Early Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Vietnamese Patients with Acute Peptic Ulcer Bleeding: A Prospective Study by Duc Trong Quach, Mai Ngoc Luu, Toru Hiyama, Thuy-HuongThi To, Quy Nhuan Bui, Tuan Anh Tran, Binh Duy Tran, Minh-Cong Hong Vo, Shinji Tanaka, Naomi Uemura

“…Patients without RUT or with negative RUT received urea breath test (UBT) and serological and urinary H. pylori antibody tests. …”
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Recurrent Massive Hydrothorax in a Patient with Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis by K. S. Zemlyanukhina, I. N. Tikhonov, M. S. Zharkova, O. Yu. Kiseleva, R. Т. Rzayev, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The patient came to the clinic with complaints of shortness of breath with minimal physical activity, abdominal enlargement, swelling of the legs, yellowness of the skin, and severe weakness. …”
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IN THIS ISSUE: Indigenous knowledge at the food systems forefront by Duncan Hilchey

“…On our cover, we share a photo from the article Hāloa: The long breath of Hawaiian sovereignty, water rights, and Indigenous law, by Puanani Apoliona-Brown. …”
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A Challenging Twist in Pulmonary Renal Syndrome by Rajaie Namas, Bernard Rubin, Wamidh Adwar, Alireza Meysami

“…A 75-year-old African American woman with history of high blood pressure on hydralazine for 3 years presented with acute onset of shortness of breath and hemoptysis. Lab workup revealed a severe normocytic anemia and a serum creatinine of 5.09 mg/dL (baseline 0.9). …”
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Management of a Female Patient with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Somatoform Disorder by E. A. Trush, E. A. Poluektova, A. G. Beniashvili, O. S. Shifrin

“…No abnormal changes were detected in examination at the clinic (complete blood count, serum chemistry tests, urinalysis or fecal tests, hydrogen and methane breath tests with lactulose, abdominal ultrasound, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, colonoscopy). …”
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Physical exercise is a non-pharmacological method to manage asthma in peoples with asthma: Systematic review by Muhabaw Zewde, Kefelegn Zenebe

“…Characterized by variable expiratory flow and respiratory symptoms such as persistent cough, wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest tightness, asthma can significantly hinder daily activities and quality of life. …”
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Kounis Syndrome Secondary to Medicine-Induced Hypersensitivity by Parackrama Karunathilake, Udaya Ralapanawa, Thilak Jayalath, Shamali Abeyagunawardena

“…After admission, he developed an ischaemic-type chest pain associated with autonomic symptoms and shortness of breath. An immediate ECG was taken that showed ST-segment depressions in the chest leads V4–V6, confirmed by a repeat ECG. …”
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Is the Occurrence or Reversal of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Associated with Long-Term Helicobacter pylori Infection among Chinese Adults? A Cohort Study by Xia-Xia Zhao, Rui-Ling Wang, Ming-Hao Liu, Xiao-jun Huang

“…People were assessed for H. pylori infection diagnosis as detected by the carbon-13 urea breath test; they were also assessed for NAFLD diagnosis by ultrasound. …”
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Management of restrictive and obstructive lung disease in intensive care unit: a review by Dian Ayu Listiarini, Akhmad Yun Jufan, Calcarina Fitriani Retno Wisudarti

“…These two diseases' initial symptoms and signs are common, such as shortness of breath, coughing, cyanosis, respiratory muscle retractions, snoring, and fever. …”
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Pulse2AI: An Adaptive Framework to Standardize and Process Pulsatile Wearable Sensor Data for Clinical Applications by Sicong Huang, Roozbeh Jafari, Bobak J. Mortazavi

“…For respiration rate (RR) estimation, Pulse2AI boosted performance by 19.69%, from 1.47 to 1.18 breaths per minute (BrPM) in mean-absolute-error (MAE). …”
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Can Primary Cardiac Myxofibrosarcoma Grow Quickly from Zero to a Size Leading to Left-Sided Heart Failure within 9 Months? by Levan Karazanishvili, Eduard Limonjiani

“…Our patient is a 57-year-old Caucasian postmenopausal female who presented with dyspnea, shortness of breath, and fatigue. Echocardiography confirmed the presence of a mass in the left atrium. …”
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Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia in a Sudanese Patient by Omer Ali Mohamed Ahmed Elawad, Ahmed Abdalazim Dafallah Albashir, Mohammed Mahgoub Mirghani Ahmed, Ahmed Ali Mohamed Ahmed Elawad, Osman Eltieb Elbasheer Mohamed

