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Diabetic Gastroparesis: Perspectives From a Patient and Health Care Providers
Gastroparesis is defined as a delay in gastric emptying in the absence of mechanical obstruction in the stomach. Gastroparesis has a number of causes, including postsurgical, secondary to medications, postinfectious, idiopathic, and as a complication of ...
Adam D. Farmer +4 more
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Review article: pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of gastrointestinal involvement in systemic sclerosis. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Gastrointestinal tract (GIT) involvement is a common cause of debilitating symptoms in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). There are no disease modifying therapies for this condition and the treatment remains symptomatic, largely owing to
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ABSTRACT Objectives Patients requiring long‐term enteral nutrition or continuous infusion of carbidopa/levodopa can benefit from jejunostomy tube placement. Recently, directly placed percutaneous transgastric jejunal tubes (TGJs) have been used instead of gastrostomy tubes with jejunal extensions (PEG‐Js) for enteral access.
Laura D. Kek +7 more
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Assessment of acute headache in adults - what the general physician needs to know. [PDF]
Headache is common. Up to 5% of attendances to emergency departments and acute medical units are due to headache. Headache is classified as either primary (eg migraine, cluster headache) or secondary to another cause (eg meningitis, subarachnoid ...
Agrawal +9 more
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Role of Peptides in Skeletal Muscle Wasting: A Scoping Review
ABSTRACT Background Systemic muscle wasting is a prevalent condition that predicts adverse health outcomes in aging and disease. Despite its clinical relevance, the development of predictive biomarkers and effective pharmacological therapies remains limited. Peptides have recently gained attention for their diverse bioactive functions, positioning them
Petar Naumovski +9 more
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth [PDF]
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is a clinical condition, in which excess amounts of bacteria are found in small intestine. SIBO occurred when normal homeostatic mechanism which control enteric bacteria population disrupted.
Fauzi, A. (Achmad), Nababan, T. (Toman)
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Background and purpose The action potential underpinning calcium delivery for contraction in human uterine smooth muscle (myometrium) consists of an initial spike(s) followed by a prolonged plateau of depolarization to ⁓ −25 mV. The plateau duration establishes contraction duration, especially important in labour.
Helena C. Parkington +6 more
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Candida infection of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is rare in the immunocompetent individual. In immunocompromised patients, it frequently involves the oesophagus, but extra-oesophageal involvement is uncommon.
Castelo Branco, Sara +4 more
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ABSTRACT Background Amyloidosis is a rare, multisystem disorder characterized by extracellular deposition of misfolded protein fibrils. Gastrointestinal (GI) amyloidosis is uncommon but under‐recognized due to nonspecific symptoms, but early diagnosis is critical to improve quality of life and prognosis.
Myo Jin Tang +3 more
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Diabetic Gastroparesis: Functional/Morphologic Background, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options [PDF]
The regulation of gastrointestinal motility mainly involves the smooth muscle, neural (extrinsic and intrinsic), and hormonal elements, the glial cells, and the interstitial cells of Cajal.
Horváth, Viktor József +4 more
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