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Acute Kidney Disease to Chronic Kidney Disease

Critical Care Clinics, 2021
Acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease are common interconnected syndromes that represent a public health problem. Acute kidney disease (AKD) is defined as the post-AKI status of acute or subacute kidney damage/dysfunction manifested by persistence of AKI beyond 7 to 90 days after the initial AKI diagnosis.
Javier A, Neyra, Lakhmir S, Chawla
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ACUTE ABDOMINAL DISEASE

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1954
In general, acute abdominal diseases are of four pathological types: obstructive, infectious, hemorrhagic, and vascular. Frequently a combination of these types is observed, as in obstructions incident to infection and inflammatory edema, and in hemorrhagic pancreatitis. Together, they may produce that most serious emergency: peritonitis.
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Acute Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 1977
The predisposing factors microbial etiology pathogenesis sequelae symptoms diagnosis and treatment of acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) are reviewed. Although most cases of PID are not associated with predisposing factors prior PID and the use of the IUD are factors.
S E, Thompson, W D, Hager
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Acute Valvular Heart Disease

Cardiology Clinics, 2018
Valvular heart disease (VHD) is a common clinical entity. Recognition of decompensated VHD is crucial to instituting appropriate workup and management. Initial evaluation focuses on hemodynamics, peripheral perfusion, volume overload, and active myocardial ischemia.
Varun, Maheshwari, Brian, Barr, Mukta, Srivastava   +2 more
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ACUTE HEPATIC DISEASE

Radiologic Clinics of North America, 1997
Acute hepatobiliary dysfunction in children may occur as the result of trauma, infectious hepatitis, biliary obstruction, benign and malignant tumors, and acute vascular obstruction. The targeted and integrated use of modern imaging techniques has made a significant impact in the diagnosis and management of these disorders.
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ACUTE FULMINATING HODGKIN'S DISEASE

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1951
Since Thomas Hodgkin 1 in 1832 first described seven cases of common lymph node and spleen enlargement and cachexia terminating fatally, a voluminous literature about the nature and etiology of this disease has accumulated. The most recent and complete review of this subject is that of Hoster and Dratman.
B, NEWMAN, W, PUSHKIN
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Acute ischemic heart disease

American Heart Journal, 2000
The recent clinical development of drugs for acute ischemic heart disease provides examples of successes and failures in Phase II trials. In the development of thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction (MI), Phase II trials have generally been designed to identify approaches that improve myocardial reperfusion while minimizing the risk of ...
C B, Granger, A, Skene
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Acute Inflammatory Surgical Disease

Surgical Clinics of North America, 2014
Infectious and inflammatory diseases comprise some of the most common gastrointestinal disorders resulting in hospitalization in the United States. Accordingly, they occupy a significant proportion of the workload of the acute care surgeon. This article discusses the diagnosis, management, and treatment of appendicitis, acute cholecystitis/cholangitis,
Peter J, Fagenholz, Marc A, de Moya
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ACUTE IDIOPATHIC PERICARDITIS SIMULATING ACUTE ABDOMINAL DISEASE

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1955
The pain of acute pericarditis usually centers about the precordial and substernal areas. Occasionally, the character, intensity, and radiation of such pain may simulate that of acute myocardial infarction.1A survey of the literature reveals a paucity of references to the abdominal manifestations of this disease.
P P, POWERS, J L, READ, R R, PORTER
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Cocaine and Acute Vascular Diseases

Current Drug Abuse Reviewse, 2012
Cocaine is one of the most widely used drugs of abuse. Chest pain is the most common side effect requiring emergency visits after cocaine use. Vasoconstriction and platelet activation are the main effects of cocaine in the vasculature. In this brief review, we consider the most important clinical effects of cocaine abuse on the heart, brain and kidney.
De Giorgi A., FABBIAN, Fabio, PALA, Marco, Bonetti F., Babini I., Bagnaresi I., MANFREDINI, Fabio, PORTALUPPI, Francesco, Mikhailidis D. P., MANFREDINI, Roberto   +9 more
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