Case report Successful recruitment in severe unilateral pneumonia using airway pressure release ventilation and lateral decubitus position Ng SY, Ong GKS A 25 year-old Caucasian male with no past medical history of note presented with tetraplegia after hitting his head…
Case report Acute transverse myelitis in systemic lupus erythematosus: report of a case Fernando Pavel González Ibarra, Ezequiel García Tizoc, Alma Guadalupe Rojo Jimenez, Carlos Leopoldo Águila Gastélum, Zamudio Lerma Jorge Alberto, Marco Antonio Maradiaga Ceceña Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that can cause multiple organ damage. It is more common in…
Case report Repeated acute respiratory failure: the strongyloidiasis hyperinfection syndrome Salim Surani, Mauricio Rodriguez, Sophia Nooruddin, Joseph Varon A 63 year-old gentleman with a history of mitral valve repair and recent travel to the Philippines presented to…
Original Increased serum cystatin C is a predictive factor for renal outcome in non-cardiac critically ill patients Tadashi Kaneko, Ryosuke Tsuruta, Shunji Kasaoka, Takashi Miyauchi, Motoki Fujita, Yoshikatsu Kawamura, Tsuyoshi Maekawa Cystatin C is a 122-amino-acid, 13 kDa protein that is a member of the family of competitive inhibitors of…
Images in clinical medicine Traumatic pneumomediastinum James Tietjens, Ross Freebairn, Kate Law, Marianne Lill A previously-healthy thirty-year old man presented to the Emergency Department at Hawke’s Bay Hospital with central chest pain, following…
Images in clinical medicine An unusual cause of dyspnea Viridiana Salinas, Ricardo Fernandez, Maria C. Betancourt, Diane Vanhorne A 41 year-old woman case with nonproductive cough, dyspnea, weight loss and fever is described. Laboratories were remarkable for…