Images in clinical medicine Consumption of Raw Oysters and Vibrio Vulnificus Sepsis Salim Surani, Barbara Estment, Brenda Parrish, Joseph Varon Abstract We present the case and images of a 52 year-old Hispanic gentleman with a history of hepatitis C…
Original Multicentre Study about Nurses’ Attitude to Delirium Patients Santiago Herrero, Natalia Mendoza, Marta Muñoz Rodríguez, Dolores Mendoza, Eva García Piney, Ana María Sanchez Prieto Abstract Objective: The main goal of this research is to know a nurse’s attitude to patients that may suffer…
Original Long-Term Outcome of Long Stay ICU and HDU Patients in a New Zealand Hospital Geoffrey Paul Carden, Jonathan Wayne Graham, Stuart McLennan, Leo Anthony Celi Abstract Objective: The objective of the study is to determine factors that influence the outcome of long stay patients…
Original Long-Term Outcome from Intensive Care. A One Year Follow-Up of Acute Admissions at Hawke’s Bay Hospital Ross C. Freebairn, Anne Stuart, Christine McKenna Abstract Background: This study aimed to collect information about long-term survival and independence of patients requiring acute hospital admissions…
Review The Significance of Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels in the Critically Ill Tuhina Raman Abstract Brain natriuretic peptide levels (BNP) have been best studied in the heart failure (HF) literature and has been…
Images in clinical medicine Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava: Incidental Discovery in Adult Salim Surani, Brenda Parrish, Joseph Varon, Melinda Toth A middle age Caucasian gentleman presented to the Emergency Department with fever, chills and hypotension. Chest X-ray revealed consolidation…