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January 1, 2026
Acute retinal artery occlusions present with sudden, painless monocular vision loss and are equivalent to cerebral strokes. The diagnosis is made on ocular fundus examination facilitated by fundus photography and optical coherence tomography. Management of ...
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January 1, 2021
In this chapter, we will describe the management strategy in the large artery extracranial atherosclerotic disease of the neck, dissection of the extracranial arteries of the head and neck, as well as small vessel disease. The main mechanism of stroke in p ...
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January 1, 2020
Obesity has become a worldwide pandemic with an estimated annual cost in related illnesses and loss of productivity over $100 billion and rising. Though not recognized as a psychiatric disorder, obesity has been linked to serious physical, psychological, a ...
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October 1, 2018
A patient's prognosis refers to the expected course of his or her disease process, including not only timing of eventual death but also future functional status and quality of life while living, with or without treatment. Understanding prognosis is central ...
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