Clinical round: 27 year old patient with initially diagnosed Crohn's disease and severe protein and energy deficiency by V. S. Scherbakha, O. Z. Okhlobystina, A. V. Korolev, O. S. Shifrin, A. V. Stepanov, A. S. Tertychny, A. V. Okhlobystin, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The diagnosis of Crohn’s disease in our clinic was established on the basis of careful study of clinical course of disease (late postprandial pain, diarrhea, fever and progressive weight loss). The diagnostic concept was confirmed by modern laboratory and instrumental methods of investigation (CT enterocolonography, endoscopic and histological study). …”
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High Serum Adipocyte Fatty Acid Binding Protein Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Jer-Chuan Li, Du-An Wu, Jia-Sian Hou, Yi-Maun Subeq, Hsin-Dean Chen, Bang-Gee Hsu

“…MetS and its components were defined using diagnostic criteria from the International Diabetes Federation. …”
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Clinical and Technical Characteristics of Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Interventions Performed before and after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement with a Ball... by Alfredo Nunes Ferreira-Neto, Rishi Puri, Lluis Asmarats, Victoria Vilalta, Leonardo Guimaraes, Robert Delarochellière, Jean-Michel Paradis, Siamak Mohammadi, Eric Dumont, Josep Rodés-Cabau

“…Neither CAs‐nor PCIs‐performed after valve implantation revealed significant differences regarding arterial access site, catheter diameter, number of diagnostic or guiding catheters used, procedural duration, fluoroscopy time, or achievement of selective coronary injection. …”
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Idiopathic giant cell myocarditis or cardiac sarcoidosis? A retrospective audit of a nationwide case series by Kaj Ekström, Anne Räisänen‐Sokolowski, Jukka Lehtonen, Hanna‐Kaisa Nordenswan, Mikko I. Mäyränpää, Markku Kupari

“…Finding granulomas in or outside the heart was considered diagnostic of CS and exclusive of GCM. Altogether 45 of the 73 cases of GCM (62%) were reclassified as CS. …”
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Mutational Analysis of a Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Pedigree with Bile Duct Polyp Phenotype by Li-jun Xie, Dan-dan Ruan, Jian-hui Zhang, Yi Li, Li Chen, Mao-lin Yan, Ming-dian Yu, Jie-wei Luo, Hui-zhen Zhang

“…However, due to insufficient awareness, the diagnostic rate remains low and merely 5-6% of colorectal cancer patients are diagnosed with hereditary colorectal cancer. …”
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Ultrasound Measured Depth of Pelvic Free Fluid Correlates Well with Blood Loss Volume in Patients with Ectopic Pregnancy by Shuai Tang, Qing Zhou, Yuelun Zhang, Lin Chen, Xuerong Yu, Yanming Zhang, Zhenhong Qi, Yu Xia, Yuguang Huang

“…The logistic regression model was used to establish the prediction model for haemorrhage volumes. The diagnostic accuracy was evaluated by area under ROC curve (AUC) analysis. …”
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DeepGlioSeg: advanced glioma MRI data segmentation with integrated local-global representation architecture by Ruipeng Li, Yuehui Liao, Yueqi Huang, Xiaofei Ma, Guohua Zhao, Yanbin Wang, Chen Song

“…IntroductionGlioma segmentation is vital for diagnostic decision-making, monitoring disease progression, and surgical planning. …”
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Measles and Pregnancy: Immunity and Immunization—What Can Be Learned from Observing Complications during an Epidemic Year by Rosalia Ragusa, Armando Platania, Mario Cuccia, Gaetano Zappalà, Gabriele Giorgianni, Placido D’Agati, Maria Alessandra Bellia, Marina Marranzano

“…We controlled hospital discharge records for patients admitted to hospital obstetric wards searching the measles diagnostic code. We have indicated the case as “confirmed” when the IgM was found to be positive with the ELISA method. …”
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The Predictive Value of Urinary Kidney Injury Molecular 1 for the Diagnosis of Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury after Cardiac Catheterization: A Meta-Analysis by Qing Li, Yimin Huang, Weifeng Shang, Ying Zhang, Yanyan Liu, Gang Xu

“…Across all the studies, the diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) for uKIM-1 level to predict CI-AKI was 19 (95% CI 10–39), with SEN and SPE of 0.84 and 0.78, respectively. …”
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Correlation Between Vestibular Disorders and Superior Semicircular Dehiscence on High-resolution Computed Tomography at Tam Anh Ho Chi Minh General Hospital by Cong Trinh TRAN, Thi Lan Huong LE, Tran Thi Thuy HANG, Nghi Hai MA, Ho Hoang PHUONG, Tran Phanchung THUY

“…Conclusions: These findings highlight the importance of considering SSCD as a potential etiology in patients presenting with vestibular symptoms and emphasize the diagnostic utility of HRCT.…”
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Detection and Severity Assessment of Temporomandibular Joint Osteoarthritic Changes in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders Using CBCT by Kharman Khidhr Rahman, Shahen Ali Ahmed, Sarkawt Hamad Ali, Khoshee Salh Hamed

“…To assess osteoarthritis in the temporomandibular joint, the study applied the research diagnostic criteria specific to temporomandibular disorder. …”
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Extracellular matrix stiffness regulates colorectal cancer progression via HSF4 by Kangtao Wang, Siyi Ning, Shuai Zhang, Mingming Jiang, Yan Huang, Haiping Pei, Ming Li, Fengbo Tan

