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Acute diverticulitis: diagnosis and management.

A high index of suspicion is required for early detection of complications, most commonly diverticular abscess and colovesical fistula. Appropriate antibiotic therapy should cover a wide range of potential pathogens.

Tags: 1991, Abscess/diagnosis/etiology/therapy, Acute Disease, Adult, Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use, Colonic/*diagnosis/drug therapy/etiology/surgery, Diagnosis, Differential, Diverticulitis, Female, Fistula/complications, Hospital practice (Office ed.), Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Peller C, Postoperative Complications, Van Ness M

Pylephlebitis: a case report and review of outcome in the antibiotic era.

Pylephlebitis or septic thrombophlebitis of the portal vein, a precursor of hepatic abscesses, is an extremely rare and frequently fatal complication of diverticulitis. The following report describes a patient presenting with pylephlebitis and…

Acute pericarditis with a symptomatic pericardial effusion complicating pregnancy. A case report.

A 30-year-old, white woman, gravida 4, para 2, abortus 1, was hospitalized at 21 weeks' gestation because of a symptomatic pericardial effusion. Extensive evaluation including pericardial biopsy failed to reveal a specific cause. Treatment with…

Tags: *Pregnancy Complications, 1993, Acute Disease, Adult, Cardiovascular/therapy, Department of Internal Medicine, Female, Hagley M T, Humans, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pericardial Effusion/*etiology/therapy, Pericarditis/*complications/therapy, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Trimester, Second, Shaub T F, The Journal of reproductive medicine

From mechanisms to management: translating the neuropathic pain consensus recommendations into clinical practice.

Chronic neuropathic pain poses a treatment challenge, and is associated with significant psychologic distress, physical disability, and impaired functioning, which impact the activities of daily living. Efforts to provide relief are often inadequate…

Management of gallstone pancreatitis during pregnancy and the postpartum period.

In a 22 year study, 21 women had acute pancreatitis develop during pregnancy (11 women) or within six weeks post partum (ten women). Gallstones were the cause of the pancreatitis in all. Operation during the acute attack of pancreatitis was required…

Tags: 1989, Acute Disease, Block P, Cholecystectomy, Cholelithiasis/complications/*surgery, Female, Humans, Kelly T R, Pancreatitis/etiology/*surgery, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications/*surgery, Pregnancy Trimester, Puerperal Disorders/*surgery, Second, Surgery, gynecology & obstetrics

A corticosteroid-induced flare of psoriasis. How to control or, better yet, avoid.

Tags: 1999, Acute Disease, Anti-Inflammatory Agents/*adverse effects, Asthma/complications/drug therapy, Brodell R T, Etretinate/therapeutic use, Humans, Keratolytic Agents/therapeutic use, Male, Middle Aged, Postgraduate medicine, Prednisone/*adverse effects, Psoriasis/*chemically induced/complications/drug therapy, Recurrence, Triamcinolone/therapeutic use, Williams L

Consultation with the specialist: respiratory failure in children.

Tags: 2004, Acute Disease, Adolescent, Child, Chronic Disease, Humans, Male, McBride John, Muscular Dystrophies/complications, Oximetry, Oxygen Inhalation Therapy, Pediatrics in review, Pope John, Respiratory Function Tests, Respiratory Insufficiency/*diagnosis/etiology/physiopathology/therapy

Education and Imaging. Gastrointestinal: Severe colon obstruction in acute pancreatitis.

Tags: *Tomography, 2015, Acute Disease, Cecum/diagnostic imaging, Cocieru A, Damania R, Humans, Intestinal Obstruction/*diagnostic imaging/*etiology, Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, Male, Middle Aged, Pancreatitis/*complications/*diagnostic imaging, Severity of Illness Index, X-Ray Computed

Proton pump inhibitors impact on post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis.

A case of black esophagus with histopathologic description and characterization.

Black esophagus, or acute necrotizing esophagitis, is a blackening of the esophagus that is usually distal with a sharp demarcation at the gastroesophageal border. Black esophagus is known to the gastroenterology community; however, to our knowledge…

Tags: 2011, Acute Disease, Altenburger Dana L, Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine, Esophagitis/complications/*diagnosis, Esophagus/blood supply/*pathology, Fatal Outcome, Female, Garavaglia Jan, Humans, Ischemia/complications/*pathology, Li Shuan, Middle Aged, Necrosis, Substance-Related Disorders, Wagner Aaron S

The assessment and treatment of back and neck pain: an initial investigation in a primary care practice-based research network.

AIM: The purpose of this study was to conduct an exploratory examination of the current state of non-malignant acute and chronic back and neck pain assessment and management among primary care providers in a multi-site, practice-based research…

Tags: 2017, Acidosis – Etiology, Acidosis/*etiology, Acute Disease, Arterial Occlusive Diseases – Complications, Arterial Occlusive Diseases – Diet Therapy, Arterial Occlusive Diseases/*complications/diet therapy, Beeson Michelle, Computed Tomography Angiography, Delayed – Adverse Effects, Delayed Diagnosis/adverse effects, Department of Emergency Medicine, Diagnosis, Doppler, Dyspnea – Etiology, Dyspnea – Therapy, Dyspnea/*etiology/therapy, Fatal Outcome, Humans, Intratracheal, Intubation, Kovacs Mitch, Leg, Leg – Pathology, Leg/diagnostic imaging/*pathology, Male, Middle Age, Middle Aged, Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome – Etiology, Multiple Organ Failure/*etiology, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pain, Pain – Etiology, Pain/diagnostic imaging/etiology, Simon Erin L, Tachycardia – Etiology, Tachycardia/*etiology, Tachypnea – Etiology, Tachypnea/*etiology, The American journal of emergency medicine, Ultrasonography, Vibhakar Arjun

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