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Bioinspired Smart Nanogels for Rapid Blue Laser‐Activated Hemostasis in Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Waxberry‐inspired branched‐silica nanogel can swiftly stop bleeding upon blue laser endoscopy for gastrointestinal hemostasis in the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum of mini‐pigs. Abstract Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is a critical condition that requires rapid and effective intervention.
Ruijue Dan, Yu Huang, Shali Tan, Kaige Xu, Yuchen Zhang, Zhaohui Luan, Paipai Qi, Xingyue Zhang, Donghui Zhu, Wen Zhong, Chaoqiang Fan, Malcolm Xing, Shiming Yang   +12 more
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T-tube management of late esophageal perforation [PDF]

, 2011
Esophageal perforation is a serious condition with a high mortality rate. Management strategy of such a patient depends on the extent of perforation and the time interval between perforation and diagnosis.
Khan, Mubashir Zareen, Qadir, Irfan, Sharif, Hasanat Mohammad, Zafar, Hasnain   +3 more
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Advances in imaging chest tuberculosis: blurring of differences between children and adults [PDF]

, 2009
This article reviews the ongoing role of imaging in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and its complications. A modern imaging classification of TB, taking into account both adults and children and the blurring of differences in the presentation patterns,
Ahmad, Al-Nasser, Andronikou, Andronikou, Andronikou, Andronikou, Andronikou, Bosch-Marcet, Bosch-Marcet, Buckingham, Burrill, Casas, Conces, De Backer, De Backer, De Villiers, den Boon, du Plessis, Erlank, Erlank, Fraser, Glicklich, Goodman, Goussard, Griffith-Richards, Grobbelaar, Gulati, Hamilton, Haramati, Hartman, Hopewell, Im, Jeong, Kim, Kim, Lee, Lee, Leung, Lighter, Marais, Maydell, Moon, Morris, Nakanishi, Neufang, Perlman, Raviglione, Reid, Rodriguez, Santelli, Scheepers, Stead, Swingler, Theron, Van Dyck, Van Rie, Vanhoenacker, Verver, Verver, Wall, Westcott, Woodring, Yilmaz, Zellweger   +63 more
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Clinical and Economic Insights Into Surgery for Colonic Diverticular Perforation: A Long‐Term Observational Cohort Study

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
The sigmoid colon was the most common perforation site among patients with colonic diverticular perforation. The patients' conditions, length of hospital stay, and hospitalization cost were significantly worse in left‐sided colon diverticular perforation than in right‐sided colon diverticular perforation. The clinical characteristics differed according
Minoru Fujita, Noriaki Manabe, Munenori Takaoka, Masaharu Higashida, Hideo Matsumoto, Atsushi Urakami, Tomoki Yamatsuji, Tomio Ueno, Jiro Hata, Ken Haruma, Collaborators, Hisako Kubota, Jiro Hayashi, Masaki Matsubara, Takako Konishi, Emiko Bukeo, Tomohiro Tanikawa, Jun Nakamura, Mitsuhiko Suehiro, Maki Ayaki, Takahisa Murao, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Takashi Akiyama, Katsuya Kato, Hirofumi Kawamoto, Tomoari Kamada, Akiko Shiotani, Minoru Haisa, Yoshio Naomoto, Toshihiro Hirai   +29 more
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Hematemesis, a Distended Abdomen, and Pulseless Electrical Activity – An Unusual Presentation of Boerhaave’s Syndrome [PDF]

, 2012
Case Presentation An 82-year-old male with a past medical history significant for coronary artery disease with three stents placed over the last 15 months, diastolic heart failure with preserved EF, atrial fibrillation on warfarin, colon cancer status ...
Garrett, MD, Andrew, Lerner, MD, Andrew, Nguyen, MD, Marie, Pancari, MD, Philip, Toscano, MD, Andrew, Wilde, MD, Lindsay   +5 more
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Multiple Sampling Capsule Robot for Studying Gut Microbiome

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A multiple sampling capsule robot (MSCR) is developed for longitudinal gut microbiome analysis. Employing electromagnetic field control, the MSCR can locomote actively, precisely align the selected channel, and collect up to six microbiome samples with minimal cross‐contamination.
Sanghyeon Park, Manh Cuong Hoang, Jayoung Kim, Sukho Park   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Palliative stenting for oesophagogastric cancer: tumour and host factors and prognosis [PDF]

, 2018
Objectives: Palliative self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) insertion is common in patients not suitable for resection of oesophagogastric (OG) cancer. Factors which may determine survival, however, are not clear.
Glen, Paul, McMillan, Donald C., Park, James H., Woodley, Niall   +3 more
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Functional morphology of the pharyngeal teeth of the ocean sunfish, Mola mola

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Many fish use a set of pharyngeal jaws in their throat to aid in prey capture and processing, particularly of large or complex prey. In this study—combining dissection, CT scanning, histology, and performance testing—we demonstrate a novel use of pharyngeal teeth in the ocean sunfish (Mola mola), a species for which pharyngeal jaw anatomy had ...
Benjamin Flaum, Michael J. Blumer, Mason N. Dean, Laura J. Ekstrom   +3 more
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Expert Perspective: How, When, and Why to Potentially Stop Antiresorptive Drugs in Osteoporosis

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Osteoporosis is a chronic disease, and antiresorptive treatments are often continued for many years. Despite their established efficacy in reducing fracture risk, the most commonly used antiresorptive treatments, bisphosphonates and denosumab, have short‐ and long‐term risks that, coupled with their benefits and other unique characteristics, influence ...
Giovanni Adami, Kenneth G. Saag
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An unusual foreign body of esophagus [PDF]

, 2010
We report a rare case of an unusually long foreign body (Datun) impacted in the esophagus of a 56 year-old gentleman. He was literate, without any psychiatric illness and had been using “Neem” (Azadirachta indica) stick for cleaning his teeth for the ...
Arora, V, Dass, A, Singhal, SK
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