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Further Reading
Links for Further Reading
I-Case 1-2013: A 72-year-old female with Tetralogy of Fallot and increasing dyspnea
- https://www.heartandstroke.ca/heart-disease/
- https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-murmurs/symptoms-causes/syc-20373171
- https://www.merckmanuals.com/en-ca/professional/cardiovascular-disorders/endocarditis/infective-endocarditis
- https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/heart-valve-problems-and-disease/heart-valve-problems-and-causes/heart-valves-and-infective-endocarditis
I-Case 2-2021: A 54-year-old male with chest pain
- https://patient.info/doctor/cardiac-enzymes-and-markers-for-myocardial-infarction#:~:text=Troponin%20levels%20may%20not%20be,after%20the%20onset%20of%20symptoms
- https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/myocardial-ischemia/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20375422
- https://litfl.com/t-wave-ecg-library/
- https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/heart-valve-problems-and-disease/heart-valve-problems-and-causes/problem-heart-valve-stenosis#:~:text=Stenosis%20is%20the%20term%20for,a%20reduced%20supply%20of%20oxygen.
I-Case 3-2020: A 42-year-old man with cough and chest pain
I-Case 4-2020: A 65-year-old woman chest tightness, nausea, vomiting during bronchoscopy
II-Case 1-2020: A 53-year-old male fever, sore throat and dyspnea with contact history
- Jiang, M., Chen, P., Li, T., Tang, Y., Chen, X., Chen, X., & Ruan, X. (2021). Chest CT imaging features and clinical outcome of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A single-center case study in Ningbo, China. Clinical Imaging, 69, 27-32. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2020.05.028
- Carotti, M., Salaffi, F., Sarzi-Puttini, P., Agostini, A., Borgheresi, A., & Minorati, D. et al. (2020). Chest CT features of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia: key points for radiologists. La Radiologia Medica, 125(7), 636-646. doi: 10.1007/s11547-020-01237-4
II-Case 2-2020: A 32-year-old male with fever, rhinorrhea and myalgia
- Singanayagam, A., Patel, M., Charlett, A., Lopez Bernal, J., Saliba, V., & Ellis, J. et al. (2020). Duration of infectiousness and correlation with RT-PCR cycle threshold values in cases of COVID-19, England, January to May 2020. Eurosurveillance, 25(32). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2020.25.32.2001483
- Böger, B., Fachi, M., Vilhena, R., Cobre, A., Tonin, F., & Pontarolo, R. (2021). Systematic review with meta-analysis of the accuracy of diagnostic tests for COVID-19. American Journal Of Infection Control, 49(1), 21-29. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.07.011
II-Case 3-2021: A 53-year-old male with headache and bizarre behavior
II-Case 4-2019: A 33-year-old pregnant woman with pneumonia
III-Case 1-2020: A 29-year-old male with high grade fever
- https://www.thermofisher.com/blog/behindthebench/what-is-cell-free-dna-cfdna-seq-it-out-19/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzF7hDdFF3M
- Korabecna, M., Zinkova, A., Brynychova, I. et al. Cell-free DNA in plasma as an essential immune system regulator. Sci Rep 10, 17478 (2020). doi:10.1038/s41598-020-74288-2
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T0XUQ1M-x0
IV-Case 1-2015A 35-year-old female with weight gain, excessive sweating, widening of hands and feet
IV-Case 2-2012: A 38-year-old female with weigh loss, leg edema and hand tremor
- https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/graves-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20356240#:~:text=Graves’%20disease%20is%20an%20immune,disease%20can%20be%20wide%20ranging.
- https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hyperthyroidism/symptoms-causes/syc-20373659#:~:text=Hyperthyroidism%20(overactive%20thyroid)%20occurs%20when,treatments%20are%20available%20for%20hyperthyroidism.
- Vitti, P., & Hegedüs, L. (Eds.). (2018). Thyroid diseases: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment. Springer International Publishing.
IV-Case 3-2017: A 40-year-old female with epigastric pain, nausea and vomiting
- Ko K, Tello LC, Salt J: Acute Pancreatitis with normal amylase and lipase. The Medicine Forum 2011;11:Article 4. doi:10.29046/TMF.011.1.003
V-Case 1-2017: A newborn boy with post-circumcisional bleeding
- Doherty, T. M., & Kelley, A. (2021). Bleeding Disorders. In StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing.
V-Case 2-2018: A 78-year-old female with anemia and purple blotches in oral cavity
V-Case 3-2014: A 2.5-year-old boy with anemia and recurrent diarrhea
VI-Case 1-2016: A 12-year-old boy with fever and recurrent abdominal pain
- https://www.liver.ca/patients-caregivers/liver-diseases/wilson-disease/
- KANITKAR, M., JOSHi, S., & ROY, N. (1994). WILSON’S DISEASE (A report of two cases). Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 50(1), 63-65. doi:10.1016/s0377-1237(17)31042-0
VII-Case 1-2020: A 2-year-old boy with fever, edema and oliguria
- Noone, D., Iijima, K., & Parekh, R. (2018). Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome in children. The Lancet, 392(10141), 61-74. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(18)30536-1
- Andolino, T., & Reid-Adam, J. (2015). Nephrotic Syndrome. Pediatrics In Review, 36(3), 117-126. doi:10.1542/pir.36-3-117
VII-Case 2-2007: A 60-year-old male with breathlessness and weight loss
- https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/chronic-kidney-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20354521
- https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/kidney-cancer/symptoms-causes/syc-20352664
- https://www.cancer.gov/types/kidney/patient/kidney-treatment-pdq
- https://www.healthline.com/health/renal-cell-carcinoma
- Kassouf W, Siemens R, Morash C, et al. Follow-up guidelines after radical or partial nephrectomy for localized and locally advanced renal cell carcinoma. Can Urol Assoc J. 2009;3(1):73-76. doi:10.5489/cuaj.1028
VIII-Case 1-2020: A 68-year-old male with breathlessness
- https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-conditions/blood-heart-circulation/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm/symptoms.html
- https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm/symptoms-causes/syc-20350688
- https://www.healthline.com/health/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm
- https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/heart-and-blood-vessels/conditions/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm
- Kubota, Y., Folsom, A. R., Matsushita, K., Couper, D., & Tang, W. (2018). Prospective study of lung function and abdominal aortic aneurysm risk: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. Atherosclerosis, 268, 225–230. doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.10.013
- Sajjad, J., Ahmed, A., Coveney, A., & Fulton, G. (2015). A large un-ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm causing pulmonary embolism. Journal of surgical case reports, 2015(7). doi:10.1093/jscr/rjv092
- Fowkes, F., Anandan, C., Lee, A., Smith, F., Tzoulaki, I., & Rumley, A. et al. (2006). Reduced lung function in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm is associated with activation of inflammation and hemostasis, not smoking or cardiovascular disease. Journal Of Vascular Surgery, 43(3), 474-480. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.11.018