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J Clin Med
December 2024
Ist Department of Radiology and Diagnostics Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Narutowicza 60, 90-136 Lodz, Poland.
Posttraumatic upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a very rare consequence of blunt liver trauma. It can be quite a diagnostic challenge for clinicians, as it can clinically manifest many weeks after the trauma or be scantily symptomatic. The following article would like to provide an analysis of clinical cases of 13 patients following blunt liver injuries, the main symptoms of which was bleeding into the gastrointestinal tract through the biliary tree.
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December 2024
Joint Laboratory on Food Science, Nutrition, and Intelligent Processing of Foods, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy, Universidad Europea del Atlántico Spain and Jiangsu University, China, Via Pietro Ranieri 65, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
Strong evidence supports the paramount importance of the composition of the diet for health. Not only diet should provide nutritional adequacy, but some foods and dietary components can also support the management of common chronic diseases, with mechanisms independent of nutritional adequacy. Among the various intervention diets, low-fat vegan diets have been shown to be effective for cardiometabolic health, mainly influencing insulin resistance, adiposity, and blood lipids.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Comp Psychol
November 2024
University of Kentucky, Department of Psychology.
Serial pattern learning describes behavior in which a subject anticipates not only the time and effort needed for the next reinforcer but also the pattern of time and effort to reinforcers after the first. Chandel et al. (2021) found that pigeons left a progressive (increasing ratio) schedule earlier than would have been optimal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImmunotherapy
December 2024
Division of Basic and Clinical Immunology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
This report delves into the challenges and potential solutions associated with flexible, customized subcutaneous immunoglobulin (SCIG) infusion regimens for patients with primary antibody deficiency disease (PAD). Advances in the treatment of inborn errors of immunity, particularly PAD, have converted fatal diseases into chronic, complex, long-term conditions that make adherence to treatment a critical issue. Conventional SCIG infusion regimens, while clinically effective, may not always align with the varied lifestyles, changing lifestyles and commitments of patients which can lead to missed doses, diminishing adherence thus posing potential health risks and compromising the overall effectiveness of treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn recent years, techniques for the secondary implantation of intraocular lenses have undergone significant further development. Despite the wide range of surgical indications, IOL dislocation and aphakia following complicated cataract surgery or other complicated intraocular procedures and trauma remain the most common reasons for secondary IOL implantation. In cases where it is not feasible to place the artificial lens in the capsular bag due to zonular weakness or insufficient stability of the capsular bag, the intraocular lens can be implanted in the anterior chamber or fixed in the ciliary sulcus, on the iris or on the sclera.
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