Mathew Mathew's scientific contributions

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Warfarin therapy provides extensive antithrombotic benefits and, thus, is widely used in the general population. However, as with most medications, there are also risks associated with warfarin use. Specifically, because of the narrow therapeutic window of this drug, patients taking it are at a much higher risk of accidental bleeding. Additionally,...
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) virus primarily affects the pulmonary system, but neurological manifestations and complication of COVID-19 has been reported in abundance in the literature. We present a case of a middle-aged Caucasian male who was brought to the emergency department for altered mental status. His chief complaints were neurol...
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Acute psychotic symptoms in young patients are frequently attributed to toxic or infectious causes. After ruling out the most common causes, obtaining a firm diagnosis becomes challenging. In this case report, we present the case of a young woman who presented with acute psychosis after returning from a five-day vacation in Mexico. We treated this...
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Mirizzi syndrome (MS) is a rare complication of chronic gallstones. Mirizzi syndrome is characterized by a set of symptoms that results from obstruction of the common hepatic or common bile duct (CBD). This may be due to extrinsic compression from an impacted gallstone in the gallbladder neck or cystic duct because of inflammatory changes secondary...
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Therapeutic anticoagulation in hospitalized covid patients

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... Mirizzi syndrome (MS), an uncommon consequence of prolonged gallbladder stones, was first identified in 1948 [1]. This condition is triggered by the presence of a gallbladder neck stone or a cystic duct stone, which, with or without a cholecystocholedochal fistula, exerts pressure on the common hepatic duct [2]. ...