Case report Levamisole tainted cocaine induced vasculitis Kelly Dewey, Michael Simmons, Fernanda Duarte, Salim Surani Abstract Levamisole has been implicated in the vasculitis and aganulocytosis. It has been pulled from the United States market…
Images in clinical medicine Peripherally-inserted central catheters: Watch for retained wires! Salim Surani, Iqbal Ratnani, Faraya Bokhari, Rahim Hirani, Joseph Varon An increasing number of patients are being admitted to critical care units with multiple chronic medical conditions. In some…
Original Prognostic value of serum cholinesterase activity in the septic shock due to bacterial infections Najeh Baccouche, Mabrouk Bahloul, Sabrine Bradai, Kais Regaieg, Fatma Ayedi, Mounir Bouaziz Abstract Context: Kinetics of SChE activity analyses, in our knowledge, was not previously studied in the prediction of prognosis…
Original The association between delta shock index and mortality in children with shock I Made Darma Yuda, Dyah Kanya Wati, I Nyoman Budi Hartawan, Ida Bagus Suparyatha Abstract Background: Shock remains one leading cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized children. Delta shock index is a…
Case report Is my patient really brain dead? Amit Kansal, Somnath Chatterjee, Muhammad Habibullah Rana, Yeeshay Lee, Ross Freebairn Abstract The diagnosis of brain death can be fraught with multiple challenges ranging from the presence of complex motor…