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Healthcare utilization and costs among patients with acromegaly in the United States

Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
Aim: Recent evidence regarding the healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) and associated costs of acromegaly is limited. Materials & methods: This retrospective, cross-sectional administrative claims analysis (IQVIA Pharmetrics Plus) identified ...
Tiffany P Quock, Eunice Chang, Ashis K Das, Amanda Speller, Marian H Tarbox, Melinda L Rossi, Stacy K Rattana, Ingrid E Paulson, Michael S Broder   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Real-world comorbidities and treatment patterns of patients with acromegaly in two large US health plan databases [PDF]

, 2012
Acromegaly is a rare, chronic, and debilitating disease that results from excessive growth hormone production. Clinically, this disease is associated with enlargement of soft tissue, excessive skeletal growth, and increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
Elisabeth Le Nestour, Maureen Neary, Tanya Burton, Tim Bancroft   +3 more
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A Teenage Guitarist's Swollen Fingers

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Maho Matsuo, Hiroaki Iwata
wiley   +1 more source

Pycnodysostosis With Papilledema and Isolated Low Parathyroid Hormone Levels in an Eight‐Year‐Old Girl: A Genetically Confirmed Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Pycnodysostosis is a rare autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia resulting from pathogenic variants in the CTSK gene, which encodes cathepsin K, a lysosomal cysteine protease expressed in osteoclasts. Deficiency of this enzyme leads to defective bone resorption and generalized osteosclerosis.
Meghana Krishna Kesineni, Naveen Jagadish Kandregula, Sameer Kumar Majety, Yulia Alekseevna Pimenova, Bhargav Kadali, Vineeth Potluri, Prudhvi Lekkala   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical and economic burden among older adults with acromegaly in the United States

Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
Aim: To compare healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) and costs between older adults with and without acromegaly. Materials & methods: Using 2017–2022 100% Medicare Research Identifiable Files, we identified beneficiaries (≥65 years) with prevalent ...
Tiffany P Quock, Eunice Chang, Ashis K Das, Amanda Speller, Marian H Tarbox, Stacy K Rattana, Ingrid E Paulson, Michael S Broder   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnostic challenges and management of a patient with acromegaly due to ectopic growth hormone-releasing hormone secretion from a bronchial carcinoid tumour

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2017
A male patient presented at the age of 30 with classic clinical features of acromegaly and was found to have elevated growth hormone levels, not suppressing during an oral glucose tolerance test.
Nikolaos Kyriakakis, Jacqueline Trouillas, Mary N Dang, Julie Lynch, Paul Belchetz, Márta Korbonits, Robert D Murray   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Effective Is Vitamin C for Gingival Depigmentation? A Scoping Review

Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, Volume 12, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives Excessive gingival pigmentation can be treated by surgically removing the pigmented gingival tissue with a scalpel, bur, LASER, electrocautery, cryotherapy, chemical peeling, or masking with free gingival grafts. Recently, vitamin C (ascorbic acid), in gel, powder, or liquid has been used alone or as an adjunct to micro‐needling or ...
Shubhankar Mehrotra, Malvika Shyamkumar, Shravya Marcherla, Aditi Chopra, Marwa Madi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical and biochemical characteristics of patients with acromegaly and normal or increased prolactin levels

Alʹmanah Kliničeskoj Mediciny
Background: Prevalence of hyperprolactinemia in patients with acromegaly is 30 to 40%. Since recently, the necessity of screening for acromegaly in hyperprolactinemic patients with pituitary adenoma has been actively debated. The literature on this issue
Yuliya A. Kukushkina, Irena A. Ilovayskaya   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Principles of Pituitary Surgery [PDF]

, 2018
Key Points 1. Understand the principles of pituitary surgery including the key-elements of surgical planning and decision-making 2. Identify the technical nuances distinguishing the endoscopic from the microscopic transsphenoidal approach 3.
Evans, James J., Farag, MD, Alexander, Farrell, MD, Christopher J, Nyquist, MD, Gurston G., Rosen, Marc, MD   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

A UK single‐center pilot experience using a novel robotic inchworm colonoscopy system

DEN Open, Volume 6, Issue 1, April 2026.
Abstract Introduction Colonoscopy is the gold standard investigation in the lower gastrointestinal tract. However, 75% of patients can experience pain with moderate sedation. The application of robotic technology aims to overcome difficulties faced including better utilization of rooms for advanced procedures and to achieve a complete colonoscopy in ...
Jabed F. Ahmed, Sergio Coda, Purushothaman Premchand, Saswata Banerjee, Nisha Patel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source