Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|
Sci Rep
January 2025
CIBER Cardiovascular, Madrid, Spain.
Soluble ST2 (sST2) is released in response to vascular congestion, inflammation, and pro-fibrotic stimuli. In heart failure (HF), elevated levels of sST2 are associated with a higher risk of adverse clinical outcomes. Emerging evidence suggests that carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125) may act as a ligand that modulates the inflammatory response.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMJ Case Rep
January 2025
Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
An adolescent girl with acute myeloid leukaemia underwent chemotherapy followed by haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Post-HSCT, she developed oral chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD), which was successfully treated. Twenty months later, she was referred to the gynaecology department for evaluation of secondary amenorrhoea.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA) represent distinct pathological and clinical entities with known chronicity and recurrence. Kidney biopsy is the gold standard to diagnose TMA in patients with renal manifestations but the prognostic significance of acute or chronic phase of the disease has not been well studied. We examined the clinical characteristics, management, and predictors of acute vs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Surg Case Rep
January 2025
Department of General Surgery, Kamanga Medics Hospital, P.O. Box 5228, Mwanza, Tanzania.
Introduction: Appendicitis in pregnancy is the most common non-obstetric surgical condition which requires urgent evaluation and immediate intervention in a multidisciplinary approach. Pregnancy anatomical and physiological changes can mask the presentation of appendicitis and poses both diagnostic and management challenges.
Case Presentation: A 32 year old female, G3P2L2 at gestation age of 11 weeks by USS, presented with recurrent episodes of acute abdominal pain for one day, afebrile but accompanied with poor appetite, nausea and vomiting along episodes of per vaginal spotting which started three days prior.
Radiologie (Heidelb)
January 2025
Klinik für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Neuroradiologie, Kirrberger Straße, Gebäude 90, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Deutschland.
Background: The treatment of strokes is based on two pillars: the efficient management of acute strokes to minimize permanent neurological deficits, and secondary prevention to avoid recurrence.
Objective: To summarize current recommendations for secondary stroke prevention.
Materials And Methods: Guidelines and recent studies on the most common causes of strokes, and their treatment and prevention are reviewed.
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!