Showing papers in "Medicina in 2023"

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors provide a narrative review of how different airway and respiratory devices may help to reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in patients under mechanical ventilation.

TL;DR: In this paper , a consanguineous Pakistani family with three individuals showing clinical manifestations of cyanosis, chest pain radiating to the left arm, dyspnea, orthopnea, and hemoptysis was studied.

TL;DR: In this article , a 26-year-old woman presented with severe palpitation and hypotension due to persistent and refractory atrial tachycardia and was successfully cured by a multidisciplinary treatment approach, consisting of a combination of zero-fluoroscopy mapping and thoracoscopic atrial appendectomy.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors analyzed the prevalence and characteristics of pancreatic cystic tumors (PCTs) in 124 patients, 102 (69%) women and 46 (31%) men, who had undergone surgery for PCT in 2014-2018.

TL;DR: The SilverbackTM TT/TTC plating system Paragon28 as discussed by the authors showed good results in terms of bone consolidation, post-operative complications, and improvement of pain and quality of life in patients with severe OA and deformities of the ankle and hindfoot.

TL;DR: The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is considered a metabolic disorder that has been steadily increasing globally and seems to parallel the increasing prevalence of obesity as mentioned in this paper , it consists of a cluster of risk factors which traditionally includes obesity and hyperlipidemia, hyperinsulinemia, hypertension, and hyperglycemia.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors investigated the experiences of children with celiac disease and their families concerning their GFD, symptoms and CD management during the first period of the COVID-19 pandemic.

TL;DR: In this article , a patient with metastatic squamous NSCLC who demonstrated a long-term partial response to pembrolizumab monotherapy for 45 months during hemodialysis and showed no immune-related adverse events (irAEs).

TL;DR: In this article , a case of a patient with myxedema was diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease due to hypothyroidism and the presence of antibodies against thyroid peroxidase (TPOAb) and thyroglobulin (TgAb).

TL;DR: In this article , the authors presented the design, modeling and production stages of four different personalized 3D printed prostheses and their application in clinical cases of patients who underwent treatment in various anatomical locations with a precisely specified indication for implantation.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors conducted a scoping review with the aim to map the current knowledge regarding the treatment of fetal ovarian cysts diagnosed in the intrauterine period, focusing on the articles published in the last 10 years in the specialized literature, and identified a conceptualization regarding the surveillance and treatment of these anomalies.

TL;DR: In this paper , a systematic review of randomised controlled clinical trials was designed, reviewed, and entered on the PROSPERO-P© website prior to commencement, with the University of Wolverhampton Committee.

TL;DR: Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) is a class of drugs that were originally intended for decreasing blood glucose in diabetes as mentioned in this paper , however, recent trials have shown that there are other beneficial effects.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors describe two patients who presented with multiple deep, large, nonhealing skin ulcers postoperatively with purulent drainage and fever, and both patients were diagnosed with granulomatosis with polyangiitis after an extensive evaluation, including histopathology.

TL;DR: In this article , a 9-year-old male child with conductive hearing loss and persistent stapedial artery in his right ear was admitted to the ENT Department for hearing loss.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors describe how a 50-year-old man diagnosed with advanced small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) developed severe primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) after receiving the programmed cell death (PD)-1 inhibitor camrelizumab.

TL;DR: In this paper , a 73-year-old woman underwent right radical nephrectomy 27 years earlier for clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC), she presented at our unit because she noticed swelling in the left temporal region; after radiological exams, a benign lesion was suspected.

TL;DR: In this paper , the association of GPX1 (rs1050450) and SOD2 (rs4880) genetic variants with urothelial bladder cancer (UBC) risk independently and in combination with smoking was investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper , a review aims to summarize the available literature about the potential of serum levels of PlGF and PAPP-A as early predictors in the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors investigated the role of REST loss in the transcriptional regulation of its target genes in HeLa cells, which could have positive implications for the search for new biomarkers of cervical cancer.

TL;DR: In this article , a patient with abdominal pain and a palpable abdominal mass was treated with rifampin 600 mg qd and doxycycline 100 mg bid for 6 weeks with resolution of the symptoms.

TL;DR: In this paper , the diaphragm, the lumbar multifidus muscles, and the thoracolumbar fascia (TLF) were evaluated using rehabilitation ultrasound imaging (RUSI) by Bmode and Mmode ultrasonography.

TL;DR: In this article , an association between an anti-inflammatory exclusion diet and maintenance of remission in IBD was established, where 139 patients were assigned to either an exclusion diet or a regular diet according to their choice.

TL;DR: In this article , a deep convolutional generative adversarial network (GAN) was proposed for brain tumor segmentation from brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) images, which focuses on tumour localisation, noise-related issues, and social class disparities.

TL;DR: In this article , a study of the literature identified 34 reported cases of parathyroid carcinoma over the last 40 years in patients undergoing dialysis and all patients presented with symptomatic hypercalcemia, with no clinical or imaging suspicion of malignant disease.

TL;DR: In this article , the effects of peptides isolated from the blood plasma of coronary artery disease patients on endothelial cell secretion using the in vitro model have been tested, and the results show that peptides from the plasma of patients with myocardial infarction promote endothelial cells to release both von Willebrand factor and endothelin-1, increasing vasoconstriction and shifting hemostatic balance toward a prothrombotic state.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors investigated the relationship between the patellofemoral angle (Q angle), femur length, lower extremity length, pelvis diameter, and foot posture index (FPI) in patients who had undergone ACL reconstruction with the semitendinosus/gracilis (ST/G) technique on both the operated and non-operated sides.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors compared the complications, success rate and satisfaction of pelvic floor reconstruction after transobturator midurethral sling (TOT) and TOT combined with posterior pelvic floor reconstructions in the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence.

TL;DR: In this article , a tapered 3D porous titanium cage (3DTi) and a squared PEEK cage (sPEEK) were used to reduce the endplate load during cage insertion.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors compared the efficacy and safety of phrenic nerve block and suprascapular nerve block (SNB) for the prevention and reduction of the severity of ISP following thoracotomy or video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.