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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.04.005 | DOI Listing |
Prog Rehabil Med
January 2025
Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gunma University Hospital, Maebashi, Japan.
Background: Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) is a type of autoimmune myositis. Anti-signal recognition particle (SRP) antibodies are highly specific to this disease.
Case: A 76-year-old woman presented with a 4-month history of acute progressive limb muscle weakness and dysphagia.
Dysphagia
January 2025
Speech Pathology & Audiology Department, Royal Brisbane & Women's' Hospital, Level 2, Dr James Mayne Building, Butterfield Street, Herston, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Clinical swallow examination (CSE) following laryngectomy (± pharyngeal resection) remains a critical step in dysphagia evaluation. Whilst the core components of a standard CSE service a broad spectrum of patient populations, no evidence exists examining the essential assessment items specific to CSE in the laryngectomy population. The aim of this study was to identify the tasks, measures and observations considered necessary to include in a CSE post laryngectomy.
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January 2025
Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Objectives: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are widely prescribed medications and commonly used for the treatment of gastric acid-related disorders. Nevertheless, PPIs are often overused leading to potential adverse effects and unnecessary healthcare costs. Deprescribing strategies have emerged to safely reduce or substitute inappropriate PPIs and optimise patient care in an evidence-based manner.
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January 2025
Internal Medicine. Division of Gastroenterology, Yong-in Severance Hospital. University of Yonsei College of Medicine, Republic of Korea .
Esophageal bezoars are known to be significantly rarer compared to gastric bezoars. A 68-year-old woman presented with acute chest pain and worsening dysphagia to both solids and liquids, culminating in inability to consume water without vomiting.
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January 2025
Centro de Gastroenterología, Bogotá, Colombia; Gastroenterología y endoscopia digestiva, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia; Gastroenterología, Hospital Universitario Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
In this article, we present an exceptionally rare and challenging clinical case. It concerns a 65-year-old woman who, while eating, accidentally ingested a thorn. This foreign body, after being swallowed, migrated from the proximal esophagus, until it penetrated the left internal jugular vein.
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