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  2. Meningioma - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] They appear to be able to form from a number of different types of cells including arachnoid cells. [1] [2] Diagnosis is typically by medical imaging. [2] If there are no symptoms, periodic observation may be all that is required. [2] Most cases that result in symptoms can be cured by surgery. [1] Following complete removal fewer than ...

  3. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis - Wikipedia

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    The current (2008) diagnostic criteria for HLH are [23] 1. A molecular diagnosis consistent with HLH. These include the identification of pathologic mutations of PRF1, UNC13D, or STX11. OR 2. Fulfillment of five out of the eight criteria below: Fever (defined as a temperature >100.3 °F, >38 °C) Enlargement of the spleen

  4. WikEM - Wikipedia

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    WikEM is wiki-based medical website and point-of-care phone application for emergency medicine clinicians. [1] WikEM is owned by OpenEM Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. [ 2 ] WikEM initially started as a database created from notes and checklists passed from resident class to subsequent resident class at the Harbor-UCLA emergency ...

  5. Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma - Wikipedia

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    Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a cancer of B cells, a type of lymphocyte that is responsible for producing antibodies.It is the most common form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma among adults, [1] with an annual incidence of 7–8 cases per 100,000 people per year in the US and UK.

  6. King's College Criteria - Wikipedia

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    The King's College criteria were described in a seminal publication in 1989 by J.G. O'Grady and colleagues from King's College School of Medicine. [2] 588 patients with acute liver failure who presented to King's College Hospital from 1973 to 1985 were assessed retrospectively to determine if there were particular clinical features or tests that correlated poorly with prognosis.

  7. Infective endocarditis - Wikipedia

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    Updated (2023) Modified Duke Criteria for Infective Endocarditis: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening condition and the Duke criteria (established in 1994 and revised in 2000) has been fundamental for the diagnosis of the disease. However, the landscape of micro-biology, diagnostics, epidemiology, and treatment for lE has evolved ...

  8. Nephritic syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Infective endocarditis - Infection that affects the inner lining of the heart (endocardium) and can potentially cause a thrombus to form on one or more heart valves and, if left untreated, can cause septic emboli that can have many systemic effects, including deposition into the glomerulus, causing glomerulonephritis and nephritic syndrome.

  9. Hemolytic–uremic syndrome - Wikipedia

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    That was in a 16-year-old girl who died 2 weeks after the abrupt onset and progression of petechial bleeding, pallor, fever, paralysis, hematuria and coma; and called "Moschcowitz disease". [ 52 ] [ 53 ] Moreover, Moschcowitz was among the first to work in psychosomatic medicine, and he presented a paper in 1935 on the psychological origins of ...