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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510165

Challenges in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Invasive Candidiasis in India

Yatin Mehta

Article Type: Review Article | First Published: 2024/08/07

Invasive candidiasis (IC) is a serious candidal infection often associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. The timely initiation of appropriate antifungal therapy is important to reduce the risk of mortality....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510164

Sepsis Due to Shewanella putrefaciens: A Rare Bacterium in the Blood of an Immuno-Compromised Patient

Yudhyavir Singh, Pratik Tuppad and Babita Gupta

Article Type: Letter to Editor | First Published: 2024/08/07

Immunocompromised patients are susceptible to various infections, the spectrum ranging from infections by skin commensals to various multi drug resistant organisms. Here we would like to highlight one such rare infection by Shewanella putrefaciens isolated from the bloodstream of a patient diagnosed with HIV....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510163

The Role of Neutrophils in ARDS and Drugs that Modify their Formyl Peptide Receptor Activity

Veronica A Varney, BSc hons, MBBS, FRCP, MD, Gopal Chattopadhyay, MBBS, MRCP, Vishnu Bharadwaj Sai, MBBS, Samina Monir, MBBS, Abhishek Ray, MBBS, Alex Nicholas, BSc, MSc, FIBMS, Brian Ford, BSc hons, MSc, PhD, Ginny Quirke, RN, Dip N, BSc (Hons), Amolak Bansal, BM, FRCP, FRCPath, DM and Syed Rehan Quadery, MBBS, FRCP, MD

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: 2024/08/02

Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) represents a sustained neutrophil driven attack on the lung, where raised alveolar neutrophil numbers are known to predict severity and mortality. Neutrophil infiltration to the lung is in response to released Formyl Peptides from infected and damaged tissue which can drive oxidant and protease release with toxic effects. Formyl Peptides can stimulate neutrophils directly via their surface Formyl Peptide Receptors (FPR’S), escalating their activation ...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510162

Type B Lactic Acidosis Associated with T - Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Pediatric Case Study

Priyanka Kharayat, MD, Rhea Hans, MD, Alexandra Walsh, MD, JJ Zaritsky, MD, Danielle Sebbens, DNP and Michelle Munkwitz, MD

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: 2024/07/25

Aerobic glycolysis or Warburg effect (WE) is a common cause of hyperlactatemia in adults with cancer, uncommonly seen in the pediatric population. We describe an unusual case of a teenager with lactic acidosis as the presenting lab abnormality with no other abnormality suggestive of an oncologic process, who was later diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510161

Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Multiple Rib Fractures- A Novel Pain Management Technique

Aaron Dsouza and Divya Vincent

Article Type: Original Article | First Published: 2024/05/31

Rib fractures are mostly traumatic. Commonly seen in patients suffering from multiple injuries due to road traffic accidents or fall from height, conventional treatment is with intravenous/oral analgesics or opioid patches. The innervation of the ribs passes through the Serratus Anterior Plane and hence we aim to administer anaesthetic in this plane to achieve reliable and quality pain relief....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510160

Therapeutic Plasma Exchange for Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to Hypertriglyceridemia: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Giorgio Berlot, Ariella Tomasini and Michele Contadini

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: 2024/03/30

A patient with acute pancreatitis was admitted to our Intensive Care Unit due to arterial hypotension and hypoxemia that responded to fluid resuscitation and supplemental oxygen; the blood chemistries revealed extremely elevate triglycerides and cholesterol levels. A therapeutic plasma exchange was performed on an emergency basis and determined their sharp decrease. The patient was transferred to a regular ward 6 days later, and a CT-scan obtained after one more week at demonstrated a large pseu...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510159

A Rare Cause of Acute Chest Pain

Cátia Ribeiro Santos, Carolina Roriz and Vera Frazão Vieira

Article Type: Patient Care | First Published: 2024/02/09

Chest pain is one of the most common symptoms for which adults seek medical care, making chest pain the second most common complaint [1]. A central goal in the emergency department is to determine whether acute chest pain is a life-threatening condition for the patient [1,2]. Acute onset of chest may also be seen with disorders such as aortic aneurysm dissection, myocardial infarction, spontaneous pneumothorax, pneumonia, pancreatitis, peptic ulcer perforation, or esophageal perforation....

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