retinal vein occlusion (rvo) is a common retinal vascular occlusive disorder and is associated with a variety of systemic risk factors. the aim of this study was to investigate whether the underlying diseases were evaluated and managed appropriately by ophthalmologists. we performed a study of 1344 patients with retinal vein occlusion (rvo). patients were evaluated with a questionnaire includin...

Systemic and airway eosinophilia are recognised features of asthma. There are, however, patients who exhibit discordance between local and systemic eosinophilia. In this study, we sought to determine the prevalence and characteristics of patients with concordant and discordant systemic and bronchial eosinophilia. We conducted a retrospective study on 508 asthmatics with successful sputum induct...

Although autoimmune diseases are often concomitant, the coexistence of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is not common. This is a review of the English and Japanese literature, regarding concomitant cases of PBC and AIHA. Among the 23 concomitant cases, PBC was diagnosed first in 10 cases and both diseases were almost simultaneously diagnosed in the remainin...

Multiple reports on the co-existence of autoimmune diseases and myasthenia gravis (MG) have raised considerable concern. Therefore, we reviewed in MG to explore their clinical presentations determine whether presence affects disease severity treatment strategies for MG. We all major immune-mediated coexisting conditions associated with PubMed, Embase Web Science were searched relevant studies f...

BACKGROUND The heart has close interactions with other organs' functions and concomitant systemic factors such as oxidative stress, nitric oxide (NO), inflammation, and nutrition in systolic heart failure (HF). Recently, plasma amino acid (AA) profiling as a systemic metabolic indicator has attracted considerable attention in predicting the future risk of human cardiometabolic diseases, but it ...

A healthy periodontium is vital for the general well-being of an individual. However, periodontal diseases are common and periodontal infections are increasingly associated with systemic diseases. We aimed to critically evaluate the literature on the association between periodontal infections and systemic diseases. We searched the PubMed database over a 20-year period for literature on periodon...

AIMS We assessed the effect of concomitant aspirin use on the efficacy and safety of apixaban compared with warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS AND RESULTS In ARISTOTLE, 18 201 patients were randomized to apixaban 5 mg twice daily or warfarin. Concomitant aspirin use was left to the discretion of the treating physician. In this predefined analysis, simple and marginal ...

Background: Hypoglycemia is a common medical problem in diabetic patients, and the potential range of morbidity mortality patients exposed to hypoglycemia significant. The study was conducted evaluate predisposing factors populations.
 Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional carried out indoor outdoor patient department BIRDEM hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh, from July 2009 December after et...

Objective. Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is a disease, usually seen in elderly people and accompanied by comorbid diseases. Mean platelet volume (MPV), the significant indicator of platelet activation and function, is associated with AMI. In this study, we considered that we can use MPV as a reliable indicator in the diagnosis of AMI. Methods. This study was conducted among AMI patients with ...

Mycosis fungoides (MF) is the most common type of cutaneous lymphoma and accounts for approximately 50% of all lymphomas arising primarily in the skin. The three types of MF lesions are patches, plaques, and tumors, according to which the disease is traditionally divided into three clinical stages. The clinical course can be protracted and take years or decades. In the final stage, MF evolves t...