Polyarteritis nodosa presenting with severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding: a case report by Xin-Yue Xiao, Yun Niu, Ping-Ping Liu, Yu-Ming Zheng, Ming-Gang Zhang, Guo-Chun Wang, Xiao-Di Wang, Fang Liu

“…We present the case of an 81-year-old male of Chinese ethnicity who experienced severe gastrointestinal bleeding as a result of polyarteritis nodosa and an innovative treatment approach for a better patient outcomes. …”
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Acute Influenza Encephalitis/Encephalopathy Associated with Influenza A in an Incompetent Adult by Angela Edet, Katherine Ku, Irene Guzman, Hanadi Abou Dargham

“…A 32-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) with a productive cough for 4 days and confusion for 2 days prior to presentation. …”
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Granular analysis of pathways to care and durations of untreated psychosis: A marginal delay model. by Walter S Mathis, Maria Ferrara, Shadie Burke, Emily Hyun, Fangyong Li, Bin Zhou, John Cahill, Emily R Kline, Matcheri S Keshavan, Vinod H Srihari

“…Sources of delay within the network of care were quantified and patient characteristic (sex, age, race, income, insurance, living, education, employment, and function) influences on such delays were analyzed via bivariate and mixed model testing.…”
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Identification of a mutation associated with fatal Foal Immunodeficiency Syndrome in the Fell and Dales pony. by Laura Y Fox-Clipsham, Stuart D Carter, Ian Goodhead, Neil Hall, Derek C Knottenbelt, Paul D F May, William E Ollier, June E Swinburne

“…A significant percentage (∼10%) of the Fell ponies born each year dies from FIS, compromising the long-term survival of this breed. …”
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Hepatotoxicity Induced by Adalimumab in Chronic Plaque Psoriasis Patient: A Case Report by Algarzae NK, Alotaibi HM, Alajlan AH, AlSaleh MR, Alsalman AA

“…This case report highlights the importance of monitoring liver function tests in patients receiving Adalimumab, early recognition, and prompt medication dosage adjustment or discontinuation. …”
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Effect of a nutrition intervention on eating behaviours and body composition among elite adolescent ballet students by Hans Hauner, Dorothy Meyer, Marc Geifes

“…The nutrition programme included two workshops and four cooking classes throughout the academic year, with an additional workshop for female students on low energy availability’s effects on menstrual function. …”
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Reduction in systemic glucocorticoid utilization among COPD patients with type 2 inflammation treated with biologics by Truong-An A. Ho, Stephen Dachert, Anugya Mittal, Gerard J. Criner

“…Data collected included demographics, baseline comorbidities, eosinophil count, pulmonary function testing and dispense reports for glucocorticoids. …”
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Red yeast rice-induced severe rhabdomyolysis complicated by acute kidney injury and respiratory failure: a case report by Pengmin Zhou, Yucai Hong, Huabo Cai, Xiaoyu Zhou, Shunpeng He, Haotian Zhou, Jie Yang, Pengpeng Chen, Boming Xia, Xiong Lei, Suibi Yang, Zhongheng Zhang

“…At discharge, she had been weaned from mechanical ventilation and had partially recovered renal and muscle function. At follow-up, she was stable, ambulating, and performing daily functions without symptom recurrence. …”
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LIVER INVOLVEMENT IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA: A CASE REPORT by Nida Akgül, Ali Doğan, Cihan Ural, Ramazan İpek

“…Therefore, in cases where hepatomegaly, abnormalities in liver function tests, and elevated bilirubin levels cannot be explained by other diseases, liver involvement should be considered.…”
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Effects of high-intensity interval training on different health outcomes among high school students in southern Brazil: Protocol for a cluster-randomized trial by Vithória Oleiro, Eduardo Guaze Alexandrino, Yuri da Gama Rodrigues, Bruno Pedrini de Almeida, Matheus Pintanel Silva de Freitas, Pâmela Moraes Volz, Yasmin Marques Castro, Camila Zabisky, Leandro Quadro Corrêa, Rodrigo Rodrigues, Michael Pereira da Silva, Eduardo Caldas Costa, Fabrício Boscolo Del Vecchio, Samuel de Carvalho Dumith

“…The primary outcomes are mental health symptoms, measured by the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale for adolescents, cognitive profile, inhibitory control, and executive function, measured by the General Cognitive Assessment Battery – Cognifit, Stroop Color Test and Trail Making Test, respectively. …”
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Results of long-term riociguat therapy, including a switching strategy from sildenafil, in patients with pulmonary hypertension of various genesis by S. A. Musashaykhova, Z. S. Valieva, T. V. Martynyuk

