Resistant Hypertension and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: The Sparring Partners by Costas Thomopoulos, Helena Michalopoulou, Alexandros Kasiakogias, Anna Kefala, Thomas Makris

“…Enhanced target organ damage and cardiovascular morbidity represent common issues observed in both resistant hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea. …”
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<i>H. pylori</i>-negative peptic ulcer: state-of-the-art by M. A. Osadchuk, A. M. Osadchuk, A. A. Sibrjaev

“…Its association with more severe course of disease, higher morbidity and mortality rates is emphasized. Approaches to diagnostics, differential diagnostics and treatment are revealed.Conclusion. …”
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Acute Pancreatitis with Splenic Infarction as Early Postoperative Complication following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy by Aleksandr Kalabin, Vishnu R. Mani, Ankita Mishra, Hector Depaz, Leaque Ahmed

“…Surgery has emerged as the definitive treatment option for morbidly obese patients with comorbidities. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is performed now more than ever making it imperative for physicians and surgeons to recognize both the common and the uncommon risks and complications associated with it. …”
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Evaluating Stress during Pregnancy: Do We Have the Right Conceptions and the Correct Tools to Assess It? by Raquel González-Ochoa, Elly N. Sánchez-Rodríguez, Anahi Chavarría, Gabriel Gutiérrez-Ospina, Tania Romo-González

“…Gestational stress is believed to increase the risk of pregnancy failure and perinatal and adult morbidity and mortality in both the mother and her child or children. …”
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Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and causes of abdominal symptoms in diabetes patients by Roland Kadaj-Lipka, Grażyna Rydzewska

“…Diabetes mellitus affects virtually every organ system in the body, and the degree of organ involvement depends on the duration and severity of the disease, as well as other co-morbidities. Gastrointestinal side effects include pancreatopathy, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, oesophageal dysmotility, gastroesophageal reflux disease, gastroparesis, neuropathy, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.…”
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Neonatal Resuscitation Research Priorities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries by Vivek V. Shukla, Somashekhar M. Nimbalkar

“…Optimal and timely resuscitation is essential to avoid morbidity and mortality. The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) is a multinational committee that publishes evidence-based consensus and treatment recommendations for resuscitation in various scenarios including that for neonatal resuscitation. …”
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Postcardiotomy Mechanical Circulatory Support in Two Infants with Williams’ Syndrome by Constantinos A. Contrafouris, Andrew C. Chatzis, Meletios A. Kanakis, Prodromos A. Azariadis, Fotios A. Mitropoulos

“…Supravalvar aortic stenosis (SVAS) in patients with Williams’ syndrome is often accompanied by coronary, pulmonary, and even myocardial lesions and therefore associated with increased perioperative morbidity and mortality. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) provides reliable short-term mechanical circulatory support to patients, especially young, in acute postoperative cardiac failure when conventional means are ineffective. …”
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ANALYSIS OF SCHOOLCHILDREN’S HEALTH IN THE MODERN ENVIRONMENT AS EXEMPLIFIED BY POLTAVA REGION by O.D. Sargosh, O.P. Chetverikova

“…The analysis found that destabilization of children's health has been held for the last 5 years - morbidity and prevalence of diseases remain high, despite the positive trend. …”
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Radical Hysterectomy with Pelvic Lymphadenectomy: Indications, Technique, and Complications by Rachel A. Ware, John R. van Nagell

“…Improvement in surgical techniqe, administration of prophylactic antibiotics, thromboemolic prophylaxis, and advances in critical care medicine have resulted in lower operative morbidity associated with this procedure. Major urinary tract complications such as ureteral injury or vesico-vaginal fistula are now extremely rare (<1%). …”
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Intralipid Therapy for Inadvertent Peripheral Nervous System Blockade Resulting from Local Anesthetic Overdose by Ihab Kamel, Gaurav Trehan, Rodger Barnette