“…Despite advancements in diagnostic and therapeutic technologies, the impact of the tumour microenvironment, particularly extracellular matrix (ECM) stiffness, on CRC progression and metastasis is not fully understood. …”
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Prevalence and predictors of confirmed infection in patients receiving empiric antimicrobials in the intensive care unit: a retrospective cohort study by Luis Carlos Maia Cardozo Júnior, Larissa Bianchini, Jakeline Neves Giovanetti, Luiz Marcelo Almeida de Araújo, Yuri de Albuquerque Pessoa dos Santos, Bruno Adler Maccagnan Pinheiro Besen, Marcelo Park

“…Background: Infection diagnosis in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) is a challenge given the spectrum of conditions that present with systemic inflammation, the illness severity and the delay and imprecision of existing diagnostic methods. We hence sought to analyze the prevalence and predictors of confirmed infection after empirical antimicrobials during ICU stay. …”
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Evaluating the usefulness of plasma chromogranin A measurement in cyclic ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome by Keisuke Kakizawa, Miho Yamashita, Yuto Kawauchi, Akira Ikeya, Kenji Ohba, Akio Matsushita

“…The experience in evaluating this patient prompted us to investigate the potential use of plasma chromogranin A as a diagnostic marker of ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome. …”
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First‐in‐human orbital tumor surgery guided by near‐infrared II window fluorescence imaging: A feasibility study by Zeyu Zhang, Lishuang Guo, Lan Yao, Yueyue Li, Yan Hei, Qi Wang, Xiaoyi Wang, Rui Ma, Xinji Yang, Zhenhua Hu, Wei Wu

“…Fifteen patients were allocated for diagnostic test, which showed that both the in situ and ex vivo NIR‐II fluorescence imaging showed better sensitivity and specificity than the surgeon judgment. …”
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Relationship Between Motion Sickness Susceptibility and Vestibular Test Results by Ozge GEDİK TOKER, Elif KURU, Sumeyye OZDEMIR, Betul RENCBER, Ege TAKAN, Serdar ARAZ, Meliha BASOZ BEHMEN, Nilufer BAL, Fadlullah AKSOY

“…Conclusions: There was no significant relationship between motion sickness susceptibility and the results of any vestibular function test. Performing diagnostic tests for motion sickness in an environment that creates significant sensory conflict may yield different results. …”
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Naked-Eye Molecular Testing for the Detection of <i>Xylella fastidiosa</i> in Mallorca (Balearic Island) Almond Orchards by Colorimetric LAMP by Amoia Serafina Serena, Ana Falcón-Piñeiro, Milica Pastar, José Manuel Garcìa-Madero, Nicoletta Contaldo, Mikael Muegge, Stéphane Compant, Pasquale Saldarelli, Angelantonio Minafra

“…This study shows the potential of the cLAMP application as a rapid and low-cost point-of-care diagnostic method for the timely monitoring of <i>Xf</i> directly in the field.…”
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Underestimated latent tuberculosis infection burden among school contacts in China: a cross-sectional study by Jin Yin, Mei Wang, Chengguo Wu, Yaling Shi, Ying Liu, Ya Yu, Qian Su, Zhengyu Zhang, Xueyong Huang, Xiaoshuang Zhang, Jun Fan, Bo Wu

“…TST, creation tuberculin skin test (C-TST), or Interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) were conducted for immunological diagnostic methods. The LTBI detection gap among school contacts was assessed by comparing with the data implemented by community-level medical and health care institutions from 2021 to 2022. …”
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Long-term storage of C-141 reference strain of melioidosis agent (<i>Burkholderia pseudomallei</i>) by E. A. Artemeva, L. A. Melnikova, A. P. Rodionov

“…Potential possibility of the agent introduction to the Russian Federation as well as the risk of malevolent use of this agent as a tool of bioterrorism dictates the need for storage of this pathogen in the microorganism collections to study its properties, develop and test diagnostic, detection and identification means. Microorganism Collection Laboratory of the FSBSI “FCTRBS-ARRVI” is responsible for storage and preservation of Burkholderia pseudomallei С-141 reference strain, submitted by Federal State Scientific Institution “Russian Research Anti-Plague Institute “Microbe” under the Rospotrebnadzor (Saratov city) for research purposes in 1983 and as a back-upstrain in case of its loss by other collections. …”
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Prevalence of Osteoporosis in Patients with Distal Radius Fracture from Low-energy Trauma: An Observational Study by Manoj Kandel, Sarik Kumar Shrestha, Krishna Prasad Paudel, Sunil Panta, Deepak Banjade, Ramesh Syangtan, Sushil Thapa

“…Methods: This observational cross-section study evaluated the prevalence of osteoporosis in patients with distal radius fracture from low-energy trauma among patients presenting to tertiary level hospital of Nepal from October 2022 to September 2023.The participants’ demographic data, mechanism of injury, BMD values and T-score values were recorded and diagnosis of osteoporosis and osteopenia was made according to WHO diagnostic criteria. Ethical approval was taken from Institutional Review Committee (Reference Number: 079/80-015). …”
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