Life, 2022 Introduction: This study primarily sought to evaluate the risk factors for toxic megacolon development and treatment outcomes in Clostridium difficile-positive COVID-19 patients, secondarily to determining predictors of survival.
Tomáš Řezáč +5 more
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The Classification and Surgical Treatments in Adult Hirschsprung’s Disease: A Retrospective Study
Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 PurposeTo explore the treatments and short-term effects of different types of adult Hirschsprung’s disease.Methods89 patients treated in Shanghai Changhai Hospital were retrospectively analyzed.
Shengzhe Ma +9 more
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Trypanosomiasis-induced megacolon illustrates how myenteric neurons modulate the risk for colon cancer in rats and humans. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 BACKGROUND:Trypanosomiasis induces a remarkable myenteric neuronal degeneration leading to megacolon. Very little is known about the risk for colon cancer in chagasic megacolon patients.
Vinicius Kannen +5 more
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Atresia Ani Type II with Rectovaginal Fistula in a 6-Week-Old Kitten [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Veterinary Surgery, 2023 Atresia ani is a developmental defect within the cloacal region, resulting in anal canal closure and abnormal routing of feces. There are four types of atresia ani including congenital anal stenosis (Type I), imperforate anus alone (Type II), imperforate
Behzad Pourreza +3 more
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Prevalência de megas em necrópsias realizadas no triângulo mineiro no período de 1954 a 1988
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1989 Dentre 1708 necrópsias de chagásicos crônicos, de um total de 4690, diagnosticamos 273 megas. Destes o mais freqüente foi o megacólon, seguido pelo megaesôfago, ocupando a associação megacólon e megaesôfago o terceiro lugar.
Edison Reis Lopes +6 more
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Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2008 BACKGROUND: Rectoanal inhibitory reflex is not always evident in patients with chagasic megacolon. This may be due to insufficient volumes of air used during insufflation for the manometric examination.
Simone Cavenaghi +5 more
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Megadolicocolon de presentación poco usual en un paciente de edad avanzada: a propósito de un caso
Revista Colombiana de Cirugía, 2020 El megadolicocolon es una patología inusual, de etiología no bien esclarecida, tal parece ser de origen congénito, se presenta con frecuencia en recién nacidos y lactantes con vólvulos de colon. Su incidencia es variable y se encuentra entre 1,9 y 28,5 %.
Paulo Francisco Mera-Martínez +2 more
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Atypical presentation of acute idiopathic megacolon in a 14-year-old patient
Emergency Care Journal, 2012 In clinical practice the term “megacolon” is used to indicate a marked dilatation of the cecum and the sigmoid colon (>12 and 6.5 cm, respectively) (1).
B. Barakat +14 more
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Megacólon tóxico fatal por cytomegalovirus em paciente com retocolite ulcerativa idiopática: relato de caso e revisão de literatura [PDF]
Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2002 Racional - O megacólon tóxico é complicação grave e pouco freqüente na retocolite ulcerativa idiopática. Ocorre, geralmente, em pacientes cuja doença ativa é resistente ao tratamento clínico e, em algumas situações, o fator desencadeante é desconhecido ...
Sérgio Ossamu IOSHII +2 more
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Outcomes of <i>Clostridium difficile</i> Infection in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2016-2020. [PDF]
JGH OpenABSTRACT Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive lung disease with poor prognosis. Patients with IPF are frequently exposed to risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), such as advanced age, antibiotic use, and gastric acid suppression.
Szeto CH +6 more
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