Rhetorical structure and linguistic features of case presentations in case reports in Taiwanese and international medical journals

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 220-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsuan Hung ◽  
Pi-Ching Chen ◽  
Jing-Jane Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Case Reports ◽  
International Medical ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Medical Journals ◽  
Rhetorical Structure ◽  
Case Presentations

scholarly journals Newly detected rapid eye movement associated sleep apnea after coronavirus disease 2019 as a possible cause for chronic fatigue: two case reports

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Rembert Koczulla ◽  
Antje Stegemann ◽  
Rainer Gloeckl ◽  
Sandra Winterkamp ◽  
Bernd Sczepanski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Apnea ◽  
Eye Movement ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
White Male ◽  
Chronic Fatigue ◽  
White Female ◽  
Rapid Eye Movement ◽  
Pressure Therapy ◽  
Fatigue Syndrome ◽  
Case Presentations

Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 has become a health problem spreading worldwide with pandemic characteristics since March 2020. Post coronavirus disease 2019 symptoms are more frequent than initially expected, with fatigue as an often-mentioned issue. Case presentations We describe a 32-year-old white male and a 55-year-old white female who suffered from post coronavirus disease 2019 fatigue syndrome. On polysomnography, rapid eye movement associated sleep apnea with an increased hypopnea index during rapid eye movement phases of 36.8 and 19.5 events per hour was found. Based on the patients’ burdensome fatigue symptoms, we initiated automatic positive airway pressure therapy, which diminished sleep apnea (rapid eye movement index: 0.0 in both patients) and, consequently, also the fatigue symptoms. Conclusions Since sleep apnea and coronavirus disease 2019 are both associated with fatigue, a screening for sleep apnea might be considered in coronavirus disease 2019 patients with fatigue syndrome.

scholarly journals Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors in Africa: A Clinicopathological Study

ISRN Surgery ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M. Nthumba ◽  
Paul Irungu Juma
Keyword(s):  
Peripheral Nerve ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Soft Tissue Sarcomas ◽  
Late Presentation ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Nerve Sheath Tumors ◽  
Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors ◽  
Nerve Sheath ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Case Presentations

Introduction. Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are rare, aggressive soft tissue sarcomas associated with poor prognosis, that most commonly affect patients aged 20 to 50 years, but have also been reported in children. There is little reported in literature on these tumors in Africa. Materials and Methods. A search of the hospital pathology database between 1992 and 2008 revealed 333 nerve sheath tumors, of which 31 were MPNSTs. Four representative case reports are presented. Discussion. MNPSTs have rarely been reported from sub-Saharan Africa; in this study, they constituted 9.3% of all nerve sheath tumors. The trunk (42%) and limbs (45%) were the most frequently affected anatomical sites. Late presentation of malignant lesions in this environment is exemplified by the four case presentations patients. Conclusions. This report confirms observations from studies on MPNSTs from other environments. Anatomically centrally located MPNSTs may have a higher incidence in sub-Saharan Africa than in the West. Because NF1-associated MPNSTs are difficult to diagnose clinically, and because surgery is the only mode of therapy that offers a complete cure, a lifetime follow-up is important, as this would enable diagnosis of early lesions amenable to surgical extirpation.

scholarly journals Pantoea agglomerans Infections in Children: Report of Two Cases

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Shraddha Siwakoti ◽  
Rinku Sah ◽  
Rupa Singh Rajbhandari ◽  
Basudha Khanal
Keyword(s):  
Case Reports ◽  
Pediatric Emergency ◽  
Pantoea Agglomerans ◽  
History Of ◽  
Excessive Crying ◽  
Cerebrospinal Fluid Culture ◽  
Case Presentations ◽  
Female Baby ◽  
Postoperative Meningitis

Introduction. Pantoea agglomerans, primarily an environmental and agricultural organism has been reported as both commensal and pathogen of humans. We present two case reports of P. agglomerans infections in children that involved the meninges and bloodstream. Case Presentations. A 6-month-old female baby, diagnosed as congenital hydrocephalus secondary to aqueduct stenosis with ventriculoperitoneal shunt in situ, operated 14 days back was brought to the pediatric emergency with a two-day history of high fever associated with vomiting, irritability, excessive crying, and decreased feeding. Postoperative meningitis was confirmed as cerebrospinal fluid culture revealed P. agglomerans. She responded well with a 14-day intravenous (IV) course of ceftriaxone. Also, we report a case of a 3-year-old male child referred to our center with a provisional diagnosis of UTI with chickenpox for further evaluation. During his 24-hour stay at the local hospital, he had received oral antibiotics and urinary catherization. Urine culture of catheter clamp urine was sterile. P. agglomerans was grown in blood culture. He was treated successfully with IV ceftriaxone and amikacin. Conclusion. P. agglomerans can cause postsurgical meningitis and bloodstream infection in children. The clinical course of infection was mild and timely administration of proper antibiotic resulted in a favorable outcome.

scholarly journals Rhetorical structure in the problem statement section of Iranian postgraduate students' research projects

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 578-595
Author(s):  
Zahra Tarvirdizdeh ◽  
Vahid Nimehchisalem
Keyword(s):  
Research Projects ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Problem Statement ◽  
Master's Students ◽  
Rhetorical Structure ◽  
Postgraduate Students

This paper reports the results of a study that investigated the structure of the Problem Statement (PS) section, following Swales’ (1990) Create-A-Research-Space (CARS) model as the first objective. Move analysis was used to analyze the rhetorical moves of the PS sections of the research projects. The second objective was the identification of the specific types of linguistic features associated with each move and step based on Pho’s (2013) classification. Following Pho (2013), the linguistic features as important signals of moves were identified.  For this purpose, 30 research projects written by Iranian master’s students were purposively selected. The findings showed that the obligatory moves were Moves 1 ‘Establishing a Territory’ and 2 ‘Establishing a Niche’. All moves and steps were identified linguistically although their sequence and arrangement were not the same as what was anticipated by the model. Although the cyclic and embedded moves were defined in the rhetorical structure of the PSs, most of them were anomalous or ill-structured. The study has theoretical contributions, the most significant one of which is that the CARS model is applicable to define and analyze the rhetorical structure of the PS section.

scholarly journals Reactivation of BCG vaccination scars after vaccination with mRNA-Covid-vaccines: two case reports

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Libin Mohamed ◽  
Anne Marie Rosendahl Madsen ◽  
Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer ◽  
Anne Ostenfeld ◽  
Mihai G. Netea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Viral Infections ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Vaccine Dose ◽  
Cross Reactivity ◽  
Bacille Calmette Guerin ◽  
Bcg Vaccination ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Case Presentations ◽  
Inflammatory Syndrome ◽  
Trial Participants

Abstract Background From May 2020 to January 2021, we enrolled 1233 health care workers (HCW) from Danish Hospitals in a randomized trial evaluating whether Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) provides protection against COVID-19. Participants were randomized 1:1 to BCG vs saline and followed for 6 months. From December 2020, Covid-19 vaccines were offered to the HCW. In most cases, BCG vaccination results in a characteristic scar. Reactivation of the BCG scar has been described in children during viral infections and following influenza vaccination, but is mostly associated to Kawasaki’s disease, a disease entity with pathogenesis likely similar to the child Covid-19 complication MIS-C: Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome. Reactivation of scars after neonatal BCG vaccination has recently been described in four women after Covid-19 mRNA vaccination. Two of our trial participants experienced reactivation of their novel BCG scars after receiving mRNA Covid-19 vaccination 6 to 8 months post-BCG. Case presentations Two female HCW participants that had been randomly allocated to BCG in the BCG-DENMARK-COVID trial, spontaneously reported itching and secretion at the BCG scar site after having received mRNA Covid-19 vaccination (Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech) 6 to 8 months following inclusion and BCG vaccination. One participant, who had a larger BCG skin reaction, noticed re-appearing symptoms after both the first and the second COVID-vaccine dose, while the other participant only noted symptoms after the second dose. Both had been BCG vaccinated during childhood, and no reactivation was noted in the older scars. No treatment was needed or provided. Conclusions The reactivation of the BCG scar after receiving mRNA vaccine might have been caused by cross-reactivity between BCG and SARS-CoV-2. In both cases, the symptoms were bothersome, but self-limiting and left no sequelae. The risk of reactivation at the scar site is thus not a reason to avoid vaccination with either vaccine.

