Surgical Tips in Frozen Abdomen Management: Application of Coliseum Technique by Ioannis D. Kyriazanos, Dimitrios K. Manatakis, Nikolaos Stamos, Christos Stoidis

“…Lifting the edges of the surgical wound upwards and suspending them under traction by threads from a retractor positioned above the abdomen facilitates approach to the peritoneal cavity, optimizes exposure of intra-abdominal organs, and prevents operative injury to the innervation and blood supply of abdominal wall musculature, a crucial step for subsequent hernia repair.…”
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Anthropometric and Hematological Profile of some selected Ethiopian Premier League Male Soccer Players in the Final Competitive Season by Ayichew Abay, Wondiye Aychiluhim

“…From a practical point of view, the clinician has to take into account not only age, but also training status of individuals when evaluating their blood tests.…”
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Thyroid disorders among patients with type II Diabetes Mellitus by Mariwan Abdulla Hama Salih

“…DM is a chronic disease characterized by irregular abnormal elevation of blood glucose level. It is classified in to several types depending on the situation; the major types are type I and type II. …”
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In silico sequence and structure prediction analysis of biomarker genes in Aeromonas sp. of Andaman and Nicobar Islands by Balakrishnan Meena, Lawrance Anburajan, Dilip Kumar Jha, Gopal Dharani

“…Aeromonas sp. is the most significant opportunistic pathogen in humans with the potential to cause different kinds of infections in blood, tissues, intestine, and dermis. The leading pathogenic species includes Aeromonas hydrophila, A. caviae and A. veronii. …”
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Increasing GLP-1 Circulating Levels by Bariatric Surgery or by GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Therapy: Why Are the Clinical Consequences so Different? by Chloé Amouyal, Fabrizio Andreelli

“…During meals, specific cells in the gut (L and K enteroendocrine cells) secrete incretins, causing an increase in the blood concentrations of, respectively, GLP-1 and GIP. …”
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IRREGULAR MENSTRUATION THERAPY WITH ACUPUNCTURE, POMEGRANATE PEEL AND GINGER HERBS by Sinta Diyah Dimyati, Suhariningsih Suhariningsih, Nurmawati Fatimah

“…Background: Menstruation is the process of regular discharging of blood in women. The menstrual cycle describes the distance between the first day of menstruation and the next menstruation which normally occurs within 28-35 days. …”
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Medical Device-Associated Candida Infections in a Rural Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of India by Sachin C. Deorukhkar, Santosh Saini

“…Three commonly encountered medical device-associated infections (MDAI), catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CA-UTI), intravascular catheter-related blood stream infections (CR-BSI), and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), were targeted. …”
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Gadospin F—Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Diagnosis and Monitoring of Atherosclerosis: Validation with Transmission Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Fluorescence Imaging in t... by Caroline Jung, Tanja Dučić, Rudolph Reimer, Eva Koziolek, Fabian Kording, Markus Heine, Gerhard Adam, Harald Ittrich, Michael G. Kaul

“…Contrast-enhanced MRI was performed at 7 T Clinscan (Bruker, Ettlingen, Germany) before and 2 hours after intravenous injection of GDF (100 μmol/kg) to determine the blood clearance. Plaque size and contrast to noise ratio (CNR) were calculated for each time point using region of interest measurements to evaluate plaque progression. …”
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An Uncommon Case of Plasma Cell Mucositis of the Tongue in a Young Man by Alessandro Antonelli, Fiorella Averta, Federica Diodati, Danila Muraca, Ylenia Brancaccio, Chiara Mignogna, Amerigo Giudice

“…In the first place, several diagnostic hypotheses were proposed, most of them discarded for incompatibility with blood and laboratory tests. This disease rarely manifests itself on the tongue, especially in young patients with no comorbidities. …”
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A Novel Technique for Identifying Patients with ICU Needs Using Hemodynamic Features by A. Jalali, P. Ghorbanian, A. Ghaffari, C. Nataraj

