Adult classic Bartter syndrome: a case report with 5-year follow-up and literature review by Le Jiang, Dongmei Li, Qiansha Guo, Yunfeng Li, Lei Zan, Rihan Ao

“…Because the onset of BS is more common in children than in adults, the diagnosis, treatment outcomes, genotype/phenotype association, and follow-up of adult-onset BS Type 3 are limited. This case report describes the findings in a 20-year-old man who was admitted with hypokalemic paralysis, with clinical manifestations were similar to those of Gitelman syndrome (GS); however, the patient was later diagnosed to have BS Type 3 through genetic testing (NM_000085.4 (CLCNKB): c.1052G>T). …”
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High sensitivity c-reactive protein and homocysteine in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease by Marisol Peña Sánchez, Cesarina Lisselotte Torres Vázquez, Melany Betancourt Loza, Alina González-Quevedo Monteagudo, Marianela Arteche Prior, María Caridad Menéndez Saiz

“…<strong><br />Methods:</strong> a descriptive and retrospective cross-sectional study was carried out in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease, admitted to the Stroke Service of the Neurology and Neurosurgery Institute between 2016 and 2019. …”
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Bilateral Symptomatic Mucoid Degeneration of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament with Anterior Knee Pain but No Limited Knee Flexion by Koshiro Shimasaki, Tomokazu Yoshioka, Akihiro Kanamori, Masashi Yamazaki

“…We report a rare case of a patient diagnosed with bilateral mucoid degeneration of the ACL with AKP and no limited joint range of motion (ROM). A 59-year-old man with spontaneous right AKP was admitted to our hospital. …”
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Unrecognized Pseudohypoparathyroidism Type 1A as a Cause of Hypocalcemia and Seizures in a 64-Year-Old Woman by Patrizia Del Monte, Carla Micaela Cuttica, Alessandro Marugo, Luca Foppiani, Daniela Audenino, Tomasz Tadeusz Godowicz, Francesca Marta Elli, Giovanna Mantovani, Emilio Di Maria

“…We describe the case of a 64-year-old woman admitted to the Neurological Unit for recurrent episodes of loss of consciousness and seizures. …”
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Alteration of Plasma Amino Acid Concentrations in Iranian Children with COVID-19 by Sedigheh Shams, Aileen Azari-Yam, Moeinadin Safavi, Zahra Zamani, Maryam Sotoudeh-Anvari, Meisam Sharifzadeh Ekbatani, Mohammad-Taghi Haghi-Ashtiani, Fatemeh Mozafari, Bahareh Yaghmaie, Leila Shafeghat

“…We also compared amino acids levels in critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with non-ICU patients and expired and recovered patients. …”
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Insights from a cluster of tuberculosis outbreak in a psychiatric hospital—Shandong Province, 2024 by Shulei Wang, Peilin Diao, Jingyu Liu, Shiwen Wang, Yuelei Wang, Xiaomin He

“…To enhance outbreak prevention, medical institutions should clarify whether TB patients with a history of mental illness have been admitted in psychiatric hospitals and, if so, initiate timely outbreak alerts. …”
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Exploring the quality of end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: a qualitative multiple case study approach with family members of Muslim patients by Robert Fowler, Craig Dale, Ayah Nayfeh, Lesley Gotlib Conn

“…Data were analysed using deductive content analysis.Setting A large academic tertiary care hospital in Toronto, Canada.Participants Next-of-kin family members of Muslim patients (≥18 years) who were admitted to the ICU and died in hospital between October 2019 and December 2021.Results Family members of five Muslim patients of South Asian descent were recruited for this study. …”
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Part 4. Clinical Practice Guideline for Surveillance and Imaging Studies of Trauma Patients in the Trauma Bay from the Korean Society of Traumatology by Sung Wook Chang, Kang Kook Choi, O Hyun Kim, Maru Kim, Gil Jae Lee, Korean Society of Traumatology (KST) Clinical Research Group

“…The following recommendations are presented herein: All trauma patients admitted to the resuscitation room should be constantly (or periodically) monitored for parameters such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, body temperature, electrocardiography, Glasgow Coma Scale, and pupil reflex (1C). …”
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Multiple Organ Failure Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Child with Down Syndrome: Is Trisomy 21 Associated with an Unfavourable Clinical Course? by Perla Idalia Vazquez-Hernández, Alan Cárdenas-Conejo, Manuel Alejandro Catalán-Ruiz, Karla Navar-Gallegos, Emilio Zenteno-Salazar, Jose Rafael-Parra-Bravo, Ranferi Aragon-Nogales, Maribel Ibarra-Sarlat, Juan Carlos Núñez-Enríquez

