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Acute cypermethrin and other pyrethroid poisoning – An organophosphate-like poisoning: A case report and review

Toxicology Reports, 2023
Background: South Africa is one of the largest importers of pesticides in Africa. Pesticides play an integral role in food security and ensuring economic survival.
Leon Daniel Scheepers, Robert Freercks, Elizabeth van der Merwe   +2 more
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Urosepsis secondary to ureterosciatic hernia corrected with ureteral stent placement: a case report and literature review

International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Ureterosciatic hernia is a rare type of pelvic floor herniation that occurs through the sciatic foramen. The resulting ureteral obstruction may lead to hydronephrosis and to further complications including urinary tract infection and urosepsis.
Kohei Kakimoto, Mayu Hikone, Ko Nagai, Jun Yamakawa, Kazuhiro Sugiyama, Yuichi Hamabe   +5 more
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Mortality of hospital walk‐in trauma patients: a multicenter retrospective cohort study

Acute Medicine & Surgery, 2022
Aim To investigate the characteristics of patients who visited the emergency department by themselves after experiencing trauma and subsequently died, and to identify the prognostic factors of mortality in such patients.
Kohei Kakimoto, Keita Shibahashi, Masato Oishio, Kazuhiro Sugiyama, Yuichi Hamabe   +4 more
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Delayed onset of impaired consciousness complicated with ketoacidosis after disulfiram overdose

Acute Medicine & Surgery, 2023
Background We report a case of disulfiram overdose that caused a delayed onset of impaired consciousness and ketoacidosis. Case presentation A 61‐year‐old man was transferred to our hospital following a suicide attempt.
Kohei Kakimoto, Mayu Hikone, Kazuhiro Sugiyama   +2 more
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The characteristics and costs of severe theophylline toxicity in a tertiary critical care unit in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Severe theophylline toxicity requiring haemodialysis accounts for approximately one-third of drug toxicity cases admitted to the Livingstone Tertiary Hospital (LTH) intensive care unit (ICU) in Gqeberha, South Africa, imposing a significant ...
JV Oxley-Oxland, R Freercks, D Baker, E van der Merwe   +3 more
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Hyperoxia Is Not Associated With 30-day Survival in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients Who Undergo Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
IntroductionThe appropriate arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) in patients undergoing extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains unclear.
Mioko Kobayashi, Masahiro Kashiura, Hideto Yasuda, Kazuhiro Sugiyama, Yuichi Hamabe, Takashi Moriya   +5 more
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Design of Lung Transplant Go (LTGO): A randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of a telerehabilitation behavioral exercise intervention to improve physical activity, physical function, and blood pressure control after lung transplantation

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2023
Background: Lung transplantation is an established treatment option for persons with advanced lung disease. After transplantation, lung function typically returns to near normal levels, however exercise capacity remains low due to chronic deconditioning,
Melissa L. Vendetti, Seol Ju Esther Moon, Christopher C. Imes, Andrea Hergenroeder, Frank Sciurba, Elizabeth Lendermon, Joseph Pilewski, Dianxu Ren, Bambang Parmanto, Barbara Dewhirst, Bryan Willey, Kristen Jones, Matthew R. Morrell, Pablo Sanchez, Annette DeVito Dabbs   +14 more
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Gaps in Treatment and Surveillance: Head and Neck Cancer Care in a Safety-Net Hospital. [PDF]

, 2020
Objective:Treatment delays and suboptimal adherence to posttreatment surveillance may adversely affect head and neck cancer (HNC) outcomes. Such challenges can be exacerbated in safety-net settings that struggle with limited resources and serve a ...
Brodie, Shauna, Hua, Vivian, Lisker, Sarah, Russell, Marika, Sarkar, Urmimala, Vittinghoff, Eric, Westbrook, Marisa, Yu, Karina   +7 more
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The Prevalence of Spiritual and Social Support Needs and Their Association With Postintensive Care Syndrome Symptoms Among Critical Illness Survivors Seen in a Post-ICU Follow-Up Clinic

Critical Care Explorations, 2022
OBJECTIVES:. Spiritual and social support may be key facilitators for critical illness recovery and are identified as high priority for research. Understanding the prevalence of spiritual and social support needs in critical illness survivors may guide ...
Tammy L. Eaton, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, Leslie P. Scheunemann, MD, Brad W. Butcher, MD, Heidi S. Donovan, PhD, RN, Sheila Alexander, PhD, RN, Theodore J. Iwashyna, MD, PhD   +5 more
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Genotype-expression interactions for BDNF across human brain regions

BMC Genomics, 2021
Background Genetic variations in brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) are associated with various psychiatric disorders including depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, substance use disorders, and schizophrenia; altered gene expression triggered
Patrick Devlin, Xueyuan Cao, Ansley Grimes Stanfill   +2 more
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