Acute Kidney Injury in Cancer Patients
Fig. 1.1 Causes and syndromes leading to acute kidney injury in cancer patients Prerenal Causes Sepsis and hypoperfusion are commonly reported causal etiologies of AKI in patients with cancer [22,…
Patient with Essential Hypertension and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
(1) Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Rome Sapienza St Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy 1.1 Clinical Case Presentation A 54-year-old, Caucasian male, gardener, presented to the outpatient…
Patient with Essential Hypertension and Microalbuminuria
(1) Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Rome Sapienza St Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy 3.1 Clinical Case Presentation A 45-year-old, Caucasian female, postal employee, presented to the…
Patient with Essential Hypertension and Diastolic Dysfunction
(1) Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Rome Sapienza St Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy 2.1 Clinical Case Presentation A 44-year-old, Caucasian male, officer, presented to the Outpatient…
Patient with Essential Hypertension and High Pulse Pressure
(1) Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Rome Sapienza St Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy 6.1 Clinical Case Presentation An 81-year-old, Caucasian male, former CEO of chemical company,…
Patient with Essential Hypertension and Proteinuria
(1) Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Rome Sapienza St Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy 4.1 Clinical Case Presentation A 67-year-old, Caucasian female, teaching professor at the University…
Patient with Essential Hypertension and Atherosclerosis
(1) Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Rome Sapienza St Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy 5.1 Clinical Case Presentation A 77-year-old, Caucasian female, housewife, presented to the Outpatient…
NOTES Transanal Colorectal Resection
Series N Age (year) Gender BMI (kg/m2) Tumor location Neoadjuvant CRT Operative technique Veltcamp Helbach et al. [41] 80 66.5 (42–86) M (48), F (32) 27.5 (19.5–40) 5.3 (1–10) cm…
Endoscopic Full-Thickness Resection
Fig. 5.1 Techniques of endoscopic full-thickness resection of GI tract lesions Full-Thickness Resection via Submucosal Tunnel The use of the submucosal space for NOTES procedures was first reported by Gostout et…
Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery
Fig. 22.1 Treatment algorithm 1. Medically compromised patients who can not undergo a major surgery. 2. Staged: patients who would tolerate a radical total mesorectal excision (TME) operation, but in…
