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Objective: Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a broad category of genetically heterogeneous diseases involving progressive visual loss by a constriction of visual field and loss of night vision. In up to one-third of patients, the peripheral vision loss can be compounded by central visual acuity loss from

Diabetic retinopathy is a major cause of visual impairment in the United States. Diabetic Macular edema (DME) is a manifestation of diabetic retinopathy that produces loss of central vision. Data from the Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy (WESDR) estimate that after 15 years of

Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is a constellation of symptoms including headache, sleep disturbance, fatigue, dizziness, and nausea, vomiting, or anorexia that commonly occurs in travelers ascending to altitudes above 2,500m. AMS incidence varies based on altitude and ascent profile with rates

All mothers with a pregnancy affected by twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) who are referred to the St. Louis Fetal Care Institute (FCI) will be evaluated for enrollment over a two year period. The women who have severe findings that indicate a need for fetal intervention or who had demise of

As demonstrated in the Diabetic Retinopathy Study (DRS), panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) reduces the risk of severe vision loss in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. The DRS recommended that PRP treatment consist of 1,200 - 1,600 laser burns 500 µm in size, one half to one burn

Rationale/Goal: The use of contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been a gold standard in diagnosing multiple sclerosis (MS). One active lesion (i.e. enhanced after the injection of contrast agent) is one of the major McDonald criteria in diagnosis patients with MS and request

Hypothesis: We hypothesize that PCT can be used to define normal (SIRS without infection) and abnormal values SIRS with infection (i.e., blood, lung, urinary, spinal fluid) in a population of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Specific Aim 1.) To establish normal values of PCT

Introduction Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) during cardiac surgery induces in all patients a systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) that is more pronounced than for other surgical procedures. Depending on the severity of this, myocardial dysfunction, respiratory failure, renal and neurological

Epidemiology Incidence of Supraventricular tachycardia is estimated to occur in 1 in 250 otherwise healthy children. About 50% of children with Supraventricular tachycardia present with the first episode in the first year of life. After infancy there is another surge in incidence in early childhood

Hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage (HICH) is a type of stroke that is caused by hypertension-induced intracranial arterial, venous, and capillary ruptures. In recent years, the incidence of HICH has become higher, which has exposed society greatly to heavy social and economic burdens. Therefore

Two subgroups with 2 dose cohorts of up to 6 patients each will be enrolled in this exploratory study in order to attempt to obtain immunologic and clinical data on patients with a variety of hematologic malignancies and amongst those in remission and early relapse. The 2 subgroups of patients will

The data of 146 patients elder than 18 years, who admitted to the Emergency Department and General Surgery outpatient clinic with the complaint of abdominal pain diagnosed with acute appendicitis and who were operated by the same surgical team between June 2018 and June 2019 were evaluated

Aim of this prospective clinical study is the Evaluation of the Effect of Compression Therapy on the Microcirculation in Patients With Leg Edema and Mild to Moderate PAD or Diabetes Mellitus. The microcirculation should be assessed by a combination of laserdoppler flowmetry and white light tissue

Sepsis is a common serious problem in surgical critical care units.Septic shock can be a consequence of severe sepsis with high mortality rate, in which there is major disturbance on the cellular, metabolic and circulatory levels . Patients who suffer from malignancy or under chemotherapeutic