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Iatrogenic disease in the elderly: risk factors, consequences, and prevention

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2011
Sompol PermpongkosolDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, ThailandAbstract: The epidemiology of iatrogenic disease in the elderly has not been extensively reported.
Sompol Permpongkosol
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Granulomatous peritonitis caused by iatrogenic spillage of ovarian dermoid cystectomy: a case report and literature review [PDF]

Obstetrics & 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, Minji Seo, Jae Young Kwack, Yong-Soon Kwon   +3 more
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Human α2β1HI CD133+VE epithelial prostate stem cells express low levels of active androgen receptor [PDF]

, 2012
Stem cells are thought to be the cell of origin in malignant transformation in many tissues, but their role in human prostate carcinogenesis continues to be debated.
A Birgersdotter, Anastasia C. Hepburn, AS Goldstein, AT Collins, AT Collins, C Cai, C Lin, CD Chen, CJ Shepherd, Claudia A. Ryan-Munden, CM van der Loos, Craig N. Robson, D Corbeil, DA Lawson, Deepali Pal, DJ Vander Griend, DM Owens, DT Ross, G Attard, G Buchanan, GD Richardson, GR Cunha, H Bonkhoff, H Bonkhoff, Hing Y. Leung, IV Litvinov, J Perez-Losada, J Yu, JA Kemppainen, JK Blackwood, Kelly Coffey, KG Leong, KM Bae, L Patrawala, Laura Wilson, LE Lamb, MC Haffner, N Platet, NT Gaisa, R Heer, R Heer, Rakesh Heer, S Kolli, S Mousses, SO Lee, Stuart C. Williamson, VK Rajasekhar, X Wang, Yao Liang Tang   +48 more
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HCV and HIV prevalences strongly correlated in Asian communities with reservoirs of HIV in high-risk groups

Journal 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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Surgical Approach to Odontogenic Maxillary Sinusitis Caused by Tooth Root Displacement into the Maxillary Sinus: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal 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, Étore Goulart Chagas, Ludmila Cássia Lopes Pinheiro, Lia Dietrich, Luiz Renato Paranhos   +4 more
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Knowledge of blood-borne transmission risk is inversely associated with HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal 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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Intra-parenchymal brainstem haemorrhage secondary to iatrogenic needle injury after a parenteral injection in a cat [PDF]

, 2016
Case summary A 6-month-old female domestic shorthair cat was presented with acute onset non-ambulatory right hemiparesis and horizontal nystagmus following an injection attempt in the neck, during which the cat did not cooperate.
Brocal, Jospe, Durand, Aalenane, Guevar, Julien, Gutierrez-Quintana, Rodrigo, Stalin, Catherine   +4 more
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The Heartsink or Difficult Patient

South African Family Practice, 1990
No abstract available.
R.E. Kirkby
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Pneumothorax secondary to acupuncture in an adolescent girl [PDF]

Pediatric 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
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Alternative treatment for postcatheterisation femoral false aneurysm Tratamento alternativo para pseudoaneurisma femoral pós-cateterismo

Jornal 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, Jorge Porto Marassi, Orlando Bonin Silva, Ligia Jacqueline Iorio Pires, Lys Nunes dos Santos, Hermogenes Petean Filho, Marcelo Andrei Sampaio Lacativa, Cristina Ribeiro Riguetti-Pinto   +7 more
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