Bacterial Infections in Cirrhosis by Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao

“…Cirrhotic patients who develop abdominal pain, tenderness, fever, renal failure or hepatic encephalopathy should undergo diagnostic paracentesis, and those who meet the criterion for SBP (eg, an ascites neutrophil count greater than 250/mm3) should receive antibiotics, preferably a third-generation cephalosporin. …”
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Familial Aggregation of Urinary Tract and Bone Tumors: Searching for a Syndrome by Andreas Frings, Jochen B. Geigl, Bernadette Liegl-Atzwanger, Andreas Leithner

“…However, taking into account all the diagnostic results obtained, Li-Fraumeni syndrome could not be confirmed, but there is still uncertainty regarding a definitive diagnosis.…”
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Multiple Urethral Hemangiomas Associated with Urethral Stricture: An Uncommon Aetiology for Urethral Bleeding by Raquel Varea-Malo, Félix Campos-Juanatey, José Antonio Portillo Martín, Luisana Castillo Carvajal

“…Urethroscopy is the preferred diagnostic tool, while complementary radiologic studies could describe the extension of the tumour. …”
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Middle Ear Welding Injury: Case Report and Literature Review by Gabriele Bruno, Elena Carlotto, Fabio Bramardi, Elisa Franco, Alessia Lanzillotta, Walter Lerda, Nertila Naqe, Silvia Ponzo

“…An exhaustive review of the literature is lacking, particularly with regard to clinical presentation, diagnostic-therapeutic work-up, and outcomes. Here we describe the clinical details of an injury caused by the largest welding foreign body ever reported in the ME. …”
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Pulmonary Hydatidosis in Children. A Case Presentation by Gladys Esther Escalante, Ivonne Espinosa Gómez, Yaquelin González Ricardo

“…With clinical, epidemiological, radiological and therapeutic diagnostic methods, hydatid disease was found. After anti-parasite treatment with albendazole for six months, favorable clinical evolution was confirmed the and radiological resolution of the images improved.…”
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FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE OF SMALL COMMUNES IN POLAND’S LUBELSKIE VOIVODESHIP: IMPORTANCE FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY by Agnieszka Cyburt

“…The following methods were used: literature analysis, ratio analysis and diagnostic survey. Financial data from 2017-2021 was adopted for the analysis. 69 heads of communes participated in the conducted survey. …”
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Epididymo-Orchitis as a Presenting Feature of Relapsing Polychondritis: A Case Report by Kuljeet Bhamra, Rachel Weerasinghe, Alan Steuer

“…RP is difficult to diagnose as it presents in a wide variety of ways and there is no diagnostic test. Corticosteroids are the mainstay of treatment but other immunosuppressive drugs can be used in combination with steroids. …”
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Unusual Presentation of Gastric Perforation by Foreign Body: A Case Report by V. S. R. Rao, R. Sarkar, Richard Turner, K. R. Wedgwood

“…We present an interesting case where the offending foreign body gave rise to a diagnostic dilemma masquerading as a pancreatic mass. …”
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The role of neurofilament light chain in the context of neurological disorders by V. Taluntienė, R. Motiekaitytė, R. Kizlaitienė, N. Giedraitienė, G. Kaubrys

“…Therefore, it could be a potential diagnostic biomarker for various neurological disorders, especially caused by neurodegeneration and inflammation. …”
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Necrotizing ANCA-Positive Glomerulonephritis Secondary to Culture-Negative Endocarditis by Sophie Van Haare Heijmeijer, Dunja Wilmes, Selda Aydin, Caroline Clerckx, Laura Labriola

“…We report on one patient with glomerulonephritis secondary to culture-negative IE caused by Bartonella henselae which illustrates this diagnostic difficulty.…”
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Retinoid Therapy in a Case of Harlequin Ichthyosis with a Short Literature Review by Emad Bahashwan, Jaber Alfaifi, Sahar Elmaghawri Mohamed Moursi, Youssef Elbayoumi Soliman

“…A short literature review on HI characteristics, diagnostic aids, and management has also been added.…”
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An Unexpected Presentation of Haemoperitoneum in a Pregnant Woman by Kaushalya Arulpragasam, Andrea Atkinson, Mathias Epee-Bekima

“…This case highlights that although the decision and initial management may be apparent, often the diagnosis can be unexpected and that the diagnostic challenge is often outside the scope of a brief Emergency Room assessment. …”
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The Perfect Way to Predict the Severity of Acute Pancreatitis: The Search Continues by Daniel C Sadowski

“…The Glasgow score had a statistically poorer diagnostic performance.…”
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Oral Tuberculosis: A Rare Manifestation of Disseminated Disease in a Patient with Dermatomyositis on Chronic Corticosteroids by Dina Khateeb, Mohleen Kang, Eugenio Capitle, Mirela Feurdean

“…Tuberculosis remains one of the leading causes of death around the world despite advancements in diagnostic testing and medical therapies. It commonly affects the lungs, but isolated extra pulmonary clinical manifestations have been reported. …”
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Alzheimer's disease image classification based on enhanced residual attention network. by Xiaoli Li, Bairui Gong, Xinfang Chen, Hui Li, Guoming Yuan

“…However, these methods have limitations in the early detection of Alzheimer's disease, such as strong subjectivity in diagnostic criteria, high detection costs, and high misdiagnosis rates. …”
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Back to Analog. Printing Digital Editions for Data Quality. by Maxim Kupreyev

“…This article discusses the challenges of printing TEI XML data sets, and highlights a useful diagnostic value of PDF export for data quality. PDF output, indeed, renders only a part of the encoded information, but it can expose problems pertaining to the semantic accuracy and consistency, syntactic compliance, and completeness of the data. …”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Acute Pancreatitis Treatment. by Francisco García Valdés, Jorge Luis Ulloa Capestany, Reinaldo Jiménez Prendes, Rudis Miguel Monzón Rodríguez, Carlos Jaime Geroy Gómez

“…Its etiological agents, clinical presentation, diagnostic methods and therapy are described. It includes assessment guidelines focused on the most important aspects to be accomplished.…”
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Ischemic Toes after Venous Thromboembolism: A Difficult Differential Diagnosis with Good Response to Combination Therapy—A Case Report by Mohammad Bagher Owlia, Ahmad Salimzadeh, Gholmhossein Alishiri, Saeed Kargar

“…A definite classification of some cases is somehow difficult and subject to diagnostic challenges. The aim of the present case study is to share and discuss potentially complex and multifactorial mechanisms of some acute vascular events. …”
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Morquio’s Syndrome: A Case Report of Two Siblings by Sathish Muthukumar Ramalingam, Daya Srinivasan, Sandhya ArunKumar, Joe Louis ChiriyanKandath, Sriram Kaliamoorthy

“…The dental findings are useful diagnostic aid for the early diagnosis of this debilitating disorder.…”
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Polyarteritis Nodosa Presenting as Digital Gangrene and Breast Lesion following Exposure to Silicone Breast Implants by Yamen Homsi, John Andrew Carlson, Samer Homsi

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