Heed The Warning: A Case Report on Capsular Warning Syndrome [PDF]
Introduction: Evaluating patients with acute neurologic deficits is a regular occurrence in the emergency department (ED), but some presentations warrant increased concern.
Targol Tarahomi +2 more
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Sonographic Visualization of a Tortuous Optic Nerve: Case Report of a Novel Finding on Point-of-Care Ultrasound [PDF]
Introduction: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is a disorder typically affecting females with common complaints of headaches and visual disturbances.
Lucas Delicio, Adam Pearl, Vu Huy Tran
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Rare Case of Ethmoidal Encephalocele and Sequelae [PDF]
Case Presentation: A 64-year-old Black female presented to the emergency department following a new-onset tonic-clonic seizure. The patient had been given 2 milligrams of lorazepam by emergency medical services with cessation of seizure activity.
Kiveum Kim +3 more
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A Case of Atraumatic and Non-obstetric Vulvar Hematoma from Contralateral Internal Iliac Artery Rupture [PDF]
Case Presentation: An 18-year-old female, gravida 0, para 0, with no significant past medical history presented with spontaneous left vulvar hematoma that started two hours prior to arrival.
Roger Raveiro +5 more
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Serosurveillance of Leishmania infantum in Zoo-Kept Animals in Spain. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Introduction Leishmaniosis is a sand fly‐borne zoonosis mainly caused by Leishmania infantum in Europe. Exposure to this protozoan has been widely reported in many domestic and wild species. However, epidemiological surveys evaluating the circulation of L. infantum in zoo‐kept animals remain limited. This large‐scale study aims to evaluate the
Barbero-Moyano J +11 more
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Wrong Tube: Tracheal Obstruction from Megaesophagus [PDF]
Case Presentation: Our patient presented in respiratory distress with stridor with the chief complaint of “inhaled a piece of pizza.” Foreign body airway obstruction algorithmic evaluation was followed but revealed megaesophagus compressing the trachea ...
Adam Pearl, Abishek Roka
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The Unwelcome Guest: <i>Strongyloides stercoralis</i> Hyperinfection in a Patient With Steroid-Dependent Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome (ACOS)-A Case Report and Review of Literature. [PDF]
Strongyloides stercoralis is a soil‐transmitted roundworm nematode estimated to affect over 600 million people worldwide. Hyperinfection syndrome (HS) has been described in immunosuppressed patients. Our case highlights a rare manifestation of HS due to Strongyloides stercoralis causing acute respiratory failure in an asthma–COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS)
Miret R +8 more
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No-Risk, At-Risk, and High-Risk Middle School and High School Students: Contributions of the Quadripartite Model for Psychological Distress Prevention Programs [PDF]
Background/Objectives: Students’ psychological health problems have been widely studied for a long time. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic and due to the additional challenges related to the need for individual and contextual adjustment, a more ...
Marina Carvalho +5 more
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Nuevos derroteros de la aventura quijotesca: la aventura «fabricada»
En la Segunda Parte de Don Quijote, una nueva modalidad de las burlas y veras preside a los episodios de la capital catalana, la de la aventura «fabricada», que parece confundir a propósito lances preparados y aquellos imprevistos en el momento en que la novela de Cervantes se encara con la cuestión candente de los moriscos y de su expulsión de España.
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Implementation of a Virtual Escape Room Into a Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows National Course: A Pilot Study [PDF]
Background Escape Rooms in medical education have been shown to improve learner satisfaction and reinforce knowledge in pulmonary and critical care medicine, yet virtual escape rooms (VER) as instructional strategies have remained understudied. Objective
Yerandy Gil +5 more
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