Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Presenting as Prolonged Pyrexia and Stauffer’s Syndrome: Can a Routine Ultrasound Scan Fail to Detect a Renal Cell Carcinoma? by C. L. Fonseka, A. G. T. A. Kariyawasam, S. A. G. L. Singhapura, C. M. de Silva, T. E. Kanakkahewa, I. G. T. M. Senarathna, C. K. Bodinayake

“…When a RCC is suspected in the setting of a pyrexia of unknown origin, ultrasound with doppler or a contrast CT should be requested to aid diagnosis.…”
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Cisplatin-Induced Renal Salt Wasting Requiring over 12 Liters of 3% Saline Replacement by Phuong-Chi Pham, Pavani Reddy, Shaker Qaqish, Ashvin Kamath, Johana Rodriguez, David Bolos, Martina Zalom, Phuong-Thu Pham

“…Patient’s serum sodium (SNa) decreased from 138 to 133 and 125 mEq/L within 24 and 48 hours of cisplatin therapy, respectively. A diagnosis of syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) was initially made. …”
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Acute Myocardial Infarction and Predisposing Risk Factors by Julio Armando Sánchez Delgado, Nailé Edita Sánchez Lara, Yalith Pavón Rodríguez, Zulema Castro Vega

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive, analytical, longitudinal, retrospective study of a series of cases was carried out from the population with a diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction evaluated in the Medical Emergency Service of the Carlos Enrique Font Banes Clinical Surgical Teaching Hospital, Holguín province during the period May 2022-2023. …”
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A paper-based HPV E7 oncoprotein assay for cervical precancer detection at the point of care by Chelsey A. Smith, Sai Paul, Karen E. Haney, Sonia G. Parra, Meaghan Bond, Leticia López, Mauricio Maza, Juan Felix, Preetha Ramalingam, Pablo Escobar, Philip E. Castle, Kathleen M. Schmeler, Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum

“…Additionally, clinical performance was demonstrated with a small pilot study (n = 19), in which the HPV E7 paper-based assay was found to have 95% accuracy when compared to histopathologic diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or more severe (CIN2+). …”
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Study on Pressure Characteristics of Disturbed Wells due to Interwell Fracturing Interference and Its Application in Small Well Spacing Fracturing by Yanjun Zhang, Fan Lu, Zhibo Guo, Le Yan, Tianlu Xu, Hongkui Ge, Shun Liu, Desheng Zhou

“…In this study, taking the shale oil well platform of Lucaogou Formation as an example, the wellhead pressure resulted from interwell fracturing interference was analyzed. A real-time diagnosis method for each fractured stage based on the power-law model was proposed; the interference was further classified into four types. …”
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Identification of bapA in Strains of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Isolated from Wild Animals Kept in Captivity in Sinaloa, Mexico by Gabriela Silva-Hidalgo, Martin López-Valenzuela, Nora Cárcamo-Aréchiga, Silvia Cota-Guajardo, Mayra López-Salazar, Edith Montiel-Vázquez

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A Spectroscopic Methodology to Early Detection of Urinary Tract Infections by Ana F. N. S. Mendes, Nuno Matela, João M. P. Coelho, Joaquim T. Marquês

“…Considering that 15 to 25% of hospitalised patients need to be catheterised during their treatments and most CAUTIs are asymptomatic, it results in a tremendous challenge to provide an early diagnosis of CAUTI and therefore initiate its treatment. …”
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Prevalence and Scanning Electron Microscopic Identification of Anoplocephalid Cestodes among Small Ruminants in Senegal by Mallé Ndom, Gora Diop, Yann Quilichini, Tetsuya Yanagida, Cheikh Tidiane Ba, Bernard Marchand

“…Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) observations of tapeworms show the general diagnosis characters of these species.…”
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Subsequent Acute Ischemic Stroke in a Patient with Monocular Vision Loss Associated with Isolated Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion: A Case Report by Jessica Seetge, Balázs Cséke, Zsófia Nozomi Karádi, Eszter Szalai, Valéria Gaál, László Szapáry

“…CRAO is associated with a significantly elevated risk of subsequent acute ischemic stroke (AIS), particularly within the first week following diagnosis, yet the role of intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) in this setting remains controversial. …”
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Outcomes of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Patients on Chronic Antiplatelet Treatment: A Historical Cohort Study by Juan C. Valerio-Rojas, Insara J. Jaffer, Daryl J. Kor, Ognjen Gajic, Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba

“…The use of antiplatelet therapy before the diagnosis of severe sepsis or septic shock was not associated with decreased hospital mortality. …”
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Association of Antibiotic Route and Outcomes in Children with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremic Osteomyelitis by Jared Olson, Rana F. Hamdy, Alice J. Hsu, Pranita D. Tamma, Jeffrey S. Gerber, Nora F. Fino, Adam L. Hersh

