Medicina clinica
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Birth month and climate affect lifetime disease risk, while the underlying mechanisms remain largely elusive. It is vital to investigate the risks of coronary artery disease (CAD) and its complications in patients born in different months. ⋯ There was a correlation between birth month and CAD. People born in November, December, and February had greater CAD risk, and people born in winter had greater CAD risk. Among CAD patients, those born in January to March and May to September had the greater risk of heart failure.
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Letter Case Reports
Nonalpine epithelioid angiosarcoma of the thyroid in an old woman.
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Moyamoya disease belongs to rare diseases which are arousing public awareness of its importance in China. In order to investigate the clinical features of inpatients diagnosed Moyamoya disease, the study was conducted to collect clinical information data of subjects on demographic information and clinical characteristics in Henan, China. ⋯ Clinical manifestations of Moyamoya disease varied. Early diagnosis was necessary to reduce the misdiagnosis rate of this disease. Symptoms, radiological characteristics, and lesion localization characteristics should be fully considered, especially for indicators with a certain onset age, headache and dizziness, lesion located in the frontal lobe of middle cerebral artery.
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Comparative Study Observational Study
Kidney transplantation in systemic lupus erythematosus: Outcomes and prognosis.
The outcome and prognosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in long-term kidney transplantation (KT) is variable. The objective of this study was to analyse the survival of the graft and the patient, comparing rates with a control group (primary glomerulonephritis [PGN]). ⋯ Patients with SLE are similar candidates to KT than that with other immunological kidney diseases. There was no recurrence of the disease in any patient.
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Hip fracture is a common injury among elderly patients. The main goal of our study was to assess the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary educational intervention aimed at hip fracture patients to promote home discharges and reduce in-hospital complications. ⋯ As a novelty to the already described benefits in orthogeriatric care models, this study would contribute by proving an increase of the number of patients discharged home in a safe condition.