... perhaps our focus should also
include VAT, which may be a precursor to VAP or overlap
with early VAP [1-5]. Understanding VAT may have important
implications for the early diagnosis, therapy, and ... mechanical
ventilator days, but those receiving antimicrobial therapy had
a trend toward decreased LOS, fewer mechanical ventilator
Commentary
Ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (V...
... pain and completely blurred vision in my
right eye a few days after my cataract surgery. I then
was told that a very bad infection had taken over my
eye. I was told that one of the specific antibiotics ... injected
intravitreally.
A coagulase-negative Staphy lococcus aureus strain that
was vancomycin resistant was identified through culture
analysis.
Four days after intravitreal injec...
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Acknowledgements
The authors greatly appreciate the technical assistance of Ms. Paola
Bonauguro and Mr. Alberto Castellani.
Authors’ contributions
GL and DR performed pre-transfusion evaluations and made the diagnosis;
then ... severe anaemia (haemoglo-
bin = 3.8gr/dl) and the patient was prescribed an emer-
gen cy transfusion of RBCs (0 Rh-positive), owing to the
severe anae...
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1).Additionally,italsodemonstratedlarge,multiple,
bilateral pulmonary emboli (Figures 2 and 3).
He did not have any prior history of deep venous
thrombosis (DVT) and was not aware of any family his-
tory of the disorder. He was taking no medications ... relationship but, again, several
months elapsed between vasectomy and the thrombotic
event [3]. Recently, Teachey [4] reported...
... chemotherapy : a case report
Qamar Ghafoor* and Anula Chetiyawardana
Address: University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Email: Qamar Ghafoor* - qamar.ghafoor@uhb.nhs.uk; Anula Chetiyawardana - shan.chetiyawardana@uhb.nhs.uk
* ... [4] and he was
treated according to local guidelines. Initially he had 4
cycles of cisplatin and gemcitabine chemotherapy, fol-
lowed by external beam r...
... with acute appendicitis. Medical imaging can
help clinicians to arrive at a correct diagnosis. Abdominal
X-ray, ultrasonography, and tomodensitometry can also
facilitate an accurate and early diagnosis ... not automatically evoked, which delays
the appropriate management of patients. As a conse-
quence, as in the case of our patient, peritoneal diffusion
may eventually develop.
Meanwh...
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, Andreas Aspris
3
and Nikolaos Marangos
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Abstract
Introduction: Traditional management of Gradenigo's syndrome requires aggressive and radical surgery without any
attempt ... Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck and Skull Base Surgery,
Euroclinic Athens, Greece,
2
Department of Otolaryngology, Tzanion General
Hospital, Piraeus, Greece and
3
Nicosia Genera...
... and should be aware that anatomical variations
and the potential for compensation by the levator scapu-
lae may cause the clinical consequences from any injury
to the spinal accessory nerve to differ.
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