Abstract Aim There is limited and conflicting evidence on whether bone wax usage in cardiac surgery increases infection risk. A systematic review was conducted to examine postoperative outcomes following application. Method This using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus databases were searched studies evaluating periope...

conclusions this report aimed to increase awareness of the occurrence of extra-intestinal systemic manifestations of rotavirus infection. although such cases may be rare, they still suggest that that rotavirus is a systemic viral infection. case presentations we report three pediatric cases of rotavirus infection: one accompanied by encephalopathy and two with elevated hepatic transaminase acti...

BACKGROUND Multi-detector-row computed tomography (MDCT) has emerged as method for non-invasive imaging of the heart. AIM To investigate the frequency of the non cardiac findings in cardiac imaging with MDCT. METHODS A total of 191 patients underwent cardiac imaging with 64-slice MDCT over a period of 8 months. The detected abnormalities were classified in major (implying an immediate worku...

Chronic renal failure, severe cardiac disease, pulmonary insufficiency, morbid obesity or any uncontrolled malignant or other systemic disease that limits the performance of extensive transperitoneal operative treatment induce extra-anatomic forms of reconstruction for aortoiliac occlusive disease. Within the period 19992003, we operated 37 such patients by methods of extra-anatomic bypasses. W...

According to CDC guidelines prevent spreading of SARS-CoV2 virus one should take extra precaution protect first line defense mucus secreting organs, such as, nose, mouth, and eyes. Once a person gets infection eyes become source infection. The eye its tear drainage apparatus can track the SARS-CoV-2 from into respiratory tract patient.

Advancement in correction or palliation of congenital cardiac lesions has greatly improved the lifespan of congenital heart disease patients, resulting in a rapidly growing adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) population. As this group has increased in number and age, emerging science has highlighted the systemic nature of ACHD. Providers caring for these patients are tasked with long-term man...

BACKGROUND Severe extra-articular disease is associated with high levels of rheumatoid factor (RF ) in patients with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA ) and a poor prognosis. It is said that patients with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis have a more benign course and less destructive disease. We observed several patients with seronegative non-rheumatoid polyarthritis, with aggressive extra...