Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a severe renal infection with a high risk of kidney function deterioration. Researchers have found in a new study that renal parenchymal involvement of more than ...

Emphysematous gastritis is a rare and life-threatening condition often caused by gas-forming bacterial infections. This case ...

A man in his 70s from a nursing facility with multiple comorbidities presented with acute onset nausea, vomiting and septic shock. CT abdomen revealed gastric pneumatosis consistent with emphysematous ...

Measures of metabolism and energy expenditure did not appear to be associated with brown adipose tissue activation in patients with emphysematous chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

IN normal persons chronic hypoxia results in polycythemia. This phenomenon has been recognized and studied in high-altitude dwellers, and data obtained from such studies have come to be accepted as ...

A 48-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with three days of fever, along with rigors, left flank pain and oliguria. She had diabetic nephropathy with a baseline serum creatinine level ...

A 65-year-old woman with hypertension, diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease presented to the emergency department with dysuria and lower abdominal pain of 1 day. The patient’s body temperature ...

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