13 The constellation of abdominal pain and vomiting was seen in 3 patients (6%), and whether gastrointestinal tract inflammation can trigger a clinical picture consistent with appendicitis in children should be further defined. Seizures or seizure-like activity also occurred. Neurologic manifestations ...
Because of this stimulation, however, caution is advised in administering secretagogues to patients with asthma, narrow-angle glaucoma, acute iritis, severe cardiovascular disease, biliary disease, nephrolithiasis, diarrhea, or ulcer disease. Currently, 2 agents are approved and available for use as ...
Potential findings consistent with HF: Cardiomegaly : Ratio of cardiac size to thoracic size > 0.5 May not be present in acute HF Pulmonary edema Cephalization Pleural effusion Pulmonary vascular congestion Kerley B lines Mnemonic A good mnemonic to remember these findings on CXR is ABCDE:...
Loiasis may be associated with proteinuria and/or haematuria, and it may provoke membranoproliferative and membranous glomerulonephritis [9–15]. However, several observations also show that ivermectin may provoke renal complications; and it has been shown (see below), that the drug induces the pass...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is underdiagnosed with the current gold standard measure pulmonary function test (PFT). A more sensitive and simple option for early detection and severity evaluation of COPD could benefit practitioners and pa
These conditions were abdominal aortic aneurysm, age-related macular degeneration, asthma, atopic dermatitis, atrial fibrillation, bone mineral density, breast cancer, Crohn’s disease, chronic kidney disease, colorectal cancer, coronary heart disease, depression, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, ischemic ...
The bigger picture Deep learning models have shown many successes in modeling biomedical data. Most existing models handle one type of data, while real-world data science applications often have multi-modal datasets with various characteristics and qualities along with domain-specific knowledge. This pa...
The diagnosis of AD is made clinically based on patient medical history, morphology and distribution of skin lesions and the presence of associated comorbidities (e.g., food allergies, asthma, allergic rhinitis). Several groups have devised formal sets of criteria to aid in classification of AD;...
Despite this, clues in the clinical picture may aid diagnosis (Table 1). Although the vasculitides may mimic an infective process, in retrospect it may be apparent that the clinical course is atypical, often with an extended, generalized, nonspecific, prodromal illness in which repeated courses ...
Patients with allergic eye disease frequently suffer from other allergic comorbidities (Fig.1). It is important to enquire about the symptoms and signs of other common allergic processes during patient evaluation to obtain a more complete picture of their illness. ...