Pyrexia of Foreign Origin: Exploring the Impact of Travel History.

Malaria remains a significant global health challenge, particularly in endemic regions of Africa, with being the most virulent species. This case report details the presentation of a 24-year-old Caucasian woman who collapsed at a train station in the United Kingdom after experiencing a week of fever, malaise, abdominal pain, and gastrointestinal symptoms. At emergency care, she was initially resuscitated with intravenous fluids and antipyretics.

Immobile to Ambulation: Complex Multijoint Pathologies in a Patient with Advanced HIV Disease: A Case Report.

Case: A 30-year-old man with a history of advanced HIV disease (AHD) presented with bilateral equinocavus, leg, and foot muscle paresis, Brooker grade 4 heterotopic ossification of hips and knee stiffness, and was unable to sit upright, stand independently, or walk. Electromyography showed demyelinating sensorimotor and axonal polyneuropathy of lower extremities. Multiple surgeries of bilateral hips, ankles, and feet enabled joint mobility, plantigrade feet, and independent ambulation.

Return to sporting activities following long fusions to the pelvis in adult spinal deformity.

Background Context: Returning to recreational sporting activities after adult spinal deformity (ASD) correction may significantly impact the patient's perceived quality of life.

Purpose: This study sought to characterize participation in sporting activities before and after ASD surgery, and to identify factors associated with impaired return to sports.

Study Design: Cross-sectional survey and retrospective review of prospectively collected data.

Preoperative Physical Therapy is Associated With Decreased Length of Stay and Improved Postoperative Mobility in Patients With Sarcopenia Undergoing Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Objective: To determine the relationship between preoperative physical therapy (PT) and postoperative mobility, adverse events (AEs), and length of stay (LOS) among patients with low normalized total psoas area (NTPA) undergoing adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery.

Background: Sarcopenia, as defined by low NTPA, has been shown to predict poor perioperative outcomes of ASD surgery.

Reliability of Vertebral Pelvic Angles in Assessment of Spinal Alignment.

Study Design: Reliability analysis.

Objectives: Vertebral pelvic angles (VPA) are gaining popularity given their ability to describe the shape of the spine. Understanding the reliability and minimal detectable change (MDC) is necessary to determine how these measurement tools should be used in the manual assessment of spine radiographs.

Decisional regret following corrective adult spinal deformity surgery: a single institution study of incidence and risk factors.

Purpose: To assess the characteristics and risk factors for decisional regret following corrective adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery at our hospital.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of a single-surgeon ASD database. Adult patients (> 40 years) who underwent ASD surgery from May 2016 to December 2020 with minimum 2-year follow-up were included (posterior-only, ≥ 4 levels fused to the pelvis) (n = 120).

Reporting Bias in the Form of Positive Spin Is Highly Prevalent in Abstracts of Systematic Reviews on Primary Repair of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament.

Purpose: To analyze reporting bias in the form of spin present in systematic reviews and meta-analyses on the topic of primary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair.

Methods: The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were followed throughout this study. Peer-reviewed systematic reviews were collected from 3 databases (PubMed, Scopus, and SPORTDiscus), and their abstracts were assessed for the 15 most common types of spin.

Why Didn't You Walk Yesterday? Factors Associated With Slow Early Recovery After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery.

Study Design: This is a retrospective case-control study.

Objectives: The objectives of this study are to identify (1) risk factors for delayed ambulation following adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery and (2) complications associated with delayed ambulation.

Methods: One-hundred and ninety-one patients with ASD who underwent posterior-only fusion (≥5 levels, LIV pelvis) were reviewed.

The Association of Lumbar Plexus Lengthening With Neurological Deficit After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the association between nerve lengthening after adult deformity correction and motor deficits dervied from the upper lumbar plexus or femoral nerve.

Summary Of Background Data: Adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery is associated with high rates of neurological deficits.

Student perspectives on caring and connectedness in the PharmD classroom.

Introduction: Mental health concerns are increasing exponentially within the college student population. Successfully coping with the stress of adjusting to college can be difficult particularly for students majoring in science- and health-related disciplines like pharmacy. This study aimed to understand how well-being is integrated and could be improved upon within the learning environment from the students' perspective.

CONSTANS acts in the phloem to regulate a systemic signal that induces photoperiodic flowering of Arabidopsis.

Flower development at the shoot apex is initiated in response to environmental cues. Day length is one of the most important of these and is perceived in the leaves. A systemic signal, called the floral stimulus or florigen, is then transmitted from the leaves through the phloem and induces floral development at the shoot apex.