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The outcome of complete coronary artery surgical revascularization on left ventricular function 完全冠状动脉手术重建术对左心室功能的影响

Medicina Clinica Practica Pub Date : 2025-07-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2025.100515

Zaid Mohammed Abdulwahhab Al-Noori , Laith Saleh Al-Kaaby , Heba Khaled Hatem

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Valoración de la importancia de la confidencialidad y del manejo adecuado de la historia clínica en el servicio de urgencias hospitalarias 评估医院急诊部门保密和妥善管理病史的重要性

Medicina Clinica Practica Pub Date : 2025-07-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2025.100510

Amparo Ruiz Carbonell , Florencia Laffont Oscoz , Begoña Navarro Lluesma , Alexander Sammel , Ginés Gómez Úbeda , Miguel Ángel García García

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Predictors of mortality in individuals infected with dengue: An Indian case study 登革热感染个体死亡率的预测因素：一个印度案例研究

Medicina Clinica Practica Pub Date : 2025-06-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2025.100511

Parthraj Shenoy, Ashok Kumar Pannu, Atul Saroch, Sourabh S. Sharda, Mandeep Bhatia, Deba Parsad Dhibar

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Pulmonary embolism presenting with syncope, complicated by fatal delayed acute subdural hemorrhage 肺栓塞表现为晕厥，并发致命的迟发性急性硬膜下出血

Medicina Clinica Practica Pub Date : 2025-06-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2025.100512

Guo Li , Mingming Yang , Bo Cheng , Peng Wang

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Linfangiectasia intestinal primaria y síndrome de uñas amarillas 原发性肠道淋巴管扩张和黄指甲综合征

Medicina Clinica Practica Pub Date : 2025-06-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2025.100509

Laura López Allúe , Alejandra Romano Medina , Estibaliz Obregón Martínez , María de África Juárez Martin

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Transbronchial cryobiopsy under real-time radial mini-probe 实时桡骨微型探针下经支气管冷冻活检

Medicina Clinica Practica Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2025.100508

Juan José Cruz-Rueda , Francisco Javier Velasco-Albendea , María Jesús Gil-Belmonte

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Longitudinally extensive myelitis with complete spine cord involvement associated with systemic lupus erythematosus 系统性红斑狼疮伴完全性脊髓受累的纵向广泛脊髓炎

Medicina Clinica Practica Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2025.100507

Alex Echeverri Garcia , Andres Agualimpia Janning , Camilo Romo Escorcia , Santiago Lopez Garcia

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Mediastinal air leak following intense exercise in a patient with uncontrolled asthma 不受控制的哮喘患者剧烈运动后纵隔空气泄漏

Medicina Clinica Practica Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2025.100506

Martin Fullana , Romina Bustos , Cynthia Padilla

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Púrpura trombótica trombocitopénica: importancia del trabajo multidisciplinar 血小板减少性紫癜：多学科工作的重要性

Medicina Clinica Practica Pub Date : 2025-05-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2025.100505

Angel Orera , Ines Gomez Segui , Javier de la Rubia , Ricardo Gimeno

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Conjunctival dermolipoma Conjunctival dermolipoma

Medicina Clinica Practica Pub Date : 2025-05-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2025.100504

Julio C. Salas-Alanís , Mauricio Salas-Garza , Isaac H. Sicsik-Arévalo , Lucía E. Varela-Martínez , María G. Moreno-Treviño , Gerardo Rivera-Silva

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