“…Although local anesthetics have an acceptable safety profile, significant morbidity and mortality have been associated with their use. …”
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Moderate hypothermic circulatory arrest with antegrade cerebral perfusion for the open repair of juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair with shaggy aorta by Yamini Vyas, MD, Jane M. Chung, MD, Yakov L. Elgudin, MD, PhD, Jae S. Cho, MD

“…It represents a challenging clinical entity for both endovascular and open repair owing to potential atheroembolization, increased early morbidity and mortality, and poor long-term survival. …”
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Donor-derived Cryptococcus gattii complex infection after liver transplantation by Bruno Hassunuma Carneiro, Giovanni Luis Breda, Regielly Caroline Raimundo Cognialli, Germana Davila dos Santos, Vania Aparecida Vicente, Eduardo Gnoatto Perondi, João Cesar Beenke França, Flávio Queiroz-Telles

“…ABSTRACT Cryptococcal disease is the third most common invasive fungal infection in solid organ transplant recipients and is associated with high-morbidity and -mortality rates. Donor-derived Cryptococcus spp. infection typically manifests within the first month post-procedure and has historically been caused by C. neoformans complex, predominantly in kidney recipients, but also after liver transplantation. …”
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Molecular Circuits of Resolution in Airway Inflammation by Troy Carlo, Bruce D. Levy

“…Inflammatory diseases of the lung are common, cause significant morbidity, and can be refractory to therapy. Airway responses to injury, noxious stimuli, or microbes lead to leukocyte recruitment for host defense. …”
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Antibacterial Potency of Honey by Najla A. Albaridi

“…Despite the developments in controlling infectious disease around the world, they are still the second biggest cause of morbidity and mortality due in part to the increase in drug resistance among large numbers of the bacterial strains. …”
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Role of Apoptosis in HIV Pathogenesis by Cyril Jabea Ekabe, Njinju Asaba Clinton, Eugene Kusi Agyei, Jules Kehbila

“…The HIV infection has contributed to increase mortality and morbidity worldwide, predominantly through the induction of gradual depletion of CD4+ T cells. …”
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Traumatic Lumbosacral Dislocation: Current Concepts in Diagnosis and Management by Andrew S. Moon, Kivanc Atesok, Thomas E. Niemeier, Sakthivel R. Manoharan, Jason L. Pittman, Steven M. Theiss

“…Despite advances in early diagnosis and management, this injury type is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, and long-term patient outcomes remain unclear.…”
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Doxycycline Sclerotherapy of a Cervical Cystic Hygroma: A Caribbean Institution Experience by Nicholas Figaro, Robbie Rampersad, Solaiman Juman

“…Due to the intimacy with which these cystic lesions blend with critical cervical structures, a considerable number of patients who undergo surgical management are often plagued with recurrence and morbidity. As a result, doxycycline sclerotherapy has become an attractive, safe, and effective alternative as a primary treatment modality in a select group of pediatric patients. …”
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Alcohol use and Alcohol Use Disorder by Stefano Gitto, Lucia Golfieri, Margherita Falcini, Fabio Caputo

“…Alcohol habit represents a major public health problem, being a chief cause of both morbidity and mortality. Binge drinking, a particularly dangerous alcohol intake pattern, has been growing in the last years, especially in younger people. …”
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A Man with Rapidly Progressive Limb Gangrene by Ada Wing Tung Leung, Virginia Weng Nga Lao

“…Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) are two distinct, but potentially overlapping, autoimmune disorders that are characterized by vascular morbidities. We present a case of probable APS that manifested as rapidly progressive peripheral gangrene with a positive test for lupus anticoagulant (LAC), alongside with angiographic evidence of suspected renal and hepatic artery aneurysms commonly associated with PAN, but also the presence of diffuse thrombosis over the distal arterial branches in the four limbs. …”
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β-Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Dynamics in Early Gestational Events: A Practical and Updated Reappraisal by Demetrio Larraín, Javier Caradeux

“…These tests have revolutionized the management of pregnancies of unknown location and markedly reduced the morbidity and mortality associated with the misdiagnosis of ectopic pregnancy. …”
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