Effect of life skills training by a midwife on pregnancy anxiety: A randomized controlled trial by Fatemeh Hassanpour, Mozhgan Javadnoori, Elham Maraghi, Fariba Zargar Shirazi

“…Background and Objective: Pregnancy anxiety is triggered  by a woman's concerns about pregnancy, childbirth, the health of the baby, and future parenting  negatively affecting pregnancy outcomes. …”
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Nonunion with Breakage of Gamma Nail and Subsequent Fracture in the Ipsilateral Femur by Takahiro Niikura, Sang Yang Lee, Yoshitada Sakai, Kotaro Nishida, Ryosuke Kuroda, Masahiro Kurosaka

“…We describe a rare case with breakage of gamma nail accompanied by nonunion of the original fracture and a subsequent new fracture in the ipsilateral femur. A 73-year-old woman suffered a subtrochanteric fracture of the femur, and the fracture was fixed with gamma nail at a previous hospital. …”
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A Case of Odontogenic Infection by Streptococcus constellatus Leading to Systemic Infection in a Cogan’s Syndrome Patient by Masanobu Abe, Yoshiyuki Mori, Ryoko Inaki, Yae Ohata, Takahiro Abe, Hideto Saijo, Kazumi Ohkubo, Kazuto Hoshi, Tsuyoshi Takato

“…Our case report presents a patient with sepsis due to a Streptococcus constellatus (S. constellatus) odontogenic infection in a 64-year-old-immunocompromised woman with Cogan’s syndrome. She had been suffering from chronic mandibular osteomyelitis which was thought to have been caused by dental caries and/or chronic periodontitis with furcation involvement of the left mandibular first molar. …”
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Dropped Head Syndrome Treated with Physical Therapy Based on the Concept of Athletic Rehabilitation by Toshio Mori, Kentaro Mataki, Yukiyo Shimizu, Kai Matsuba, Kosei Miura, Hiroshi Takahashi, Masao Koda, Hiroshi Kamada, Masashi Yamazaki

“…However, the therapeutics for DHS, especially conservative treatment, have not been fully established. A 75-year-old woman suffered from DHS, which she developed from neck pain due to cervical spondylosis. …”
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A Case of Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy Diagnosed by Transbronchial Lung Biopsy and Treated with Chemotherapy and Long-Term Oxygen and Anticoagulation Therapies by Atsushi Kitamura, Naoki Nishimura, Torahiko Jinta, Rika Suda, Yasuhiko Yamano, Genta Ishikawa, Yutaka Tomishima, Tsuyoshi Hamaoka, Koyu Suzuki, Naohiko Chohnabayashi

“…A 41-year-old woman, who underwent breast resection for cancer of the right breast and adjuvant chemotherapy 2 years ago, was admitted to our hospital due to shortness of breath upon exertion. …”
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Case Report: Rare cardiovascular characteristics of tuberous sclerosis complex with novel TSC2 variant by Zhiqin Du, Xiao Ma, Xiao Ma, Xiao Ma, Jianhua Li, Fang Yang, Yangfan Guo, Yangfan Guo

“…The co-occurrence of a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) with TSC is exceedingly rare.Case summaryWe report the case of a 26-year-old woman with genetically confirmed TSC, harboring a novel pathogenic variant in the TSC2 gene. …”
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Primary Nocardia Infection Causing a Fluorodeoxyglucose-Avid Right Renal Mass in a Redo Lung Transplant Recipient by Sreeja Biswas Roy, Mitchell D. Ross, Pradnya D. Patil, Richard Trepeta, Ross M. Bremner, Tanmay S. Panchabhai

“…We present a unique case of a 63-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus who underwent redo lung transplantation. …”
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Co-occurrence of a Mullerian anomaly and Kallmann syndrome: A case report by Lea C. George, Rebecca Gendelman, Anat Chemerinski, Pierre Lespinasse, Inessa A. Goldman, Sara Morelli

“…We present the case of a 33-year-old woman with a history of pubertal failure and primary amenorrhea due to Kallmann syndrome. …”
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Growth Modeling of the Maternal Cytokine Milieu throughout Normal Pregnancy: Macrophage-Derived Chemokine Decreases as Inflammation/Counterregulation Increases by Shernan G. Holtan, Yiyi Chen, Rajani Kaimal, Douglas J. Creedon, Elizabeth Ann L. Enninga, Wendy K. Nevala, Svetomir N. Markovic

