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Introduction Hypertension is the commonest medical complication of pregnancy. It is associated with high maternal and perinatal mortality, especially when severe. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy constitute one of the five major causes of maternal morbidity and mortality in obstetric practice,
Pandemic context In December 2019, the first cases of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection (Covid-19) appeared in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. The virus quickly spread to other Chinese provinces and then to the rest of the world. The first cases in France were diagnosed on 23 January 2020 in patients
Coronaviruses (CoV) cause enteric and respiratory diseases. Most human CoVs, such as hCoV - 229E, OC43, NL63 and HKU1, cause mild respiratory disease, but the global spread of two previously well-knownCoVs: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV)
Neurotoxicity is mainly associated with tacrolimus and cyclosporin, amounting to 10 - 30% for CS and up to 32% for tacrolimus.(2) . Sirolimus, everolimus, and mycophenolate mofetil lack the neurotoxicity of calcineurin inhibitors (3-4).
Neurotoxicity mostly occurs in the early postoperative period
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis can occur at any age, but usually affects children and young adults. The mean age of clinical presentation in pediatric cohorts ranges from 5 to 8 years. The annual incidence of Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis is reported to be 0.4-0.8 per 100,000 and the
The mais goal of the study is to assess the natural history of vertical ZIKV transmission from pregnancy to the end of third year of life and the existence of risk factors associated with the incidence of clinical and neurological disorders, specially microcephaly.
A longitudinal study will be
Study aim, background, and design
Herpes Zoster (Shingles) is a major cause of pain and expense to the elderly and chronically ill. The incidence is estimated at 3 in 1,000 patients. Zostavax™ is a high dose, live varicella vaccine that has been validated in very large placebo control trials to
Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS) is a group of conditions characterised by prolonged but reversible multifocal narrowing of the cerebral arteries. It presents typically as acute severe headache, usually recurrent and thunderclap in character, with or without additional symptoms
Background and Significance
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) is a clinical-radiological syndrome. It was first described by Hinchey et al. in 1996. It is characterized by a variable combination of headaches, seizures, altered mental status, visual impairment, nausea, vomiting and
Diagnosis: The diagnosis of Alcoholic hepatitis is made by the following criteria (12)
I. Chronic active alcohol abuse - >80 grams in males and > 60 grams in females for > 5 years for developing Alcoholic Cirrhosis (13) Alcohol use will be evaluated with the AUDIT score (EASL guidelines (14) II.
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic disease with a progressive destruction of hepatic parenchyma, leading to cirrhosis and high mortality in the absence of specific treatment. It has been demonstrated that the treatment with corticosteroids and azathioprine provides clinical and laboratory
Severe alcoholic hepatitis is associated with significant morbidity and mortality.
Diagnosis: The diagnosis of (AH) is made by the following criteria11
I.Chronic active alcohol abuse - > 80 grams in males and > 20 grams in females. II. Duration of jaundice < 3 months III. Serum Bilirubin >5 mg/dl
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic disease with a progressive destruction of hepatic parenchyma, leading to cirrhosis and high mortality in the absence of specific treatment. It has been demonstrated that the treatment with corticosteroids and azathioprine provides clinical and laboratory