with non-ultra-early CP performed within the same time period.ResultsThe mean duration time of surgery in the ultra-early group was significantly shorter than that in the non-ultra-early group. …”
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Polymorphisms of Il-10 (-1082) and RANKL (-438) Genes and the Failure of Dental Implants by Rodrigo Ribeiro, Rayanne Melo, Pedro Tortamano Neto, André Vajgel, Paulo Roberto Eleutério Souza, Renata Cimões

“…An implant was considered a failure if any of the following occurred: mobility, persistent subjective complaint, recurrent peri-implant infection with suppuration, continuous radiolucency around the implant, probing depth ≥ 5 mm, and bleeding on probing. Buccal mucosal cells were collected for analysis of RANKL438 and IL-10. …”
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Risk Factors for Amputation in the Surgical Treatment of Hemophilic Osteoarthropathy: A 20-Year Single-Center Report by Yiming Xu, Bin Feng, Wei Zhu, Yingjie Wang, Xisheng Weng

“…Hemophilic osteoarthropathy (HO) is a common cause of spontaneous bleeding in hemophiliacs. Surgical procedures are necessary for patients with severe HO. …”
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Kidney Salvage with Renal Artery Reconstruction after Blunt Traumatic Injury by David G. Jackson, Phillipe Abreu, Manuel Anthony Moutinho, Antonio Marttos, George W. Burke, Nicholas Namias, Gaetano Ciancio

“…Here, we discuss a patient postmotor vehicle accident who presented to Ryder Trauma Center with intra-abdominal bleeding. He underwent emergency exploratory laparotomy with splenectomy and abdominal packing. …”
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Endoscopic Repair of Gastrocolic and Colocutaneous Fistulas Complicating Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube by Chukwunonso Chime, Ahmed Baiomi, Kishore Kumar, Harish Patel, Anil Dev, Jasbir Makker

“…Some of the encountered complications include bleeding, site infection, tube migration, and inadvertent creation of fistula. …”
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