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Clin Rheumatol
January 2025
Department of Pulmonology & Interventional Pulmonology, Caritas Hospital and Institute of Health Sciences, Thellakom, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic, progressive illness marked by persistent synovitis that causes substantial functional disability. Treatment delays frequently affect health-related quality of life. Extra-articular features are prevalent findings in RA, which leads to significant morbidity and mortality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSupport Care Cancer
January 2025
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Jacobi Medical Center, Building 1, 3N20, 1400 Pelham Parkway S, Bronx, NY, USA.
Purpose: One in four patients diagnosed with cancer are parents to dependent children. For these patients, childcare services are needed to overcome the time demands of cancer treatment. Despite the childcare support needs and its potential impact on treatment outcomes, targeted childcare services for cancer patients remain limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Trauma Acute Care Surg
January 2025
From the Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (M.J.A., V.C., E.L., N.K., M.J.M., K.I., K. Matsushima), Los Angeles General Medical Center, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (K. Matsuo), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
Background: Adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO) is a rare, nonobstetrical abdominal emergency. Optimal management of ASBO during pregnancy remains unknown. This study analyzes management trends and outcomes of pregnant patients with ASBO in the United States.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Craniofac Surg
January 2025
College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
A 37-year-old woman with a history of facelift surgery presented with a painless temporal mass after surfboard trauma. Physical examination revealed a 1 cm pulsatile mass, and ultrasound confirmed a superficial temporal artery pseudoaneurysm. Surgical excision was complicated by adhesions from previous facial surgery and steroid injections.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCureus
January 2025
General Surgery, Croydon University Hospital, London, GBR.
Background Laparoscopic appendicectomy is a commonly used approach for the surgical management of acute appendicitis. If complications arise, a blood transfusion may be necessary for patients undergoing emergency appendicectomy. The need for routine group and save (G&S) sampling prior to emergency laparoscopic appendicectomy remains a subject of ongoing discussion.
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