Les astronautes ont-ils des facteurs de risque spécifiques ?
Oui, leur exposition prolongée à la microgravité les rend plus susceptibles à divers troubles.
AstronautesFacteurs de risqueMicrogravité
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Centro de Astrofísica e Gravitação-CENTRA, Departamento de Física, Instituto Superior Técnico-IST, Universidade de Lisboa-UL, Avenida Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal.
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences and Center for Research in Isotopes and Environmental Dynamics, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan. Electronic address: s-yamasaki@ied.tsukuba.ac.jp.
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This study aimed to develop and validate a nomogram for predicting recurrent intussusception in children within 48 h after pneumatic reduction of primary intussusception....
Clinical data of children with acute intussusception admitted to multiple hospitals from March 2019 to March 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. The children were divided into a successful reductionco...
A total of 2406 cases were included in this study, including 2198 control group and 208 RI group. In the total sample, 1684 cases were trained and 722 cases were verified. A logistic regression analys...
In this study, a nomogram was developed based on clinical risk factors to predict recurrent intussusception following pneumatic reduction in children. Age, abdominal pain time, white blood cell counts...
Appendicitis and intussusception are 2 of the most common abdominal emergencies in children and have high rates of morbidity if not treated promptly. However, only rarely do they occur together. We pr...
Intussusception can occur at any age and is common in children but less common in adults. This study aimed to evaluate our experience of 51 adult intussusception and study the etiology, clinical manif...
This analysis assessed the clinical manifestations, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of adult intussusception in 51 adult patients at the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery of China-Japan Union ...
The mean age of the cohort was 54.43 ± 18.21 years, and 42 patients were diagnosed by abdominal ultrasonography and abdominal computed tomography (CT). Among them, 76.5% (39/51) had abdominal pain, 11...
Adult intussusception is a rare disease in clinic. Laparoscopic surgery can be useful and safe for adult intussusception....
We present a patient who developed an ileocolic intussusception within a few hours of undergoing an endoscopic polypectomy found on screening colonoscopy. She underwent a laparoscopic right hemicolect...
Ileocolic intussusception is an important cause of intestinal obstruction in children. Reduction of ileocolic intussusception using air or fluid enema is the standard of care. This likely distressing ...
To characterize the prevalence of opioid analgesia and sedation and assess their association with intestinal perforation and failed reduction....
This cross-sectional study reviewed medical records of children aged 4 to 48 months with attempted reduction of ileocolic intussusception at 86 pediatric tertiary care institutions in 14 countries fro...
Reduction of ileocolic intussusception....
The primary outcomes were opioid analgesia within 120 minutes of reduction based on the therapeutic window of IV morphine and sedation immediately before reduction of intussusception....
We included 3203 patients (median [IQR] age, 17 [9-27] months; 2054 of 3203 [64.1%] males). Opioid use was documented in 395 of 3134 patients (12.6%), sedation 334 of 3161 patients (10.6%), and opioid...
This cross-sectional study of pediatric ileocolic intussusception found that more than two-thirds of patients received neither analgesia nor sedation. Neither was associated with intestinal perforatio...
We describe a 60-year-old man with a history of hypertension who presented to an outside emergency department with chest pain and left lower extremity numbness and weakness. Computed tomography (CT) r...
Intestinal intussusception is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in infants and children under 3 years of age. Any delay in diagnosis or management can lead to intestinal ischaemia and pe...
This is a retrospective analytical study of 118 patients operated at the Hassan II Hospital and University of Fez between 1 January 2008 and 1 January 2018. A comparison of risk factors between patien...
One hundred and eighteen patients met the inclusion criteria. Of these, 44% had undergone bowel resection. Age >2 years (P = 0.006), duration of symptoms progression of more than 2 days (P = 0.002), b...
Intussusception that occurs in child old than 2 years of age, or which has progressed for more than 2 days, is associated with an increased risk of intestinal resection....
Intussusception in adults is a rare condition characterized by a low incidence, which complicates the establishment of standardized management protocols unlike those readily available for pediatric ca...
A systematic search of databases was conducted covering the period from January 2000 to May 2024. The study focused on adult patients diagnosed with intussusception either pre-operatively or intraoper...
In our study, a total of 1,902 patients were included from 59 selected articles, with a mean age of 52.13 ± 14.95 years. Among them, 1,920 intussusceptions were diagnosed, with 98.3% of cases identifi...
Surgical management remains the cornerstone in treating adult intussusception, particularly in cases involving the colocolic type, where there is a significant risk of underlying malignancy. Attempts ...
The study aimed to identify factors related to the need for surgical treatment of intussusception in pediatric patients....
The medical charts of 106 patients diagnosed with intussusception and treated at the Imam Khomeini Medical Center in Ahvaz city between September 2019 and October 2020 were retrospectively reviewed. P...
The mean age in the group treated with surgery was significantly higher (p = 0.01). The duration of symptoms in patients treated with surgery was significantly higher (p = 0.033). The size of intussus...
Age > 1 year, duration of symptoms > 24 h, currant jelly stool, intussusception > 3.5 cm, and free peritoneal fluid are factors associated with surgical treatment of intussusception in children....
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by hamartomatous gastrointestinal polyps along with the characteristic mucocutaneous freckling. Multiple surgeries for recu...
From January 2015 to December 2023, we reviewed children of PJS, presented with recurrent intussusceptions. Data were collected regarding presentation, management, and follow-up with attention on mana...
A total of nine patients were presented with age ranging from 4 to 17 years (median 9 years). A total of eighteen laparotomies were performed (7 outside, 11 at our centre). Among 11 laparotomies done ...
Children with PJS have a high risk of multiple laparotomies due to polyps' complications. Considering the diffuse involvement of the gut, early decision of surgery and extensive bowel resection should...