External Validation of SHAPE Score: A Score to Predict Low-Risk Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Emergency Department.

Lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) frequently leads to emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations, encompassing a spectrum of outcomes from spontaneous resolution to intrahospital mortality. The purpose of this study was to validate a scoring system designed to identify cases of low-risk LGIB, allowing for safe discharge from the ED. A retrospective analysis of all gastrointestinal bleeding cases presented at three EDs in 2020 was conducted, focusing specifically on patients with LGIB.

A rare case of superior mesenteric venous and portal vein thrombosis in complicated appendicitis.

Superior mesenteric venous (SMV) thrombosis is a rare complication of severe appendicitis. Early recognition is due to improved imaging modalities, which ultimately lead to more prompt intervention. Despite being an uncommon phenomenon, SMV thrombosis can have complications stemming from venous hypertension, such as gastric and esophageal varices, bowel ischemia, sepsis, and death.

Gastric intestinal metaplasia regression in United States population: A retrospective longitudinal study.

Background And Aim: Gastric cancer is a health concern and contributes to cancer-related deaths. Gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM) is a premalignant lesion of gastric cancer. Currently, factors associated with GIM regression are under-investigated.

The posterior auricular muscle complex graft as a porous orbital implant wrap: long-term follow-up over a 31-year period.

Purpose: Orbital implant exposures, infections, and extrusions can occur many years following enucleation or evisceration. This study analyzes complication rates following porous orbital implant wrapped with a posterior auricular muscle complex graft (PAMCG).

Methods: This is a retrospective study of patients who underwent orbital implantation following enucleation using this technique between 1992 and 2013.