Nocardiose disseminada by Tiago Costa, Luís Rocha, Luciana Silva, Inês Rato, Sara Pinto

“…Two months later, she returned with literal paraphasia, ocular symptoms (red eye and retro-orbital pain), and fever. Despite negative blood cultures, Nocardia cyriacigeorgica was isolated from vitreous humor and lung tissue, confirming the diagnosis of disseminated nocardiosis. …”
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Surgical treatment outcomes and risk factors for post-TB lung disease by C. Guo, Q. Li, L. Wei, Y. Liu, D. Sun, C. Ding

“…RESULTS: The results indicated the three groups in intraoperative blood loss, post-operative drainage volume, post-operative complications, and post-operative hospital stay also varied significantly among the three groups (all P < 0.01). …”
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Effect of Hemin on Brain Alterations and Neuroglobin Expression in Water Immersion Restraint Stressed Rats by Merhan Ragy, Fatma Ali, Maggie M. Ramzy

“…Our results revealed that hemin significantly affects brain alterations induced by acute stress and this may be through increased expression of neuroglobin and through antioxidant effect. Hemin decreased blood-brain barrier damage as it significantly decreased the expression of S100B. …”
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Effect of dietary Cucurbita pepo extract on performance, hemato-immunological parameters, immune-related gene expression and bacterial resistance in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus myk... by Kaveh Vakili, Amir Eghbal Khajehrahimi, Behnam Salimi, Shapour Kakoolaki, Arman Ghorbanzadeh

“…The aim of this research was to investigate the effects of Cucurbita pepo extract (CPE) on performance, blood parameters, immune responses, expression of immunity-related gene, and disease resistance in rainbow trout. …”
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Antibiotic Resistance Profiling of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Clinical Specimens in a Tertiary Hospital from 2010 to 2012 by Alain C. Juayang, Gemma B. de los Reyes, April Joy G. de la Rama, Christine T. Gallega

“…Wounds and abscesses were considered to be the most common specimens with MRSA infections having 71.05% while blood was the least with 5.3%. For drug susceptibility, out of the 94 S. aureus cases, including MRSA, 100% were susceptible to linezolid making it the drug of choice for this study. …”
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USG-guided bilateral sphenopalatine ganglion block: A useful anesthetic adjuvant for trans nasal trans sphenoidal pituitary surgery in a patient with severely low ejection fraction by Ravi Chaudhary, Yashwant S. Payal, Bishnupriya Mohapatra, Sony Sony, Shivam Shekhar

“…Minimal fluctuation in heart rate and blood pressure during the surgery was observed, which was supposedly attributed to sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) block and lignocaine. …”
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Generation of a human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) line ERPLi004-A from an Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) patient with SERPINA1 mutation by Harshini Surendran, Rajani Battu, Renjitha Gopurappilly, Chethala N. Vishnuprasad, Rajarshi Pal

“…Here, we describe the generation of an induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) line from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) isolated from a AATD patient using non viral and non-integrating episomal vectors. …”
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Lifestyle interventions delivered by eHealth in chronic kidney disease: A scoping review. by Ffion Curtis, James O Burton, Ayesha Butt, Harsimran K Dhaliwal, Matthew M P Graham-Brown, Courtney J Lightfoot, Rishika Rawat, Alice C Smith, Thomas J Wilkinson, Daniel S March

“…However, there was limited evidence that they were efficacious in improving clinical outcomes with the exception of blood pressure, intradialytic weight gain, potassium, and sodium. …”
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Roles of Pyruvate, NADH, and Mitochondrial Complex I in Redox Balance and Imbalance in β Cell Function and Dysfunction by Xiaoting Luo, Rongrong Li, Liang-Jun Yan

“…Pancreatic β cells not only use glucose as an energy source, but also sense blood glucose levels for insulin secretion. While pyruvate and NADH metabolic pathways are known to be involved in regulating insulin secretion in response to glucose stimulation, the roles of many other components along the metabolic pathways remain poorly understood. …”
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Monitoring of perioperative tissue perfusion and impact on patient outcomes by Bin Li, Yuchen Dai, Wenlan Cai, Menghan Sun, Jie Sun

