Images in clinical medicine Acute Confusion: An Unusual Presentation of Miliary Tuberculosis Salim Surani, Alim Nagji, Barbara Estement, Subham Manchada, Joseph Varon, Pilar Acosta A middle aged African-American gentleman was brought to the emergency department by the emergency medical services with altered mental…
Case report Spontaneous Escherichia Coli Meningitis in an Adult Ashish A. Sule, Dessmon YH Tai Escherichia coli meningitis has been reported rarely in adult patients. Moreover, it is very rare in an adult patient…
Original Endotracheal Cuff Pressures in Ventilated Patients in Intensive Care Ross C. Freebairn, Margaret Monk, Arpan Mehta, Ankia Anderson There are well over 50,000 patients who receive ventilation via an endotracheal tube in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs)…
Original Natural History and Risk Factors of the “Cholestatic Post-cardiac Surgery Syndrome” Joseph Varon, Bobbak Vahid, Paul E. Marik Jaundice following cardiac surgery, frequently referred to as “post-pump jaundice,†has been reported since the 1960’s with an incidence…
Review Year in Review 2006: The Critically Ill Patient in the Pediatric ICU Joseph Varon, Pilar Acosta, Genaro Valladolid The care of the critically ill patient in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) has remained an important topic…