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CASE STUDY: Surgical Procedure in an Adolescent Patient with Severe Hemophilia A on Emicizumab Prophylaxis
This case study is narrated by MUDr. Bohumír Blažek from the Clinic of Pediatric Medicine at LF OU and FN Ostrava. The patient is a 17-year-old boy with severe hemophilia A. Several months prior to the procedure under discussion, he was switched from prophylactic factor VIII administration to emicizumab prophylaxis. Subsequently, an extraction of all four molars was planned for orthodontic reasons. The case study describes the hematologist's approach to the procedure and the subsequent healing process.
Practical Two-Point Pharmacokinetic Protocol in Hemophilia A
A recently published study confirmed the practicality of a shortened and simple pharmacokinetic…
Diabetic Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy: How to Detect This Serious Diagnosis and Why Is It Dangerous?
Diabetic autonomic neuropathy can affect various organ systems. Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy…
Memantine in Dementia Therapy – Current Findings and Possible Future Applications
Memantine is an inhibitor of NMDA receptors, which are pathologically activated by excessive…
Dupilumab Now Covered for Atopic Dermatitis in Children Older Than 6 Years
Dupilumab is now fully covered by public health insurance for pediatric patients from 6 years old…
Recurring allergy symptoms after waking up? It could be due to dust mites
Allergens that are part of the feces and exoskeleton of dust mites, invisible members of human households,...
Reverse Remodeling of LV in Patients with Diabetes/Prediabetes and Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction Treated with Empagliflozin
Authors of the British study SUGAR-DM-HF published in February 2021 examined whether empagliflozin…
Current Status in the Issue of Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
Material by Italian and Swiss authors published in the European Respiratory Review details current…
Mental Health During the Pandemic − and How to Alleviate Its Impacts
At the symposium during the XV Spring Interactive Conference of the General Medical Society of ČLS…
Stabilization of Liver Metastases of CRC with Trifluridine/Tipiracil in 3rd Line Therapy – Case Study
We present a case study of a man born in 1944 who underwent resection of the rectosigmoid for…