Acute Hyperglycemia Due to Topical Corticosteroid Administration by Laura Y. Sue, Anna Milanesi

“…His insulin requirements, via his insulin pump, increased to nearly five times his typical daily dose. The patient was admitted for evaluation and treatment and started on an insulin infusion. …”
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Chronic osteomyelitis as evidence of a source of uncontrolled sepsis. A case report by Ariel Efrén Uriarte Méndez, Jorge L. Capote Padrón, José Julio Requeiro Molina, Lioby Kauteks Pardiñas de León

“…The objective of this work is to transmit the experiences derived from the care of an infant whose diagnosis of septic shock was made retrospectively when chronic osteomyelitis of the distal end of the right femur was discovered as a primary source of undiagnosed infection. The patient was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit with multi-organ dysfunction. …”
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Acute Ventricular Wall Thickening: Sepsis, Thrombotic Microangiopathy, or Myocarditis? by Nicolas De Schryver, Delphine Hoton, Diego Castanares-Zapatero, Philippe Hantson

“…A 40-year-old woman, with a history of mixed connective tissue disease, was admitted with laryngeal oedema and fever. She developed Streptococcus pneumoniae septicaemia and subsequent laboratory abnormalities were consistent with a thrombotic microangiopathy. …”
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Cognitive deficits persisting in patients with alcohol dependence syndrome after detoxification by Ankur Sachdeva, Mina Chandra, Shilpa Khullar, Syed Zafar Abbas

“…Materials and Methods: The study included randomly selected, consenting, non-delirious patients of alcohol dependence syndrome (ADS) without dementia, admitted in the de-addiction ward. Cognition was assessed by Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) of the Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies at admission and after 7 days of detoxification. …”
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Bone Marrow Infiltration in Rosai–Dorfman Disease by Fatima Zahra Rahali, Fatima Taher, Houda Nassih, Sanae Sayagh

“…We report a case of RDD with bone marrow involvement occurring in a 5-year-old female. She was admitted for asthenia, gingival bleeding, and diffuse bone pain without fever. …”
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A Case of Anorexia Nervosa with Focal Cortical Dysplasia by Hiroki Nemoto, Kazuo Imagawa, Takashi Enokizono, Yosuke Masuda, Masayuki Ide, Takuma Deguchi, Monami Hara, Atsushi Morita, Takahiro Kido, Mai Tanaka, Tatsuyuki Ohto, Hidetoshi Takada

“…He became concerned about lower abdominal distention and began reducing his food intake. He was admitted to our hospital after weight loss of 10 kg in a 1 year. …”
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Deep Venous Thrombosis and Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism Revealing Silent Celiac Disease: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Igor Dumic, Scott Martin, Nadim Salfiti, Robert Watson, Tamara Alempijevic

“…We present a case of a 46-year-old man who was admitted for shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain and was found to have iron deficiency anemia, deep venous thrombosis, and bilateral pulmonary emboli (PE). …”
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Theology of Creation and Beauty: Kohelet 3:11 by Tibor Máhrik, Roman Králik

“…In this context, beauty is posited as a spiritual value that, on the one hand, reflects God’s essence and serves as a source of inspiration for humanity, and, on the other hand, remains an unattainable reality for humanity’s ambitions. This paradox forms the basis for understanding kitsch, which is not merely an aesthetic category, but also encompasses the broader cultural and value dimensions of humanity. …”
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The Fundus Autofluorescence Spectrum of Punctate Inner Choroidopathy by Miaoling Li, Xiongze Zhang, Feng Wen

“…This is a retrospective observational case series of 27 consecutive patients with PIC admitted from October 2013 to March 2015, who underwent short-wavelength- (SW-) and near-infrared- (NIR-) FAF imaging, spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT), fluorescein angiography (FA), and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA). …”
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Chest-to-Back Skin-to-Skin Contact to Regulate Body Temperature for Low Birth Weight and/or Premature Babies: A Crossover Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial by Sisay Gere, Yemane Berhane, Alemayehu Worku

