ulceration, or stricture; and markedly high esophageal acid exposure. Recent evidence also suggests a direct link between increasingbody mass index(BMI),visceral fat,metabolic syndrome, and Barrett esophagus.6The severity of symptoms and abnormal diagnostic studies tend to increase as the degree of ...
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Astute dentists may be the firsthealth careprofessionals to identify asystemic diseasethrough observation of itsoral manifestations. Through the inspection of the oral cavity,signs and symptomssuch as persistent pain,halitosis, ulcerations, swelling,bleeding, and/orxerostomiamight raise suspicion of sys...
Methods: A multi-institutional review was undertaken at four university or university-affiliated hospitals of all patients with wounds of the heel and arterial insufficiency, which was defined as absent pedal pulses and a decreased ankle/brachial index (ABI). Risk factors, hemodynamic parameters, and...
Although foot self-care behavior is viewed as beneficial for the prevention of diabetic foot ulceration, the effect of foot self-care behavior on the devel... YF Chin,J Liang,WS Wang,... - 《International Journal of Nursing Studies》 被引量: 9发表: 2014年 ...
Patients with upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding or ulceration, large bowel bleeding, or a primary admission diagnosis of a rheumatic disease were excluded. Patients who were admitted for other reasons, but who also had rheumatic diseases or a history of conditions that are known complications of...
Thirty-five diabetic patients with an at-risk foot, defined as a foot with neuropathy but without ulceration or previous ulceration, and 35 diabetic control subjects without neuropathy were selected for the subgroups Joint mobility was assessed in the foot at the ankle and metatarsophalangeal I...
Vasculitis lesions are noted bilaterally on the apex of the pinnae consisting of alopecia, ulceration, crusting in different stages and necrosis that led to loss of tissue and altered the shape of the pinnal apex. The crust comes off very easily and hemorrhage starts. ...
A penetrating aortic ulcer has been defined as “ulceration of an aortic atherosclerotic plaque penetrating through the internal elastic lamina into the media.” Penetrating aortic ulcers are estimated to be the cause of 2% to 7% cases of acute aortic syndrome. They are commonly found in the se...
9 Additionally, biopsy of long-standing, nonhealing ulcerations is recommended to rule out other entities such as inflammatory, neoplastic, vasculitic, and infectious causes. An additional biopsy for pan tissue culture can be helpful when evaluating for infection. In the following sections, we ...