“…A 65-year-old woman with a 12-year history of recurrent spontaneous epistaxis presented with shortness of breath, easy fatigability, and bilateral lower limb edema. …”
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Appropriate Use of Inpatient Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents by Chenghao Cui, Timothy Nguyen, Mohammad Rattu

“… Background: Anemia is a significant global public health issue, and it is associated with lethargy, weakness, tiredness, and shortness of breath. Erythropoietin stimulating agents (ESAs) are recombinant / synthetic erythropoietin and can increase hemoglobin (Hb) levels. …”
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Aggressive Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Presenting with Metastasis to the Pancreas by Firas Warda, Sam Ho, Enoch Kuo, Dinesh Rao, Marilu Jurado-Flores

“…We present a 46-year-old male patient who presented with a neck mass associated with shortness of breath and hemoptysis. He was found to have a large thyroid mass on imaging. …”
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Maternal management of newborns treated at the Tulcán Health Center No. 1. Ecuador, 2021-2022 by Clara Elisa Pozo Hernández, Shirley Tatiana Acan Cabrera, Olga Mireya Alonzo Pico, Zuly Rivel Nazate Chuga

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> 90% of the mothers identified the presence of warning signs in their child (33.33% could not feed and/or breathe); 50% of newborns were exclusively breastfed. 26.67% of mothers reported that their baby´s; stomach becomes hard after breastfeeding, and 26.67% reported that their child experienced vomiting after complementary feeding. 46.67% performed the cure with alcohol as care for the umbilical cord and 26.67% presented a red color to it. 33.33% reported washing their hands after changing the diaper and 36.67% cleaned the newborn’s genitals with each diaper change. 16.67% attended the first neonatal check-up consultation on time.…”
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Management of COVID-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Single-Center Case Series by Maruhum Bonar H. Marbun, Riahdo J. Saragih, Tantika Andina

“…The most common presenting symptoms were fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Nine (47.3%) KTRs had severe-critical COVID-19. …”
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Infective endocarditis following transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve replacement: a clinical case report by Jing-Wei Zhang, Si-ying Liao, Jie Li, Feng-Juan Yao

“…Case presentation An 81-year-old male patient was admitted with intermittent thoracic tightness, chest pain persisting for 3 years, and shortness of breath with nausea for 1 week. Two months prior, he received transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve replacement for recurrent heart failure and severe prosthetic mitral regurgitation. …”
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Expert review of AI-generated responses to the top ten patient complaints in primary care by Monica Gillie, George Kent

“…Unanimously, the response to treatment of shortness of breath was regarded as not useful and inappropriate due to lack of emphasis on seeking medical care and life-threatening conditions. …”
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Impact of Architectural Sculpture Design on Buildings: A Case Study of Kigezi Region. by Tumwekwase, Boaz

“…This was the essence of architectural sculpture a fusion of utility and beauty, where the mundane was elevated to the magnificent, and buildings breathed with the soul of art. This aimed to capture the essence of architectural sculpture, blending the functional aspects of architecture with the expressive nature of sculpture to create something that transcends both disciplines.…”
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Clinical Recommendations of the Russian Gastroenterological Association and Association of Coloproctologists of Russia by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Maev, Yu. A. Shelygin, E. K. Baranskaya, S. S. Belous, E. A. Belousova, A. G. Beniashvili, S. V. Vasilyev, A. V. Veselov, E. G. Grigoryev, N. V. Kostenko, V. N. Kashnikov, V. F. Kulikovskiy, I. D. Loranskaya, O. S. Lyashenko, E. A. Poluektova, V. G. Rumyantsev, V. M. Timerbulatov, O. Yu. Fomenko, D. A. Khubezov, E. Yu. Chashkova, G. I. Chibisov, M. V. Shapina, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin, A. S. Trukhmanov, O. P. Alekseeva, S. A. Alekseenko, A. Yu. Baranovsky, O. Yu. Zolnikova, N. V. Korochanskaya, S. N. Mammayev, I. B. Khlynov, V. V. Tsukanov

“…Due to challenging differential diagnosis, IBS can be appropriately established per exclusionem, with pre-examination as follows: general and biochemical blood tests; tissue transglutaminase IgA/IgG antibody tests; thyroid hormones test; faecal occult blood test; hydrogen glucose/ lactulose breath test for bacterial overgrowth; stool test for enteric bacterial pathogens and Clostridium difficile A/B toxins; stool calprotectin test; abdominal ultrasound; OGDS, with biopsy as appropriate; colonoscopy with biopsy. …”
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