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Pilar Acosta

Acute Confusion: An Unusual Presentation of Miliary Tuberculosis

A middle aged African-American gentleman was brought to the emergency department by the emergency medical services with altered mental…
The care of the critically ill patient in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) has remained an important topic…
Purpose: The use of therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has increased in the treatment of comatose victims of cardiac arrest, traumatic…
Alternative medicine techniques are commonly used across the world and not uncommonly encountered even in the intensive care setting….
A 39-year old gentleman with pancreatitis sustained cardiorespiratory arrest due to tension pneumothorax after a Swan-Ganz catheter placement. Despite…
Life-threatening hyponatremia can occur when sodium concentration falls to 125 mmol/L or less. Symptoms usually do not depend on…