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Postoperative Care and Management in Pediatric Hematology‐Oncology Patients
ABSTRACT Pediatric patients with hematologic and oncologic diseases often undergo surgical procedures as part of diagnosis and therapy. These include central venous catheter placements, tumor resections, lymph node and bone marrow biopsies, among others.
Shachi Srivatsa, Sara A. Mansfield
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Small Bowel Lesions and Bleeding Risk in Hemodialysis Patients: A Narrative Review
ABSTRACT Background Gastrointestinal bleeding is very common among hemodialysis patients. This high bleeding risk is caused by uremic platelet dysfunction, vascular fragility, intradialytic hemodynamic instability, and widespread antithrombotic therapy.
Andreas Smyrlis +3 more
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Background Many patients with acromegaly require medical treatment that includes somatostatin analogs (SSAs). Long-acting SSA formulations are widely used, due in part to increased patient convenience and increased treatment adherence vs daily ...
Michelle H. Gurel +4 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction This narrative review explores the epidemiological evidence and potential underlying pathophysiological defects underlying the disproportionately greater risk of Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiometabolic disease in people of South Asian and African Caribbean ancestry compared with White Europeans.
Daniel J. Cuthbertson +6 more
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Successful treatment of enterocutaneous fistula in a premature newborn by using octreotide
A premature newborn with an enterocutaneous fistula after repair of duodenal perforation is reported to emphasize the therapeutic effect of octreotide in persistent fistula even in a very small infant.
Ilker Büyükyavuz +3 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction Many survivors of childhood brain tumors face long‐term adverse health outcomes like obesity. Uncertainties surround the effect of interventions to manage obesity‐related outcomes in survivors of childhood brain tumors. The goal of this updated systematic review and meta‐analysis was to provide the best estimate of the treatment ...
David Hart +11 more
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Type I gastric neuroendocrine tumors (T1‑GNETs) often present as multiple lesions, complicating treatment. This retrospective case series study evaluates antrectomy outcomes in eight patients with persistent multiple T1‑GNETs during 2005–2023. Following antrectomy, tumor regression was observed in two patients and complete disappearance in six, with ...
Yuki Morita +9 more
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ABSTRACT Background Gastrointestinal graft‐versus‐host disease (GI GVHD) following hematopoietic stem cell transplant is typically managed with medical therapy, but surgery and angioembolization may be warranted in selected cases with life‐threatening complications.
Gaia Brunetti +12 more
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Octreotide is a somatostatin analog known for its role in the treatment of acute variceal bleeding, enterocutaneous fistula and carcinoid syndrome. The reduction of portal pressure from splanchnic vasoconstriction has been attributed to the inhibition of
Wendell H Williams +4 more
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In a single‐center cohort of 577 adult LDLT recipients who underwent simultaneous splenectomy, clinically significant SFSS grade B/C (ILTS‐iLDLT‐LTSI 2023) occurred in 18.2% and was associated with inferior graft survival. Multivariate analysis identified MELD ≥ 30, NLR ≥ 4.5, and donor age ≥ 50 years as independent risk factors, which risk rising ...
Kyohei Yugawa +6 more
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