“…Levels of 42 cytokines were determined using a multiplex bead-based assay on archived serum from a cohort of pregnant women N=16 at median of 18 time points tested, from the first trimester through to parturition, per woman. Unconditional growth modeling was then used to determine time-dependent changes in levels of these cytokines. …”
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Mild Clinical Course of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Infection in an Elderly Japanese Patient by Yuko Ohagi, Shinobu Tamura, Chiaki Nakamoto, Hiromichi Nakamoto, Masayuki Saijo, Masayuki Shimojima, Yoshio Nakano, Tokuzo Fujimoto

“…A 71-year-old healthy Japanese woman noticed a tick biting her after harvesting in an orchard and removed it herself. …”
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Pregnancy after Cancer Treatment and Pregnancy Associated Cancer: A Single Center Experience with 96 Cases by Mert Turğal, Kemal Beksaç, Derman Başaran, Aslıhan Yazıcıoğlu, Özgür Özyüncü, Ömer Aran, M. Sinan Beksaç

“…CONCLUSIONS: Since management of a pregnancy of a cancer survivor and pregnant woman with cancer a hard work, multidisciplinary approach involving gynecologists, pediatricians, oncologists is essential. …”
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Migratory Fish Bone in the Thyroid Gland: Case Report and Literature Review by EnHao Wu, Lei Huang, Ya Zhou, Xun Zhu

“…We present a unique case of a 31-year-old woman in whom a fish bone was found in the thyroid. …”
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Clinical-epidemiological Characterization of Suicide in Elder Adults by Wilfredo Valiente Morejón, Bárbara Junco Sena, Yoel Padrón Vega, Yisel de la Caridad Ramos Águila, Alina Rodríguez Méndez

“…There was a male over mortality of 3,7 men by each woman. The most frequent suicides occurred in old men with elementary school level, without working or marital bond and living with other people but with noticeable problems in the familial structure and functioning. …”
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Everolimus Implicated in Case of Severe Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage by Paul Gonzales, Seth Klusewitz, Johanna Marowske, John Gancayco, Michael B. Osswald, Robert Setlik

“…Our case demonstrates recurrent episodes of gastrointestinal bleeding in a 60-year-old woman being treated with Everolimus for progressive metastatic breast cancer. …”
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Noninvasive Ventilatory Correction as an Adjunct to an Experimental Systemic Reperfusion Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke by Kristian Barlinn, Clotilde Balucani, Paola Palazzo, Limin Zhao, April Sisson, Andrei V. Alexandrov

“…Summary of Case. A 55-year-old woman with an acute middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion received intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and enrolled into a thrombolytic research study. …”
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Successful Outcome of a Corticodependent Henoch-Schönlein Purpura Adult with Rituximab by Taylor Pindi Sala, Jean-Marie Michot, Renaud Snanoudj, Marion Dollat, Emmanuel Estève, Bernadette Marie, Yacine Taoufik, Jean-François Delfraissy, Thierry Lazure, Olivier Lambotte

“…We report the case of a 49-year-old woman with medical history of kidney transplantation for segmental glomerular hyalinosis. …”
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Estimating the Risk of Maternal Death at Admission: A Predictive Model from a 5-Year Case Reference Study in Northern Uganda by Gasthony Alobo, Cristina Reverzani, Laura Sarno, Barbara Giordani, Luigi Greco

“…A cumulative risk score for each woman based on the unstandardised canonical coefficients was obtained by the discriminant equation. …”
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Levetiracetam Induced Behavioral Abnormalities in a Patient with Seizure Disorder: A Diagnostic Challenge by Oluwaseun Ogunsakin, Terence Tumenta, Scarlet Louis-Jean, Ayesha Mahbub, Peterson Rabel, Tolu Olupona, Shaheen Alam

“…This research describes the case of a 28-year-old woman with seizure disorder and a psychiatric history of schizoaffective disorder who developed aggressive behavior, paranoia, and severe hostility following administration of Levetiracetam 750 mg orally twice daily. …”
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Prepapillary Vascular Loops Complicated by Suspected Macroaneurysm Rupture by Kei Akaiwa, Yoshinori Mitamura, Takashi Katome, Kentaro Semba, Mariko Egawa, Takeshi Naito

“…We present a case of prepapillary vascular loops complicated by a suspected macroaneurysm rupture which was treated with intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB). A 62-year-old woman presented with decreased vision and myodesopsia in her left eye. …”
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Minimally Invasive Bilateral Lung Resections and CABG through 5 Ports by N. Asemota, M. J. Rouhani, L. Harling, H. Raubenheimer, A. C. De Souza, E. Lim

“…We present a case of a patient who underwent bilateral minimally invasive thoracic and cardiac surgery. An 81-year-old woman was diagnosed with T1aN0M0 left upper lobe small-cell lung cancer and underwent single-port left video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) upper lobectomy in 2016. …”
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