Browsing by Subject "muscle weakness"
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Application of a home-based exercise program combined with tele-rehabilitation in previously hospitalized patients with COVID-19: A feasibility, single-cohort interventional study
(2022)INTRODUCTION Telehealth for COVID-19 patients is still limited. We aimed to assess the clinical effects of a home-based tele-rehabilitation exercise program following hospital discharge during the first lockdown in Greece, ... -
Arthritis and Myositis in a Patient Treated with Programmed Cell Death-1 (PD-1) Inhibitor Pembrolizumab for Lung Cancer
(2020)Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are a new class of drug that have demonstrated efficacy across many cancer types. Because of their nature and mode of action, ICIs unleash immune activation raising concerns as to whether ... -
Bing–Neel syndrome presenting with bilateral lumbar radiculopathy: A case report of a rare clinical entity [Síndrome de Bing-Neel que se presenta con radiculopatía lumbar bilateral: reporte de caso de una entidad clínica rara]
(2022)The differential diagnosis of bilateral lower extremity weakness is broad. We present a very rare case of a 48-year old male patient, with walking difficulties due to Bing–Neel syndrome. On clinical examination, there was ... -
A case of membranous nephropathy associated with Sjögren syndrome, polymyositis and autoimmune hepatitis
(2008)Sjögren syndrome (SS) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of exocrine glands, especially lacrimal and salivary. The immunologic process which occurs in this syndrome is B cell ... -
Chronic Progressive Dyspnea in a 71-Year-Old Man: A Diagnostic Ithaca After 8 Years of Consultation
(2020)Case Presentation: A 71-year-old ex-bus driver (ex-smoker, 20 pack-years) was admitted for the first time to the respiratory department because of chronic dry cough and progressive exertional dyspnea with insidious onset ... -
Cryoglobulinemia due to chronic viral hepatitis infections is not a major problem in clinical practice
(2001)Background: Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia (EMC) is a systemic disease frequently associated with chronic viral hepatitis. This study was conducted in order to assess the prevalence of EMC in patients with hepatitis B ... -
Epidural bleeding after ACL reconstruction under regional anaesthesia: A case report
(2009)Introduction: Epidural bleeding as a complication of catheterization or epidural catheter removal is often associated with perioperative thromboprophylaxis especially in adult reconstructive surgery. Case presentation: We ... -
Evaluating Alternative Ramucirumab Doses as a Single Agent or with Paclitaxel in Second-Line Treatment of Locally Advanced or Metastatic Gastric/Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma: Results from Two Randomized, Open-Label, Phase II Studies
(2022)Studies JVDB and JVCZ examined alternative ramucirumab dosing regimens as monotherapy or combined with paclitaxel, respectively, in patients with advanced/metastatic gastric/gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma. ... -
Evaluation of Effectiveness and Safety of High-Dose Daptomycin: Results from Patients Included in the European Cubicin® Outcomes Registry and Experience
(2015)Introduction: Daptomycin, a rapid concentration-dependent bactericidal antibiotic, is approved at a dose of 4 mg/kg/day for the treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections (cSSTI) and at a dose of 6 mg/kg/day ... -
Fanconi syndrome in the adulthood. The role of early diagnosis and treatment
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Inflammaging and Skeletal Muscle: Can Protein Intake Make a Difference?
(2016)Inflammaging is the chronic low-grade inflammatory state present in the elderly, characterized by increased systemic concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines. It has been shown that inflammaging increases the risk of ... -
A novel homozygous SACS mutation identified by whole exome sequencing-genotype phenotype correlations of all published cases
(2020)ARSACS is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by ataxia, spasticity, and polyneuropathy. A plethora of worldwide distributed mutations have been described so far. Here, we report two brothers, born to non-consanguineous ... -
Postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Osteonecrosis must not be overlooked
(2022)Recovery from COVID-19 is not always uneventful, especially in critically ill hospitalized patients. Persistent symptoms including fatigue/ weakness, shortness of breath, anxiety, and depression have been described at ... -
Respiratory, cardiac and metabolic responses during electrical muscle stimulation in quadriceps muscle versus comparable voluntary muscle contractions
(2021)Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) and voluntary muscle contraction (VMC) are both acceptable rehabilitative modalities to preserve muscle strength loss. The study aimed to compare respiratory, metabolic, and cardiac ... -
Tuberculous pyomyositis: A re-emerging entity of many faces
(2016)Tuberculosis (TB) has become a global concern due to its increasing incidence, particularly in immunocompromised patients, closely following the migratory patterns of populations. TB pyomyositis is a rare extrapulmonary ... -
Uremic myopathy: is oxidative stress implicated in muscle dysfunction in uremia?
(2015)Renal failure is accompanied by progressive muscle weakness and premature fatigue, in part linked to hypokinesis and in part to uremic toxicity. These changes are associated with various detrimental biochemical and ...