Vaginal bleeding during pregnancy: a retrospective cohort study assessing maternal and perinatal outcomes by Maroun Matar, Georges Yared, Christopher Massaad, Kariman Ghazal

“…Pre-pregnancy comorbidities, such as diabetes, hypertension, and hypothyroidism, were not significantly correlated with bleeding. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of anxiety and depression among patients with hypothyroidism in Southern Iran by Tania Dehesh, Mohammad Amin Mosleh-Shirazi, Paria Dehesh

“…Factors found to be independently associated with anxiety were high TSH, high LDL, high TG, high FBS, high TGAb, high TPoAb, high TC, and hypertension. For depression, high TSH, high LDL, high TG, high FBS, high TC, and hypertension were identified. …”
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A Peculiar Cause of Shock: Analysing Two Clinical Cases by João Oliveira, Alberto Costa-Silva, Luís Vale, Daniel Costa, Rui Almeida-Pinto, Carlos Martins-Silva, Tiago Antunes-Lopes, João Silva

“…One of the most common is paroxysmic hypertension. Interestingly, although rare, some patients present with shock. …”
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Association between High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Blood Pressure among Children with History of Low Birth Weight Appropriate for Gestational Age, Low Birth Weight Small f... by Adrian Umboh, Rocky Wilar, Valentine Umboh, Adi Suryadinata Krisetya

“…A comprehensive education must be undertaken for the families who have children with LBW to reduce the risk of developing hypertension later in their life.…”
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Changes in the Size of a Ruptured Pheochromocytoma after Transcatheter Arterial Embolization by Takahiro Ichikawa, Chikako Oyabu, Megumi Minamida, Yusuke Ichijo, Yoshitaka Hashimoto, Mai Asano, Hiroya Iwase, Toru Tanaka, Michiaki Fukui

“…Considering that she had marked hypertension (193/115 mmHg), we made a provisional diagnosis of left lateral pain due to a ruptured pheochromocytoma. …”
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The Determinants of Adolescent Glycolipid Metabolism Disorder: A Cohort Study by Xiao-Hua Liang, Lun Xiao, Jing-Yu Chen, Ping Qu, Xian Tang, Yuwei Wang

“…We observed that the prevalence of GLMD was high in childhood and adolescents, and rural-urban areas, sex, pubertal development, dyslipidemia in a younger age, maternal obesity, and hypertension were associated with increased GLMD risk, suggesting that implementing the community-family intervention to improve the GLMD of children is essential.…”
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Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations (PAVMs) and Pregnancy: A Rare Case of Hemothorax and Review of the Literature by Federica Di Guardo, Viviana Lo Presti, Giuliana Costanzo, Elisa Zambrotta, Luisa Maria Di Gregorio, Antonio Basile, Marco Palumbo

“…PAVMs tend to increase in size naturally; however, several factors can influence their growth such as pulmonary arterial hypertension, puberty, and pregnancy. Clinical manifestations are related to the right-to-left shunting and include dyspnoea, hypoxia, and pulmonary hypertension. …”
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Relationships between blood concentrations of cadmium, lead, mercury, selenium, and manganese and the risk of chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES 2011–2... by Shenghua Yao, Dan Xu

“…Further, blood lead and cadmium concentrations showed statistically significant interaction effects with age, hypertension, and obesity on CKD. Conclusions Higher cadmium and lead concentrations in blood are asso-ciated with increased occurrence of CKD, especially in older adults, people with hypertension, and people with obesity.…”
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Risk Factors and Consequent Diseases of Atherosclerosis in a Population Treated in a Medical Office by Luis Ángel Felicó Riverón, Georgia Díaz-Perera Fernández, Yomeidis Felicó Riverón

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the family history of arterial hypertension predominated (64.8 %), the most frequent consequent disease was the family history of cardiovascular diseases (11.7 %). …”
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‘I can’t understand why others don’t screen more’: a qualitative study exploring why Australian general practitioners screen for primary aldosteronism by Sanne Peters, Jun Yang, Grant Russell, Abhir Krishan Nainani

