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Heliyon
December 2024
JSC National Scientific Medical Center, 42 Abylai Khan ave., 010009, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Cavitary sarcoidosis is a rare form and represents non-caseating granulomatous diseases of the lungs exhibiting a narrow range of differential diagnoses. The peculiarity of this case lies in the difficulty of distinguishing atypical manifestations of pulmonary sarcoidosis, such as cystic lesions, from cavernous tuberculosis. Both possess similar clinical and radiological features.
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December 2024
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, Karaman, Türkiye.
Background: We aimed to evaluate the epidemiological characteristics, risk factors and prognostic factors affecting the clinical follow-up of patients who underwent tube thoracostomy due to pneumothorax in the neonatal intensive care unit of our hospital.
Methods: In our study; 54 cases with neonatal pneumothorax underwent tube thoracostomy followed up in the neonatal intensive care unit between April 2014 and March 2023 were retrospectively analyzed.
Results: The gestational age of the cases was between 28 and 38 weeks; 24 (44.
J Dent Anesth Pain Med
December 2024
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Subcutaneous emphysema is the accumulation of gas or air in loose subcutaneous connective tissue. The use of air-driven handpieces in dental procedures is a common iatrogenic cause of intraoral mucogingival barrier disruption by high-pressure air. This case report describes a 60-year-old woman who underwent prophylactic periodontal treatment with an air-abrasive device and subsequently developed severe bilateral subcutaneous emphysema, extending from the temporal region to the thoracic and mediastinal spaces.
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November 2024
Biostatistics and Health Informatics, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, IND.
Objective: The study aimed to summarize the impact of thoracic injury on mortality and morbidity in thoracic trauma patients.
Material And Methods: This is a retrospective observational study of all patients with thoracic injuries admitted between July 2018 and June 2024. The demographic profile, mechanism of injury, type of injury, injury severity score, duration of injury, hemodynamic status, surgical findings, concomitant injuries, hospitalization, intensive care unit stay, need for mechanical ventilation, and blood transfusions were recorded.
Kyobu Geka
December 2024
Department of Surgery, Yaizu City Hospital, Yaizu, Japan.
A foreign national male in his 30s presented to our hospital after falling overboard. He appeared to have had a rope around his neck during the fall;however, no witnesses observed this. The patient was agitated in the emergency room and was walking around incessantly.
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