Ernesto Di Cesare, Irene Amicarelli, Alessandra Di Sibio, Antonio Gennarelli, Valentina Felli, Valentina Vellucci, Marco Perri, Claudia Marsecano, Giulia Michelini, Giovanni Fuccio Sanzà, Alessandra Splendiani & Carlo Masciocchi·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Synovial Sarcoma (SS) is an uncommon neoplasm, very rare in gastrointestinal tract. We report a case of 57 years old man who reported a previous diagnosis of primary left atrial leiomyosarcoma referred for a follow-up CT, that showed findings compatible with ileo-ileal intussusce...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21438
Title: Lower respiratory tract infections in intensive care units. A four year study from North India. Study Design: Prospective study Place and Duration of Study: Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar Kashmir. Four years (July 2010 and June 2014). Methodology: A...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21636
Context: We report a 59 year old Chinese woman in pheochromocytoma multisystem crisis and was initially stabilised with ECMO; subsequently she manifested rapid cyclical fluctuation of blood pressure precipitated by explantation of ECMO. Case Description: Madam L presented with ch...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21709
Introduction: Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) risk factors clustering has increases the morbidity and mortality of CAD. These factors are responsible for insulin resistance; it leads to the development of Metabolic Syndrome (MS), which later leads to the development of CAD. Endothe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20546
Objective: This paper aims to present a comprehensive literature review of Quality of Life (QOL) in patients who are suffering from serious medical illness as evidenced by receiving treatment in the intensive care setting. By examining the instruments used to measure QOL, as well...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19621
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the antibacterial activity of both the juice extract and an isolate of Aloe vera leaves of gel from Ghana on clinical isolate bacteria found to prolong wound infections. Methods: Using sharp knife, the rind (outer cover) of the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20306
Introduction: Drug Rash with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) is designated as a lethal adverse drug effect with characteristic sign and symptoms such as skin rashes, fever, leukocytosis with eosinophilia or atypical lymphocytes, lymph node enlargement, and liver or ren...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/20558
No cure or acceptable treatment exists against bladder problems and urinary retention in spinal cord-injured (SCI) patients. Although some non-central nervous system (CNS)-acting drugs exist, as symptomatic treatment, most have been associated with significant side effects and de...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/19011
Background: GLA nonsense mutations seem to be associated with more severe clinical phenotype. Aims: Main aims were to identify the disease-causing mutation, to screen high risk family members and to predict the severity of clinical phenotype and age of onset based on genotype-phe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21432
Aims: To present the clinical findings and intensive care management of Hyoscyamus niger (HN) intoxication in a 7-year-old patient. Presentation of Case: A seven-year-old girl was admitted to the emergency department who had eaten a plant in large amounts. She had psychomotor a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21777