The Spectrum of Tigecycline-Induced Pancreatitis in Clinical Characteristics, Diagnosis, and Management.

Introduction: Tigecycline-induced acute pancreatitis (AP) has been frequently increasingly reported in solid organ transplant patients. This review aimed to summarize the characteristics, possible mechanisms, and management of tigecycline-induced AP.

Methods: Case reports of tigecycline-induced AP published in Chinese or English were collected until February 2023 for retrospective analysis.

The relationship between bone marrow characteristics and the clinical prognosis of antithyroid drug-induced agranulocytosis.

This study is aimed to explore the relationship between bone marrow characteristics and clinical prognosis of antithyroid drug (ATD) induced agranulocytosis. A retrospective study was conducted in the first affiliated hospital of the University of South China. A total of 33 hospitalized patients diagnosed with ATD-induced agranulocytosis were analyzed.

Sudden onset agranulocytosis and hepatotoxicity after taking methimazole.

Agranulocytosis is a rare adverse effect of methimazole. The usual duration of treatment prior to the onset of agranulocytosis is approximately 1 to 4 months, and can be as long as 1 year. Agranulocytosis together with hepatotoxicity is an extremely rare idiosyncratic side effect of methimazole treatment.

[Effects of different feeding patterns on body weight of perinatal women in rural area].

Objective: To study the relations between different feeding patterns and the body weight retention of the perinatal women living in rural areas of China.

Methods: A cluster sampling method was used to investigate 409 women, who are currently living in rural areas of Tianjin, at pregnant and perinatal status. While, their body weights and heights before pregnancy, antepartum and postpartum were measured, respectively.