Mechanisms of Electrical Activation and Conduction in the Gastrointestinal System: Lessons from Cardiac Electrophysiology. [PDF]
This is the final version of the article. It first appeared from Frontiers via http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2016.00182The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is an electrically excitable organ system containing multiple cell types, which coordinate electrical
Lai, Eric Tsz Him +4 more
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Review of nutrition management of pediatric intestinal pseudo‐obstruction
Abstract Chronic intestinal pseudo‐obstruction (CIPO) is a rare, heterogeneous, and debilitating disorder characterized by profound intestinal dysmotility and severe nutrition challenges. Its presentation resembles that of mechanical bowel obstruction, but CIPO occurs in the absence of luminal obstruction.
Senthilkumar Sankararaman +5 more
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Neonatal azithromycin administration to prevent infant mortality: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]
IntroductionBiannual mass azithromycin distribution to children aged 1-59 months has been shown to reduce all-cause mortality. Children under 28 days of age were not treated in studies evaluating mass azithromycin distribution for child mortality due to ...
Bagagnan, Cheik +15 more
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Heart Rate Variability in Newborns From Diabetic Mothers: Clinical Application and Significance
Risk factors for GDM contribute to a hyperglycemic intrauterine environment, which may in turn impair ANS function in the offspring. Altered ANS activity can be assessed through measures such as HRV. ABSTRACT Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is one of the most common pregnancy complications, arising from inadequate insulin secretion and increased ...
Virginia Beretta +7 more
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Gastric Outlet Obstruction at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania: A Prospective Review of 184 Cases. [PDF]
Gastric outlet obstruction poses diagnostic and therapeutic challenges to general surgeons practicing in resource-limited countries. There is a paucity of published data on this subject in our setting.
A Chowdhury +25 more
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ABSTRACT This case report and systematic review describe the complete clinical course of chronic gastric ulceration complicating acute gastrointestinal CMV disease in a 72‐year‐old immunocompetent woman, with demonstrable response to ganciclovir but not valganciclovir.
Zayn Al‐Timimi +2 more
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Postoperative pain management in children: Guidance from the pain committee of the European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology (ESPA Pain Management Ladder Initiative) [PDF]
The main remit of the European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology (ESPA) Pain Committee is to improve the quality of pain management in children. The ESPA Pain Management Ladder is a clinical practice advisory based upon expert consensus to help to ...
Adamek +196 more
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ABSTRACT Costello syndrome (CS) is a rare dominant HRAS RASopathy characterized by curly hair, cardiac abnormalities, craniofacial anomalies, and developmental delay. HRAS codon 58, 59, and 60 variants are associated with milder phenotypes. We describe a three‐generation family with a previously unreported heterozygous HRAS variant c.175G>A (p.Ala59Thr)
Nikole Rautiainen +10 more
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Late-Onset Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis in a 14-Weeks-Old Full Term Male Infant
Background: Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is the most common cause of gastric outlet obstruction in infants, and classically presents at 2 to 6 weeks of age. Delayed presentation is an extremely rare occurrence after early infancy.
Zenon Pogorelić +4 more
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Fetuses with right aortic arch Multicentre cohort study and meta-analysis. [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: Recent antenatal screening guidelines for cardiac abnormalities has increased fetal diagnosis of right aortic arch (RAA). We aimed to establish outcome of fetal RAA without intra-cardiac abnormalities (ICA) to guide postnatal management ...
Carvalho, JS +3 more
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