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ABSTRACT Hereditary angioedema (HAE) with C1 inhibitor deficiency is a rare disease characterized by unpredictable episodes of tissue swelling (angioedema), which, in most cases, occur first under the age of 18 years, and entail a significant burden of disease not only for the patients but also for their families.
Henriette Farkas +128 more
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Older Patients' Recall of Goals of Care Discussions Following Emergency Abdominal Surgery
ABSTRACT Introduction Older patients undergoing emergency laparotomy are overrepresented and are at risk of poor postoperative outcomes that may not align with their goals. Goals of care (GOC) documentation remains low in older emergency laparotomy patients.
Julia Silverii +3 more
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Transverse colon volvulus in neurologicaly imparied patient as an emergency surgical condition: A case report [PDF]
Introduction. Transverse colon volvulus is an uncommon cause of bowel obstruction in general. Predisposing factors are mental retardation, dysmotility disorders, chronic constipation and congenital megacolon. Case report. We presented transverse
Miličković Maja +5 more
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ABSTRACT Background The symptomatology of large hiatus hernia (LHH) has been historically poorly understood, with cardiorespiratory symptoms caused by LHH being underappreciated by clinicians. This study reports on the mechanisms of dyspnoea in LHH through a historical review of symptoms and evolved physiological literature, discussing likely causation.
Arunan Mahendravarman +2 more
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Primary segmental intestinal volvulus associated with acute appendicitis
Introduction: Segmental intestinal volvulus without underlying causes is called Primary Segmental Volvulus. Herein, we report a rare case of segmental ileal volvulus associated with acute appendicitis.
Emad M. AL-Osail +3 more
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Human infection patterns and heterogeneous exposure in river blindness.
Here we analyze patterns of human infection with Onchocerca volvulus (the cause of river blindness) in different continents and ecologies. In contrast with some geohelminths and schistosome parasites whose worm burdens typically exhibit a humped pattern ...
Filipe, João AN +15 more
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Chronic Intestinal Failure During the Neonatal Period Related to Height at Five Years of Age
ABSTRACT Aim To clarify if children with chronic intestinal failure during the neonatal period had a different height at 5 years of age compared to standardised Swedish growth charts. Methods This retrospective cohort study of children with chronic intestinal failure during the neonatal period in Gothenburg between 2004 and 2018.
Johanna Mårtenson +5 more
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Pneumatose kystique iléale révélée par un volvulus du grêle [PDF]
La pneumatose kystique intestinale est une pathologie rare qui se caractérise par la présence de kystes gazeux dans la paroi intestinale. Elle est asymptomatique ou pauci symptomatique, et le plus souvent découverte lors d’un examen d’imagerie ou d ...
Khalid Aït Taleb +5 more
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Volvulus nodosus of the small intestine: Differences in foals and adults
Summary Background Volvulus nodosus is a strangulating lesion of the small intestine described only in foals and in just one case in older horses. Huskamp et al. (1982, 1998) described the pathophysiology of volvulus nodosus in foals, but to date, there is no description of the pathophysiology of volvulus nodosus in adults.
M. Gandini, G. Giusto
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Paediatric gangrenous caecal volvulus
Caecal volvulus though common in adults is rare in children. A 10-year-old boy presented with abdominal pain, distension, vomiting and obstipation of acute onset.
Omari, RO, Lakati, KC, Siboe, MMW
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