Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510095
Clostridium Sporogenes Causing Bacteremia Originated from the Skin and Soft Tissue Infection in an Immunocompetent Patient - Case Report and Literature Review
Harith A Alataby, MD, Vaishali Krishnamoorthy, MD, Laura Ndzelen, MD, Foma Munoh Kenne, MD, Kate Valenti, MLT, Jessie Savermuttu, MD and Jay Nfonoyim, MD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: July 09, 2020
Clostridium sporogenes is a major cause of food spoilage. In this report, we present a case of bacteremia in an immunocompetent patient, caused by C. sporogenes and most likely originated from the skin and soft tissue infections. 75-year-old man with PMHx of Parkinson’s disease presented to ED after he was found lying on the floor inside his house, covered in urine and feces for unknown duration of time. He was extremely lethargic and dehydrated. He had BP90/60 mmHg, PR100, RR 22, temperature ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510098
Safety and Effectiveness of Neuromuscular Blockers in the Treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Alfredo Aisa-Alvarez MsC, MD, Cesar A Rojas-Gomez, MD and Gilberto Camarena-Alejo MHA, MD
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: March 07, 2020
Two review authors independently screened the abstracts and titles for relevance. Screening for inclusion, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment were performed by one author and checked by the second. We assessed trials for the overall quality of evidence using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations (GRADE) instrument. We calculated the risk ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for dichotomous outcomes, while for continuous results we obtaine...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510097
Organophosphate Poisoning and Suicide in Nepal: A Reflection on the limitations of Behavioral Health Resources
Tyler Johnston, MS, Kris Brickman, MD, Roshana Shrestha, MD, Anmol Shrestha, MD and Shaza Aouthmany, MD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: February 15, 2020
Organophosphate poisoning is the most common cause of suicide attempt in Nepal. Mortality rates of organophosphate poisoning are 41 times higher than they are in the United States, even with appropriate treatment. In low middle income countries organophosphate poisoning is much more prevalent than any other forms of suicide due to the easy availability in these agricultural countries. The most common cause of organophosphate poisoning for intentional suicide is from depression. Social reforms wi...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3674/1510096
Evaluation of Accidents and Injuries in International Rally Organizations Held in Turkey
Ramazan SABIRLI, Damla ANBARLI METIN, Emre KARSLI and Omer CANACIK
Article Type: Original Research | First Published: February 13, 2020
International rally events, such as the World Rally Championship (WRC) and the Bosphorus Rally and the World Rally Cross Championship (WRX), have been held in Turkey from 2014 onwards. WRX race is an asphalt runway race in which two different categories of vehicles (Super car and RX-Lite) are racing and the rally racers aim to get the first place by passing one another. Super cars have approximately 650 hp engine, RX-Lite cars have approximately 380hp engine. Having been known since 1967, rallyc...