scholarly journals The Effect of Texts-Based Interactional Feedback (TIF) on the Students’ EFL Writing

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
Warsidi Warsidi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Intermediate Level ◽  
The Other ◽  
Syntactic Complexity ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Rhetorical Structure

<p>This study is reporting the results of the TIF implementation in a student’s students’ EFL writing. It evaluated the student first supervisory paper, the last supervisory paper, and the participant’s perception toward the TIF implementation. This is qualitative study with the linguistic features as the scoring frameworks, including lexical sophistication, syntactic complexity, and rhetorical structure. This boundary study is the participant’s text findings, discussion, and concluding parts. The results of this study revealed that participant’s academic writing changed significantly in the rhetorical structure and tended ignoring the other two scoring frameworks. The study also indicated that the student has intermediate level of English. Then, the participant’s perception toward the TIF implementation also resulted positively. </p>

scholarly journals Developing A Framework For Writing Skill: A Corpus-Based Analysis Of The Written Argumentative Essays

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Kanestion ◽  
Manvender Kaur Sarjit Singh ◽  
Sarimah Shamsudin
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Corpus Analysis ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Written Discourse ◽  
Rhetorical Structure ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Argumentative Essays

Most scholars have studied written discourse both in academic and professional setting within the scope of genre-based analysis, which demonstrate an increase interest in analysing the rhetorical structure of written texts. Conversely, there is a dearth of research in Malaysia that explains the rhetorical structure of argumentative essays from a genre analysis perspective. This paper introduces a genre-based corpus analysis using a compiled representative corpus of the argumentative  essay for developing a rhetorical structure, also known as , an analytical framework to enhance the students’ writing skills. The compiled representative corpus was consisted of 24 argumentative essays.  As a qualitative study, a corpus–based analysis is employed to explore  the distinguished move patterns used in the argumentative essays. Using Hyland’s (1990) 11 move pattern as an analytical framework of the argumentative essay, this study revealed a list of moves and steps which were signaled by the linguistic features. Consequently, there were altogether 9 moves and 14 steps were identified in the three stages, namely Introduction, Argument and Conclusion. However, the moves used by the pre-university students in the study did vary from the model as new moves were marked in each stage. Pedagogically, the findings of this study were expected to guide in developing a framework for writing skills.  

scholarly journals Characteristics of the Most Cited, Most Downloaded, and Most Mentioned Articles in General Medical Journals: A Comparative Bibliometric Analysis

Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 492
Author(s):  
Ji Hyun Hong ◽  
Dae Young Yoon ◽  
Kyoung Ja Lim ◽  
Ji Yoon Moon ◽  
Sora Baek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Medical Specialty ◽  
Publication Type ◽  
Medical Journals ◽  
Consensus Statements ◽  
General Medical Journals ◽  
Article Impact

We compared the characteristics of the most cited, most downloaded, and most mentioned (the highest Altmetric Attention Score) articles published in general medical journals. We identified the 640 most frequently cited, 662 most frequently downloaded, and 652 most mentioned articles from 48 general medical journals. A comparison was made of the following characteristics of articles in the most cited, most downloaded, and most mentioned articles: medical specialty, publication type, country of origin, year of publication, and accessibility. There was only a 2.5% overlap in these three groups. Original articles were the more frequent among the most mentioned articles, whereas reviews, case reports, and guidelines/consensus statements were more frequent among the most downloaded articles. The most cited articles were more frequently published in 2010 and before, whereas the most downloaded articles were published in 2017−2018. The most mentioned articles were more frequently open-access articles, compared to the most downloaded articles. The most cited were more frequently older, the most downloaded were more frequently recent and educational, and the most mentioned were more frequently original and open-access articles. The results of our study may provide insights into various measures of article impact.

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