• A 32-year-old man presented to the hospital with a comminuted midshaft femoral fracture after a bicycle accident. (ahrq.gov)
  • With expert palliative treatment he remained acceptably comfortable and functional over the next year despite widespread skeletal metastases until the day he spontaneously fractured his femoral head. (annfammed.org)
  • Methods Data were collected on 82 patients with femoral metastatic bone disease, 41 of whom did not undergo prophylactic fixation. (iucc.ac.il)
  • Aims Accurate estimations of the risk of fracture due to metastatic bone disease in the femur is essential in order to avoid both under-treatment and over-treatment of patients with an impending pathological fracture. (iucc.ac.il)
  • A total of 15 had a pathological fracture within six months following the CT scan, and 26 were fracture-free during the five months following the scan. (iucc.ac.il)
  • A SFR value of 1.48 was used as the threshold for a pathological fracture. (iucc.ac.il)
  • The lumbar MR showed a S1 pathological fracture/ lytic lesion (i.e. hyperintense at S1/S2 on T2-weighted images), and a second lytic lesion of the right 4th digit. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • Pathological fracture of the interphalangeal joint. (fountainheadapartmentsma.com)
  • therefore the presence of rib fractures in children is evidence of a significant amount of force and may indicate severe thoracic injuries such as pulmonary contusion. (wikipedia.org)
  • Excessive aldosterone actions were also reported to be involved in unbalanced electrolyte metabolism in inflammatory bowel disease and development of pulmonary diseases. (go.jp)
  • The histological examination documented a poorly differentiated pulmonary adenocarcinoma infiltrating bone and soft tissues in the respective locations. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • CT angiography of pulmonary embolism in patients with underlying respiratory disease: impact of multislice CT on image quality and negative predictive values. (rsna.org)
  • Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable cancer in which uncontrolled plasma cell proliferation disrupts the bone marrow environment and impairs immune function. (hrb.ie)
  • Some children have been successfully treated with blood stem cell, or bone marrow, transplants. (nih.gov)
  • Immune and bone cells derive from same progenitors in the bone marrow, they share a common microenvironment and are being influenced by similar mediators. (biochemia-medica.com)
  • Bone marrow serves as a site for priming naive T cells, recruitment of effector T cells and their proliferation (1,2). (biochemia-medica.com)
  • Bone and immune cells share the same progenitors residing in bone marrow and are being affected by the same cytokines, influencing hematopoiesis, local immune responses and bone cells as well. (biochemia-medica.com)
  • Inflammatory arthritis of the apophyseal (facet) joints is common, with synovitis, inflammation at the bony attachment of the joint capsule, and subchondral bone marrow granulation tissue. (clinicalgate.com)
  • When and where do patients with bone metastases actually break their femurs? (iucc.ac.il)
  • Dive into the research topics of 'When and where do patients with bone metastases actually break their femurs? (iucc.ac.il)
  • X-rays, CT, MR, and PET-CT scans documented primary lung cancer with multi-organ metastases and accompanying pathological fractures involving the sacrum (S1) and right 4th digit. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • Acrometastases comprise the 0.1% of all bone metastases, including those found in the spine. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • The purpose of the current retrospective in vivo study was to use CT-based finite element analyses (CTFEA) to identify a clear quantitative differentiating factor between patients who are at imminent risk of fracturing their femur and those who are not, and to identify the exact location of maximal weakness where the fracture is most likely to occur. (iucc.ac.il)
  • There is inflammatory granulation tissue in the paravertebral connective tissue at the junction of annulus fibrosus and vertebral bone, and in some cases along the entire outer annulus. (clinicalgate.com)
  • The outer annular fibers are eroded and eventually replaced by bone, forming the beginning of a syndesmophyte, which then grows by continued endochondral ossification, ultimately bridging the adjacent vertebral bodies. (clinicalgate.com)
  • Other lesions in the spine include diffuse osteoporosis (loss of trabecular bone despite accretion of periosteal bone), erosion of vertebral bodies at the disk margin, "squaring" or "barreling" of vertebrae, and inflammation and destruction of the disk-bone border. (clinicalgate.com)
