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The perils of a “hypertensive” diagnosis

International Journal of Emergency Medicine
Background The current framework for approaching patients with severe hypertension assigns every patient with arterial pressure above an arbitrary threshold to a state of either “hypertensive emergency” or “hypertensive urgency.” By labeling every ...
Richard Lappin
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Exploring the associations of overweight and obesity with pregnancy outcomes in type 1 and type 2 diabetes: An Australian retrospective cohort study

Journal of Diabetes Investigation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To explore the associations of maternal overweight/obesity and pre‐pregnancy body mass index (BMI) on glycemia and pregnancy outcomes in women with pregestational type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) or type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Research Design and Methods We examined prospectively collected data (2010–2019) involving 264 singleton
Xi May Zhen, Glynis Ross, Amanda Gauld, Arianne Sweeting, Alberto Nettel‐Aguirre, Stephanie Noonan, Maria Constantino, Anna‐Jane Harding, Adam Mackie, Hend Chatila, Margaret McGill, Timothy Middleton, Ted Wu, Stephen M. Twigg, Jencia Wong   +14 more
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Alcohol‐Associated Pancreatitis Confers Higher Risk of Advanced Liver Disease Than Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aim Alcohol‐associated liver disease frequently presents late as decompensated cirrhosis, representing a missed opportunity for intervention. Extrahepatic alcohol‐related presentations requiring acute care, such as alcohol‐associated pancreatitis and alcohol withdrawal syndrome, may identify heavy drinkers at varying risk for ...
Butros Fakhoury, Leandro Sierra, Krishan Patel, Hyundam Gu, Luis Antonio Díaz, Juan Pablo Arab   +5 more
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Insurance as commitment?

Journal of Risk and Insurance, EarlyView.
Abstract Most insurance decisions combine risk management and an intertemporal dimension. Yet while non‐canonical behavioral models have been applied extensively to the risk management aspect, they are mostly missing from the intertemporal component. We expand insurance demand theory by showing that individuals who perceive themselves as present‐biased
Andreas J. Dambaur, Johannes G. Jaspersen   +1 more
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The uncomfortable science in the womb: How biological experience disrupts surrogacy narratives

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The discourse surrounding surrogacy portrays pregnancy as a temporary process, depicting surrogates as neutral “carriers” whose involvement concludes at birth. This narrative minimizes gestation's biological significance despite evidence of its lasting effects on both women and children.
Orit Chorowicz Bar‐Am, Elly Teman, Yael Hashiloni‐Dolev   +2 more
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“Why can't they put us to sleep if we are suffering?”: La Nada and the desire for euthanasia among institutionalized older adults in Peru

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I examine how institutionalized older adults in Peru articulate suffering through the idiom of la nada—“nothingness”—and how this shapes desires for euthanasia. Moving from close ethnography of bodies in space and time to structural and ethical discourses on euthanasia, I argue that calls for euthanasia arise not only from ...
Magdalena Zegarra Chiappori
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Targeting Overweight and Obesity Phenotypes for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Call to Action for the Middle East and Beyond

Obesity Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although there are conflicting clinical data on the efficacy of weight reduction in reducing secondary events in patients with comorbid overweight and obesity (OAO) and cardiovascular disease (CVD), there is excellent epidemiological and biological evidence of a cause–effect relationship between OAO, CVD, and other systemic complications ...
Wael Almahmeed, Juan S. Barajas‐Gamboa, Mohammad Zubaid, Ebaa Al Ozairi, Abdullah Shehab, Khalid Al‐Rasadi, Charbel Abi Khalil, Noor Al Busaidi, Fahad Al Sindi, Zuhier Awan, Tomader Ali, Khaldoon Al‐Humood, Fatheya Al Awadi, Mohammed Al Hadad, Manal Al Kindi, Khalid Al Habib, Khalid Al Waili, Maryam Alsaeed, Adel Tash, Hani Sabbour   +19 more
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Left Internal Mammary Artery Injury After Pacemaker Lead Implant—Case Report and Review of Literature

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We hereby report a case of a 75‐year‐old patient who developed a large left‐sided hemopneumothorax after a routine dual‐chamber pacemaker insertion. The rare complication was caused by the pacing lead injuring the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) after perforating the right ventricle.
Stuart Stenton, Rajiv Sharma, Bhattarai K. B., Harry Jensen J.   +3 more
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Impact of Pre‐Labour Caesarean Delivery for a Low‐Risk Indication on Hospital Length of Stay and Costs in Singleton, Nulliparous Women

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Understanding the costs to the healthcare system of caesarean delivery with a low‐risk indication (‘maternal request’) is important for informing policies on its use. Numerous studies have examined hospital length of stay (LOS)—a key driver of hospital costs—by actual mode of delivery (vaginal vs. caesarean).
Taylor Traaseth, Kirsten M. Niles, Claire Cordingley, Hannah Peters, Ellen Giesbrecht, Amy Hobbs, Laura Schummers, Erin C. Strumpf, Jessica Liauw, Jennifer A. Hutcheon   +9 more
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Intranasal xylometazoline hydrochloride to reduce intraoperative nasal hemorrhage in dogs undergoing ala‐vestibuloplasty for BOAS: A prospective, randomized study

Veterinary Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To assess whether intranasal administration of xylometazoline hydrochloride 0.1% reduces intraoperative hemorrhage during ala‐vestibuloplasty in dogs undergoing surgical correction for brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS). Study design Prospective, randomized, placebo‐controlled clinical trial.
Jun‐Yan Sek, Arthur House, Theophilus I. Emeto, Aaron Carl Chung Lau, Benjamin Mielke   +4 more
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