Small Bowel Ischemia from Spontaneous Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Knot Formation in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report

Introduction: Small bowel ischemia caused by spontaneous ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt knot formation is a rare complication in the pediatric population.Clinical presentation may range from symptoms of malformation to bowel obstruction with and without gangrene.We report Advanced Nutrients the surgical management of spontaneous VP shunt knot form

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Underdiagnoses of Rickettsia in patients hospitalized with acute fever in Indonesia: observational study results

Abstract Background Reports of human rickettsial infection in Indonesia are limited.This study sought to characterize the epidemiology of human rickettsioses amongst patients hospitalized with fever at 8 tertiary hospitals in Indonesia.Methods Acute and convalescent blood from 975 hospitalized non-dengue patients was tested for Rickettsia IgM and I

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