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Cureus
December 2024
Emergency Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, SAU.
Background: Elevated blood pressure (BP) prompts immediate emergency department (ED) visits instead of outpatient care, thus constituting a high-weight concern for the ED. This study investigated the short- and long-term outcomes of high BP patients in the ED.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted at King Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAUH), reviewing ED visits from January to December 2022.
Cureus
December 2024
Family Medicine, Augusta University Medical College of Georgia, Chatsworth, USA.
Hairy cell leukemia (HCL) is a rare, chronic B-cell malignancy with an indolent course that typically responds well to purine nucleoside analogs, such as cladribine. We present the case of a 74-year-old woman with nearly three decades of recurrent HCL, marked by multiple relapses and significant toxicities to various treatments, including purine analogs, BRAF inhibitors, BTK inhibitors, a cytoreductive agent, and the monoclonal antibody rituximab. Despite severe allergic reactions and intolerances to standard therapies, the patient achieved multiple remissions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present a case of a patient who sustained a distal radius fracture and underwent volar plate fixation. Despite initial non-operative management, subsequent corrective osteotomy was required due to malunion. Eighteen months later, the patient presented with an inability to extend the thumb, leading to a diagnosis of extensor pollicis longus (EPL) tendon rupture.
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December 2024
Medicine, Universidad Santiago de Cali, Cali, COL.
Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a life-threatening arrhythmia often leading to sudden cardiac death, particularly in critically ill patients. Refractory VT, characterized by recurrent episodes requiring intervention, poses unique challenges for management, necessitating advanced diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. This systematic review evaluates the impact of imaging and pharmacological treatments in managing refractory VT in critically ill patients.
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December 2024
Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, TUR.
Purpose This study evaluated the efficacy of oral melatonin therapy for visual acuity and retinal and choroidal structures in patients with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR). Methods Fourteen patients with CSCR were included; eight received oral melatonin (3 mg nightly), and six formed the control group. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), central macular thickness (CMT), central choroidal thickness (CCT), and choroidal vascularity index (CVI) were assessed at baseline and after one month.
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