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One-anastomosis-mini-gastric bypass (OAGB-MGB) is the second most popular gastric bypass procedure with remarkable weight loss results and comorbidity resolution rates. However, some concerns remain regarding its postoperative complications, including protein-calorie malnutrition The duodenal switch (DS) procedure is a type of restrictive-malabsorptive bariatric surgery that is typically reserved for severe morbidly obese people (body mass index >50 kg/m(2)) with obesity-related comorbidities, when diet, lifestyle changes, and pharmacologic therapy fail to achieve adequate
Currently, there is no consensus to determine whether the therapeutic doses of anticancer drugs should be based on the actual or the ideal body weight of obese cancer patients. We performed induction and consolidation chemotherapy at doses calculated by using the actual body weight of an obese
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Mini-gastric bypass (MGB) is a bariatric surgical technique popular in many centers due to shorter duration, easier technique, and excellent weight loss results. However, it may be associated with postoperative malnutrition. This case describes the clinical course and unfortunate outcome
Hypocupremia, or copper deficiency, is a rare and underrecognized cause of bone marrow dysplasia. Most cases of copper deficiency in adults occurred historically in patients receiving total parenteral hyperalimentation or total parental nutrition. More recently, with the obesity epidemic and the
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Listeria monocytogenes is an important opportunistic pathogen affecting patients with immunosuppression and shows a high tropism for the central nervous system. The clinical manifestations of central nervous system listerial infections are variable and represent a diagnostic
Large-volume paracentesis (LVP) consists of the removal of more than four liters of ascitic fluid. This procedure can cause complications such as hemorrhage, infection, bowel perforation, circulatory failure, or ascitic fluid leakage. The main presentation of paracentesis-induced hemorrhage is
Over the course of a few years, an obese 52-year-old woman with a 23-year history of hypertension developed a number of abdominal complaints including gall stones. Her blood pressure became increasingly difficult to control and she developed diabetes mellitus and suffered palpitations and headaches.
A 50-year-old African American woman presented with bilateral lower extremity pain, a history of falls during the past several months, and personality and behavior changes. She had been in good health until approximately 5 months before admission, when she began to fall with increasing frequency,
Extremes of body weight are not uncommon in the modern world and include anorexia nervosa (AN) and obesity. Both conditions are associated with increased morbidity and mortality: AN has the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses and unfortunately obesity has reached epidemic proportions and