A Case of Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease due to Transient Synovitis of the Hip by Tadahiko Ohtsuru, Yasuaki Murata, Yuji Morita, Yutaro Munakata, Yoshiharu Kato

“…Even if TS is diagnosed on the basis of the patient’s medical history and imaging findings, physicians should consider the possibility of LCPD and perform a careful observation if joint effusion continues and/or a symptom does not improve within 4 weeks.…”
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Properties and Storage Stability of O/W Emulsion Replaced with Medium-Chain Fatty Acid Oil by Kupongsak Sasikan, Sathitvorapojjana Saruda

“…The Emulsion Stability Index and oil-phase crystallisation temperatures of mayonnaise with RBO alone and with 30% CNO replacement did not change when stored at 30±2°C for 4 weeks. The droplet size of the mayonnaise containing only RBO increased, possibly due to droplet coalescence. …”
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Spontaneous Uterine Rupture in a Preterm Pregnancy following Myomectomy by Claire Sutton, Prue Standen, Jade Acton, Christopher Griffin

“…She was at gestation of 32 weeks and 2 days with a history of previous laparoscopic fundal myomectomy. …”
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Recurrent Oral Mucocele Management with Diode Laser by Amira Besbes, Yamina Elelmi, Faten Khanfir, Raja Belgacem, Hichem Ghedira

“…The patient was followed-up after 2 weeks and 6 months. The wound healed without complications: no postoperative discomfort or pain and no infection. …”
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The Effect of STEM Applications on the Scientific Creativity of 9th-Grade Students by Seyide Eroglu, Oktay Bektas

“…The pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design has been preferred for the quantitative part of the study and the phenomenology design for the qualitative part. The study lasted 12 weeks during the first semester of the 2016-2017 academic year. …”
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Native Valve Endocarditis due to Veillonella Species: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Lakshmi Saladi, Cosmina Zeana, Manisha Singh

“…The patient was discharged home after 10 days of inpatient antibiotic therapy and completed 4 weeks of IV ceftriaxone at home without any adverse events. …”
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Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors as a Potential Risk for Implant Failure: A Clinical Report by Elham Emami, Pierre de Grandmont, Mélanie Menassa, Nicholas Audy, Robert Durand

“…The implants failed within six weeks of immediate loading although primary stability (≥50 Ncm) was achieved during surgery and clinical follow-ups did not show any deviance from standard implant care or patient-related complications. …”
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Lymph Node Abscessation Secondary to Neoplasia in Two Dogs by Erin Close, Sarah Lumbrezer-Johnson, Eric Hostnik, Rhonda Burge, Ryan Jennings, Laura Selmic

“…Both dogs underwent surgical extirpation of the lymph nodes and adjuvant chemotherapy protocols. Six weeks postsurgical excision, dog one was euthanized due to quality-of-life concerns. …”
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Exploring the Mechanism of Microarteriogenesis in Porous Silk Fibroin Film by Lun Bai, Guangqian Wang, Xiaoyan Tan, Jianmei Xu

“…Results. 10 days after implantation, the arteriole density reaches the highest level in the junction of silk fibroin materials with tissues. Three weeks later, the arteriolar density in the materials reaches the maximum, and the arterioles in the junction of materials with tissues appear to be in a mature and upgrading state. …”
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Colorectal Metastasis From Lung Adenocarcinoma With Initial Gastrointestinal Symptoms: A Case Report and Literature Review by Yu Xin, Dan Liu, Dan Zang, Yan Sun, Jun Chen

“…Moreover, the overall survival time of lung cancer patients developing intestinal metastases is from 5 weeks to 1 year, and most patients will die within the first 6 months. …”
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An Unusual Transudative Pleural Effusion Succeeded by Pulmonary and Brain Edema and Death by Sayyed Gholam Reza Mortazavimoghaddam, H. R. Riasi

“…Therapeutic lumbar puncture was done in two sequential weeks, and the patient was on acetazolamide 250 mg/trivise a day. …”
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The impact of virtual exchange on East–West social relations: lessons from a China-Portugal foreign language exchange by Rienties Bart, Rets Irina

“…To that end, this study explored an East-West VE of 10 weeks between 16 university students from China and 18 students from Portugal working together online on shared tasks. …”
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‘It would not be tolerated in any other profession except medicine’: survey reporting on undergraduates’ exposure to bullying and harassment in their first placement year by Anja Timm

