6 results match your criteria: "Las Palmas Del Sol Medical Center[Affiliation]"
Unusual case of liver cirrhosis presenting as a mass compressing the inferior vena cava: A case report.
Radiol Case Rep
December 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, Las Palmas Del Sol Medical Center, El Paso, TX, USA.
Article Synopsis
- Liver cirrhosis is a major health issue globally, causing around 2 million deaths annually, with various causes including viral infections, toxins, autoimmune diseases, and metabolic disorders.
- Common symptoms of cirrhosis include jaundice, nausea, vomiting, and abnormal liver enzymes, with imaging often showing liver fibrosis.
- A case study is presented of a 38-year-old woman with cirrhosis characterized by a mass compressing the inferior vena cava, which is an unusual manifestation compared to typical fibrotic changes.
A Retrospective Study Comparing Mortality Rates between Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Infect Disord Drug Targets
May 2024
Clinical Prof. of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX, USA.
Background: With the emergence of vaccines for COVID-19, mortality and severity of disease have decreased. However, patients with certain comorbidities, such as immunosuppression, CKD, and renal transplant, still have higher mortality rates as compared to the general population. Current data suggests that the risk of developing COVID-19 among transplant patients was reported to be about 5%, which is significantly higher than the risk rate of 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfection - An Unusual Case of Prosthetic Joint Infection.
Infect Disord Drug Targets
May 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, Las Palmas Del Sol Medical Center, El Paso, TX, USA.
Introduction: The onset of prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) is characterized by early onset defined as within 90 days of the procedure, delayed onset defined as within 3 to 12 months, and late onset defined as over 12 months. In only a scant number of case reports, Mycobacterium flavescens associated infections are typically found in sputum cultures and associated with various forms of penetrating joint traumas, particularly post-surgical interventions. Due to its rarity in presentation among cases of PJIs, we have presented a case of PJI caused by .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStarting the Conversation About Healthcare Disparities.
HCA Healthc J Med
June 2022
HCA Healthcare Graduate Medical Education, Brentwood, TN.
Description The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) put forth institutional requirements to implement healthcare disparity education in resident and fellow curricula in an effort to decrease these inequities. Healthcare disparities stem from many different factors. These may include access to care, insurance status, socioeconomic status, health literacy, language barriers, and the way healthcare systems function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcute Colonic Perforation with Septic Shock Secondary to Disseminated Histoplasmosis in an Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient.
Infect Drug Resist
May 2023
Department of Internal Medicine, Las Palmas Del Sol Medical Center, El Paso, TX, USA.
Histoplasma capsulatum is an opportunistic pathogen which can lead to a wide variety of clinical presentations in the immunocompromised host. Post-transplant histoplasmosis in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients is exceedingly rare, with an incidence of <1%. We present a case of acute caecal perforation resulting from disseminated histoplasmosis in a patient who had undergone autologous bone marrow transplant for plasma cell dyscrasia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis, Associated Morbidity, and Healthcare Utilization: A University Hospital Experience.
J Clin Rheumatol
April 2020
Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Portland, OR.
Background: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a noninflammatory condition affecting the spine, characterized by ossification of paravertebral ligaments. Our cross-sectional study investigated the frequency, associated morbidity, and healthcare utilization of DISH patients at our university hospital over 1 year.
Methods: Our university's database of spinal radiographs was searched from 2005 to 2015 for "DISH" or "diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis.