International journal of clinical practice
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Apr 2021
Patients wİth idiopathic granulomatous mastitis accompanied by erythema nodosum.
Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a rare, chronic inflammatory disease of the breast. The aetiology is unknown. Erythema nodosum (EN) is a rare skin disease associated with IGM. EN is a disease in which the aetiologic factors include infection, malignancy, autoimmune diseases, and pregnancy. ⋯ IGM may be associated with extramammary symptoms such as EN, arthralgia, and episcleritis. These extramammary findings suggest that IGM may be an autoimmune disease. For this reason, breast examination and history of IGM of the breast should be questioned in female patients admitted to different clinics with EN. This way, delays in the diagnosis and treatment of IGM can be prevented.
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This study aimed to assess inpatient prevalence, characteristics, outcomes, and resource utilisation of hospitalisation for heatstroke in the United States. Additionally, this study aimed to explore factors associated with in-hospital mortalities of heatstroke. ⋯ The inpatient prevalence of heatstroke in the United States increased, while the in-hospital mortality of heatstroke decreased.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Apr 2021
Nation-wide analysis of the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on daily urology practice in Turkey.
To present a nation-wide analysis of the workload of urology departments in Turkey week-by-week during Covid-19 pandemic. ⋯ Covid-19 pandemic significantly affected the routine daily urological practice likewise other subspecialties and priority was given to emergent and non-deferrable surgeries by urologists in concordance with published clinical guidelines.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Apr 2021
Clinical outcomes of radical surgery in patients with renal carcinoma and associated venous thrombosis: Single-centre experience in a tertiary care institution.
Renal carcinoma and associated venous thrombosis cause specific perioperative and postoperative challenges. We aimed to evaluate the factors affecting clinical outcomes in patients undergoing radical surgery because of renal carcinoma and associated venous thrombosis. ⋯ Although the thrombus level was not associated with overall and disease-free survival, tumour size and clinic M1 disease were found to have an independent prognostic impact on overall survival.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Apr 2021
The role of pleural fluid Thiol/Disulfide Homeostasis in the differentiation between transudative and exudative pleural effusions.
In the present study, we aimed to differentiate between transudative and exudative pleural effusions using thiol sulphide homoeostasis, an oxidative stress marker. ⋯ We believe that a differentiation can be made between transudative and exudative pleural fluids by using thiol sulphide homoeostasis, an oxidative stress marker.