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As part of the California Encephalitis Project (CEP), more than 250 serum samples from selected patients were screened for antibodies to amebic pathogens, particularly Balamuthia mandrillaris. Overall, the CEP has tested samples for > 1800 cases submitted for extensive testing in attempts to determine the etiology of encephalitis in patients without severe immunocompromise.
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This paper from the Gladstone Institute at the University of California, San Francisco represents a substudy of intensively studied patients who were enrolled in the Options Project.
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Medical advances in recent years have resulted in an increased frequency of invasive fungal infections.1 Patients undergoing solid organ transplantation, HIV/AIDS treatment, and invasive surgical procedures are especially susceptible to fungal pathogens, and are more likely to experience recurrent fungal infections.
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Several factors have been reported to predict the outcome of acute stroke, including the modified Rankin scale, length of hospital stay, age and gender, severity of presenting deficit as measured by the initial NIH Stroke Scale, history of diabetes, and in-hospital infections.
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Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) have a dysfunctional CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) epithelial chloride channel. As a result, the channel prevents their secretions from being adequately hydrated.
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Ever since the first Goldman index, severe aortic stenosis (AS) has been known to be a risk factor for perioperative morbidity and mortality for non-cardiac surgery.
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For decades, lactulose, a non-absorbable disaccharide, has been considered to be the standard-of-care, first-line therapy for acute (overt) hepatic encephalopathy. Hepatic encephalopathy (HE), a complication of decompensated liver cirrhosis, represents a spectrum of clinical manifestations ranging from mild neuropsychiatric changes to coma and is a common indication for hospital admission.
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The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Adult Patient Database prospectively records data on patients cared for in 90% of Australian and 50% of New Zealand ICUs.
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Synopsis: Two years after vaginal surgery for prolapse and stress urinary incontinence, uterosacral ligament suspension and sacrospinous ligament fixation had similar outcomes. Perioperative pelvic floor muscle training did not improve urinary symptoms or prolapse symptoms.
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Ovarian cancer causes approximately 14,000 deaths in the United States each year, making it the most common cause of gynecologic cancer death and the fifth leading cause of cancer death in women after lung, breast, colorectal, and pancreatic cancer.