Liu, Li-Wei Luo, Lan Li, Lu Li, Yu Jin, Mu Zhu, Jun-Ming
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World journal of clinical cases
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the exclusion of a patient from COVID-19 should be performed before surgery. However, patients with type A acute aortic dissection (AAD) during pregnancy can seriously endanger the health of either the mother or fetus that requires emergency surgical treatment without the test ...
Zhang, Sheng-Yang Xu, Hui-Hui Xiao, Miao-Miao Zhang, Jing-Jing Mao, Qiang He, Bang-Jian Tong, Pei-Jian
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Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) is a rare disease of unclear cause characterized by subchondral bone damage and overlying cartilage defects. The current report presents the results of subchondral bone as a novel target for implantation of peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) in the treatment of OCD. A 16-year-old patient diagnosed with OCD underwent...
Xiong, Bin He, Li-Min Qin, Yuan-Yuan Du, Hu Zhan, Zhu Zhou, Yi-Hong Chen, Yao-Kai Zhang, An
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The effectiveness of adjunctive corticosteroid use in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains inconclusive. To investigate the effectiveness of adjunctive corticosteroid therapy in patients with severe COVID-19. We conducted a retrospective analysis of the difference in several outcomes between patients with severe COVID-19 who re...
Xia, Ping Li, Yan-Hong Liu, Zhong Zhang, Xu Jiang, Qian Zhou, Xiao-Yong Su, Wei
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Paradoxical psoriasis induced by tumor necrosis factor alpha antagonists is a rare side effect of those drugs and has similarities with and differences from classical psoriasis in clinical and pathological characteristics. Treating severe paradoxical psoriasis is challenging because the reported cases are rare, with treatment experience being only ...
İşcan, Mehlika
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Trauma is the leading cause of death in young adults up to the age of 45 years. Hemothorax is a frequent consequence of penetrating thoracic trauma, and is usually associated with pneumothorax and pneumoderma. Intercostal arterial bleeding or intrathoracic hemorrhage occurs after penetrating thoracic trauma, and uncontrolled bleeding is the main ca...
Fancellu, Alessandro Sanna, Valeria Scognamillo, Fabrizio Feo, Claudio F Vidili, Gianpaolo Nigri, Giuseppe Porcu, Alberto
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The new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in a global health emergency that has also caused profound changes in the treatment of cancer. The management of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) across the world has been modified according to the scarcity of care resources that have been diverted mostly to face the surge of hospitali...
Chen, Wei-Long Deng, Qing-Qiang Xu, Wei Luo, Ming
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Inguinal hernia is a common clinical manifestation in children with a low self-healing rate. To determine the effect of laparoscopic surgery on indirect inguinal hernia and the risk factors for postoperative recurrence and to provide a reference for the clinical treatment and prevention of recurrence. We selected 360 children who underwent laparosc...
Fei, Min Wen, Xiang-Qiong Yu, Zhao-Lan Kang, Ting Wu, Wei-Hua Ou, San-Tao
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Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) have revolutionized the therapeutic strategy for anemia in chronic kidney disease. However, some cases are resistant or hyporesponsive to ESAs. Roxadustat is an oral hypoxia-inducible factor-prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor that stimulates erythropoiesis and regulates iron metabolism. Here, we describe a hemodia...
Wu, Hao-Yu Cao, Yi-Wei Gao, Tian-Jiao Fu, Jian-Li Liang, Lei
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Pheochromocytoma is a rare endocrine tumor arising from chromaffin cells and having extensive and profound effects on the cardiovascular system by continuously or intermittently releasing catecholamines. The clinical manifestations of pheochromocytoma are diverse, and the typical triad, including episodic headache, palpitations, and sweating, only ...
Zhang, Meng Chen, Qun-De Xu, Hai-Xia Xu, Yu-Meng Chen, Hong-Jin Yang, Bo-Lin
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Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disorder characterized by recurrent nodules, abscesses, and sinus tracts. Crohn's disease (CD) is characterized by inflammation of the entire digestive tract and belongs to the group of inflammatory bowel diseases, and there are many extraintestinal manifestations, among which hidradeniti...
