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The role of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/computed tomography in the diagnosis and monitoring of large vessel vasculitides - a review article
Am J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2023 Aug 15;13(4):127-135. eCollection 2023.ABSTRACTIn the last two decades, advancements in positron emission tomography (PET) technology have increased the diagnostic accuracy of patients with large-vessel vasculitis (LVV). Numerous systematic reviews and meta-analyses have been conducted, and patients suspected of having LVV can be diagnosed earlier with 18F-FDG PET. Two subtypes, giant cell arteritis (GCA) and Takayasu arteritis (TA), will progress when their response to corticosteroids and enhanced immunosuppression is inadequate. In the majority of patients, disease activity cannot be monit...
Source: Molecular Medicine - September 22, 2023 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Mahshid Bahrami Hossein Mohammadi Hannaneh Mirgaloyebayat Zahra Mohajeri Pooya Fazeli Azad Mojahedi Ali Afsharirad Reza Tavakoli Amirhossein Sadeghian Sayed Mohammad Amin Nourian Source Type: research
An Unusual Cause of Fever, Neck Pain, and Neck Stiffness: Acute Calcific Tendinitis of the Longus Colli Muscle
J Emerg Med. 2023 Jun 10:S0736-4679(23)00316-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2023.05.023. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Acute calcific tendinitis (ACT) of the longus colli muscle (LCM) is an inflammatory response due to deposition of calcium hydroxyapatite crystals. It is typically correlated with whiplash and overuse injuries. A common presentation of this inflammatory response is acute but progressive neck pain. It is a rare but important cause of neck pain that should be considered on a differential diagnosis when distinguishing between life-threatening conditions and non-life-threatening causes of neck pain.CASE...
Source: Pain Physician - September 10, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Isabella Reitz Christopher Allen Douglas E Rappaport Source Type: research
Identifying clusters of coexisting conditions and outcomes among adults admitted to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia: a multicentre cohort study
We described differences in medications, imaging and outcomes.RESULTS: Patients clustered into 7 subgroups. The low comorbidity subgroup (n = 3052, 27.5%) had no comorbidities. The DM-HF-Pulm subgroup had prevalent diabetes, heart failure and chronic lung disease (n = 1710, 15.4%). One disease category defined each remaining subgroup, as follows: pulmonary (n = 1621, 14.6%), diabetes (n = 1281, 11.6%), heart failure (n = 1370, 12.4%), dementia (n = 1038, 9.4%) and cancer (n = 1013, 9.1%). Corticosteroid use ranged from 11.5% to 64.9% in the dementia and pulmonary subgroups, respectively. Piperacillin-tazobactam use ranged ...
Source: cmaj - September 5, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Sarah L Malecki Hae Young Jung Anne Loffler Mark A Green Samir Gupta Derek MacFadden Nick Daneman Ross Upshur Michael Fralick Lauren Lapointe-Shaw Terence Tang Adina Weinerman Janice L Kwan Jessica J Liu Fahad Razak Amol A Verma Source Type: research
Red flags to screen for vertebral fracture in people presenting with low back pain
CONCLUSIONS: The available evidence suggests that only a few red flags are potentially useful in guiding clinical decisions to further investigate people suspected to have a vertebral fracture. Most red flags were not useful as screening tools to identify vertebral fracture in people with low back pain. In primary care, 'older age' was informative for 'unspecified vertebral fracture', and 'trauma' and 'corticosteroid use' were both informative for 'unspecified vertebral fracture' and 'osteoporotic vertebral fracture'. In secondary care, 'older age' was informative for 'osteoporotic vertebral fracture' and 'trauma' was info...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - August 24, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Christopher S Han Mark J Hancock Aron Downie Jeffrey G Jarvik Bart W Koes Gustavo C Machado Arianne P Verhagen Christopher M Williams Qiuzhe Chen Christopher G Maher Source Type: research
Inflammation and immunomodulatory therapies influence the relationship between ATP-binding cassette A1 membrane transporter-mediated cholesterol efflux capacity and coronary atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis
CONCLUSION: ABCA1-CEC associated with decreased atherosclerosis in patients with below-median baseline and time-averaged CRP and bDMARD use. Conversely, ABCA1-CEC associated with increased plaque in those with higher CRP, corticosteroid users, methotrexate nonusers, and bDMARD nonusers. While in well-treated and controlled disease ABCA1-CEC appears atheroprotective, in uncontrolled RA its action may be masked or fail to counteract the inflammation-driven proatherogenic state.PMID:37520890 | PMC:PMC10371792 | DOI:10.1016/j.jtauto.2023.100209
Source: Atherosclerosis - July 31, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: George A Karpouzas Bianca Papotti Sarah R Ormseth Marcella Palumbo Elizabeth Hernandez Maria Pia Adorni Francesca Zimetti Matthew J Budoff Nicoletta Ronda Source Type: research
Rare case report: a 26-year-old man with Eales' disease
Conclusion: Despite the aggressive treatment with oral steroids, immunosuppressants, and anti-VEGF injections, there were many exacerbations, and remission was not achieved. As a result, aggressive neovascular glaucoma developed, which led to total blindness in the left eye and legal blindness in the right eye. Abbreviations: HLA = human leukocyte antigens, Anti-VEGF = vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors, BCVA = best corrected visual acuity, FA = fundus angiography, HBsAg = hepatitis B surface antigen, Anti-HCV = hepatitis C antibodies, TPHA = Treponema Pallidum hemagglutination assay, PCR = polymerase chain reac...
Source: Herpes - July 31, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Sandra Bleidele Igors Solomatins A īda Macijevska Source Type: research
Rapid maxillary expansion and nasal patency in mouth breathing children with maxillary atresia due to or not due to allergic rhinitis
CONCLUSION: In MB patients with AR, asthma, and maxillary atresia, RME increased nasal cavity volume and improved respiratory symptoms. However, it should not be used as the only treatment for managing patients with respiratory allergies.PMID:37422780 | DOI:10.15586/aei.v51i4.853
Source: Allergologia et Immunopathologia - July 9, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Paulo de Tarso Almeida Carvalho Mario Cappellette Junior Gustavo Falbo Wandalsen Dirceu Sol é Source Type: research