“…Objectives To determine the extent to which undergraduate medical students experience (and/or witness) bullying and harassment during their first year on full-time placements and to compare with new General Medical Council (GMC) evidence on bullying and harassment of doctors in training.Setting A UK university offering medical and nursing undergraduate programmes.Participants 309 medical and nursing undergraduate students with 30–33 weeks’ placement experience (123 medical students and 186 nursing students); overall response rate: 47%.Primary and secondary outcome measures (A) students’ experience of bullying and harassment; (B) witnessing bullying and harassment; (C) actions taken by students; (D) comparison of medical and nursing students’ data.Results Within 8 months of starting clinical placements, a fifth of medical and a quarter of nursing students reported experiencing bullying and harassment. …”
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Poststernotomy Osteomyelitis Presenting with Severe Sepsis and Rhabdomyolysis by Eugene M. Tan, Melissa Lyle, Kelly Cawcutt, Zelalem Temesgen

“…Aspiration and culture of this abscess did not yield any organisms, so he was treated with vancomycin and cefepime empirically for 4 weeks. Because this patient was improving clinically on antibiotics and did not show external signs of wound infection, there was no compelling indication for sternectomy. …”
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Respiratory pathology in the mdx/utrn -/- mouse: A murine model for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). by Marán Y Hernández Rodríguez, Debolina D Biswas, Aoife D Slyne, Jane Lee, Evelyn Scarrow, Sarra M Abdelbarr, Heather Daniels, Ken D O'Halloran, Leonardo F Ferreira, Charles A Gersbach, Mai K ElMallah

“…The mdx/utrn-/- mice have significant respiratory and metabolic deficits with respiratory insufficiency and hypoventilation when exposed to hypoxia and hypercarbia as early as 6 weeks of age. They also have significant diaphragmatic weakness and disrupted diaphragmatic structural pathology. …”
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Efficacy of daclatasvir and asunaprevir for viral hepatitis С in two donor lung recipients by D. T. Abdurakhmanov, Ye. . Sidorova, I. N. Tikhonov, N. A. Mukhin, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Combined therapy by asunaprevir and daclatasvir for 24 weeks resulted in sustained virologic response. No significant adverse effects on drug to drug interactions, except for mild and controllable alteration of tacrolimus blood level, were noted. …”
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Rosai-Dorfman Disease: Self-Resolving Unilateral Lymphadenopathy and a Brief Review of Literature by Joshua Feriante, Richard T. Lee

“…The lymphadenopathy resolved spontaneously over the course of several weeks following the initial presentation. Rosai-Dorfman disease reportedly has a benign prognosis with approximately 20% of patients experiencing spontaneous disease resolution (as was the case for this patient) with 70% experiencing chronic symptoms that may last years but not require intervention. …”
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Using Platelet-Rich Fibrin to Remove Graphite Tattoos May Yield Excellent Long-Term Result by Young Joon Cho, Yong Tak Jeong, Tae Hee Lee, Hyun Woo Cho

“…Healing patterns were observed at 1, 2, 4, and 8 weeks, and satisfactory clinical and aesthetic results were obtained. …”
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Comparison of open vs Plastibell techniques of circumcision for surgical outcomes and cosmetic satisfaction;A randomized control trial by Muhammad Iqbal, Sadaf Ijaz, Muhammad Hassan Zafar, Naveed Akhtar Malik

“…Results: Majority 720 (50%) were in age group 6-8 weeks. Compared with open method, significantly less number of patients in plastibel method experienced moderate pain (47.91% versus 35% p value .00001 and severe pain 31.94% versus 9.02% p value .00001.Rate of wound infection was significantly less in plastibell method 2.77% versus 4.86% p value .020. …”
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Dysuria, Urinary Retention, and Inguinal Pain as Manifestation of Sacral Bannwarth Syndrome by Josef Finsterer, Johannes Dauth, Kurt Angel, Mateusz Markowicz

“…Intravenous ceftriaxone for three weeks resulted in immediate improvement of bladder dysfunction, with continuous decline of residual urine volume and continuous increase of spontaneous urine volume even after removal of the catheter and initiation of self-catheterization. …”
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