ALLMedicine™ Viral Gastroenteritis Center

Mar 15th, 2023 - Scenario: Yesterday you saw a 6-month-old infant with what appeared to be viral gastroenteritis and mild dehydration. When you called his parents today to check on his condition he was not improving despite your recommendations about his diet and.

Feb 7th, 2023 - The impact of the coronavirus on hospitalizations for gastrointestinal (GI) disease, particularly at a population level is understudied. To investigate trends in hospitalizations, inpatient endoscopy resource utilization, and outcomes during the f...

Feb 3rd, 2023 - The present case report focuses on a rare presentation of aortic coarctation. A 38-year-old man with well-controlled arterial hypertension, minimal change glomerulonephritis and colitis ulcerosa was suffering from recurrent acute renal failure epi...

Jan 17th, 2023 - History The history and physical examination serve two vital functions: (1) differentiating gastroenteritis from other causes of vomiting and diarrhea in children, and (2) estimating the degree of dehydration. In some cases, the history and physic...

Dec 18th, 2022 - Noroviruses (NoVs) are one of the major causes of acute viral gastroenteritis in humans. Virus-like particles (VLPs) without genomes that mimic the capsid structure of viruses are promising vaccine candidates for the prevention of NoVs infection. ...

Nov 1st, 2022 - Access to safe drinking water is a fundamental human right recognized by the United Nations, yet achieving universal access in the developing world has been impeded by insufficient water treatment infrastructure and lack of sustained maintenance. ...

Nov 1st, 2022 - Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. The repetition of relapses and their severity will lead in the long term to the accumulation of disability. The risk factors for relapses are still poorly unders...

Oct 26th, 2022 - Background: Acute viral gastroenteritis is a very common pediatric medical condition that results in a large number of emergency department (ED) visits. Fasting-induced ketosis has been suggested to contribute to nausea and vomiting in children wi...

Sep 21st, 2022 - Acute gastroenteritis remains a common health problem among children worldwide with significant morbidity, mortality, and economic burden. Diarrheal diseases account for more than half-million deaths of children under 5 years old every year, most ...

Feb 7th, 2022 - Acute diarrhea (AD) has been a public health problem throughout the history of Mexico. According to the epidemiological surveillance system, between 2008 and 2017, five to six million new cases of AD occurred per year. The clinical presentation of...

Mar 15th, 2023 - Scenario: Yesterday you saw a 6-month-old infant with what appeared to be viral gastroenteritis and mild dehydration. When you called his parents today to check on his condition he was not improving despite your recommendations about his diet and.

Mar 2nd, 2022 - While the lavender-scented spritz from Walmart might have seemed the furthest thing from exotic, the Burkholderia pseudomallei bacteria inside sparked a deadly melioidosis outbreak that CDC scientists highlighted as a reason to watch for unexpecte...

Feb 8th, 2022 - The selective p19 interleukin (IL)-23 blocker guselkumab (Tremfya) was safe and reduced disease activity in adults with moderate to severe Crohn's disease who had an inadequate response to prior therapies, a randomized phase II trial found. For th...

Oct 27th, 2021 - Case A 60-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer using morphine extended release 30 mg twice daily and as-needed oxycodone for cancer-related pain presents with fever, dyspnea, and productive cough for 2 days. She also notes several weeks of...

Dec 20th, 2020 - Peter Voorhees, MD Daratumumab (Darzalex) added to bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (VRd) induced at least a very good partial response (VGPR) in all patients and a stringent complete response (sCR) or CR in 63% of patients (n = 16) at...