“…Studies show intraoperative hypotension negatively impacts outcomes, though blood pressure alone may not reflect tissue perfusion accurately. …”
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Arterial Stiffness and Dialysis Calcium Concentration by Fabrice Mac-Way, Amélie Leboeuf, Mohsen Agharazii

“…This calcium dependant increase in arterial stiffness is potentially explained by increased vascular smooth muscle tone of the conduit arteries and is not solely explained by changes in mean blood pressure. However, the optimal DCa remains to be determined, and long term studies are required to evaluate its impact on the progression of arterial stiffness.…”
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Status and Prospects of Robotic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: Our Experience and a Review of the Literature by Sejin Lee, Taeil Son, Hyoung-Il Kim, Woo Jin Hyung

“…There are several advantages to using robotic surgery for gastric cancer, such as reduced estimated blood loss during the operation, a shorter learning curve, and a larger number of examined lymph nodes than conventional laparoscopic gastrectomy. …”
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Correlation between Neutrophile to Lymphocyte Ratio and D-dimer with COVID-19 Severity by Citra Suhesty, Wimba Widagdho Dinutanayo, Maria Tuntun, Hidayat Hidayat

“…On the other hand, when plasmin breaks down fibrin to dissolve blood clots, it creates pieces called D-dimers. ARDS is predicted by an elevated D-dimer level. …”
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Hepatitis B and C seroprevalence in patients with diabetes mellitus and its relationship with microvascular complications by Kadir Gisi, Ali Cetinkaya, Mesut Ozkaya, Bulent Kantarceken, Gokce Gisi, Sedat Koroglu

“…The control group consisted of 1482 healthy blood donors who were over 40 years old. All diabetic patients were tested for HBsAg, anti-HBs and anti-HCV beside routine laboratory tests. …”
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Agranulocytosis Associated with Topiramate: A Case Report and Review of Published Cases by Saroj Lohani, Niranjan Tachamo, Salik Nazir, Anthony Donato

“…The dose of topiramate was increased to 100 mg twice daily 2 weeks ago. Complete blood count revealed an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) of 8 c/mm3. …”
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Comparison of the Development and Prognosis in Patients of Hypertriglyceridemic Pancreatitis with and without Diabetes by Wenjian Liao, Xiuxiu Niu, Wei Zhang, Xiaobing Liu

“…Compared to patients of HTGP, those of HTGPD had older age of onset, higher blood glucose levels, and higher GSP levels on admission. …”
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Prognostic Value of Transcranial Doppler in the Survival of Patients with Spontaneous Cerebral Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage by Julio López Argüelles, Erélido Hernández Valero

“…A univariate study was performed at age, presence of intraventricular blood, average speed, hematoma volume and transcranial doppler values. …”
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Effects of Curcumin on Hematological Parameters in Aflatoxin B1 Applied Rats by Deniz Uluışık, Ercan Keskin, Durmuş Hatipoğlu

“…At the end of the study, erythrocyte count, leukocyte count, platelet count, hemoglobin amount, hematocrit value, percentage ratios of leukocyte types, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) were determined in blood samples taken from all animals. In the study, erythrocytes count, hemoglobin concentration, hematocrit value and MCHC level in the aflatoxin applied rats significantly decreased compared to the control group (p…”
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Cut-off values of one-minute sit-to-stand test for determining physical performance in mild-post-COVID-19 individuals by Arunrat Srithawong, Puttipong Poncumhak, Tichanon Promsrisuk, Patchareeya Amput

“…The 1STST resulted in higher heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and dyspnea compared to the 6MWT, and showed a significant moderate correlation with the 6MWT (r = 0.532, *p* \< 0.0001) and weak correlations with leg strength and respiratory muscle strength…”
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Coronary Subclavian Steal Syndrome Unamenable to Angioplasty Successfully Managed with Subclavian-Subclavian Bypass by Saad Tariq, Swosty Tuladhar, Edward Wingfield, Honesto Poblete

“…He had absent left-sided radial pulse with blood pressure being 60/40 on left arm and 130/80 on the right. …”
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