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Giant Unilocular Intra-Abdominal Abscess after Caesarean Section Mimicking Intestinal Obstruction

open access: yes, 2013
Intra abdominal abscess (IAA) following Caesarean section (CS) is rarely unilocular. A giant one 1+ 0 diagnosed 5weeks after CS in a 30-year-old woman, para is presented. The clinical presentation mimicked intestinal obstruction.
Aiyedun, TA   +3 more
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Imaging of Abdominal Complications in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

open access: yesJournal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is the most common paediatric malignancy and remains one of the most common causes of cancer‐related death in children and adolescents. Five‐year overall survival rates now exceed 90% with current multidrug chemotherapeutic regimens. This improvement, coupled with the toxicity of chemotherapy, has led to the
Luke R. Holmes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intra-abdominal Abscess in a Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Patient

open access: yesTurkish Journal of Nephrology, 2019
Intra-abdominal abscess is an uncommon complication of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis. A 44-year-old female was on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) for two years because of hypertensive end-stage renal ...
Garip ŞAHİN, Mehmet SOYDAN
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Pyogenic liver abscess and the emergence of Klebsiella as an etiology: a retrospective study

open access: yes, 2013
Ahmad H Ali, Roger D Smalligan, Mashrafi Ahmed, Faisal A KhasawnehDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX, USAObjectives: Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is a significant, though uncommon, cause of ...
Ali AH   +3 more
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Fungal abdominal wall abscess in a renal transplant recipient. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The incidence of fungal infection is significantly higher in patients with endstage renal disease and renal transplant recipients than in normal individuals. Candidia Albicans is an uncommon cause of abdominal wall abscess.
Afshar, R., Gashti, H.N., Sanavi, R.S.
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Peri‐operative management of diabetes mellitus: a multidisciplinary consensus statement from the Association of Anaesthetists and the Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care group

open access: yesAnaesthesia, EarlyView.
Summary Introduction Surgery in patients with diabetes mellitus is associated with increased morbidity and mortality compared with those who do not have diabetes mellitus. This is likely multifactorial and could be attributed to organisational issues; dysglycaemia; hospital‐acquired diabetic ketoacidosis; errors with insulin prescribing and ...
Nicholas A. Levy   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Abdominal Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection in a University Hospital in Taiwan from 1997 to 2003

open access: yes, 2008
Background/Purpose: Abdominal nontuberculous mycobacterial infection is a rare condition. Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)-associated peritonitis is the most common manifestation of infection due to nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM ...
DING, LIAN-WEN;Lai, Chih-Cheng ;Lee, Li-Na;HSUEH, PO-REN   +1 more
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Comparative Evaluation of Mortality Risk Prediction Tools After Emergency Laparotomy

open access: yesANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Accurate pre‐operative prediction of mortality after emergency laparotomy (EL) is essential as it may facilitate shared decision‐making. The aim of our study was to compare the prognostic accuracy of three risk prediction tools following EL. Methods This retrospective cohort study included all consecutive adult patients (≥ 18 years)
Sameer Bhat   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Older Patients' Recall of Goals of Care Discussions Following Emergency Abdominal Surgery

open access: yesANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Older patients undergoing emergency laparotomy are overrepresented and are at risk of poor postoperative outcomes that may not align with their goals. Goals of care (GOC) documentation remains low in older emergency laparotomy patients.
Julia Silverii   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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