“…Female, 2 years old, karyotype 47,XX,+21[30], previously diagnosed with a cyanotic congenital heart disease (tricuspid atresia and infundibular pulmonary stenosis, type Ib) who started with diarrhea, developed shortness of breath, and cyanosis and was admitted to the hospital presenting low-oxygen saturation (33%) requiring invasive mechanical ventilation support. …”
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Psychological Safety in Saudi Arabian Healthcare: A Scoping Review by Yumna Ali, Roaya Alqurashi, Ahmed M. Asfahani, Mark Leonard, Catherine Elisa John, Yasuhiro Kotera

“…  Background: Psychological safety arises from the knowledge that one will not be penalised for speaking one’s mind, sharing concerns, or admitting mistakes. There is a dearth of studies in the Saudi Arabian context on the subject of mindfulness-based interventions to improve psychological safety in the workplace. …”
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Impact of acute respiratory distress syndrome on outcome in critically ill patients with liver cirrhosis by Pischtaz Adel Tariparast, Kevin Roedl, Thomas Horvatits, Andreas Drolz, Stefan Kluge, Valentin Fuhrmann

“…ARDS is a prognostic factor for mortality in patients with liver cirrhosis admitted to the ICU. One out of ten critically ill cirrhotic patients develop ARDS within 72 h after admission. …”
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Usage of Surfactant and Evaluation of Lung Problems in Late Preterm Infants by Ozlem Yilman, Senem Alkan Ozdemir, Sebnem Calkavur, Tulin Gokmen Yildirim

“…As the control group, patients who were admitted to the NICU in the same period due to respiratory distress with similar indications but did not receive surfactant were considered. …”
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‘‘Near Miss’’ Obstetric Cases: 4 Years Experience of a Tertiary Center by Hüseyin Cengiz, Cihan Kaya, Ramazan Ateş, Yusuf Ziya Yener, Murat Ekin, Levent Yaşar

“…Six women (14.6%) were admitted before and 35 (85.4%) after childbirth. The most common diagnosis was preeclampsia (41.5%), followed by obstetric hemorrhage (29.2%). …”
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Risk factors for bloodstream infection in COVID-19 patients in intensive care units: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jun Wang, Ting Jiang

“…The purpose of this systematic review was to study the risk factors for BSI in patients admitted to ICUs for COVID-19. Methods A systematic search was performed on PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science up to July 2024. …”
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Rapid Classification and Treatment Algorithm of Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Acute Coronary Syndromes: The SAVE ACS Classification by Vasileios Panoulas, Charles Ilsley

“…As a validation cohort, we used 431 incident ACS patients admitted from January 1, 2020, to July 20, 2020. Results. …”
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Rare Case of an Epithelial Cyst in an Intrapancreatic Accessory Spleen Treated by Robot-Assisted Spleen Preserving Distal Pancreatectomy by Willemijn P. M. van Dijck, Vincent P. Groot, Lodewijk A. A. Brosens, Jeroen Hagendoorn, Inne H. M. Borel Rinkes, Maarten S. van Leeuwen, I. Quintus Molenaar

“…We present a case of ECIPAS in a 21-year-old Philippine woman who was admitted with right upper quadrant abdominal pain. …”
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Case Report: Kryptonite—A Rare Case of Left-Sided Bilothorax in a Sickle Cell Patient by Vikas D. Reddy, Anas Al-Khateeb, Muhammad Hussain, Varun Patel, Muqueet Kadri, Rutwik Patel, Siva Prasad Maruboyina, Richard A. Miller, Joseph R. DePasquale

“…Herein, we present a case of isolated left-sided bilothorax in a 43-year-old female admitted with sickle cell crisis. Only one other case of isolated spontaneous left-sided bilothorax has been described in the literature. …”
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Comparison of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Intragastric Balloon Procedures by Fatih Türkoğlu, Serdar Yormaz

“…Methods: The study included patients admitted to our surgical clinic between December 2018 and October 2021. …”
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Progressive Intramuscular Haematoma in a 12-Year-Old Boy: A Case of Acquired Haemophilia A by Manori Gamage, Sadeepa Weerasinghe, Mohamed Nasoor, A. M. P. W. Karunarathne, Sashi Praba Abeyrathne

“…An otherwise healthy, 12-year-old boy was admitted to the ward with a history of swelling of the right and left forearms, for 1 day duration. …”
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Pediatric Urinary Stone Disease: A 10-Year Single-Center Experience from Türkiye by Utku Dönger, Caner İncekaş, Kaan Savaş Gülleroğlu, Esra Baskın

“…In thisr study, the authors investigated the metabolic abnormalities that play a role in stone formation in pediatric patients with USD admitted to the authors’ pediatric nephrology clinic during the last 10 years, the demographic characteristics of the patients, and the presenting symptoms. …”
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