“…In subgroups 2 riociguat therapy resulted in maintenance of treatment regimens throughout the year. Only 6.2% of pts by month 24 and 36 required the prescription of a 3d specific drug. …”
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Characteristics of subacute stroke patients who achieve earlier independence in real-life walking performance during hospitalization by Kenji Kawakami, Shigeo Tanabe, Daiki Kinoshita, Ryo Kitabatake, Hiroo Koshisaki, Kenta Fujimura, Yoshikiyo Kanada, Hiroaki Sakurai

“…Time to independence, stratified by age, FIM motor score (FIM-M), FIM cognitive score (FIM-C), and Functional Ambulation Categories (FAC) scores were compared using Kaplan– Meier plots and log-rank tests. …”
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Assessment of joint pain in teenagers with juvenile arthritis by T A Shelepina

“…Material and methods. 73 pts with JA (mean age 14,7±1,7 years, mean disease duration7,2±4,4 years) were included. 18 from them had systemic, 42 – polyarticular and 13 – olygoarticular variant. 16 pts were examined repeatedly with interval exceeding one year. …”
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P-97 THE ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS IN METABOLIC DYSFUNCTION ASSOCIATED STEATOTIC LIVER DISEASE. A PILOT STUDY by Larissa Aleman Franco, Paula Gonzalez Sandoval, Mauro Rojas Zúñiga, Nicolas Ortiz López, Maximo Cattaneo Buteler, Juan Pablo Roblero Cum, Jaime Poniachik Teller, Caroll J Beltrán Muñoz

“…Psychological assessment was performed by questionnaires: Perceived Stress Scale-14 (PSS-14), Anxiety-Depression Survey (HADS), Coping Strategy Inventory (CSI), Quality of Life (QoL SF-36), and Hexaco-60. Liver function and liver damage was evaluated by blood test and imaging (echography, Fibroscan and magnetic nuclear resonance) respectively. …”
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CHRONIC HEART FAILURE OF ISCHEMIC GENESIS AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: POSSIBILITIES OF COMBINATION THERAPY INCLUDING NEBIVOLOL by P. A. Fedotov, M. Yu. Sitnikova, N. V. Safyanova, N. L. Shaporova

“…All the patients underwent echocardiography, bronchodilatation-induced external respiratory function test, peak flowmetry, and blood brain natriuretic peptide quantification. …”
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Improving the understanding and interpretation of myeloma screening among resident doctors and physician associates: a quality improvement project by Mahmoud Gouda, Hannah Hunter

“…For instance, several tests were incorrectly included, such as C-reactive protein, chosen by 17 out of 34 (50%) respondees; 11 out of 34 (32.4%) selected a skeletal survey, and 11 out of 34 (32.4%) chose liver function tests.The BSH guidelines recommend serum free light chains rather than urinary Bence-Jones proteins to test for monoclonal light chains.2 Despite this, most respondents (94.1%) selected urinary Bence-Jones proteins as part of the myeloma panel.The results also revealed a lack of confidence among participants in interpreting myeloma screen results (Fig 2). …”
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Prevalence, correlative and statistical relationships of renal dysfunction in patients with chronic ischemic heart failure by D. A. Lashkul

“…The tight functional relationship of cardiovascular and urinary system causes a lot of interest to the functional state of kidneys in various cardiovascular diseases. …”
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Ultrasound assessment of muscle mass in the diagnosis of sarcopenia in cardiovascular patients by A. S. Erokhina, E. D. Golovanova, M. A. Miloserdov

“…Muscle strength was determined by wrist dynamometer. Muscle function was assessed using the 4-m gait speed test.Results. …”
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Immune status of patients with acne and concomitant skin malasseziosis by E. Yu. Koretskaya

“…Introduction: Acne is the most common skin disease that affects up to 85% of people between 12 and 25 years old and 11% of persons over the age of 25 years. …”
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Autoimmune manifestation of hepatitis C virus infection as a risk for late virological relapse after pegylated interferon and ribavirin therapy by Ružić Maja, Fabri Milotka, Preveden Tomislav, Bačulov Katarina, Pete Maria, Stojšin Anja

“…We analysed 129 (38.8% female, 61.2% male, mean age 37.02 ± SD 11.99) patients treated for chronic HCV with PegIFN + RBV, with at least 5 years from the establishment of SVR. In addition to the biochemical parameters of liver function, the qualitative HCV RNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the quantitative PCR HCV RNA test were made. …”
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