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BMC Pediatr
December 2024
Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey.
Background: Albumin, a vital component in regulating human blood oncotic pressure, plays an important role in the prediction of prognosis in pediatric patients.Previous research identified significant differences in serum albumin levels of healthy and critically ill children.
Methods: The present study aims to investigate the correlation between albumin levels measured during pediatric intensive care unit(PICU) admission and clinical outcomes.
Brain Nerve
January 2025
Department of Neurology, Dokkyo Medical University.
Three main treatments are available for management of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). Both induction and maintenance therapies should be considered for treatment of CIDP. Plasma exchange and intravenous immunoglobulin therapy are effective as induction treatments for CIDP, and corticosteroid administration, such as daily oral or pulse therapies, may be effective for both induction and maintenance.
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December 2024
Department of Endocrinology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Background: Current guidelines recommend that hyperthyroid patients should be rendered euthyroid prior to surgical procedures. These guidelines rely heavily on the use of ATDs as the primary medication, and do not give recommendations for patients who have contraindications to ATDs, or for whom standalone ATD treatment is inadequate.
Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of adjunctive pharmacological therapy and/or therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in the perioperative management of patients with thyrotoxicosis who were intolerant to ATD or for whom standalone ATD therapy was inadequate to achieve euthyroidism prior to surgery.
PeerJ
December 2024
Institute of Blood Transfusion, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Chengdu, China.
Background: As a group of more than 3.67 million people, the bone health of Chinese plasmapheresis donors, which the main population is also a risk group of osteoporosis (OP), has raised concerns. Therefore, this article investigates the relationship between bone mineral density (BMD), bone metabolism indicators, and plasmapheresis donation behavior among some high-risk plasmapheresis donors for OP in China, and further explores the mediating factors through reasonable statistical methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Emerg Med
December 2024
Evidence-based Medicine Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Introduction: Thyroid storm or severe hyperthyroidism can present with various signs and symptoms. They are mostly controlled by general treatment, such as anti-thyroid drugs and other medications to control clinical features. However, in rare cases, they are more severe, and they only respond to more aggressive treatments, such as plasmapheresis and total thyroidectomy.
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