A 65-year-old male, hypertensive and non-insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes mellitus as the only personal history of interest, who came to the Emergency Department of our hospital with micturition symptoms consisting of dysuria and pollakiuria associated with mild hematuria and hypogastric pain of 14 days of evolution. The patient did not report fever or any other associated symptoms. In addition, he told us that, at first, he had gone to his Health Center and consulted his Primary Care Physician...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) represents a worldwide public health problem, Mexico has a prevalence of 12.2%, of which 52,000 patients are in renal replacement therapy and 80% are treated at the Mexican Social Security Institute, it is associated with early mortality with a higher incidence after 40 years of age. The literature mentions severe metabolic acidosis, severe hyperkalemia and hyperphosphatemia, water overload and uremic syndrome as frequent causes of dialysis urgency. However, the most...

Calcification of the pericardium due to recurrent inflammation is a rare condition which can lead to severe restrictive cardiomyopathy. This case demonstrates severe circumferential pericardial calcification leading to cardiogenic shock and death. It is proposed that the patient’s history of repeat cardiac interventions, including cardiac ablation, and open valve repair procedures precipitated this....

Climate changes may be among the triggering factors in predicting epileptic seizures. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of changes in weather conditions and phases of the moon on epileptic seizures in epilepsy patients. This is a dual-center, cross- sectional, observational study. The patients’ age, sex, medications, and the hours of seizures were recorded. Meteorological data such as daily average temperature, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity, wind speed, and moon cyc...