Publications by authors named "V Valencia"

Failure to thrive (FTT) refers to a condition where a child does not gain weight or grow at the expected rate for their age and gender. An accepted definition includes a weight less than the lowest acceptable range on standardized growth charts. FTT is often a diagnostic challenge for providers treating children with mixed etiologies.

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Heterotopic pregnancy involves the coexistence of both an intrauterine and an extrauterine pregnancy occurring simultaneously. The spontaneous incidence of heterotopic pregnancy in the general population has been estimated to be 1/30,000. This report discusses the case of a 37-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with vaginal bleeding and lower abdominal pain.

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Background: STARS (Students and Trainees Advocating for Resource Stewardship) is a medical student leadership program that promotes integration of resource stewardship (RS) into medical education in at least seven countries. Little is known about how participation affects student leaders.

Aim: To understand how partaking in STARS impacted participants' knowledge, skills, and influenced career plans, and aspirations.

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As the histories of psychiatry, neurology, and neuroimaging interweave through time, psychiatry has only recently started to recognize the need to embrace neuroimaging like its sibling specialty. While imaging in psychiatric research is well accepted, there is current clinical utility as well. Standards for psychiatry residency and board certification in the USA and abroad have carved out a place for neuroimaging, but the implementation is variable and sparse in the USA.

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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a collection of genetic disorders caused by abnormalities in collagen and typified by hyperflexible joints, hyperextensible skin, and a tendency for easy bruising and tissue injuries. Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), the most common subtype, presents a diagnostic challenge due to the lack of specific genetic markers. This case report describes a 13-year-old girl with hEDS, presenting with hypermobility, thoracolumbar scoliosis, constipation, glucosuria, microscopic hematuria, urticaria, and intermittent episodes of bilateral hand and feet swelling.

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