Successful Pregnancy in a 31-Year-Old Peritoneal Dialysis Patient with Bilateral Nephrectomy by Ahmed Abu-Zaid, Ahmed Nazer, Osama AlOmar, Ismail A. Al-Badawi

“…Herein, to the best of our knowledge, we report the first case of successful pregnancy (despite late diagnosis at 14 weeks of gestation) in a 31-year-old peritoneal dialysis patient with bilateral nephrectomy and no whatsoever preserved residual renal function. …”
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Growing Plums in Florida by Ali Sarkhosh, Mercy Olmstead, E. P. Miller, Peter C. Andersen, Jeffrey G. Williamson

“…They ripen in early to late May, approximately two weeks before plums from other areas arrive in the marketplace. …”
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Complete resection of the superficial femoral artery and superficial femoral vein due to forceful trauma: a case report by Carlo Campesi, Vincenzo Molinari, Edorardo Scarcello, Francesco Intrieri

“…No post-operative complications were noted, and the patient was discharged three weeks after the operation without any relevant sequelae CONCLUSION: This case report highlights the clinical presentation, diagnostic workup, management, and outcomes of traumatic blunt injuries to the femoral vessels. …”
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Baricitinib Successfully Treated a Teenager with Refractory Livedoid Vasculopathy: A Case Report and Literature Review by Liu C, Jin YY, Han X, Huang H, Bao S, Xu X, Wang L, Jin Y

“…However, the symptoms improved significantly 2 weeks after treatment with baricitinib, and remission was maintained during its gradual reduction.Conclusion: Successful treatment of this refractory patient with baricitinib provides another evidence for the potential therapeutic effect of JAK1/JAK2 inhibitors in LV, and also offers a reference for the dosage tapering regime of baricitinib in LV.Keywords: livedoid vasculopathy, refractory, baricitinib…”
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Preterm Delivery in the Setting of Left Calyceal Rupture by Brent Hanson, Rami Tabbarah

“…A 29-year-old primigravida with a remote history of urolithiasis presented with left flank pain, suprapubic pain, and signs of preterm labor at 33 weeks of gestation. The patient was believed to have urolithiasis, although initial renal ultrasound failed to demonstrate definitive calculi. …”
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Case report: First reported case of spondylodiscitis caused by Gemella morbillorum in South Africa by J Pillay, N M van der Linden

“…Tissue cultures from a biopsy identified G. morbillorum species infection, and she was treated successfully with antibiotics for 6 weeks. It is important to have a high index of suspicion when a patient has a history of dental work, and to rule out associated infection such as endocarditis. …”
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Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Resulting in Postpartum Necrotizing Endomyometritis by Joan Tymon-Rosario, Meleen Chuang

“…Severe uterine necrosis from this multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli infection was noted intraoperatively. After three weeks of antibiotic therapy, she had resolution of her infection. …”
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MEASURING NOISE LEVEL IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY by CLAUDIA TOMOZEI, ALEXANDRA PIPA, OANA IRIMIA, MIRELA PANAINTE-LEHADUS, FLORIN NEDEFF

“…The monitoring of the noise level within the company Sonoma Trading SRL was carried out for three weeks, between 18.05.2015 - 5.06.2015; for the noisiest equipments. …”
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New Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy in Gastroenterology by SG Bown, AZ Rogowska

“…PDT with metatetrahydroxyphenyl chlorin produces a similar biological effect as PDT with porfimer sodium, but the light doses required are much smaller, and cutaneous photosensitivity lasts only two to three weeks. Further, it can be used with percutaneous light delivery to destroy localized pancreatic cancers. …”
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Production and development of vaccines for ornithobacterium rhinotracheale infection in turkeys by Osman Erganis, Hasan Hüseyin Hadimli, Kursat Kav, Zafer Sayin, Zeki Aras

“…After the sterility and the safety tests, laboratory efficiencies of vaccines (challange/protection and serological potency) were done on the turkeys (twice vaccinated with doses 0.25 ml and 0.5 ml at 5 and 8 weeks, respectively).<p> <b>Results:</b> According to the challenge results, all the vaccines were found effective at 100%. …”
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Bilateral Breast Masses with a Rare Etiology by Friederike Thieringer, Gideon Sartorius, Katrin Kalf, Viola Heinzelmann, Marcus Vetter

