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OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to describe epidemiological, clinical, and biological aspects of proteinuria in hypertensive patients in the cardiology department of the Gabriel Touré University Hospital in Bamako.
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A cross-sectional descriptive study conducted from January to December 2007 in the
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A 43-year-old man was admitted to a hospital because of an exacerbation of severe headache, which for three years had been refractory to any treatment. Headache had led to chronic use of analgesics and to drug-treated depression. As a result he had to quit his job the previous year and had
Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS) is a neurological syndrome characterized by headache, seizures, and visual loss, often associated with an abrupt increase in blood pressure. It was first described by Hinchey and colleagues in 1996 when they described a case series. RPLS has
A 42-yr-old woman with hypertension and renal involvement due to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) developed unilateral headache followed by the sudden onset of confusion and a grand mal convulsion. Cerebral computed tomography was normal. A magnetic resonance imaging angiogram revealed cerebral
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We report the case of a patient with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis with involvement of the temporal artery, presenting with clinical manifestations of giant cell arteritis and temporal arteritis, such as temporal headache, jaw claudication, weight loss,
A 7-year-old female patient presented to our pediatric emergency department with 5 days of fever, sore throat, abdominal pain, vomiting, headache, and 2 days of periorbital swelling. Her initial laboratory evaluation revealed a negative monospot test, neutropenia, atypical lymphocytosis, and
The pattern of analgesic use, abuse and incidence of analgesic-associated nephropathy in 79 patients with chronic headache was studied. Sixty-eight of these patients had migraine. Most patients had consumed a combination of analgesics (81%) while 19% had taken single analgesics for their headache.
Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors that arise from sympathetic and parasympathetic paraganglia. In children, most of them are functional tumors. Presenting symptoms such as sustained or paroxysmal elevations in blood pressure, headache, sweating, and palpitations are related to
Hypertension and proteinuria in pregnant women are most commonly signs of preeclampsia which develops after 20 weeks of gestation. There are rare incidences of uncontrolled hypertension and nephrotic range proteinuria even in the first trimester of pregnancy which can be indicators of severe
BACKGROUND
Infection with hantavirus of the Puumala type is known to cause severe illness, fever, loin pain and impaired vision. Tubulointerstitial nephritis leads to acute renal failure.
METHODS
In four patients presenting with hantavirus infection and acute renal failure, proteinuria was analyzed
BACKGROUND
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is a condition typically characterised by headache, normal level of consciousness, papilloedema and raised cerebrospinal fluid pressure. Children often present with visual loss and atypical features of raised pressure, posing a diagnostic and
BACKGROUND
In the last decade, despite constant investigation, no current single treatment has been able to decrease the incidence of diabetic nephropathy and to significantly reduce progression of diabetic CKD.
METHODS
Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and proteinuria (>0.5 g/day) after a
Headaches in pregnancy are a frequent cause of worry for both patients and healthcare providers. Physiological changes during this period increase the risk of a number of secondary headache disorders, and often also have an impact on primary headache disorders. This article reviews Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is associated with various clinicopathological conditions, including hypertension. We report here a case of secondary FSGS associated with malignant hypertension. A 33-year-old man with a 1-month history of visual impairment and headache visited the
OBJECTIVE
To assess long-term health status in patients who survived meningococcal septic shock in childhood.
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Medical and psychological follow-up of a cross-sectional cohort.
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Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of a tertiary care university hospital.
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All consecutive patients