Macrolide Use in the Treatment of Critically Ill Patients with Pneumonia: Incidence, Correlates, Timing and Outcomes by Wendy I Sligl, Holly Hoang, Dean T Eurich, Atul Malhotra, Thomas J Marrie, Sumit R Majumdar

“…BACKGROUND: Macrolide antibiotics are commonly used to treat pneumonia despite increasing antimicrobial resistance. …”
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The Relationship Between Hepatopulmonary Syndrome and Altitude by Morgan A Valley, James F Trotter, Deborah Thomas, Adit A Ginde, Steven R Lowenstein, Benjamin Honigman

“…BACKGROUND: In a previous small retrospective study, the authors reported that hepatopulmonary syndrome was less common among liver transplant candidates at high-altitude centres compared with low-altitude centres.…”
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Recommendations for Management of Whiteflies, Whitefly-Transmitted Viruses, and Insecticide Resistance for Production of Cucurbit Crops in Florida by Xavier Martini, Mathews Paret, Jane E. Polston, Scott Adkins, Pamela Roberts, Teresia Nyoike, Oscar E. Liburd

“… This publication lists and describes common viruses spread in cucurbit crops by whiteflies. …”
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Strong Convergence of a Monotone Projection Algorithm in a Banach Space by Songtao Lv

“…In this paper, a common solution problem is investigated based on a Bregman projection. …”
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Karakteristik Penderita Penyakit Jantung Bawaan pada Anak di RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang Periode Januari 2010 – Mei 2012 by Nur Ain, Didik Hariyanto, Sovina Rusdan

“…A total of (34.5%)<br />patients had another congenital diseases, the most common nonsyndromic disease are anus atresia and omfalocele (22.2%) respectively, and the most common syndromic disease is Down Syndrome (40%). …”
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Microbial profile of burn wound injuries in the Northern West Bank − A retrospective cohort study by Sameh Natsha, Hester Lacey, Souad Belkebir, Ann Attili, Aya Atatra, Rawand Daragmeh, Anas Abu-Safa, Baljit Dheansa, Rasha Khayyat

“…The most common organisms isolated were Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n = 17) and Staphylococcus aureus (n = 18). n = 17 multidrug resistant (MDR) organisms were cultured, MRSA most commonly (n = 9), followed by K. pneumoniae (ESBL) (n = 5). …”
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Functional Connectivity Alterations in Children with Spastic and Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy by Yun Qin, Yanan Li, Bo Sun, Hui He, Rui Peng, Tao Zhang, Jianfu Li, Cheng Luo, Chengyan Sun, Dezhong Yao

“…Cerebral palsy (CP) has long been investigated to be associated with a range of motor and cognitive dysfunction. As the two most common CP subtypes, spastic cerebral palsy (SCP) and dyskinetic cerebral palsy (DCP) may share common and distinct elements in their pathophysiology. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of 256-Detector Row Computed Tomography in Detection and Characterization of Incidental Pancreatic Cystic Lesions by D. Ippolito, P. Allegranza, P. A. Bonaffini, C. Talei Franzesi, F. Leone, S. Sironi

“…Communication with ductal system was evident in 45 cases. The most common diagnoses, established by histology or imaging analysis, were IPMNs (about 86%), while serous cystic neoplasia (3.7%) and metastases (0.5%) were the less common. …”
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A Rare Case of Colonic Sarcoidosis Presenting as a Mass by Haozhe Sun, Jasbir Makker, Harish Patel, Nikhitha Mantri, Ali N. Hussain, Naeem Abbas

“…Introduction. Sarcoidosis is a common multisystem chronic inflammatory disease of an unidentified inciting etiology. …”
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The state of the science of interprofessional collaborative practice: A scoping review of the patient health-related outcomes based literature published between 2010 and 2018. by May Nawal Lutfiyya, Linda Feng Chang, Cynthia McGrath, Clark Dana, Martin S Lipsky