“…We present the case of a 28-year-old woman with bilateral large painful breast masses that developed rapidly in the three weeks before first presentation. Further investigation revealed bilateral ovarian masses. …”
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Retinal Toxicity after Initial Administration of Nivolumab and Ipilimumab by Adnan Kilani, Efstathios Vounotrypidis, Susanna F. König, Armin Wolf

“…A 52-year-old female with metastatic malignant cutaneous melanoma experiencing bilateral progressive visual acuity reduction, after treatment initiation with 1 mg/kg nivolumab and 3 mg/kg ipilimumab two weeks prior symptom onset. An extensive laboratory workup, including uveitis workup, onconeuronal and retinal antibodies, ruled out a paraneoplastic autoimmune disorder and a granulomatous disease. …”
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Shortened Cervix in the Subsequent Pregnancy after Embolization for Postpartum Cervical Hemorrhage by Zoltan Kozinszky, Sverre Sand, Nils-Einar Kløw, Kirsten Hald

“…In the forthcoming pregnancy a shortened cervix was a risk of threatened premature delivery from 26 weeks of gestation onwards. Conclusion. Superselective unilateral embolization of a thrombosed hematoma in the cervix might prevent extensive iatrogenic trauma of the cervix, which allows preservation of reproductive function.…”
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Superior Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis Complicating Typhoid Fever in a Teenager by P. O. Okunola, G. E. Ofovwe, M. T. Abiodun, C. P. Azunna

“…We present an adolescent girl who was well until two weeks earlier when she had a throbbing frontal headache and fever with chills; she later had dyspnoea, jaundice, melena stool, multiple seizures, nuchal rigidity, and monoparesis of the right lower limb a day before admission. …”
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An Unusual Presentation of Kawasaki Disease: Gallbladder Hydrops and Acute Cholestatic Hepatitis by B. O. Kılıç, Ş. Baysun, T. C. Gökşen, İ. Akınbingöl, Z. Arslan

“…The typical Kawasaki disease is a self-limiting disease with fever lasting for an average of two weeks. In such patients who have not been diagnosed and whose treatment has been delayed, coronary artery aneurysm, myocardial depression, arrhythmia, and vascular complications may increase morbidity and mortality. …”
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Relapsing Polychondritis and Artiritis in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis: A Case Report by Dilara Turan Gökçe, Buket Karsavuranoğlu, Bahar Özdemir, Meral Akdoğan Kayhan, Yasemin Özderin Özin

“…Despite the initial antibiotic treatment, the patient’s symptoms persisted and worsened, necessitating the initiation of prednisolone therapy, which led to complete resolution of the chondritis and arthritis symptoms within 2 weeks. This case underscores the importance of considering RPC in patients with inflammatory bowel disease presenting with unexplained inflammatory symptoms involving cartilaginous structures.…”
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Unilateral Adrenal Infarction in Pregnancy: A Case Report by Awatef Hajjaji, Yosra Jemma, Amina Mnejja, Ines Zouari, Imen Ghaddab, Fethi Jebali, Lotfi Gratti, Raja Faleh

“…A 27-year-old woman was infected by coronavirus four months ago and presented at 35 weeks of gestation with sudden-onset right abdominal pain without contractions. …”
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Unexplained First Trimester Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy: A Case Report and Literature Review by Anastasia A. Salame, Mohammad J. Jaffal, Marco A. Mouanness, Amal R. Nasser Eddin, Labib M. Ghulmiyyah

“…We present a 31-year-old G2P1 patient with symptoms of ICP as early as 10 weeks of gestation (WG). Her pruritis was initially attributed to eczema. …”
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Critical role of nosocomial transmission in the Toronto SARS outbreak by Glenn Webb, Martin J. Blaser, Huaiping Zhu, Sten Ardal, Jianhong Wu

“…Comparison of the effects of two major policies, strict hospital infection controlprocedures and community-wide quarantine measures, implemented in Torontotwo weeks into the initial outbreak, shows that their combination is the key toshort-term containment and that quarantine is the key to long-term containment.…”
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Effectiveness of the misoprostol for the abortion in the first trimester of the pregnancy in adolescents. by Práxedes Rojas Quintana, Pedro Ayo Naranjo, Alberto Jorge Fernández, Israel Sotolongo Castro, Joan Hernández Cabrera, Annia Najarro

“…<strong> <br />Results: </strong>The expelling of the fetus was successful in 93, 4 % of the adolescents, 66% of them were in their 8 weeks of gestation, 89 % were nulliparae, and 2, 6 were multiparae. …”
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