Circulatory shock in adults in emergency department by Ashok Kumar Pannu

“…Circulatory shock is a common condition that carries high morbidity and mortality. This review aims to update the critical steps in managing common types of shock in adult patients admitted to medical emergency and intensive care units. …”
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Pregnancy after Bariatric Surgery: A Review by N. L. Hezelgrave, Eugene Oteng-Ntim

“…Maternal obesity is a major cause of obstetric morbidity and mortality. With surgical procedures to facilitate weight loss becoming more widely available and demanded and increasing number of women becoming pregnant after undergoing bariatric surgery, it is important and timely to consider the outcome of pregnancy following bariatric surgery. …”
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Koi Herpesvirus Disease (KHVD) by Kathleen H. Hartman, Roy P. Yanong, Deborah B. Pouder, Barbara Denise Petty, Ruth Francis-Floyd, Allen C. Riggs, Thomas B. Waltzek

“…Koi herpesvirus (KHV) is a highly contagious virus that causes significant morbidity and mortality in common carp varieties. Common carp is raised as a foodfish in many countries and has also been selectively bred for the ornamental fish industry where it is known as koi. …”
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Severe Diabetic Gastroparesis: Diagnosis by Ruling out of Constitutional Syndrome in an Older Adult: a Case Report by Vianey Guadalupe Téllez Bolaños, Louis Fernando Robles Fernandes

“…Diabetic gastroparesis represents one of the complications associated with long-standing diabetes that leads to the development of various nutritional conditions that increase the morbidity and mortality of patients. It is characterized by delayed gastric emptying, and consequently, decreased nutritional absorption, as well as intolerance to the oral route due to manifestations suggestive of intestinal obstruction due to accumulation of food. …”
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A Delayed Presentation of Perforated Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma of the Small Bowel Resulting in a Large Interloop Faecaloma by Muhammed A. Zishan, Kasra Raufian

“…Primary small bowel lymphomas are a rare entity but with significant morbidity and a low five-year overall survival even after surgery. …”
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Genetics of Cerebral Vasospasm by Travis R. Ladner, Scott L. Zuckerman, J Mocco

“…Cerebral vasospasm (CV) is a major source of morbidity and mortality in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). …”
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Surgical Treatment of Calcaneal Spur. by Eduardo Sarmiento Sánchez, Horacio Suárez Monzón, Rolando Delgado Figueredo, Juan Carlos Cabrera Suárez

“…<strong>Results:</strong> High morbidity of the heel pain syndrome was evidenced in this studied. …”
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Case report series: revisiting third and fourth pharyngeal arch anomalies, − are they thymopharyngeal duct remnants? by A. O. Kotwica, J. Rudd, D. J. Howard

“…They most commonly present in childhood with sudden severe left lateral neck infection and abscess formation with considerable tendency to recur, contributing to significant mortality and morbidity in those patients. Case presentation Here we present four cases finally diagnosed as third or fourth pharyngeal arch anomalies, with more than 20 years of follow-up following their definitive surgery. …”
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Empowering India’s fight against cervical cancer: Harnessing routine HPV immunisation by Sudip Bhattacharya, Suneela Garg, K Madan Gopal

“…Cervical cancer, driven by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, presents a significant health challenge in India, marked by high morbidity and mortality rates among women. This systemic review synthesises the latest research on HPV epidemiology in India, evaluates the effectiveness of existing vaccination programmes and compares India’s strategies with those of countries that have successfully mitigated cervical cancer burden. …”
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Development of the Ambulance 3.0 platform application by A. Z. Barybina

“…This project is especially relevant due to the ambulance operators and crews’ heavy workload associated with seasonal increases in the morbidity rate, the COVID-19 pandemic and other crisis situations. …”
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Cardiac Arrest and Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case of Medical Heuristics by Tokunbo Ajayi, Jerome Okudo

“…Failure to rely on differential diagnoses in spite of new signs and symptoms or rethinking of initial hypothesis may lead to fixation on a certain diagnosis, which may lead to significant morbidity and mortality. In the event that there is an anchoring heuristic, like in our patient, it is important to consider differential diagnoses; however, it is not wrong to rely on some form of anchor. …”
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Dilating Vascular Diseases: Pathophysiology and Clinical Aspects by Ertan Yetkin, Selcuk Ozturk

“…Atherosclerotic disease of the vessels is a significant problem affecting mortality and morbidity all over the world. However, dilatation of the vessels either in the arterial system or in the venous territory is another vessel disease. …”
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Dynamic Stabilization for Challenging Lumbar Degenerative Diseases of the Spine: A Review of the Literature by Tuncay Kaner, Ali Fahir Ozer

“…Rigid spinal implants along with fusion cause increased stresses of the adjacent segments and have some important disadvantages such as donor site morbidity including pain, wound problems, infections because of longer operating time, pseudarthrosis, and fatigue failure of implants. …”
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A Case of Almost Painless Herpes Zoster Presenting with Symptoms of Cystitis, Penile Numbness, and Acute Vestibular Failure by Hussain Al-Sardar

“…It is usually a self-limiting disease; however, it may cause significant morbidity especially in the elderly. It is more common in older people and individuals with immunocompromised conditions. …”
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Small bowel obstruction: a prognostic score index for surgery – a review by Danilo Coco, Silvana Leanza, Irene Fiume

“…Bowel obstruction is an important cause of morbidity and mortality, accounting for nearly 30,000 deaths and more than $3 billion per year in direct medical costs. …”
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Catatonia and Mutism: Neurotic, Psychotic, or Organic Disorder? by Pilar de Jaime Ruiz, Jose Luis García-Fogeda Romero, Luis Gutiérrez-Rojas

“…This uncommon presentation may lead to a late diagnosis and treatment initiation, increasing significantly morbidity and mortality. A differential diagnosis with infectious, autoimmune, and neoplastic etiologies should always be carried out.…”
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A large submucosal pedunculated fundal fibroid presenting as a vaginal mass: a rare case report by Priyank Singh Dasila, Maitri Shah, Pratima Thamke

“…It underscores the importance for gynecologists to recognize this complication to avoid delays in diagnosis and prevent unnecessary morbidity and mortality.…”
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An open window: the crucial role of the gut-brain axis in neurodevelopmental outcomes post-neurocritical illness by Victoria Ronan

“…Among patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit, approximately 10% are discharged with a new functional morbidity. For those who were admitted with a neurocritical illness, the number can be as high as 60%. …”
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Essential Hypertension: An Approach to Its Etiology and Neurogenic Pathophysiology by Juan J. Bolívar

“…Essential hypertension, a rise in blood pressure of undetermined cause, includes 90% of all hypertensive cases and is a highly important public health challenge that remains, however, a major modifiable cause of morbidity and mortality. This review emphasizes that, from an evolutionary point of view, we are adapted to ingest and excrete <1 g of sodium (2.5 g of salt) per day and that essential hypertension develops when the kidneys become unable to excrete the amount of sodium ingested, unless blood pressure is increased. …”
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Koi Herpesvirus Disease (KHVD) by Kathleen H. Hartman, Roy P. Yanong, Deborah B. Pouder, Barbara Denise Petty, Ruth Francis-Floyd, Allen C. Riggs, Thomas B. Waltzek

“…Koi herpesvirus (KHV) is a highly contagious virus that causes significant morbidity and mortality in common carp varieties. Common carp is raised as a foodfish in many countries and has also been selectively bred for the ornamental fish industry where it is known as koi. …”
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