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Heliyon
January 2025
Department of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, 71103, USA.
Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze available evidence on efficacy and safety of sugammadex in reversing neuromuscular blockades in patients with Myasthenia Gravis (MG), thereby providing a comprehensive understanding of its potential benefits and risks in this specific patient population.
Methods: We performed a systematic search for studies from PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. Sources were screened using Rayyan, following predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria focusing on English articles published from 2010 to 2024 on MG patients under general anesthesia.
Front Public Health
January 2025
School of Politics and Public Administration, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning, Guangxi, China.
Introduction: The non-emergency transfer multi-level protection system is a pivotal livelihood endeavor in China, serving as a vital diversified component within the robust framework of a Chinese-style modern social security system. This system faces various challenges, including displacement of emergency capacity by non-emergency demands, uneven allocation of transfer resources, service quality variations, inadequate management structures, limited regulatory frameworks, and social acceptance issues.
Methods: Leveraging structural theory, this study analyzes the primary issues in the current implementation of China's non-emergency transfer security system.
Cureus
December 2024
Internal Medicine/Pulmonary Critical Care, BronxCare Health System/Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, USA.
Ovarian sex cord-stromal tumors (SCST) are a rare subset of ovarian neoplasms originating from supportive tissues surrounding oocytes. Despite their rarity, prompt diagnosis and management are crucial due to their potential for diverse clinical presentations and the need to optimize patient outcomes. A 25-year-old female patient was initially diagnosed with pyelonephritis but later discovered to have a large right adnexal mass suspected to be a tubo-ovarian abscess.
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December 2024
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, USA.
Opioid medications are commonly employed for perioperative and postoperative pain management. However, these medications can negatively impact the body's innate pain management system, specifically the action of beta-endorphins. By impairing the function of mu-opioid receptors and inhibiting the release of beta-endorphin, opioids may exacerbate and prolong postoperative pain.
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December 2024
Neurosurgery, County Clinical Emergency Hospital of Sibiu, Sibiu, ROU.
Gallstone disease during pregnancy, or cholelithiasis, presents significant clinical challenges due to hormonal, anatomical, and metabolic changes. Progesterone therapy, commonly used in pregnancy for uterine bleeding, can exacerbate gallstone risk by reducing gallbladder motility and promoting cholesterol gallstone formation. This case report describes a 29-year-old pregnant woman with no prior gallbladder disease who developed multiple cholesterol gallstones during the third trimester while undergoing progesterone therapy for bleeding associated with a bicornuate uterus.
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