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When the Stomach Takes a Vacation: The Unseen Battles of Gastroparesis

Gastroparesis is a syndrome characterised by delayed gastric emptying that is usually idiopathic, diabetic, or iatrogenic. This underdiagnosed disease has a substantial influence on the quality of life of its patients. We present the case of an 86-year-old man with dementia, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and gastroesophageal reflux disease who developed symptoms of gastroparesis during a lengthy hospital stay. ...

Obstetric Interventions Among Native and Migrant Women: The (Over)use of Episio...

Objective: Episiotomy, defined as the incision of the perineum to enlarge the vaginal opening during childbirth, is one of the most commonly performed surgical interventions in the world. We aimed to determine if migrant status is associated with episiotomy, and if individual characteristics mediate this association. Methods: We analyzed data from the Bambino study, a national, prospective cohort of migrant and...

The importance of Vancomycin and Aminoglycoside pharmacokinetics monitoring

Complete blood count parameters as biomarkers of retinopathy of prematurity: a ...

Purpose: To evaluate complete blood count (CBC) parameters in the first week of life as predictive biomarkers for the development of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Methods: Multicenter, prospective, observational study of a cohort of preterm infants born with gestational age (GA) < 32 weeks or birth weight < 1500 g in eight Portuguese neonatal intensive care units. All demographic, clinical, and laboratory d...

Group B Streptococcus rectovaginal colonization screening on term pregnancies: ...

Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate if screening Group B Streptococcus colonization by intrapartum polymerase chain reaction could improve intrapartum administration of antibiotic prophylaxis, compared with antepartum culture screening and analyze the sensitivity and specificity of polymerase chain reaction test. Methods 198 pregnant women with Group B Streptococcus colonization antepartum culture ...

Kinetics of radium-223 and its effects on survival, proliferation and DNA damag...

Background Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) is associated with a very unfavorable prognosis. At this advanced stage of the disease, there are several therapeutic strategies approved in recent times, being one of them Radium-223 dichloride (Radium-223). However, its mechanisms of action and the process that conducts to cell death are not fully understood. Given this, our main goal is to ch...

Pregnancy after Bariatric Surgery

Vaginal delivery in a woman infected with SARS-CoV-2 – The first case reported ...

This obstetrical case report supports experts’ opinion that women with COVID-19 without severe disease, should be offered vaginal delivery if labor has normal progress, guarantying that continuous electronic fetal monitoring is provided and appropriate infection prevention and control measures are in place.

CA2+-dependent mitochondrial permeabilization promoted by 4-organoselenium quin...

Association between Adipokines and Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease: A Cross-S...

BACKGROUND: Adipose tissue dysfunction has been implicated in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease. However, the involvement of adipokines, particularly adiponectin, remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: To compare serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of adiponectin, leptin and leptin-to-adiponectin ratio in patients within the spectrum of Alzheimer's disease and evaluate their relationship with classical bio...