Case report Lung injury associated with an e-cigarette (vaping) use during the COVID-19 pandemic Claudia M. Ramirez, Mohamed Ziad-M. Said, Najia Hussaini, Joseph Varon Abstract In recent years, the excessive use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), and vaping, as a replacement for traditional tobacco…
Case report Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in management of patients with tetanus: A case report Rozi Fadhori, Dita Aditianingsih, Yohanes WH George, Teuku Yasir Abstract Tetanus is an infection caused by a neurotoxin produced by a bacterium called Clostridium tetani. One of tetanus…
Editorial Artificial intelligence in critical care Najia Hussaini, Joseph Varon Introduction Critical care medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with managing patients with life-threatening illnesses or injuries….
Case report Coronary air embolism: What should we do? Sidhi Laksono Purwowiyoto, Hillary Kusharsamita, Zahra Nurusshofa, Etty Farida, Endin Nokik Stujanna Abstract Background: Coronary air embolism continues to be a known complication of coronary catheterization despite the notable focus on…
Case report Persistent positive COVID-19 PCR results for over 360 days: A case report Najia Hussaini, Joseph Varon, Shreyaa Rajpal, Prithvi Raghavan, Andrea Terrazas, Victor A. Gomez Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute infectious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)….
Case report COVID-19 as a probable cause of acute pancreatic injury Joseph Varon, Mohamed Ziad-M Said, Ailine Canete-Cruz Abstract Acute pancreatic pseudocysts are increasingly recognized as complications in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Therefore, it is…