Over an 11-year period, percutaneous retrieval of intravascular foreign bodies was performed in 12 patients, using urological forceps and retrieval baskets. No clinically significant complication occurred, success rate was 100%. Review of 176 cases from the literature showed a success rate of 90%.
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Int J Surg Case Rep
January 2025
Faculty of Medicine, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria.
Introduction: Congenital pyloric web or diaphragm are rare causes of Gastric Outlet Obstruction (GOO) after infancy, representing approximately 1 % of gastrointestinal obstructions. While it typically presents in the neonatal period with nonbilious vomiting, delayed diagnosis beyond infancy is exceptionally rare.
Presentation Of The Case: An 11-year-old girl with presented with one-month history of postprandial vomiting.
Kidney Med
January 2025
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc, Rockville, MD.
Rational & Objective: Data are limited regarding the long-term efficacy of tolvaptan in adults aged 18-35 years with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) at increased risk of rapid progression. We assessed the effects of tolvaptan within a larger population of younger adults and over longer follow-up than individual clinical trials could provide.
Study Design: Pooled database study.
Occup Environ Med
January 2025
Lifestyles and Living Environments Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland.
Objective: To assess the role of occupational noise exposure on pregnancy complications in urban Nordic populations.
Methods: A study population covering five metropolitan areas in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden was generated using national birth registries linked with occupational and residential environmental exposures and sociodemographic variables. The data covered all pregnancies during 5-11 year periods in 2004‒2016, resulting in 373 184 pregnancies.
Int J Infect Dis
January 2025
Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitari Bellvitge, IDIBELL-UB, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain; Research Network for Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), ISCIII, Madrid, Spain; Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address:
Objectives: An increase in Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (SDSE) infections has been documented worldwide. This study aims to analyse invasive disease caused by SDSE (iSDSE) in adults over an 11-year period in Spain.
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January 2025
Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Senior Lecturer, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Aim: There is limited data on the PICU outcomes of children with acute severe asthma (ASA) in South Africa. This study aims to describe the profiles and treatment of all children admitted to our PICU with ASA.
Methods: A retrospective audit of all children admitted with ASA to the PICU at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital between 01 January 2009 and 31 December 2019.
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