A Word of Caution Regarding Patient Self-inflicted Lung Injury and Prophylactic Intubation

Unusual Self Inflicted Injury in a Patient with SHAFT Syndrome

A 24-year-old man was admitted with pain and swelling in the left forearm. He admitted introducing several long screws in his forearm, manually one by one, the previous night. The shafts of the screws were buried deep into the muscles of the forearm though their heads were still visible from the surface. This patient has been found to exhibit features of SHAFT syndrome on numerous occasions in ...

assessment of deep word knowledge in elementary and advanced iranian efl learners: a comparison of selective and productive wat tasks

testing plays a vital role in any language teaching program. it allows teachers and stakeholders, including program administrators, parents, admissions officers and prospective employers to be assured that the learners are progressing according to an accepted standard (douglas, 2010). the problems currently facing language testers have both practical and theoretical implications but the first i...

Pneumocephalus Following Self-Inflicted Penetrating Brain Injury

Objective Pneumocephalus is a rare complication that often occurs after traumatic skull base injury, leading to morbidity and mortality. Material and Method We present the case of a 42-year-old healthy man who injured himself when he stuck a metal stick into his left nasal cavity to relieve prolonged nasal obstruction. Immediate cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea and subsequent meningitis and pne...

A word of caution regarding proposed benefits of albumin from ALBIOS: a dose of healthy skepticism

Introduction The recently published Albumin Italian Outcome Sepsis (ALBIOS) study was a prospective, open-label, multicenter, controlled trial of 1,818 patients with severe sepsis or septic shock [1]. Patients were randomized to receive either albumin 20% daily to maintain a serum albumin level ≥3 g/dl or no albumin replacement. No differences were detected in overall 28-day mortality, 90-day m...

Self-inflicted orbitocranial injury with a plastic ballpoint pen.