“…Primary care was the most common care delivery setting and measures related to chronic disease the most commonly measured outcomes. …”
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Exploring neuropsychiatric symptoms in Friedreich ataxia by Simona Karamazovova, Lucie Stovickova, Dylan J. Jester, Veronika Matuskova, Jaroslava Paulasova-Schwabova, Michaela Kuzmiak, Alena Zumrova, Ross Andel, Martin Vyhnalek

“…Abstract Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are common in hereditary ataxias as a part of the cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome. …”
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Camptocormia as a feature of Mc Ardle's disease: A case report by Mathilde Nicolas, Chloé Giret, Sybille Pellieux, Annick Toutain, Anne-Marie Bergemer-Fouquet, Pascal Laforêt, Loic Bouilleau, François Maillot

“…We report the case of a patient with typical exercise intolerance with a “second wind” phenomenon, associated with camptocormia which is not commonly recognized as a feature of the disease. Molecular analysis of the PYGM gene the common c.148C > T [p.…”
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Viral Infection in Renal Transplant Recipients by Jovana Cukuranovic, Sladjana Ugrenovic, Ivan Jovanovic, Milan Visnjic, Vladisav Stefanovic

“…Viruses are among the most common causes of opportunistic infection after transplantation. …”
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Tourist attractions as a moderating element in explanatory models for loyalty development by Manuel Rey-Moreno, Cayetano Medina-Molina, Ramón Rufín-Moreno

“…This study concludes that there is a common pattern for purely urban cultural destinations while a different pattern exists for urban cultural destinations that include beaches among their attractions.…”
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Coronary Artery Ectasia Presenting as a Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction in a Young Adult: Case Presentation and Literature Review by Kareem Genena, Mir Ali, Donald Christmas, Henry Siu

“…While acute coronary syndromes most commonly occur secondary to unstable atherosclerotic plaque, coronary aneurysms, also known as coronary artery ectasia (CAE), represent a less common etiology. …”
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Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Two Patients with Systemic Sclerosis by Tracy M. Frech, Kathleen Boynton, Erinn Downs-Kelly, Bryan Jones, John D. Kriesel, Kathryn Peterson

“…The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is the most common extracutaneous organ system damaged in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and is the presenting feature in 10% of patients. …”
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Ciliated Hepatic Foregut Cyst: Two Case Reports in Children and Review of the Literature by Maliheh Khoddami, Maryam Kazemi Aghdam, Azadeh Alvandimanesh

“…Hereby, we present two cases of CHFC in two 3.5-year-old boys; one of them had cystic lesion at medial segment of left lobe of liver (common site), and in the other one it was located at right lobe of liver (less common site). …”
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Fever and infections in surgical intensive care: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee clinical consensus document by Deborah M Stein, Hee Soo Jung, Lisa M Kodadek, Bryce Robinson, Aussama Khalaf Nassar, Joseph Cuschieri, Michael Steven Farrell, Abhijit Pathak, Samuel Mandell, Jasmeet Paul, Rachel D Appelbaum, Eden Nohra, Thomas Carver, Jordan Michael Kirsch

“…The evidence is growing for shortening the duration of antibiotic treatment of common infections. The purpose of this clinical consensus document, created by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee, is to synthesize the available evidence, and to provide practical recommendations. …”
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Genetics of Human and Canine Dilated Cardiomyopathy by Siobhan Simpson, Jennifer Edwards, Thomas F. N. Ferguson-Mignan, Malcolm Cobb, Nigel P. Mongan, Catrin S. Rutland

“…Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) accounts for a large number of these cases, reported to be the third most common form of cardiac disease in humans and the second most common in dogs. …”
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Review of NVP and HG and Early Pharmacotherapeutic Intervention by Shannon M. Clark, Maged M. Costantine, Gary D. V. Hankins

“…NVP occurs in 50–90% of pregnancies, making it a common medical condition in pregnancy. Women present differently with any combination of signs and symptoms. …”
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