Persistent Candidemia: Causes a ...
Persistent candidemia refers to the continued isolation of the same Candida species in the blood of a candidemic patient. Its incidence and clinical ...
Acute Pancreatitis: Should We U ...
Acute pancreatitis is a common cause of hospitalization and a major source of morbidity worldwide. When it is severe, and especially when it progres ...
Modern Approach to Hepatocellul ...
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) used to be considered a universally fatal disease. Today, however, we have tools to identify patients at risk for HCC ...
The IL-28 Genotype: How It Will ...
The hypothesis that host genetics play an essential role in the ability not only to clear acute hepatitis C infection but also to achieve sustained ...
Quality of Care in Inflammatory ...
Advances in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are published routinely in medical journals. Some treatments are sufficiently helpful ...
Current State of Ventricular As ...
Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support is an accepted treatment of patients with end-stage heart failure. The increased applicability and exc ...
Androgen Deficiency in Heart Fa ...
Androgen deficiency is a hormonal disorder that is frequently observed in advanced chronic conditions. A reduction of androgen blood levels may be c ...
Acute Study of Clinical Effecti ...
Nesiritide, a synthetic drug form of human Btype natriuretic peptide, is approved for the early treatment of dyspnea in acute decompensated heart fa ...
Special Issues in Myeloprolifer ...
Special issues in myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) comprise clinical conditions with high relevance for the duration and quality of the patient’s ...
Management of Lower-Risk Myelod ...
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) represent a spectrum of bone marrow failure with variable outcome. Patients with “lower-risk” disease have an expect ...
New and Evolving Management Par ...
Hepatitis-C induced liver failure is the leading indication for liver transplantation in the United States, and the burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV ...
Mechanisms of Antiangiogenic-In ...
Antiangiogenic therapy has emerged as an important concept in the treatment of solid tumors. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) represents an ...
Dual-Acting Angiotensin Recepto ...
Lowering blood pressure by pharmacologic intervention reduces the incidence of cardiovascular events. Nevertheless, despite the widespread availabil ...
Salvage Cryotherapy for Radiati ...
Potentially curative salvage options for radiorecurrent prostate cancer include prostatectomy, brachytherapy, high-intensity focused ultrasound, and ...
Calprotectin, Calgranulin C, an ...
Background Since their discovery, S100 proteins have been associated with diverse diseases of inflammatory, degenerative, or malignant nature. Due t ...
Stage Transition and Laryngeal ...
Timely hyolaryngeal excursion and laryngeal closure are essential for safe transfer of the bolus during the pharyngeal swallow. The temporal measure ...
Benefit of follow-up CT in emer ...
To determine the benefit of a short-term follow-up abdominopelvic computed tomography (APCT) examination among emergency department (ED) patients wi ...
Splenic trauma: pictorial revie ...
Splenic trauma is a common entity of high clinical significance that may have a variety of imaging manifestations. This article reviews splenic anat ...
Multidetector CT imaging in mes ...
Mesenteric ischemia is a complex and devastating disease which still remains a diagnostic challenge to the clinicians due to non-specific clinical a ...
Levels of awakening salivary Cg ...
Objects To determine the changes in salivary chromogranin A (CgA) levels upon awakening in response to of stress by investigating the relationship b ...
No association between the freq ...
Objective To study the non-temporary effects of successive walks in forested areas (shinrin-yoku) on hypertension prevalence and blood pressure leve ...
Anterior pelvic ring fractures: ...
Different internal fixation techniques (ORIF) have been proposed for the reduction and stabilization of traumatic diastase of the pubic symphysis: t ...
Battered baby with multiple epi ...
Multiple epiphyseal separation in battered baby syndrome is a rare occurrence. We report epiphyseal separations of proximal tibia and distal humerus ...
Why we still punish school kids ...
Musculoskeletal injuries in children who were punished in school are unusual injuries. Literature is tacit about such injuries. Manners of punishmen ...
Aggressive and rapid progressio ...
Background We present an unusual case of an aggressive and rapid progression of idiopathic bilateral avascular necrosis (AVN) of femoral head in an ...