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Am J Case Rep
December 2024
Division of Emergency Medicine, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Sakura, Chiba, Japan.
BACKGROUND Toluene poisoning can occur as a result of occupational exposure in industries such as painting, as well as through misuse, leading to complications such as neurological symptoms due to the accumulation of the metabolic byproduct of hippuric acid and metabolic acidosis. However, the exact mechanisms remain unclear. Hippuric acid is not removed by dialysis, so urinary excretion plays a central role.
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December 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Objectives: To report the results of an international patient-reported survey that adds to the growing body of evidence surrounding the role of surgery in the management of a subset of patients with non-hydrocephalic symptomatic pineal cyst.
Design: An international web-based survey of health outcomes in patients with nhSPC.
Subjects: All survey participants who self-reported a diagnosis of symptomatic pineal cyst without hydrocephalus after radiological imaging.
BMC Cardiovasc Disord
December 2024
Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Background: Delayed lead perforation is a rare complication of cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED). Clinical presentations range from completely asymptomatic to pericardial tamponade. Surgical lead extraction is recommended and transvenous lead extraction (TLE) with surgical backup is an alternative method.
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December 2024
Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Objective: The short-term efficacy of red blood cell (RBC) transfusion among general traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients is unclear.
Methods: We used the MIMIC database to compare the efficacy of liberal (10 g/dL) versus conservative (7 g/dL) transfusion strategy in TBI patients. The outcomes were neurological progression (decrease of Glasgow coma scale (GCS) of at least 2 points) and death within 28 days of ICU admission.
Vestn Otorinolaringol
December 2024
Sverzhevsky Research Clinical Institute of Otorhinolaryngology, Moscow, Russia.
A clinical case of a patient with tumors of the auricles on both sides is presented. With careful collection of anamnesis, it was found that the patient suffers from gout for a long time, has concomitant diseases that aggravate its course, and there is no compliance to treatment. Based on these data, the presence of gouty tophi, which are deposits of sodium monaurate in tissues in the form of nodes, is suspected.
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