“…Most of these practical barriers could be addressed by relatively simple educational and practice modifications to increase PA screening rates and optimise detection for the most common cause of secondary hypertension in primary care.…”
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Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia and the Kidney: Lessons from the URRAH Study by Cecilia Barnini, Elisa Russo, Giovanna Leoncini, Maria Carla Ghinatti, Lucia Macciò, Michela Piaggio, Francesca Viazzi, Roberto Pontremoli

“…CKD often coexists with hyperuricemia (HSUA), which is also increasingly common due to its association with hypertension, obesity, and diabetes. The interplay between hyperuricemia and CKD is complex; while in vitro studies and animal models support a role for uric acid mediating glomerular and tubule-interstitial damage, and HSUA has been shown to predict the onset and progression of CKD, the expectations of renal protection by the use of urate lowering treatment (ULT) are inconsistent. …”
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Atherogenic Risk Factors in Medical Students by Airam Navarro Palacios, Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés, Rafael Comas Valdespino, Girelda Cordero López, Alain Landrian Davis, Adrian Landrian Davis

“…The variables considered were: sex, body mass index (BMI), smoking habit, arterial hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, nutritional habits, alcohol consumption and family pathological history.…”
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A Case of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus/Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis Overlap Syndrome with Dissociated Pathological and Immunological Findings by Kazuhiko Kato, Tetsuya Kawamura, Risa Terashima, Yukiko Tsuchiya, Yasuhito Takahashi, Kenji Kasai, Takashi Yokoo

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Clinical and Epidemiological Characterization of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Zoe Alina González Otero, Jorge Luis Egüez Mesa, Celestino Fusté Jiménez, Eugenio Alejandro Reyes Medina, José Alberto Borges López, Lázaro Hermes González Otero

“…White middle-aged patients predominated. Hypertension was the major illness described in the past medical history. …”
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Diuretic Activity of the Aqueous Extract Leaves of Ficus glumosa Del. (Moraceae) in Rats by Fidèle Ntchapda, Djedouboum Abakar, Blaise Kom, Paulin Nana, Christian Bonabe, Maguirgue Kakesse, Emmanuel Talla, Théophile Dimo

“…Experiments were carried out to validate the use of F. glumosa extract as a diuretic in the treatment of hypertension as claimed by traditional healers. The experiments were performed under the same conditions with two synthetic pharmacological diuretics considered as check (Furosemide and Amiloride hydrochlorothiazide). …”
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Association of blood pressure and left ventricular mass with subclinical coronary atherosclerosis by Weiting Huang, Calvin Chin, Rehena Sultana, Chirk Jenn Ng, Jonathan Jiunn Liang Yap, Enver De Wei Loh, Swee Yaw Tan, Siew Ching Kong, Khung K Yeo

“…LV hypertrophy was a risk modifier, and its prognostic significance in adults without hypertension requires further study.…”
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Investigation of the Protective Effects of Phlorizin on Diabetic Cardiomyopathy in db/db Mice by Quantitative Proteomics by Qian Cai, Baoying Li, Fei Yu, Weida Lu, Zhen Zhang, Mei Yin, Haiqing Gao

“…Patients with diabetes often develop hypertension and atherosclerosis leading to cardiovascular disease. …”
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The Association of TNF-Alpha Inhibitors and Development of IgA Nephropathy in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Diabetes by Vedran Premužić, Ivan Padjen, Mislav Cerovec, Marijana Ćorić, Bojan Jelaković, Branimir Anić

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Living Well to Keep Your Pressure Down by Linda B. Bobroff

“…Bobroff, describes risk factors for hypertension (high blood pressure) and lifestyle practices that help keep blood pressure within a healthy range. …”
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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Case Report and Literature Review by R Amin, S Kwon, Y Moayedi, N Sweezey

“…BACKGROUND: Pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension, with variable onset and presentation. One or more of the four pulmonary veins can be primarily or secondarily affected. …”
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