Báo cáo y học: "Bilateral sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis secondary to indwelling central venous catheter: a case report" pot

... failure and intravenous drug abuse. Case presentation: We report a rare case of bilateral sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis in an elderly patient secondary to an indwelling right subclavian ... indwelling central venous catheter: a case report Charita Pradhan 1 , Nicholas FS Watson* 1 , Nitin Jagasia 2 , Ray Chari 2 and Jane E Patterson 1 Address: 1 De...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:21

... had totally healed, leaving only a small area of mild subepithelial opacity (Figure 3b). Treatment with topical acyclovir ointment once daily was continued, with 0.5% carboxymethylcellulose eye ... we began tapering the oral prednisolone dose to 30 mg/day and replaced azathiopr- ine with oral Cyclosporin A 100 mg twice a day. A week after starting topical antiviral treatment, our pa...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22

... solution to palliate HLHS, with pulmonary artery (PA) to innominate artery shunt, associated to bilateral pulmonary artery banding (PAB), patent ductus arteriosus stenting and atrioseptostomy, not ... Polytetrafluoroethylene graft is performed from proximal PA to inomminate artery. After that, a 7 mm Polytetrafluoroethylene graft is anastomosed in the left side of proximal PA,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... study is limited in its ability to demonstrate pulmonary vascular anatomy and collat- eral arterial supply [10]. Angiography remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of pulmonary artery agenesis. ... response. Discussion Congenital UAPA is a rare anomaly that may occur in isolation but most frequently is accompanied by cardio- vascular malformations such as tetralogy of Fallot, septal...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22

... this journal. Authors’ contributions AK analyzed and interpreted the patient data and performed the GI endoscopy. NZ analyzed and compiled all the data and laboratory analysi s and was the major contributor ... Zdraveska: Coagulopathy as initial manifestation of concomitant celiac disease and cystic fibrosis: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:116. Submit your next ma...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:23

... patient had a life-threatening hematochezia. After angiographic occlusion of a branch of the ileocaecal artery and initiation of antiretroviral therapy, the patient became rapidly asymptomatic and could ... extremely high viral load. Introduction Patient s with primary HIV-1 infection (PHI) may have a variety of symptoms, including flulike syndrome, lym- phadenopathy, gastrointestinal s...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:21

... discharged on day 46 in a stable condition to an acute rehabilitation facility. At that point he had mild facial weakness, was able to symmetrically produce a small smile and could fully but ... with dysgeusia, and an obvious facial droop appeared. The remainder of his neurological examination, including contralateral facial strength, remained unchanged. A brain magnetic resonance i...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 07:20

... Yamada-Okabe H, Ogata E: Generation of a human- ized monoclonal antibody against human parathyroid hor- mone-related protein and its efficacy against humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy. Anticancer ... citation purposes) Journal of Medical Case Reports Open Access Case report Severe hypercalcaemia and lymphoma in an HTLV-1 positive Jamaican woman: a case report Veronica Lyell*, Elh...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:23

... covering anaerobes and gram negative bacilli, intravenous hydration and appropriate nutrition is the mainstay of treatment. Emphysematous gastritis usually has a fulminant course with a mortality rate ... a plain abdominal X-ray can be used as the initial imaging study [10]. It is important to differentiate emphysematous gastritis from gastric emphysema. Early institution of antibioti...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20

... Smith is a Specialist Registrar in General Surgery. Mr Moayad Aljarabah is a Registrar in General Surgery. Mr Graeme Ferguson is a Consultant Vascular Surgeon at the Royal Bolton NHS Foundation ... post-operatively with a three day history of fever, rigors and swelling of the left leg. On examination she was noted to be py rexial at 38.0°C, tachycardic and hypotensive. She had a v...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20