Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy as a Primary Operation for Morbid Obesity: Experience with 200 Patients by Paolo Gentileschi

“…Six major post-operative complications occurred (3%): two gastric stump leaks (1%), three major bleedings (1.5%) and 1 (0.5%) bowel obstruction. One case of mortality was registered (0.5%). …”
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Large Pyoderma Gangrenosum-Like Ulcers: A Rare Presentation of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis by Basheer Tashtoush, Roya Memarpour, Yasmin Johnston, Jose Ramirez

“…Six months later, the patient developed recurrent episodes of sinusitis associated with nasal bleeds and eventually nasal septum perforation. Despite aggressive treatment with Cyclophosphamide and steroids over one year, the patient had persistent nonhealing large ulcers and developed multiple lung nodules with cavitary lesions.…”
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A rare case of brain hemorrhage secondary to venous angioma in the right parietal lobe: case report and literature review by Juan Manuel Altamirano, Karla Salinas-Barboza, Eduardo Lopez-Ortiz, Luis Miguel Alfonso Fernandez-Gutiérrez

“…Initial brain CT scans and MRI revealed a right parietal lobe bleed with a nodular hyperintense lesion on T1 and T2 sequences with lobulated borders and a hemosiderin halo on gradient echo sequences, initially suspected to be a cavernoma. …”
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Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Rivaroxaban versus Acenocoumarol in the Prevention of Stroke in Patients with Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation in Spain by Carlos Rubio-Terrés, Ruth Graefenhain de Codes, Darío Rubio-Rodríguez, Thomas Evers, Santiago Grau Cerrato

“…**Results:** Rivaroxaban treatment was associated with fewer ischemic strokes and systemic embolisms (0.289 vs. 0.300 events), intracranial bleeds (0.051 vs. 0.067), and myocardial infarctions (0.088 vs. 0.102) per patient compared with acenocoumarol. …”
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Permanent Sensorineural Deafness in a Patient with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Secondary to Intracranial Hemorrhage by Sakshi Kapur, Michael Wax, Levin Miles, Adnan Hussain

“…Patient tolerated bone marrow biopsy well but continued to bleed excessively from the biopsy site. Results confirmed Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myelogenous leukemia (chronic phase). …”
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Fluorescence images of skin lesions and automated diagnosis using convolutional neural networks by Matheus B. Rocha, Sebastiao Pratavieira, Renan Souza Vieira, Juliana Duarte Geller, Amanda Lima Mutz Stein, Fernanda Sales Soares de Oliveira, Tania R.P. Canuto, Luciana de Paula Vieira, Renan Rossoni, Maria C.S. Santos, Patricia H.L. Frasson, Renato A. Krohling

“…While including clinical information, such as whether the lesion bleeds, hurts, or itches, improves diagnostic metrics, it is insufficient for correctly differentiating some major skin cancer lesions. …”
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Kisspeptin is elevated in the brain after intracerebral haemorrhagic stroke by Saumya Maheshwari, In Hwa Um, Struan Donachie, Nafeesa Asghar, Karina McDade, Tracey Millar, David J. Harrison, Javier A. Tello

“…Although imaging is excellent at determining the presence of an intracranial bleed, biomarkers may help to identify the type of stroke or when the stroke began. …”
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Role of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (HDL-C) as a Clinical Predictor of Decompensation in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease (CLD) by Harshavardhan Rao B, Priya Nair, Anoop K. Koshy, S. Krishnapriya, C. R. Greeshma, Rama P. Venu

“…Each patient was carefully followed up for development of decompensation events such as new-onset/worsening ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, or variceal bleed during follow-up. Results. A total of 170 patients were included (mean age 60±11.5 years, M:F=6:1). …”
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Dermoscopic and Histopathological Association in Pyogenic Granuloma: A Case Series in Skin of Color by Balachandra Suryakant Ankad, Anirudh A Mallapur, Sahana S Hurakadli

“…Introduction: Pyogenic granuloma (PG) is a common benign vascular lesion, presenting as a rapidly growing papule or polyp that bleeds easily. Diagnosing PG can be challenging due to its clinical similarity to other tumors. …”
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Traum-A-Rhythmia On Debbie Tucker Green’s In-Yer-Ear Stage by Lea Sawyers

“…At odds with the visual frontality of Sarah Kane or Mark Ravenhill, the playwright’s writing focuses its provocative potency on the ear. Characters on stage bleed, tear at each other and love passionately, but most of the drama takes place in and through the language they use. …”
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Investigation of the Adequacy of 100 IU/Kg Unfractionated Heparin Loading Dose by Activated Clotting Time In Children With Congenital Heart Disease During Cardiac Catheterization by Nimet Cındık, Mahmut Gokdemır