  • An alkaline diet, a popular fad, was "based on the fact that certain foods can affect the acidity of body fluids, including the urine or blood and can, therefore, be used to treat or prevent diseases" (Mousa, 2016). (dentistryiq.com)
  • Flail chest and first rib fractures are high-energy injuries and should prompt investigation of damage to underlying viscera (e.g., lung contusion) or remotely (e.g., cervical spine injury). (wikipedia.org)
  • In the spine, the specimens studied have either been surgically resected in advanced disease or taken from autopsies. (clinicalgate.com)
  • Bone mineral density is diminished in the spine and proximal femur early in the course of the disease. (clinicalgate.com)
  • While for elderly individuals a fall can cause a rib fracture, in adults automobile accidents are a common event for such an injury. (wikipedia.org)
  • Rib fractures are also a sign of more serious injury in elderly people. (wikipedia.org)
  • In addition, young patients with Paget disease and those with high levels of bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (BSAP) are often treated to avoid future complications. (medscape.com)
  • A sustematic review of 20 studies found moderate-quality evidence that bisphosphonates improved pain in patients with Paget disease. (medscape.com)
  • Orthotic devices, including canes and walkers, may be useful for patients with gait abnormalities resulting from Paget disease that involves the lower limbs. (medscape.com)
  • Because of the increased risk of malignancy, patients with Paget disease should be monitored indefinitely. (medscape.com)
  • Preliminary European studies have shown that a single 2-mg injection of ibandronate is capable of suppressing disease activity in patients with Paget disease over a 12-month period. (medscape.com)
  • [ 37 ] In patients in whom this was insufficient to suppress disease activity, application of a higher dose was sometimes more effective. (medscape.com)
  • The electroencephalographic pattern is distinctive in many but not in all patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). (annals.edu.sg)
  • Enzalutamide is an oral androgen-receptor inhibitor that has been shown to improve survival in two placebo-controlled phase 3 trials, and is approved for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. (nih.gov)
  • A new algorithm for predicting time to disease endpoints in Alzheimer's disease patients. (duke.edu)
  • BACKGROUND: The ability to predict the length of time to death and institutionalization has strong implications for Alzheimer's disease patients and caregivers, health policy, economics, and the design of intervention studies. (duke.edu)
  • At diagnosis half of the patients have a metastatic tumour and recurrence is very common. (hrb.ie)
  • The sensitivity, specificity, positive, and negative predicted values for Mirels score and SFR predictions were computed for nine patients who fractured and 24 who did not, as well as a comparison of areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC of the ROC curves). (iucc.ac.il)
  • Duplex ultrasound (DUS) screening and blood tests were conducted in patients admitted from June 2012 to December 2020 for surgical treatment of pelvic and acetabular fractures. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A total of 607 patients with pelvic and acetabular fractures were included, among whom 82 (13.5%) patients sustained preoperative DVTs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Despite the modern prophylactic regimen, the preoperative DVT in patients with pelvic and acetabular fractures still draws the attention of orthopaedic surgeons. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 24 7.5 Prophylactic cranial irradiation in patients with SCLC and limited disease. (nih.gov)
  • In North American whites, the prevalence of B27 is 7%, whereas it is 90% in patients with AS, independent of disease severity. (clinicalgate.com)
  • They can also occur as a consequence of diseases such as cancer or rheumatoid arthritis. (wikipedia.org)
  • Initially, the interplay between immune cells and osteoclasts has been observed in clinical settings of increased bone resorption following glucocorticoid therapy and in typical inflammatory bone diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and periodontal disease. (biochemia-medica.com)
  • A.A. was a 60-year old man with refractory metastatic cancer who requested a palliative care consultation to explore potential future access to physician-assisted death (PAD). (annfammed.org)
