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Published in William H. Bush, Karl N. Krecke, Bernard F. King, Michael A. Bettmann, Radiology Life Support (Rad-LS), 2017
Angioedema is akin to giant, deep hives. The edematous reaction involves deeper subcutaneous soft tissues and tends to affect regions of mucous membranes, including the throat and larynx. Gastrointestinal involvement can produce abdominal colic. Angioedema is usually asymmetric and not associated with pruritus.
Predicting outcomes in kidney stone endoscopic surgery by rotation forest algorithm
Published in Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, 2023
Shima Pooyesh, Saghar Foshati, Malihe Sabeti, Hamid Parvin, Alireza Aminsharifi
Further, Cummings et al. (2000) predicted the chance of stone passage in 181 patients with renal colic by using the ANN systems. A large number of demographic and stone characteristics features such as age, gender, race, stone location, size, and burden, presence of obstruction and hydronephrosis, and duration of renal colic and associated symptoms like nausea/vomiting or fever were imported into the system. After training the software, they selected 125 patients as a test group. The neural network accurately predicted the chance of spontaneous passage in this series. The duration of renal colic was regarded as the most significant factor in predicting the stone passage in their study. Furthermore, Choo et al. (2018) examined the stone-free status after single session shock wave lithotripsy to treat ureteral stones and introduced a prediction model by a machine learning algorithm. Then, they enrolled the data related to 1803 patients into a machine learning algorithm to predict the outcome of shock wave lithotripsy for ureteral stones and reported an accuracy rate of 92% for their model (AUC = 0.951). Similar results were reported by Seckiner et al. (2017).
Toxic metals in cement induced hematological and DNA damage as well as carcinogenesis in occupationally-Exposed block-factory workers in Lagos, Nigeria
Published in Egyptian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2022
Tajudeen Yahaya, Esther Oladele, Titilola Salisu, Esther Orji, Zafira Zakari, Umar Usman Liman, Clement Boniface Gomo, Mustapha Abdullahi
The levels of Ca, Si, Al, Cr, Pb, Fe, and Cu in the blood plasma of the participants are shown in Table 2. With the exception of Pb, the levels of the metals in the blood plasma of the workers were above the permissible limits of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This shows that the workers may experience metal toxicities. Excessive Ca exposure can cause coronary artery disease, migraines, and renal colic [26]. High body concentrations of Si can cause hypersilicaemia, characterized by fatigue, bone pain, headaches, loss of appetite, forgetfulness, lethargy, depression, memory loss, or irritability [27]. Overexposure to Al can cause neuropsychological decline and Alzheimer’s disease [28]. Hexavalent Cr is an established carcinogen, and current studies indicate that Cr (III) complexes can accumulate around the cell membrane, rupturing it and thus causing DNA damage [13]. Excess Fe can cause multi-organ damage [29]. Cu toxicity is associated with liver diseases, including Wilson’s disease and cirrhosis [30]. The results of the current study are in line with previous studies retrieved from academic databases. In particular [31], reported high levels of selected heavy metals in the tissues of some rats exposed to cement dust [32].,noticed high levels of heavy metals in the serum of cement loaders in Benin City, Nigeria [33].,also reported a significant increase in the levels of heavy metals in the blood plasma of some rats exposed to cement dust.
Influence of season and lactational stage on aflatoxin M1 and ochratoxin A in human milk in a cohort study from southeastern region of Turkey
Published in International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 2022
Sıddıka Songül Yalçin, Bülent Güneş, Suzan Yalçin
Child Health and Disease Service gave counselling on breastfeeding support by controlling weight gain at the first week after delivery, management of crying and infantile colic at the 6th week and how to continue breastfeeding, and when to start complementary foods at the 18th week. A questionnaire was filled about maternal age, education, occupation, delivery type, birth order, birth weight (BW) and gestational age, infant sex, breastfeeding type (exclusively, partially), breastfeeding problems (cracked nipple, insufficient milk, etc.), maternal smoke exposure (absence, environmental exposure, maternal smoking), history of the presence of moldy food at home, infant age at milk sampling, sampling date on enrollment (D5-14). After taking maternal weight and height, the human breast milk sample was collected. Then, appointments were made for follow-up visits at W6 and W18. At W6 and W18, maternal smoke exposure for the previous month, breastfeeding problems for the last month, and breastfeeding type (exclusively, partially) were recorded, and breast milk samples were taken. Mothers were weighed at each visit. Maternal hemoglobin (Hb) analysis at W6 was recorded from hospital files.