Metabolic syndrome is a constellation of conditions that together increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, stroke, and cardiovascular problems, including heart attack. The features of metabolic syndrome ...

Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) not only generates an ischemic and metabolic penumbra but also creates an ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). The impact of ischemia/hypoxia is not uniform across ...

Real-life studies point out that <15% of patients eligible for pTIPS ultimately undergo transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) due to concerns about hepatic encephalopathy (HE). The ...

Dr Ray O’Connor takes a look at the latest clinical papers on metabolic medicine There have been some ... Dementia and hepatic encephalopathy (HE) have symptom overlap and are challenging to ...

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More recently, attention has been paid to the paradox of excessive and prolonged administration of iodine as a cause of both goiter and myxedema. The discovery by Plummer 2 (1923) that iodine ...

A case of myxedema after prolonged iodide ingestion ... From the Radioisotope Laboratory, Department of Metabolic and Endocrine Research, Michael Reese Hospital. Mendaco, available from Knox ...

Antenatal maternal factors, familial factors, genetic predisposition, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, infections, placental abnormalities, thrombophilia, coagulation defects, and metabolic disorders ...

Increasing the glucose supply to the thiamine deficient brain (as with intravenous D50) may increase the metabolic pollution and induce Wernicke’s encephalopathy. Ocular changes Altered mental ...