Taopheeq Bamidele Rabiu
Taopheeq Bamidele Rabiu
The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), introduced by Teasdale and Jenneth in 1974, has received tremendous acclaim from clinicians and has been extensively used in clinical practice for the evaluation of the level of consciousness. The author notes ...
Drug interaction leading to prolonged sedation in a postoperative high risk coronary bypass surgery patient [0.03%]
冠脉搭桥术后高风险患者因药物相互作用导致长时间镇静不醒
Shrikant Bobade,Vinay Kulkarni,Sudhir Dhumne et al.
Shrikant Bobade et al.
Use of midazolam infusion in mechanically ventilated patient is an established practice in critical care. In our case, the use of erythromycin as a prokinetic agent for better tolerance of enteral feeding and paralytic ileus led to an inter...
Contralateral hyperinflation: Computed tomography demonstration of an unusual complication of unrecognized endobronchial intubation [0.03%]
支气管内插管误入导致对侧肺过度膨胀的CT征象分析
Jyotindu Debnath,Rajesh Kumar,R Bala Murali Krishna et al.
Jyotindu Debnath et al.
Endobronchial intubation (EBI) is an important complication of endotracheal intubation. In a case of unrecognized EBI, usually, the intubated lung gets hyperinflated while the contralateral lung collapses. We report a case of unrecognized r...
Bijayini Behera,Sandeep Bhoriwal,Purva Mathur et al.
Bijayini Behera et al.
We report a case of posttraumatic skin and soft tissue infection in a patient who sustained laceration after being hit by a water tanker. Aeromonas hydrophila was isolated from pus and was identified to the species level by Vitek 2 and a ba...
Geeta Gathwala,Jagjit Singh,K N Rattan et al.
Geeta Gathwala et al.
Congenital isolated pleural effusion is a rare cause of respiratory distress in neonates. It is usually chylous. Herein, we report a rare case of nonchylous congenital idiopathic pleural effusion. ...
Jose Chacko,Gagan Brar,Ashok Elangovan et al.
Jose Chacko et al.
We report a case of "Apical Ballooning Syndrome" following attempted suicidal hanging. Our patient developed retrosternal chest pain and ischemic changes on electrocardiography (ECG), a day after the suicidal attempt. She underwent an angio...
V B Kute,A V Vanikar,M R Gumber et al.
V B Kute et al.
We report a case of end stage renal disease patient who displayed a persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) after placement of hemodialysis (HD) catheter through left internal jugular vein, as revealed by routine post-procedure X-ray che...
Ranju Singh,Deepak Bansal,Neha Baduni et al.
Ranju Singh et al.
Diclofenac sodium is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug widely used as an opioid sparing agent for postoperative analgesia. Anaphylaxis due to intravenous diclofenac sodium is very rare. We report a case of anaphylactic reaction to IV d...
An evaluation of the Charlson co-morbidity score for predicting sepsis after elective major surgery [0.03%]
Charlson合并症评分对预测择期大手术后脓毒症的评估研究
Peter A Hampshire,Arpan Guha,Ann Strong et al.
Peter A Hampshire et al.
Background and aims: Severe sepsis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality following major surgery. The Charlson co-morbidity score (CCS) has been shown to be associated with severe sepsis following major surger...