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Cureus
July 2024
Department of Surgery, Jazan University, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan, SAU.
Endotracheal intubation, a procedure performed using an endotracheal tube (ETT), has been identified as one of the most viable and common methods of managing the airway and artificially supporting respiration. Patient consciousness is an essential factor that is directly linked to airway safety, and an acute drop in the level of consciousness might threaten the airway. A Glasgow Coma Scale score of less than 9/15 is an indication of the need to protect the airway by conducting the commonly known procedure of endotracheal intubation.
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October 2022
Cardiovascular Department, Beijing Hospital, National Centre of Gerontology, Beijing, China.
Burkitt leukemia (BL) represents a highly aggressive lymphoma characterized by proliferation rates of around 100%, and a frequent spread into the central nervous system. If standard frontline chemotherapy fails, the prognosis is usually dismal, and reports on successful effective salvage therapy strategies for patients with relapsed/refractory BL are scant. Here, we report on a 40-year-old female patient who suffered an early relapse of BL three months after the completion of frontline chemoimmunotherapy.
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July 2022
Department of Orthopedics, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China.
Background: Although it has been established that adolescent idiopathic cervical kyphosis (AICK) has no known cause, there are associated risk factors. However, the underlying causes remain puzzling. This case report presents severe AICK linked to chronic neck flexion postural habit, treated with combined anterior and posterior correction surgery and review of the literature.
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April 2022
Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Cardiac myxomas are scarce and their clinical manifestations can often be misdiagnosed or confused with other medical conditions. However, early diagnosis and surgical resection can prevent devastating complications of myxomas.We herein describe a case of a huge left atrial myxoma of a female patient in her late 30s.
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