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Medicina, Volume 58, Issue 12

December 2022 - 180 articles

Cover Story: Sepsis and septic shock have an enormous burden on our healthcare systems, with more than 30 million people worldwide suffering from these diseases. Emergency providers must be able to immediately recognise the presence of sepsis and its severity to improve the management of this disease. The use of biomarkers could help to promptly identify the disease upon the ED patients’ arrival and stratify the risk of progression to septic shock. This study evaluated the prognostic performance of new POCT biomarkers, bio-adrenomedullin and proenkephalin, in patients with sepsis upon ED arrival. The results show that both biomarkers performed relatively well as predictors of short-term mortality. It seems that, in patients with sepsis, the prompt evaluation of these two biomarkers upon ED arrival could help to optimize physicians’ therapeutical decision-making and final diagnosis. View this paper
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Articles (180)

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,400 Views
9 Pages

19 December 2022

Background. Oncogenic osteomalacia (OO), also known as tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO), is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome caused by mesechymal tumors secreting fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23). Common in middle age, these tumors are often disclos...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,150 Views
21 Pages

19 December 2022

Background: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive and rare malignant pleural tumor. Methods: MPM patients diagnosed in Beijing Chaoyang Hospital and Beijing Tongren Hospital were the focus of this study. We collected and analyzed the...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,488 Views
7 Pages

Erythema Nodosum following Nocardia Infection: A Case Report

  • Sujing Li,
  • Bingzhou Ji,
  • Yan Teng,
  • Hui Tang,
  • Hong Cui,
  • Xiaohua Tao,
  • Yibin Fan and
  • Youming Huang

19 December 2022

Cutaneous nocardiosis is a rare bacterial infection that can result in various dermatologic manifestations such as actinomycetoma, lymphocutaneous infection, superficial skin infection, and secondary infection due to hematogenous dissemination. We re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
2,542 Views
9 Pages

Association of Uric Acid Albumin Ratio with Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation after Cryoballoon Catheter Ablation

  • Mehmet Baran Karataş,
  • Gündüz Durmuş,
  • Ahmet Zengin,
  • Murat Gökalp,
  • Mert İlker Hayıroğlu,
  • Tufan Çınar,
  • Kadir Gürkan and
  • Neşe Çam

19 December 2022

Objective: Despite improvements in the technology of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF), recurrences are still a major problem, even after a successful procedure. The uric acid/albumin ratio (UAR), which is an inexpensive and simple labora...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,060 Views
8 Pages

Interaction between Dexamethasone, Ropivacaine, and Contrast Media Used in Interventional Pain Treatment: Considerations in Safety

  • Yeon Ju Kim,
  • Yeon-Dong Kim,
  • Hyungtae Kim,
  • Dong Ji Ahn,
  • Ha-Jung Kim,
  • Won Uk Koh and
  • Young-Jin Ro

19 December 2022

Background and Objectives: Although epidural steroid injections are used as an effective treatment, this technique is associated with rare but serious ischemic complications, especially when particulate steroids are used. However, recent studies have...

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
12,481 Views
14 Pages

A Review of Neovascular Glaucoma: Etiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment

  • Danielė Urbonavičiūtė,
  • Dovilė Buteikienė and
  • Ingrida Janulevičienė

18 December 2022

Neovascular glaucoma (NVG) is a rare, aggressive, blinding secondary glaucoma, which is characterized by neovascularization of the anterior segment of the eye and leading to elevation of the intraocular pressure (IOP). The main etiological factor is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,854 Views
15 Pages

Urologic Complication after Laparoscopic Hysterectomy in Gynecology Oncology: A Single-Center Analysis and Narrative Review of the Literature

  • Vito Andrea Capozzi,
  • Luciano Monfardini,
  • Elisa Scarpelli,
  • Giuseppe Barresi,
  • Isabella Rotondella,
  • Alessandra De Finis,
  • Davide Scebba,
  • Giuseppe Maglietta,
  • Stefano Cianci and
  • Tullio Ghi
  • + 1 author

18 December 2022

Background and Objectives: Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has recently increased its application in the treatment of gynecological malignancies. Despite technological and surgical advances, urologic complications (UC) are still the main concern in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,401 Views
9 Pages

Predictive Factors for Poor Outcome following Chemonucleolysis with Condoliase in Lumbar Disc Herniation

  • Shu Takeuchi,
  • Junya Hanakita,
  • Toshiyuki Takahashi,
  • Tomoo Inoue,
  • Manabu Minami,
  • Izumi Suda,
  • Sho Nakamura and
  • Ryo Kanematsu

18 December 2022

Background and Objectives: Condoliase, a chondroitin sulfate ABC endolyase, is a novel and minimally invasive chemonucleolytic drug for lumbar disc herniation. Despite the growing number of treatments for lumbar disc herniation, the predicting factor...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,182 Views
10 Pages

Meta-Analysis of Survival Effects of Receptor Tyrosine Kinase-like Orphan Receptor 1 (ROR1)

  • Soo Young Jeong,
  • Kyung-jun Lee,
  • Jieum Cha,
  • So Yoon Park,
  • Hyeong Su Kim,
  • Jung Han Kim,
  • Jae-Jun Lee,
  • Namhyeok Kim and
  • Sung Taek Park

17 December 2022

Background and Objectives: Identification and targeting of membrane proteins in tumor cells is one of the key steps in the development of cancer drugs. The receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor (ROR) type 1 is a type-I transmembrane protein e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,495 Views
11 Pages

Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Patients with Diabetic Foot

  • Sanja Vujčić,
  • Jelena Kotur-Stevuljević,
  • Jelena Vekić,
  • Iva Perović-Blagojević,
  • Tatjana Stefanović,
  • Sanja Ilić-Mijailović,
  • Branka Koprivica Uzelac,
  • Srećko Bosić,
  • Tamara Antonić and
  • Azra Guzonjić
  • + 3 authors

17 December 2022

Background and Objectives: Diabetic foot (DF) development is driven by complex interactions of hyperglycemia, inflammation, and oxidative stress (OS). We aimed to investigate OS and inflammatory biomarkers in patients with DF and their potential to i...

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