  • However, in this case, the additional simultaneous presence of a lytic finger lesion raised the suspicion that these were both metastatic tumors. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • Inflammation in the fibrocartilaginous enthesis, the region where a tendon, ligament, or joint capsule attaches to bone, is a characteristic lesion in AS and other SpAs, both at axial and peripheral sites. (clinicalgate.com)
  • Now days, we have firm evidence on the influence of numerous pro-inflammatory cytokines on bone cells, with the majority of data focused on osteoclasts, the bone resorbing cells. (biochemia-medica.com)
  • Therefore, the first part of this review is summarizing current evidence on the influence of pro-inflammatory cytokines on osteoclasts and thus on bone resorption. (biochemia-medica.com)
  • In the second part, the evidence on the role of pro-inflammatory cytokines in osteoporosis and osteoarthritis is reviewed to show that unravelling the mechanisms beyond such complex bone diseases, is almost impossible without considering skeletal and immune systems as an indivisible integrated system. (biochemia-medica.com)
  • The pro-inflammatory cytokines can be classified either based on the primary source of their production, i.e. the type of immune cell or their specific targets in bone, i.e. bone cells and thus the process they affect, i.e. bone resorption or formation. (biochemia-medica.com)
  • The result of such influence is the increased production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and RANKL in osteoblasts and thus the contribution of these cells to bone resorption (4). (biochemia-medica.com)
  • Depending on their influence on osteoclast differentiation, activation or survival, the pro-inflammatory cytokines can roughly be divided into osteoclastogenic, if they stimulate osteoclasts, or anti-osteoclastogenic, if they inhibit these unique bone-resorbing cells. (biochemia-medica.com)
  • Treatment options for internal fixation/repair of rib fractures include: Judet and/or sanchez plates/struts are a metal plate with strips that bend around the rib and then is further secured with sutures. (wikipedia.org)
  • The objectives of this study included: (1) to investigate the incidence of DVT during the preoperative hospital stay for surgically treated pelvic and acetabular fractures, and (2) to identify the risk factors independently associated with the occurrence of DVT by employing statistical analyses. (biomedcentral.com)
  • By their mid-30s, those who'd participated in the program-especially males-had significantly fewer risk factors for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases compared to a control group. (nih.gov)
  • Rib fractures usually occur from a direct blow to the chest such as during a motor vehicle collision or from a crush injury. (wikipedia.org)
  • Rib fractures can occur with or without direct trauma during recreational activity. (wikipedia.org)
  • Diverse interactions between bone and immune cells occur within the bone microenvironment. (biochemia-medica.com)
  • The long-term objectives of treatment are to minimize or prevent disease progression and to decrease complications from the disease, if possible. (medscape.com)
  • Fractures of the first or second ribs are more likely to be associated with complications. (wikipedia.org)
  • While fractured ribs can be wrapped, this may increase complications. (wikipedia.org)
  • medical citation needed] Nerve blocks may be used to help with pain and reduce respiratory complications related to rib fractures. (wikipedia.org)
  • Many experts believe that successful treatment of Alzheimer's disease will depend on early intervention before symptoms appear, but there isn't yet any sure way to detect that stage. (nih.gov)
  • NIH-funded researchers identified a set of 10 compounds in the blood that might be used to distinguish older adults at risk for developing memory deficits or Alzheimer's disease. (nih.gov)
  • PMID- 5097509 TI - Chronic respiratory disease among nonsmokers in Hagerstown, Maryland. (nih.gov)
  • 3. Social class and chronic respiratory disease. (nih.gov)
  • Signs of a broken rib may include: Pain on inhalation Swelling in chest area Bruise in chest area Increasing shortness of breath Coughing up blood (rib may have damaged lung) Plain X-rays often pick up displaced fractures but often miss undisplaced fractures. (wikipedia.org)
  • Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a life-threatening disease with high mortality characterized by an abrupt decrease of the kidney glomerular filtration rate, extra-kidney consequences (cardiovascular diseases, lung injury, neurological impairment) and high risk of secondary chronic kidney disease (CKD). (hrb.ie)
  • Multislice helical CT of focal and diffuse lung disease: comprehensive diagnosis with reconstruction of contiguous and high-resolution CT sections from a single thin-collimation scan. (rsna.org)
