Abstract Introduction Clinically relevant pulmonary embolism (PE) related to pacemaker leads is reported in up 3.5% of cases implantations. We a particular case acute massive PE patient bearer Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy-Defibrillator (CRT-D). Case presentation A 49-year-old man presented our ER reporting dyspnea and localized pain the left hemithorax. Past medical history included HFrEF ...

BACKGROUND Children are thought to "outgrow" the allergy to insect stings, but there are no reports documenting the natural history of this reaction. We studied the outcome of allergic reactions to insect stings in childhood 10 to 20 years afterward in patients who had not received venom immunotherapy and in those who had been treated. METHODS Between 1978 and 1985, we diagnosed allergic reac...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) is a 33-amino acid peptide hormone secreted by enteroendocrine cells in response to nutrient ingestion. GLP-2 stimulates crypt cell proliferation leading to expansion of the mucosal epithelium; however, the mechanisms transducing the trophic effects of GLP-2 are incompletely understood. METHODS We examined the gene expression profiles and grow...

Desa Rappa merupakan salah satu Kawasan hutan produksi yang terletak di wilayah Kecamatan Tonra Kabupaten Bone dengan luas 32.50 km2, terdiri dari dua dusun, enam Rukun Tetangga (RT) jumlah penduduk keadaan terakhir Tahun 2021 sebanyak 1033 jiwa. Kegiatan pengabdian ini diawali melakukan sosialisasi pada masyarakat tentang tanaman penyangga serta pembuatan proposal pengajuan bibit kepada Kesatu...

I am honored and grateful to have so many interesting and challenging comments on my paper. I want to thank the discussants for their willingness to jump back into the thorny quagmire of Birnbaum’s argument. To a question raised in the paper “Does it matter?”, these discussions show the answer is yes. The enlightening connections to contemporary projects are especially valuable in galvanizing f...

In a task designed to elicit the production of verbs, the patients known as AN-1033 and Boswell consistently produced the correct target words, performing no differently from normal controls. However, in a similar task designed to elicit the production of nouns, both patients performed quite defectively, and their scores were many SDs below those of controls. Language processing was otherwise n...

BACKGROUND After the largest outbreaks of Q fever ever recorded in history occurred in the Netherlands, concern arose that Coxiella may be transmitted via donated tissues of latent or chronically infected donors. The Dutch Health Council recently advised to screen tissue donors, donating high risk tissues, for Coxiella infection. METHODS After validation of an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) test fo...