A 55-year old, middle-aged man, known for hypertension and dyslipidemia, presented to the OPD with complaints of fever along with a mild dry cough. There was no shortness of breath or chest pain associated with the patient’s complaints. Therefore, as a seemingly obvious diagnosis...
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Research Article10.9734/jcti/2022/v12i230174
Background: Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) poses significant challenges to public health, with poor outcomes frequently observed in affected patients. This study aims to evaluate the characteristics and factors associated with poor outcomes in patients with drug-resistant pu...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2024/v25i51138
Mohammad Eid Ali, Ashraf ALakkad & Anas Ghonem Al Hariri·Advances in Research·2023
Background: Awake video laryngoscope guided intubation is a reliable approach for securing the airway in patients with predicted or unexpectedly difficult airway conditions. Awake video laryngoscope-guided intubation which was developed in the early 2000s can be applied successfu...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2023/v24i2937
Background: A penile fracture is a urological emergency that happens when an erect penis sustains a violent trauma, resulting in a tear in the tunica albuginea of one or both corpora cavernosa. Case report: Case 1: A 33-year-old male patient who experienced pain, swelling, and fo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i12775
Background: The rectum is an uncommon site for metastases from Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC) of the breast, and it poses risks such as perforation and obstruction. Case Report: A 50-year-old non-diabetic, non-alcoholic, and nonsmoker premenopausal female patient diagnosed with...
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Research Article10.9734/jcti/2022/v12i4221
Background: Ascariasis is a common helminthic disease that affects the gastrointestinal tract of human beings and is caused by the Ascaris lumbricoid worm. Most of the time, this parasite resides in the intestinal lumen, but it can occasionally travel to the biliary tract through...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrimps/2022/v11i4202
Background: The most prevalent gastrointestinal sarcoma is a gastrointestinal stromal tumor.It is frequently misdiagnosed due to its indolent symptoms, which only manifest at an advanced and potentially incurable stage. Case Report: This case report is that ofa recent case of a G...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i11753
This report describes a case of Vogt Koyanagi Harada Disease (VKH) in a 44-year-old male with metastatic gastric carcinoma who presented with sudden onset headache and decreased vision. The patient was treated with first-line standard therapy for stage IV HER2-positive gastric ad...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i224818
Background: Metastasis of the Central Nervous System (CNS) is one of the frequently occurring complications of advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) and has been observed in 24–44% of patients. Patients suffering from NSCLC along with CNS metastases have a generally poor pr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijmpcr/2022/v15i430170
Background: Lynch syndrome LS is a life-threatening condition caused by heterozygous mutations in mismatch repair genes (MMR). People with this syndrome are at increased risk of developing different types of cancers, such as colorectal carcinomas, endometrial cancer, and ovarian...
One of the common questions for patients with a history of cardiovascular disease is whether it is safe for them to fast during Ramadan. Yet, studies on the effects of Ramadan fasting on blood lipids, blood pressure, anthropometric parameters and other cardiovascular risk factors...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2022/v11i430222
A 30-year-old male patient presented with a mixed complaint. He initially had developed complaints of backache two months ago. This pain was accompanied by the formation of two lumps in the back in the upper and lower regions. However, this was not the reason behind him presentin...
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Research Article10.9734/jcti/2022/v12i330179
Laparoscopic surgery has been around in the general surgery world for a long time. It has revolutionized how conventional surgeries used to be carried out. Performing laparoscopic surgery , there is a faster recovery time, complications are less likely, and a significantly lower...
This case study revolves around a 14-year old female patient, who was otherwise healthy and normal, but brought to the hospital for her condition. The patient presented with complaints of fever, sore throat, severe abdominal pain, and generalized body aches for the last two days....
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Research Article10.9734/ibrr/2022/v13i330178
A 38-year-old male presented with a complaint of upper GIT bleeding. The patient is an alcoholic and a smoker for the last 5 years. The patient had vomited blood for the last three days. Endoscopy, Biopsy, Esophagogastroduodenoscopy and CT scan of abdomen and pelvis with IV contr...
Background: Stevens–Johnson syndrome is a rare potentially fatal disorder characterized by mucosal membrane erosions, bullous skin lesions and epidermal detachment. Objective: This case report discusses a case of a patient who developed seizures and macular rashes as a result of...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2022/v17i130186
Thyrotoxicosis hypokalemic paralysis is a relatively uncommon, life-threatening complication of hyperthyroidism that is most frequently seen in young Asian males but can occur sporadically in other races. The present case report discusses a 33-year-old non-diabetic non-alcoholic...
A 53-year-old had complaints of vague abdominal pain for the past few months. The patient had a history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and iron deficiency. The pain was aching, mild, intermittent, non-radiating, and generalized. An ultrasound of the abdomen, CT scan and MRI...
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Research Article10.9734/jcti/2022/v12i130164
A young patient, aged 31 years old, initially presented to other facility with complaints of mild fever, throat pain, and generalized myalgia. His COVID19 test came out positive, confirming that the patient was suffering from COVID19. Since the patient’s chest CT scan was normal...
A 38-years old male patient, documented case of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), presented to the clinic with complaints of severe central abdominal pain and severe rash. The day before presenting to the clinic, the patient went to the Emergency Department for the same complaints....
A 52-year-old patient from Bangladesh, known for hypertension for the last year, was taking oral antihypertensives. Nonetheless, he still had uncontrolled blood pressure, and no associated symptoms. The patient was referred to Emergency with a presenting complaint of high blood p...
This case was of a 35-years old Egyptian lady, who works as a primary school teacher, who presented to the OPD with complaints of persistent high fever for two days. Along with this fever, she also had severe pain in multiple joints of both hands, wrists, knees, and ankles. In ad...
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Research Article10.9734/ijmpcr/2021/v14i430140
A 60-year-old male patient, weighing 40 kg, having a BMI of 13, who was also a known case of Diabetes Mellitus Type II was shifted to the Orthopaedic Ward last month due to a fall, which led him to develop an intertrochanteric fracture in the femur. While the treatment of the pat...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i2031120
Background: Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) is a rare radiological finding characterized by gas within the bowel wall, often linked to conditions such as ischemia, infection, or inflammation. When complicated by pneumoperitoneum, it suggests a potentially life-threatening condition...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2025/v37i25722
Hanadi Alnageeb, Aseilah Al Qaidy, Ashraf ALakkad, Rania Murad, Ibrahim Mahgoub, Masah Mardini, Heba Shalabi, Ahmad Mhd Asim Rabih & Aji Gopakumar·Advances in Research·2023
Background: By 2025, it is projected that one billion adults will be classified as having obesity worldwide. Unfortunately, the disease of obesity remains vastly undertreated. As an example, in the United States, nearly half of the adults meet recommendations for anti-obesity pha...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2023/v24i2936
Background: Pituitary apoplexy is a clinical problem resulting from abrupt pituitary ischemia or hemorrhage. A small proportion of pituitary adenomas manifest as an apoplectic crisis, with pan hypopituitarism, vomiting, nausea, headache, ophthalmoplegia, and visual impairment bei...
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Research Article10.9734/indj/2022/v18i4358
Purpose: This study aims to identify chest CT findings among asymptomatic and symptomatic COVID-19-positive patients in Al Dhafra Hospitals and review the common CT findings in relation to the different age groups of the patients and the duration of their symptoms. Methods: Data...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2022/v34i234836