“…We did not detect retroperitoneal hematoma, other bleedings at location, or thromboembolism in any of the patients. …”
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The Impact of Intracoronary Imaging on PCI Outcomes in Cases Utilising Rotational Atherectomy: An Analysis of 8,417 Rotational Atherectomy Cases from the British Cardiovascular Int... by Majd B. Protty, Sean Gallagher, Andrew S. P. Sharp, Vasim Farooq, Mohaned Egred, Peter O’Kane, Peter Ludman, Mamas A Mamas, Tim Kinnaird

“…Adjusted rates of in-hospital major adverse cardiac/cerebrovascular events (IH-MACCE), its individual components (death, peri-procedural MI, stroke, and major bleed), or 12-month mortality were not significantly altered by the use of imaging in RA-PCI. …”
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Sirolimus-Eluting Balloon for the Treatment of Coronary Lesions in Complex ACS Patients: The SELFIE Registry by Gianluca Caiazzo, Mario De Michele, Luca Golino, Vincenzo Manganiello, Luciano Fattore

“…One probable subacute thrombosis occurred (1.6%) with no major bleedings. In a subgroup analysis, the incidence of MACE did not show significant differences between patients treated for de novo lesions and ISR (HR: 0.239; CI 95%: 0.003–16.761, p=0.509). …”
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Application of autogenous vaccine in bitches with transmissible venereal tumor by Sakine Ülküm Çizmeci, Ayşe Merve Köse, İbrahim Aydın, Dursun Ali Dinç, Mehmet Maden, Serkan İrfan Köse

“…The lesions in external genital organs are like cauliflower, rubescent, fresh-looking and easily bleed on touched. After administration of the autogenous vaccine, serosanguineous or hemorrhagic genital discharge from the masses on the external genital organs of dogs continued, and there were no changes in the mass fragility. …”
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Dengue Infection and Its Relationship with Evans Syndrome: A Pediatric Case by Ivan Jose Ardila Gomez, Pilar Pérez López, Mónika Rocío Hernández Carreño, Juan Camilo Barrios Torres

“…Mechanisms have been described by which an exacerbated response of the disease is triggered through the increase of infected cells, formation of immune complexes, and complement pathway activation, which lead to a cross-reaction of viral antigens with epithelial cells with platelets with subsequent endothelial dysfunction and bleeds. The first description of Evans syndrome was made in 1951 by Robert Evans. …”
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Effects of proton pump inhibitors and histamine-2 receptor antagonists on response to fidaxomicin or vancomycin in patients with Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea by Thomas Louie, Karl Weiss, Mark A Miller, Kathleen Mullane, Derrick W Crook, Sherwood L Gorbach

“…Therefore, development of CDAD does not require discontinuation of anti-acid treatment in patients who have an indication for continuing PPI or H2RA therapy, such as gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and risk of gastrointestinal bleed.…”
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Predictive Factors Associated with Inappropriate Intravenous Proton Pump Inhibitors Use in Hospitalized Patients: A Case-Control Study by Niveen Khoury, David Stepensky, Naim Abu Freha, Mahmud Mahamid, Tawfik Khoury, Amir Mari

“…Significant predictors of inappropriate use were the presence of congestive heart failure, elderly age, current use of anticoagulants and antithromotics, and the cases managed by surgeons, naturally due to suspected upper gastrointestinal bleedings.…”
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Cost-benefit analysis of VKA versus NOAC treatment in German patients with atrial fibrillation utilizing patient self-testing by Roland Diel, Niklas Lampenius

“…**Methods:** A deterministic decision-analytic model was developed simulating the number of major bleedings, ischemic strokes, and hemorrhagic strokes and their associated costs by utilizing PST compared to those of treatment with NOAC. …”
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Pediatric Intensive Care Provider Attitudes About Children with Medical Complexity and Neurologic Impairment: A Qualitative Study by Elizabeth J. Bleed, Leonardo Barrera, Mickayla Jones, Seema K. Shah, Megan Crowley-Matoka, Carolyn C. Foster

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Recommendations of the Russian Gastroenterological Association in Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Maev, A. S. Trukhmanov, T. L. Lapina, O. A. Storonova, O. V. Zayratyants, O. B. Dronova, Yu. A. Kucheryavyy, S. S. Pirogov, R. G. Sayfutdinov, Yu. P. Uspenskiy, A. A. Sheptulin, D. N. Andreev, D. E. Rumyantseva

“…Prokinetics can be used in combination with PPIs for their properties to recover normal functionality of esophagus through affecting pathogenetic mechanisms of GERD.Complicated patients (repeated bleedings, peptic esophageal strictures) are recommended anti-reflux surgery with prior examination of esophageal functionality using pH-impedance and high-resolution manometry.Conclusion. …”
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