Life-threatening hyponatremia can occur when sodium concentration falls to 125 mmol/L or less. Symptoms usually do not depend on…
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Acute renal failure (ARF) requiring dialysis is a common complication of patients in intensive care unit (ICU). Dialysis can…
The year 2004 shook the world with earthquakes, hurricanes and Tsunamis in a way we would never imagine. Thousands…
Coronary artery disease remains the most common cause of death in the world. Acute coronary syndromes, including unstable angina…
Abstract B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a 32 aminoacids peptide that is synthesized and released predominantly from the ventricular…
Abstract Vasopressin is a hormone from posterior pituitary. It is an octapeptide referred often as arginine vasopressin and antidiuretic…
Abstract There has been considerable interest in the use of steroids in sepsis and septic shock from the 1970s….
Abstract Singapore was the fifth most severely SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) afflicted country with 238 cases after China…
Abstract The management of acute pancreatitis depends on the evaluation of its severity, mainly based on multiparameter scores such…
Abstract Two randomized controlled studies have shown a meaningful improvement in outcome in survivors of out of hospital cardiac…