“…We applied a noninferiority clinical trial among LBW and/or premature infants admitted to a referral hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Ethiopia. …”
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Case report: Intra-abdominal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor with mucinous features: a case of rapid recurrence and dissemination post-surgery by Xingchen Li, Jie Li, Chunxiao Liang, Qing Zou

“…This case report describes a 24-year-old male with diabetes who was admitted to the hospital for over three days of vomiting and abdominal pain and was initially diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis. …”
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First Description of KPC-2-Producing Klebsiella oxytoca Isolated from a Pediatric Patient with Nosocomial Pneumonia in Venezuela by Indira Labrador, María Araque

“…In this report, we describe the first nosocomial KPC-2-producing K. oxytoca isolated from a pediatric patient with pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit at The Andes University Hospital, Mérida, Venezuela. …”
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Morbimortality in Patients Undergone an Operation for Intestinal Occlusion in General Surgery Service by Alexander Marchena Rodríguez, Reinaldo Jiménez Prendes, Julio César Sarmiento Sánchez

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a descriptive follow-up study of cases that comprised all the patients admitted and operated by intestinal occlusion. The analyzed variables were: age, sex, personal and pathological background, classification according to the American Society of Anaesthesiology, pre and trans-operative diagnostic, the surgical procedure, the location of the ward in immediate postoperative, the complementary exams, the time between the time of admission and the time of the operation, direct cause of death, the complications and the patients´ general condition on discharge. …”
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Diego Maradona, une icône de la culture populaire by Gary MORRA

“…A sa mort, le terme « icône » a été abondamment utilisé par la presse. L'ambition de ce travail sur Diego Maradona n'est pas de valider ou de discréditer l’usage d’analogies religieuses concernant cet homme ; ni de proposer un travail biographique sur le footballeur argentin. …”
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“Knotted electrical wire with a glass tube at the top as a foreign body in a male urethra: a case report” by Arian Karimi Rouzbahani, Bahar Amiri, Ahad Fazeli, Behzad Yousefi Yeganeh

“…Case presentation We report a 27-year-old unmarried male who presented the emergency department after inserting a knotted electrical wire with a glass tube at the top of his bladder. The patient admitted he inserted soft objects into his penis for pleasure, curiosity, feelings of emptiness, and the need for sexual excitement. …”
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The Role of PCR in Diagnosis of a Rare Appendicular Tuberculosis and Mini Literature Review by Asmerom Tesfamariam Sengal, Ahmed Abdalla Mohamedani, Hanan Hasaan Hussein, Alaa Kamal

“…We are reporting a 30-year-old male who presented with acute abdominal pain, fever, and vomiting and was admitted with the clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis. …”
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Characteristics of the obstetric patient in critical stage in Cienfuegos province. by Bárbara Lucía Cabezas Poblet, Yoel Valle, María Antonia Cabezas Poblet, Esteban Hernández Barrios, Rolando T. Espín González

“…Gustavo Aldereguía Lima¨ in a 10 year period and includes the 323 critically ill obstetric patients who were admitted at that ward. The variables under study were: mother´s age parity, type of labor, past history, surgical procedures, cause of admission at the ICU, patients state at discharge and cause of death. …”
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Maternal plasma urocortin level as a biomarker of preterm birth: a prospective cohort study in Sulaimaniyah city in Iraq by Sallama Kamel Nasir

“…Methods This prospective cohort study included 96 women with a singleton pregnancy between 28 and 34 weeks of gestation who were admitted with threatened preterm labour. The participants were monitored until delivery. …”
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Masques et mascarades dans Romola par George Eliot : la traversée des apparences by Stéphanie Richet

“…What can be seen and what can be deciphered no longer coincide, therefore threatening the ambition of transparency claimed by realist fiction.…”
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Root Cause Analysis of Adverse Outcomes in the Obstetrics & Gynaecology: A Prospective Study at a Tertiary Care Centre by Brijesh Narayan, Pushkar Mendiratta

“…Materials and Methods: This prospective observational study which included all the consecutive inpatients admitted with the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology over a period of 15 months at a tertiary care centre. …”
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