Gauze Packing and Removal: Two-staged Operations for Hemostasis of Traumatic Sinus Injury.

The importance of traumatic dural venous sinus injury lies in the probability of massive blood loss at the time of trauma or emergency operation resulting in a high mortality rate during the perioperative period. We present 2 case reports highlighting the successful outcome of patients with head trauma and cerebral venous sinus injury treated with gauze packing. Hemorrhage was successfully halted in 2 patients, and all survived their operations.

associates with the presence of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies, but not with the onset of arthritis: studies in an at-risk population.

Objective: The antibody response against () is elevated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), especially in patients with anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA). Here, we investigated whether antibodies against the virulence factor arginine gingipain (Rgp) are associated with the RA-risk phase and development of arthritis.

Methods: At-risk individuals were included in a prospective study (Risk-RA) based on a positive anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide 2 (CCP2) antibody test, and having musculoskeletal complaints but no signs of arthritis.

Menopausal hormone therapy and the risk of systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis: a population-based nested case-control study.

Objectives: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and systemic sclerosis (SSc) are more common in women, partly due to differences in female sex hormones. Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) is widely used to alleviate climacteric symptoms. Here, the relationship between MHT and SLE/SSc was investigated in a nested case-control study.

Menopausal hormone therapy and risk of sarcoidosis: a population-based nested case-control study in Sweden.

Sarcoidosis incidence peaks in women between 50 and 60 years old, which coincides with menopause, suggesting that certain sex hormones, mainly estrogen, may play a role in disease development. We investigated whether menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) was associated with sarcoidosis risk in women and whether the risk varied by treatment type. We performed a nested case-control study (2007-2020) including incident sarcoidosis cases from the Swedish National Patient Register (n = 2593) and matched (1:10) to general population controls (n = 20,003) on birth year, county, and living in Sweden at the time of sarcoidosis diagnosis.

Modifiable lifestyle risk factors for sarcoidosis: a nested case-control study.

Objective: We aimed to investigate whether obesity, tobacco use, alcohol consumption and physical inactivity are associated with sarcoidosis risk.

Methods: We conducted a matched case-control study nested within the Northern Sweden Health and Disease Study. Incident sarcoidosis cases (n=165) were identified medical records and matched to controls (n=660) on sub-cohort, sex, birth and questionnaire date (1:4).