“…The primary outcome was treatment failure within 6 months of discharge, defined as any of the following: diagnosis of chronic osteomyelitis, conversion from oral to IV antibiotic route, an operative procedure after the index hospitalization (abscess drainage, bone biopsy, arthrocentesis, or pathologic fracture) and/or recrudescence of MRSA bacteremia. …”
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Metastatic Small Cell Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder That Recurred in the Vagina 6 Years after Radical Cystectomy: A Case Report by Makoto Isono, Keiichi Ito, Shinsuke Hamada, Masahiro Takahashi, Hidenori Sasa, Hideyuki Shimazaki, Tomohiko Asano

“…Magnetic resonance imaging showed a mass located at the anterior wall of her residual vagina, a biopsy of which confirmed a pathological diagnosis of adenocarcinoma. The vaginal tumor and a section of the sigmoid colon were resected en bloc and were pathologically diagnosed as adenocarcinoma and SCC. …”
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Procedural Sedation with Dexmedetomidine for Anterior Mediastinotomy in a High-Risk Patient by Miguel Pratas, Jorge Aires, Nuno Pereira da Silva, Tiago Oliveira, Cristovão Pinto, Jiele Li, Ana Filipa Ribeiro

“…Diagnostic procedures such as mediastinotomy for tissue biopsy are necessary to achieve a histological diagnosis. High-risk patients may present with severe postural symptoms, stridor, cyanosis, and radiological evidence of more than 50% airway obstruction, tracheal compression with bronchial compression, pericardial effusion, or superior vena cava syndrome. …”
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Multifaceted barriers associated with clinical breast examination in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel analytical approach. by Castro Ayebeng, Joshua Okyere, Christiana Okantey, Isaac Yeboah Addo

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>Clinical breast examination (CBE) open the pathway to early detection and diagnosis of breast cancer. This study examined barriers to CBE uptake in seven sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries.…”
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Significance of Circulating and Crevicular Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Chronic Periodontitis Association by Isabela Silosi, Manole Cojocaru, Lili Foia, Mihail Virgil Boldeanu, Florin Petrescu, Petra Surlin, Viorel Biciusca

“…MMP-9 is therefore a sensitive tool in the diagnosis and management of patients affected by this binomial association.…”
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Routine Surveillance of Upper Urinary Tract Imaging for Diagnosing Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Cancer Recurrence in Patients with Nonmuscle Invasive Bladder Cancer by Nobutaka Nishimura, Makito Miyake, Tatsuki Miyamoto, Takuto Shimizu, Tomomi Fujii, Yosuke Morizawa, Shunta Hori, Daisuke Gotoh, Yasushi Nakai, Kazumasa Torimoto, Nobumichi Tanaka, Kiyohide Fujimoto

“…All patients had high- or highest-risk NMIBC at diagnosis of primary nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer. …”
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Two-centers machine learning analysis for predicting acid-fast bacilli results in tuberculosis sputum tests by Jichong Zhu, Yong Zhao, Chengqian Huang, Chenxing Zhou, Shaofeng Wu, Tianyou Chen, Xinli Zhan

“…Blood samples were collected and analyzed using machine learning (ML) methods to identify key factors for TB diagnosis. Results: Several ML methods were compared, and support vector machine recursive feature elimination (SVM-RFE) was selected to construct a nomogram diagnostic model. …”
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Autism spectrum disorder: definition, global epidemiology, prevalence in Poland and worldwide, and heredity by Martyna Zakrocka, Marta Gruszka, Paulina Polańska, Maria Kubicka

“…Ongoing research and culturally tailored strategies are essential to improve diagnosis, support, and quality of life for individuals struggling with this condition. …”
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Discriminatory Value of Adiponectin to Leptin Ratio for COVID-19 Pneumonia by Federica Tonon, Stefano Di Bella, Fabiola Giudici, Verena Zerbato, Ludovica Segat, Raffaella Koncan, Andrea Misin, Barbara Toffoli, Pierlanfranco D’Agaro, Roberto Luzzati, Bruno Fabris, Stella Bernardi

“…We conducted an observational case-control study, with a prospective design, and recruited patients with diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia (n = 48) and healthy controls (n = 36), who were matched by age, sex, and BMI. …”
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Mapping the Structure-Function Relationship in Glaucoma and Healthy Patients Measured with Spectralis OCT and Humphrey Perimetry by Laia Jaumandreu, Francisco J. Muñoz–Negrete, Noelia Oblanca, Gema Rebolleda

“…Both maps and point-to-point functions obtained linking structure and function damage contribute to a better understanding of this relationship and may help in the future to improve glaucoma diagnosis.…”
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