The American journal of the medical sciences
-
Editorial Comment
HDL-C for Atherosclerotic Risk Assessment: Is It Time to Move On?
-
Fluid therapy is indispensable in treating patients with hemorrhagic shock. However, fluid overload correlates with kidney injury in patients with hemorrhagic shock. We hypothesized that hemodilution after fluid treatment contributes to the kidney injury. ⋯ The hemodilution post hemorrhagic shock and fluid resuscitation led to kidney injury.
-
Review Case Reports
Factitious Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Series and Review.
Factitious gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is a manifestation of factitious disorder (FD) wherein patients feign GIB in the absence of external gain. As it can be a challenging diagnosis to make, factitious GIB often leads to multiple tests, exposure to contrast agents and radiation, invasive endoscopic and surgical procedures, an increased risk of iatrogenic complications, and increased healthcare costs. Patients who feign GIB often demonstrate characteristic behaviors that may go unnoticed unless they are explicitly addressed. We report a series of patients admitted to our institution for further evaluation of obscure overt GIB with an eventual diagnosis of factitious GIB and review of the epidemiology and development of FD, a diagnostic approach to factitious GIB, and current management strategies.
-
Reduced muscular strength, measured by handgrip strength, has been associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality. However, the prognostic significance of handgrip strength has been less well-studied in the middle-aged Korean population. This study determined whether handgrip strength predicted 10-year CVD risk in this population and whether there is a sex-specific difference. ⋯ Handgrip strength is a simple and effective screening tool for risk stratification for CVD in middle-aged Korean women.