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Granulomatous peritonitis caused by iatrogenic spillage of ovarian dermoid cystectomy: a case report and literature review [PDF]

open access: yesObstetrics & Gynecology Science, 2020
A 39-year-old nulliparous woman experienced continuous mild fever and abdominal pain since undergoing laparoscopic ovarian dermoid cystectomy 3 months previously in a local hospital.
Hyo-Eun Kim   +3 more
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Surgical Approach to Odontogenic Maxillary Sinusitis Caused by Tooth Root Displacement into the Maxillary Sinus: A Case Report [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023
Paranasal sinuses affected by foreign bodies are uncommon clinical situations. Foreign body displacement into facial sinuses is a potential iatrogenic complication, that may cause an oroantral fistula, sinusitis, cellulitis, and subdural emphysema.
Marcelo Dias Moreira De Assis Costa   +4 more
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HCV and HIV prevalences strongly correlated in Asian communities with reservoirs of HIV in high-risk groups

open access: yesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010
Background: In some Asian communities, HIV epidemics initially concentrated in high-risk groups develop into generalized epidemics, while in others HIV epidemics remain confined to high-risk groups. We examined whether blood exposures in a community, as
Devon D. Brewer, Adnan A. Khan
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Knowledge of blood-borne transmission risk is inversely associated with HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa

open access: yesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2011
Introduction: Accurate, comprehensive knowledge of an infectious pathogen's modes of transmission helps people to avoid infection. Growing evidence suggests that blood-borne HIV transmission is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. Methodology: I examined
Devon D. Brewer
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Pneumothorax secondary to acupuncture in an adolescent girl [PDF]

open access: yesPediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2021
Although acupuncture is a form of traditional Chinese medicine that is gaining popularity and usage in children, the relevant complications are rarely reported. We present a case of 17-year-old girl who underwent acupuncture.
Yasser AlFraih, Hasan S. Merali
doaj   +1 more source

Infarct size and left ventricular remodelling after preventive percutaneous coronary intervention [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Objective: We hypothesised that, compared with culprit-only primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), additional preventive PCI in selected patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction with multivessel disease would not be associated with ...
Berry, Colin   +13 more
core   +1 more source

The Heartsink or Difficult Patient

open access: yesSouth African Family Practice, 1990
No abstract available.
R.E. Kirkby
doaj   +1 more source

Cross infection control measures and the treatment of patients at risk of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease in UK general dental practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
AIMS: To determine the suitability of key infection control measures currently employed in UK dental practice for delivery of dental care to patients at risk of prion diseases.
A Smith   +22 more
core   +1 more source

Danger in the jungle:sensible care to reduce avoidable acute kidney injury in hospitalized children [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
When children require hospital admission, many receive medications with nephrotoxic potential. As such, this can translate into an increased risk of acute kidney injury.
Bagshaw, Sean M.   +2 more
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Alternative treatment for postcatheterisation femoral false aneurysm Tratamento alternativo para pseudoaneurisma femoral pós-cateterismo

open access: yesJornal Vascular Brasileiro, 2011
The incidence of femoral postcatheteriation pseudoaneurysm ranges from 0.1 to 2.0% in diagnostic procedures to 5% in therapeutic procedures. There are several treatment options for pseudoaneurysms, from conservative management to conventional surgical ...
Marcelo Mendonca Pereira   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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