Ureteroscopy-Assisted Retrograde Nephrostomy (UARN) after Anatrophic Nephrolithotomy by Takashi Kawahara, Hiroki Ito, Hideyuki Terao, Yoshitake Kato, Takehiko Ogawa, Hiroji Uemura, Yoshinobu Kubota, Junichi Matsuzaki

“…The patient was placed under general and epidural anesthesia, in a Galdakao-modified Valdivia position. …”
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Whistle from Afar: A Case of Endotracheal Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Cancer by Bitoti Chattopadhyay, Biswamit Bhattacharya, Atri Chatterjee, Pijush Kanti Biswas, Nirod Baran Debnath

“…The patient is under followup and is presently asymptomatic. …”
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Pelvic Primary Staphylococcal Infection Presenting as a Thigh Abscess by T. O. Abbas

“…Intra-abdominal disease can present as an extra-abdominal abscess and can follow several routes, including the greater sciatic foramen, obturator foramen, femoral canal, pelvic outlet, and inguinal canal. …”
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Total Hip Lithiasis: A Rare Sequelae of Spilled Gallstones by Vineet Tyagi, Daniel H. Wiznia, Adrian K. Wyllie, Kristaps J. Keggi

“…We report a case of a patient presenting with a right iliopsoas abscess and an infected right hip prosthesis status postlaparoscopic cholecystectomy. …”
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Sinonasal Melioidosis in a Returned Traveller Presenting with Nasal Cellulitis and Sinusitis by Rebecca Sin Mei Lim, Sam Flatman, Markus C. Dahm

“…He had multiple risk factors including travel to an endemic area. The patient received extended antibiotic therapy in keeping with published national guidelines. …”
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Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax Admitted in Emergency Unit: Does First Episode Differ from Recurrence? A Cross-Sectional Study by S. Kepka, J. C. Dalphin, A. L. Parmentier, J. B. Pretalli, M. Gantelet, N. Bernard, F. Mauny, T. Desmettre

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Acquired Surface Alexia in Spanish: A Case Report by Aldo R. Ferreres, Macarena Martinez Cuitiño, Alicia Olmedo

“…This pattern of reading can be interpreted as a disorder in the lexical reading route and overdependence on the non-lexical route. …”
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BY + complément dans les énoncés passifs anglais : une relation non-spatiale représentée spatialement by Yves-Bernard Malinier

“…Among this large array, the preposition is also used to head complements in long passive clauses.The purpose of this article is to show that the preposition may be given a locative interpretation when it is used to (re)introduce the noun phrase that corresponds to the grammatical subject of the active counterpart.The demoted Agent or Cause that activates a change of state can be viewed as an intermediate point (or L0Ci/o) on a path or route to an endpoint, i.e. the resultant state of the Patient or Experiencer.…”
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Predictive Factors of Response to Biological Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs: Towards Personalized Medicine by Claire I. Daïen, Jacques Morel

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Types, Magnitude and Factors Associated with Medication Administration Errors Among Nurses in Rubanda East Health Sub District. by Atuhaire, Oliva

“…Conclusion: The study found a high prevalence of MAEs among nurses, with common errors including overdoses, overdoses, wrong drug administration, incorrect timing, wrong routes, and poor documentation. Underdoses were commonly administered to a moderate extent, while wrong documentation and wrong drug administration to the correct patient occurred to a greater extent. …”
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Immunosuppressive metabolites in tumoral immune evasion: redundancies, clinical efforts, and pathways forward by David Munn, Maria Rain Jennings, John Blazeck

“…We hypothesize that prior lukewarm results may be attributed to redundancies in each metabolites’ synthesis or signaling pathway and highlight routes for how therapeutic development and patient stratification might proceed in the future.…”
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Emerging from a PleurX Draining Catheter: An Unexpected Diagnosis by Hasan Arafat, Hamza A Abdul-Hafez, Ali Sabateen

“…Case presentation: A 68-year-old female patient underwent PleurX tube insertion due to malignant pleural effusion. …”
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Endoscopic Placement of Feeding Tubes by Gabor P Kandel

“…It is generally best to place a gastrostomy tube early to prevent malnutrition and minimize complications of procedures on poorly nourished tissue. If a patient is expected to live for only weeks to months, nasoenteric feedings are the nutritional route of choice. …”
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Targeting Drug Delivery to the Lungs by Inhalation by C. O'Callaghan

“…More recently, it has become apparent that the lining of the respiratory tract, from nasal mucosa to airways and alveoli, may be used for the absorption of a drug for its systemic effect. This route of administration may be particularly attractive if it avoids the metabolic destruction encountered when some drugs are administered by alternative routes (for instance, peptides and proteins are rapidly destroyed by peptidases when Oven by the oral route). …”
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Giant Benign Senile Pyometra in Bicornuate Uterus by José Luís Lobato Miguélez, María Victoria San Roman Sigler, Miguel López Valverde

“…She underwent drainage of the pyometra via the vaginal route, under general anesthesia, after mechanical dilation of the cervical canal. …”
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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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Addiction and Pain Medicine by Douglas Gourlay

“…Overall, a thorough assessment of the risk/benefit profile of cannabinoids as they relate to a patient’s substance abuse history is suggested.…”
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Perianal Tuberculosis: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature by K. Ibn Majdoub Hassani, S. Ait Laalim, I. Toughrai, K. Mazaz

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Massive Pulmonary Hemorrhage from Bronchial Varix by Michael Agustin, Scott Shay, Jose Gonzalez, Pei Liu, Nancy Lentz, Anna Shapiro, Nat Dumrongmongcolgul, Michael Torres, Vasin Jungtrakoolchai

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Inhaled Therapy in Respiratory Disease: The Complex Interplay of Pulmonary Kinetic Processes by Jens Markus Borghardt, Charlotte Kloft, Ashish Sharma

“…The inhalation route is frequently used to administer drugs for the management of respiratory diseases such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. …”
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