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Psoriasis Treatments In The Stabilization Of Atherosclerosis: A Systematic Review, Lixin Ji, Sowmya Ravi, Laura Wright, Vi Nguyen, Jose Wiley, Milena Vukelic, Sangkyu Kim Dec 2025

Psoriasis Treatments In The Stabilization Of Atherosclerosis: A Systematic Review, Lixin Ji, Sowmya Ravi, Laura Wright, Vi Nguyen, Jose Wiley, Milena Vukelic, Sangkyu Kim

School of Medicine Faculty Publications

This systematic review explores the relationship between achieving minimal disease activity in psoriasis and the progression of atherosclerosis. It investigates how biologic therapies and other treatments impact atherosclerosis markers, offering insights into therapeutic strategies. A comprehensive search of PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science was conducted from January 1, 2000, to April 1, 2023, using terms such as psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, atherosclerosis, biologic therapy, vascular stiffness, carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), and coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA). Eligible studies were those involving human subjects over 18, written in English, that provided quantitative atherosclerosis markers, including CIMT, CCTA, arterial pulse wave velocity …


Normobaric And Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy In Pediatric Dog Bite Nasal Tip Avulsion/Replantation, Paul G. Harch, Adam Shalek, Jen Karen Erbil, Brett J. King, Abigail E. Chaffin May 2025

Normobaric And Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy In Pediatric Dog Bite Nasal Tip Avulsion/Replantation, Paul G. Harch, Adam Shalek, Jen Karen Erbil, Brett J. King, Abigail E. Chaffin

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A 4-year-old healthy girl sustained a composite dog bite avulsion of the tip of her nose that was intraoperatively replanted without vascular reanastomosis 2 hours and 45 minutes after the avulsion. The replanted tip initially appeared viable, but became dusky at 16 hours and cyanotic at 32 hours postreplantation. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy commenced at 40 hours postreplantation, and intermittent normobaric oxygen was added at night after the fourth hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy was dosed according to tissue response/appearance and signs of patient oxidative stress with progressive improvement in viability. The patient received 30 hyperbaric oxygen treatments in 26 …


Igg4-Related Disease With Multiorgan Involvement: A Case-Based Review, Nikhil N. Tarte, Chandana Shilpa Ravipati, Jose A. Leon De La Rocha, Elizabeth Rinker, Nirupa J. Patel Apr 2021

Igg4-Related Disease With Multiorgan Involvement: A Case-Based Review, Nikhil N. Tarte, Chandana Shilpa Ravipati, Jose A. Leon De La Rocha, Elizabeth Rinker, Nirupa J. Patel

School of Medicine Faculty Publications

IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated multi-organ inflammatory disorder caused by tissue infiltration of lymphocytes with IgG4-secreting plasma cells. Herein, we discuss a case of a patient with IgG4-RD who had involvement of multiple organs: the kidneys, lymph nodes, bone marrow (biopsy performed), lungs, liver, and small intestine (imaging abnormalities). Although several case reports and series of IgG4-RD involving different organ involvement are in the literature, our patient has extensive simultaneous multi-organ involvement. We utilized the four domains (serologic, pathologic, radiologic, and pathologic) as discussed in the new 2019 ACR/EULAR classification criteria to provide a useful framework in considering an …