“…For each of the healthy and patient subjects, the evaluated features are based on the analysis of existing differences between hemodynamic variables: Blood Pressure and Heart Rate. Further, four criteria from the hemodynamic variables are introduced: circle criterion, estimation error criterion, Poincare plot deviation, and autonomic response delay criterion. …”
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Excès et sacré dans la littérature victorienne et édouardienne by Annie Escuret

“…If heterology centers on the sacred as posited by those things which are hidden, objects of revulsion such as the body’s excreta (tears, sweat, blood…), the sacrificial banquet stands for the opposite, for ingestion and communion.…”
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Therapeutic Strategies for High-Dose Vasopressor-Dependent Shock by Estevão Bassi, Marcelo Park, Luciano Cesar Pontes Azevedo

“…The use of more than 0.5 mcg/kg/min of norepinephrine or epinephrine to maintain target blood pressure is often used in clinical trials as a threshold. …”
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Comprehensive case report and literature review on perioperative management of multiple pheochromocytoma in a pediatric patient by Shenghua Yu, Tianxiao Zou, Sisi Wei, Yani Yu, Guili Ding

“…The diagnosis of pheochromocytoma was confirmed by elevated blood catecholamine metabolites. During perioperative preparation, the patient experienced complications, including polyuria, thrombosis, and infection, necessitating an emergency resection of the right adrenal tumor. …”
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The Effect of Smoking on SIRT3 and Selected Biochemical Variables in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Noor Abdulsatar Majeed, Mohammed Bahry Hassin

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted, comprising 100 PD patients and a control group, with both groups further divided into smokers and non-smokers. Blood samples were collected to measure SIRT3 levels and assess various biochemical markers, including oxidative stress, inflammation, and neurotrophic factors. …”
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Nutritional and Phytochemical Composition and Associated Health Benefits of Oat (Avena sativa) Grains and Oat-Based Fermented Food Products by Getaneh Firew Alemayehu, Sirawdink Fikreyesus Forsido, Yetenayet B. Tola, Endale Amare

“…Oats are a good source of soluble dietary fiber, particularly β-glucan, which has outstanding functional properties and is extremely important in human nutrition. β-Glucan has been shown to lower blood cholesterol and glucose absorption in the intestine, thereby preventing diseases such as cardiovascular injury, dyslipidemia, hypertension, inflammatory state, and type 2 diabetes. …”
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Review on the Role of Host Immune Response in Protection and Immunopathogenesis during Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Infection by Teshager Dubie, Yasin Mohammed

“…Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a major public health problem worldwide and spreads to human via the bite of sand flies during blood meal. Following its inoculation, the promastigotes are immediately taken up by phagocytic cells and these leishmania-infected host cells produce proinflammatory cytokines that activate other immune cells and these infected host cells produce more cytokines and reactive nitrogen and oxygen species for efficient control of leishmania infection. …”
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Pantoea agglomerans Infections in Children: Report of Two Cases by Shraddha Siwakoti, Rinku Sah, Rupa Singh Rajbhandari, Basudha Khanal

“…P. agglomerans was grown in blood culture. He was treated successfully with IV ceftriaxone and amikacin. …”
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Ensemble Based Box-Cox Transformation via Meta Analysis by Osman Dağ, Muhammed Ali Yılmaz

“…The proposed approach is implemented on white blood count data of leukaemia patients which are not normally distributed. …”
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Effect of Mild Hypothermia after Craniotomy on the Function of Related Organs in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury by Shu Cai, Zheng Lu

“…The control group was treated with craniotomy decompression, and the experimental group was treated with early mild hypothermia based on craniotomy decompression. Patients’ venous blood was collected before operation (T0), at the end of operation (T1), 24 h after operation (T2), and 2 weeks after operation (T3) to detect the serum levels of the beta-subunit of S100 protein (S100-β); soluble growth stimulation expressed gene 2 (sST2), neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), and interleukin 6 (IL-6). …”
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Brain injury biomarkers and applications in neurological diseases by Han Zhang, Jing Wang, Yang Qu, Yi Yang, Zhen-Ni Guo, Yanjie Yin

“…Different biomarkers in the blood or the cerebrospinal fluid are associated with specific physiological and pathological processes. …”
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