Current source density and functional connectivity extracted from resting-state electroencephalography as biomarkers for chronic low back pain.

Introduction: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a global health issue, and its nonspecific causes make treatment challenging. Understanding the neural mechanisms of CLBP should contribute to developing effective therapies.

Objectives: To compare current source density (CSD) and functional connectivity (FC) extracted from resting electroencephalography (EEG) between patients with CLBP and healthy controls and to examine the correlations between EEG indices and symptoms.

Congenital disorders of glycosylation type 1A associated with cerebral hemorrhagic infarction: illustrative case.

Background: Cases of congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDGs) are rare, and the occurrence of hemorrhagic infarction is also rare. The etiology is unclear.

Observations: A 3-year-old Asian boy with CDG type 1A was hospitalized with pneumonia.

Perioperative Acute Kidney Injury and Prognosis of Infants With Down Syndrome and Congenital Heart Disease.

Background Children with Down syndrome (DS) often have hypoplastic kidneys and urinary tract malformations that increase their renal dysfunction risk. They also have a higher congenital heart disease (CHD) rate, requiring cardiac surgery during infancy. Renal dysfunction in such patients may be associated with the development of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CS-AKI), but this remains unclear.

Resorcimoline as a Novel Therapeutic Agent Attenuates Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Hind Extremities.

Background: Acute ischemia in the hind extremities is a dangerous disease that causes irreversible damage. Revascularization procedures are important to prevent muscle damage, but these treatments may induce additional damage, also known as ischemia-reperfusion injury. The role of free radicals as pivotal mediators of ischemia-reperfusion injury remains a prominent hypothesis.

Comparison of DWI techniques in patients with epidermoid cyst: TGSE-BLADE DWI vs. SS-EPI DWI.

Purpose: To compare quantitative values and image quality between single-shot echo-planar imaging (SS-EPI) diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and two-dimensional turbo gradient- and spin-echo DWI with non-Cartesian BLADE trajectory (TGSE-BLADE DWI) in patients with epidermoid cyst.

Methods: Patients with epidermoid cyst who underwent both SS-EPI DWI and TGSE-BLADE DWI were included in this study. Two raters placed ROIs encircling the entire epidermoid cyst on SS-EPI DWI, and then on TGSE-BLADE DWI.