  • Spontaneous fractures in athletes generally require a cessation of the cause, e.g., time off rowing, while maintaining cardiovascular fitness. (wikipedia.org)
  • In contrast, bone pain in Paget disease typically responds poorly to these pain medications. (medscape.com)
  • Obesity is a risk factor for both susceptibility to infections including postoperative infections and other nosocomial infections and the occurrence of a more severe disease course. (hrb.ie)
  • NIH researchers successfully treated adults with severe sickle cell disease using a modified stem cell transplant approach that doesn't require extensive immune-suppressing drugs. (nih.gov)
  • Its excessive actions directly induced tissue injuries in its target organs such as myocardial and vascular fibrosis in addition to chronic kidney diseases. (go.jp)
  • In addition, the numerous health benefits of the alkaline diet were explored, such as healthy bones, higher osteoblast activity, bone remineralization, preservation of muscle mass, reduction of tumor invasiveness and metastasis, and improvement in the excretion of toxins. (dentistryiq.com)
  • The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of preoperative deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in the pelvic cavity and lower extremities following pelvic and acetabular fractures and to identify the risk factors of the occurrence of DVT. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Autoimmune disease affects 10% of adults, most of whom are women, and two of the top five medications with the highest cost globally are used to maintain these recurring conditions in remission. (hrb.ie)
  • Bone and immune system are functionally interconnected. (biochemia-medica.com)
  • It is now well established that bone and immune cells are functionally connected. (biochemia-medica.com)
  • In addition, different immune cells such as macrophages, B lymphocytes, mast cells, natural killer cells (NK), etc. have been shown to influence bone cells as well. (biochemia-medica.com)
  • The cross-talk between immune and bone cells via cytokines, chemokines, growth factors, signaling molecules and transcription factors, has begun to be intensively studied with the onset of osteoimmunology. (biochemia-medica.com)
  • Over the next several days, he fractured more bones and experienced serious pain whenever he moved, and he feared more fractures just from turning over in bed. (annfammed.org)
  • Breakthrough pain in malignant and non-malignant diseases: a review of prevalence, characteristics and mechanisms. (medscape.org)
  • One pill every two weeks fights diabetes, cancers, heart failure, and 21 other diseases. (vitamindwiki.com)
  • These scientists have gone on to become leaders in biomedical research at universities and companies around the country, fueling a great many advances in the understanding and treatment of human diseases. (nih.gov)
  • CTFEA was far better at predicting the risk of fracture and its location accurately compared with the Mirels score. (iucc.ac.il)
  • Taken together, the data regarding incidence and risk factors specific to the subgroup with pelvic and acetabular fractures are scarce. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Drug therapy for Paget disease should include bisphosphonate treatment with serial monitoring of bone markers. (medscape.com)
  • Coughing or metastatic cancer may also result in a broken rib. (wikipedia.org)
  • The short-term objective of Paget disease treatment is to control disease activity. (medscape.com)
  • When Paget disease occurs around a joint, treatment is often administered in an attempt to prevent development of osteoarthritis. (medscape.com)
  • Ibandronate (Boniva) and olpadronate are potent bisphosphonates but are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of Paget disease. (medscape.com)
  • Right sided pneumothorax and rib fractures Two broken ribs as seen on parasagittal CT There is no specific treatment for rib fractures, but various supportive measures can be taken. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has also been known to cause thoracic injury, including but not limited to rib and sternum fractures. (wikipedia.org)
  • CT scanning is generally able to pick up both types of fractures. (wikipedia.org)
  • The hand X-ray showed soft tissue thickening of the right ring finger's distal phalanx, with a distal phalanx fracture and bone loss/lytic process. (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • According to a follow-up NIH-funded study, it can also help prevent disease. (nih.gov)
  • However, there is still no definite information on the characteristics of DVT focusing on the period from pelvic and acetabular fractures to surgical procedures. (biomedcentral.com)