Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-584X/1510043

A Case of Acute Liver Failure Involving a Big Liver and a Small Cell

SAL Hall, T Thomas, R Pathi, KR Muller and AJ Wigg

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: March 02, 2017

Liver transplantation (LT) is an effective treatment for eligible patients with Acute Liver Failure (ALF). Prompt evaluation and decision making are required as there is often a small window of opportunity for LT before deterioration of patient health makes LT futile....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-1353/1510046

Examining Cervical Cancer Screening Utilization Among African Immigrant Women: A Literature Review

Adebola Adegboyega, Mollie Aleshire and Ana Maria Linares

Article Type: Review Article | First Published: February 22, 2017

Globally, 530,000 women per year are diagnosed with cervical cancer, and approximately 275,000 die from the disease. Routine cervical cancer screening may reduce the burden of cervical cancer morbidity and mortality through early detection and improved treatment outcome....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4045.1510024

Case Report and Review of the Literature: Resolution of Lithium-Induced Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus with Pre-Emptive Living Related Kidney Transplantation for End-Stage Renal Disease

B Daniel Campos, Natalia Velez-Ramos, Stephanie M Smith, Colin Lenihan and Marc L Melcher

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: March 09, 2017

Long-term lithium therapy is known to cause renal dysfunction, including nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (nDI) and chronic tubulointerstitial nephropathy, which may progress to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in approximately 1% of patients. We report a case of resolution of lithium-induced nDI following living related kidney transplantation for ESRD secondary to chronic lithium toxicity....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510054

A Low-Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diet Combined with 6-Weeks of Crossfit Training Improves Body Composition and Performance

Rachel M Gregory, Hasan Hamdan, Danielle M Torisky and Jeremy D Akers

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: March 18, 2017

Twenty-seven non-elite CrossFit subjects (mean ± SD age = 34.58 ± 9.26 years) were randomly assigned to a LCKD (males, n = 3; females, n = 9) or control (CON) (males, n = 2; females, n = 13) group. LCKD was instructed to consume an ad libitum diet and restrict carbohydrate intake to less than 50 grams per day and CON maintained usual dietary intake....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510053

Does Intensive Aerobic Training Influences Cognition in Middle-Aged Men?

Theodore Parthimos, Nikolaos Smyrnis, Sokratis G Pappageorgiou and Ioannis Zalonis

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: March 10, 2017

Thirty-three amateur runners (group of athletes) compared with thirty healthy adults with no previous involvement in sports (control group). Both groups were evaluated by means of comprehensive neuropsychological assessment for attention, processing speed, memory, visuospatial organization, executive functions and athletic test for aerobic capacity....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5718/1510052

Breathe Long, Live Long

Carl C Bell and Joseph A Kurian

Article Type: Short Commentary | First Published: February 28, 2017

Using ancient wisdom, personal experience, and modern 21st century science can help researchers understand and design scientific inquiry that will lead to useful and pragmatic research agendas. This approach is illustrated by the observations made by Taoist beliefs, the senior author's personal experience, and the scientific literature on how resting heart rates promote longevity....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3516/1410068

A Rare Case of Simultaneously Occurring Pulmonary Fungal Infections

William Li, Bhaskara Madhira and Michael Kosters

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: March 09, 2017

Endemic infections produce a spectrum of illness ranging from being subclinical to severe progressive disseminated diseases with Immuno compromised individuals being increased risk. In those with an apparently non-improving infection, a simultaneously occurring second infectious source should be considered....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5807/1510051

Aortopathy in Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Marfan Syndrome is Characterized by a Lack of Activation Potential of the Epicardium in the Ascending Aorta

Nimrat Grewal, Marie-Jose Goumans, Marco C DeRuiter, Robert JM Klautz, Robert E Poelmann, Barbara JM Mulder, Ad JJC Bogers, Adriana C Gittenberger-de Groot

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: February 20, 2017

Patients with a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) and Marfan syndrome (MFS) have increased susceptibility for development of aortopathy. In the heart, epicardial cells expressing Wilms tumor suppressor protein (Wt1) are known to become activated after myocardial infarction. We hypothesize that epicardium covering the aorta might show a similar response in BAV and MFS in pathologic conditions....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-346X/1410067

Study of Critical Flicker Fusion (CFF) Function and P100 latency of Visual Evoked Potential (VEP) in Normal subjects and Patients who Recovered from Acute Optic Neuritis

Yanjun Chen, Kevin A Buhr and James Ver Hoeve

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: February 28, 2017

Critical Flicker Fusion (CFF) function has been used to assess visual function in patients with impaired vision. The purpose of this study is to seek further evidence to support the role of the CFF in the assessment of optic nerve function by comparing CFF to implicit time of the P100 of Pattern Reversal Visual Evoked Potential (PRVEP) in normal subjects and patients who recovered from acute optic neuritis....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3682/1510057

Aortic Branch Aneurysm in the Patient with Behcet's Disease

Katsuhisa Miyake, Naoko Ueki and Hitoshi Nakashima

Article Type: Clinical Image | First Published: November 25, 2016

A 35-year-old male patient presented with fever. Chest X-ray revealed a mass lesion in right upper field. The enhanced pulmonary CT showed the aneurysm and occlusion of left subclavian artery....