Acute adrenal failure: a potentially fatal consequence of an adulterated herbal remedy

A Cases of Near-fatal Anaphylaxis: Parsley “Over-use” as an Herbal Remedy

The use of herbal products in patients with allergic diseases is a special problem and still controversial. But, many people often use herbs to maintain good health. The patients use self-prescribed remedies as medications but do not inform their physicians about herbal use. Unfortunately, some herbal self-medications may have unexpected effects and interactions which may lead to fatal complica...

Fatal Acute Liver Failure as a Consequence of Regorafenib Treatment in a Metastatic Colon Cancer

Regorafenib is a multikinase inhibitor which showed benefits in pretreated metastatic colorectal cancer patients. Hepatotoxicity has been described as a frequent side effect. We report the case of a 65-year-old patient presenting with jaundice, fever, and hepatocellular insufficiency which led to death of the patient. She had previously been treated with several lines of chemotherapy for sub- a...

Herbal Remedy for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is basically an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of joints and other areas of the body. It is known to affect people of all ages but the main cause of rheumatoid arthritis is still not known precisely among individuals. In RA the joints are damaged to a huge extent that ultimately leads to its destruction and deformity. Although RA has no proper cure it c...

An unusual potentially fatal penetrating chest injury.

Potentially fatal vaporizer incident.

EDITOR: We wish to report a potentially fatal critical incident that occurred during an elective operating theatre list. A similar problem [1] has been recently highlighted by the MHRA but without the emphasis of its potentially fatal nature (Fault in Draeger Vapor 2000/D-Vapor Vaporizer series with the interlocking device, MDA/2006/030) [2]. This series of vaporizers for isoflurane and sevo-fl...