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Medicine (Baltimore)
January 2025
Shanxi Provincial Integrated TCM and WM Hospital, Taiyuan, China.
Rationale: Local anesthesia is a widely used technique for emergency wound closure, with lidocaine among the most commonly employed local anesthetics. Allergic reactions to lidocaine are rare, with anaphylaxis being even more uncommon.
Patient Concerns And Diagnosis: This report describes a 72-year-old male patient who presented with a right foot injury and underwent wound suturing under lidocaine local anesthesia.
Clin Pract
December 2024
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), defined by the presence of pulmonary vascular dilatations that cause right-to-left transpulmonary shunting of venous blood with a consequential increase in the alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient, is a relatively frequent complication of chronic liver disease. While orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is indicated and often curative in HPS patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD), little is known about the peri- and post-operative-period risks of CVA in OLT recipients with HPS. : We report a case series of five non-consecutive OLT recipients with HPS who developed ischemic and/or hemorrhagic CVAs during or shortly after OLT, raising concern that the risks of neurological complications remain increased even after OLT.
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January 2025
Research Center for Social Determinants of Health, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran.
Malnutrition and PM pollution remain a pressing global public health concern, especially to vulnerable populations like children under five years old. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between undernutrition in children under five years old and air pollution (exposure to PM) on a global scale. This ecological study evaluated the correlation between undernutrition (wasting and stunting) and air pollution in 123 countries.
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December 2024
Depts. of Surgery, Regional Academic Cancer Center Utrecht, St. Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands. Electronic address:
Background: This study evaluates leading causes of in-hospital mortality after pancreatic resection nationwide to determine areas for improvement.
Methods: This observational cohort study included all in-hospital mortality after pancreatic resection in the Netherlands (2014-2019). Each fatality was considered to be caused by local complications (i.
Aust Vet J
January 2025
Western Australian Veterinary Emergency and Specialty, Success, Western Australia, Australia.
This case report details an incident of hyperkalaemia that developed under general anaesthesia in a domestic cat with no prior health concerns. A 5-year-old male neutered domestic short-haired cat presented for dental extractions and subsequently developed severe bradycardia and electrocardiographic abnormalities during the procedure. Initial treatment with atropine provided limited improvement, and further investigation revealed a serum potassium concentration of 7.
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