US multicenter outcomes of endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage with lumen-apposing metal stents for acute cholecystitis.

Background And Study Aims: EUS-guided gallbladder drainage (EUS-GBD) using lumen apposing metal stents (LAMS) has excellent technical and short-term clinical success for acute cholecystitis (AC). The goals of this study were to determine the long-term clinical outcomes and adverse events (AEs) of EUS-GBD with LAMS.

Patients And Methods: A multicenter, retrospective study was conducted at 18 US tertiary care institutions.

TFinder App: Artificial intelligence to diagnose tick fever agents and assess parasitemia/bacteremia in bovine blood smears.

Due to the importance of diagnosing tick fever (TF) agents and their parasitemia in the field to provide appropriate treatment, the objective of this study was to develop an application capable of detecting the presence or absence of these hemopathogens and calculating parasitemia/bacteremia. Therefore, to create the TFinder app, blood smears from the tip of the tail of cattle naturally infected with TF were prepared to train the artificial neural network (ANN) for Anaplasma marginale and Babesia spp. The ANN was trained with images from different microscope fields and angles.

Obstructed Hemivagina and Ipsilateral Renal Anomaly (OHVIRA) Syndrome: A Diagnosis in the First Year of Life.

Obstructed hemivagina and ipsilateral renal anomaly (OHVIRA) is a rare congenital anomaly that affects females. Although it is possible to diagnose in early life, most cases are usually diagnosed in adolescence or adulthood. This delay in diagnosis can cause a variety of complications, some associated with infertility or renal failure.

First study confirming the transmission of Trypanosoma vivax in cattle through rectal palpation: how many animals can be infected by reusing the same procedure glove, and what role does iodine play as a disinfectant?

The aim of this study was to investigate whether Trypanosoma vivax is transmitted via rectal palpation in cattle, using the same glove with different blood scores, from an animal with an acute infection of this protozoan. In addition, the efficacy of iodine as disinfectant, together with water with or without the presence of feces, to prevent the transmission of T. vivax in cattle during the rectal palpation process was evaluated in the laboratory and animals.

Morphometric analysis of extraocular muscles and proptosis by computed tomography in Graves' orbitopathy.

Objective: To assess the prevalence of changes on computed tomography (CT) in Graves' orbitopathy (GO) and to correlate those changes with disease activity, as well as with clinical and biochemical variables.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective study, conducted at a tertiary hospital, of clinical, biochemical, and imaging data from consecutive patients with GO who underwent at least one orbital CT scan between July 2012 and December 2020. A single observer quantified the thickness of the extraocular muscles and the degree of proptosis.