Symptomatic Cholelithiasis: Do Minority Patients Experience Delays to Surgery?

2022 ◽  
Vol 272 ◽  
pp. 88-95
Author(s):  
Rivfka Shenoy ◽  
Patrick Kirkland ◽  
Melinda Maggard-Gibbons ◽  
Marcia M. Russell
2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-159
Author(s):  
M LAINSCAK ◽  
I KEBER ◽  
M LENZEN ◽  
F FOLLATH ◽  
K SWEDBERG ◽  
...  

2003 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marek Nieznanski

The aim of the study was to explore the basic features of self-schema in persons with schizophrenia. Thirty two schizophrenic patients and 32 normal controls were asked to select personality trait words from a check-list that described themselves, themselves as they were five years ago, and what most people are like. Compared with the control group, participants from the experimental group chose significantly more adjectives that were common to descriptions of self and others, and significantly less that were common to self and past-self descriptions. These results suggest that schizophrenic patients experience their personality as changing over time much more than do healthy subjects. Moreover, their self-representation seems to be less differentiated from others-representation and less clearly defined than in normal subjects.


Psihiatru ro ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) (1) ◽  
pp. 18-20
Author(s):  
Cătălina Crişan ◽  
Laura Grosu ◽  
Oana Vanţa

Gayet-Wernicke encephalopathy is an acute neuropsychiatric condition caused by thiamine deficiency. Only a small percentage of patients experience all three symptoms, with ophtalmoplegia, ataxia and confusion, and the full triad occurs more frequently among those who have overused alcohol. The evolution is toward full recovery, Korsakoff syndrome, dementia or death. We present the case of a 56-year-old patient, known with a diagnostic of alcoholism, who was admitted for a complicated withdrawal syndrome with delirium and who developed encephalopathy and dementia syndrome.


2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 1129-1140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Mostafa Parizadeh ◽  
Reza Jafarzadeh-Esfehani ◽  
Maryam Ghandehari ◽  
Fatemeh Goldani ◽  
Seyed Mohammad Reza Parizadeh ◽  
...  

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common cancer, and the second most common cause of cancer-associated death globally. One of the major reasons for this high rate of mortality is a failure to make an early diagnosis. The average survival in untreated HCC patients is estimated to be approximately three months. The 5-year overall survival rate after radical resection is about 15-40% and within two years, more than two third of patients experience a relapse. To date, the most common biomarker which has been used for the diagnosis of HCC is serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP). However, there is a lack of sensitive and specific tumor biomarkers for the early diagnosis of HCC. MicroRNAs are a class of short endogenous RNA with crucial role in many biological activities and cellular pathways and can be found in various tissues and body fluids. The aim of this review was to summarize the results of recent studies investigating miRNAs as novel biomarkers for the early diagnosis and prognostic risk stratification of patients with this type of liver cancer.


The Breast ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. S130
Author(s):  
M. Matiatou ◽  
P. Giannios ◽  
V. Kalles ◽  
G. Georgiou ◽  
I. Papapanagiotou ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 114 (12) ◽  
pp. 1035-1037
Author(s):  
Hannah Masraf ◽  
Temesgen Azemeraw ◽  
Meseret Molla ◽  
Christopher Iain Jones ◽  
Stephen Bremner ◽  
...  

Abstract Background While morbidity attributable to podoconiosis is relatively well studied, its pattern of mortality has not been established. Methods We compared the age-standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) of two datasets from northern Ethiopia: podoconiosis patients enrolled in a 1-y trial and a Health and Demographic Surveillance System cohort. Results The annual crude mortality rate per 1000 population for podoconiosis patients was 28.7 (95% confidence interval [CI] 17.3 to 44.8; n=663) while that of the general population was 2.8 (95% CI 2.3 to 3.4; n=44 095). The overall SMR for the study period was 6.0 (95% CI 3.6 to 9.4). Conclusions Podoconiosis patients experience elevated mortality compared with the general population and further research is required to understand the reasons.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 237796082110265
Author(s):  
Kristine Rørtveit ◽  
Bodil Furnes, PhD ◽  
Elin Dysvik, PhD ◽  
Venke Ueland, PhD

Introduction We developed a group program for patients with binge eating disorders (BED), comprising cognitive therapy, affect consciousness, and therapeutic writing. We wished to investigate how therapeutic writing and affect consciousness were experienced by the patients when integrated in a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program. To our knowledge, such an intervention has not been tried in patients with BED. Aim: To explore patients’ experience of attending a binge eating group program comprising therapeutic writing, affect consciousness, and CBT. Research question: How do patients evaluate their experience of attending an integrative binge eating group program? Method: A qualitative design using an evaluative focus group interview with participants (four women and two men) who had completed the pilot program. Results: Three themes emerged: Enhanced self-awareness about the meaning of feelings; A more generous attitude towards oneself; and On the path to a better grip on the eating difficulties. Discussion: We interpreted the three themes in light of transition processes. The program was described as an essential part of the healing process and seems valuable for enabling new approaches leading to therapeutic changes when suffering from BED.


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