Distress caused by miscarriage

Idiopathic recurrent miscarriage is caused mostly by aneuploid embryos.

OBJECTIVE To determine any beneficial effects of preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) of all chromosomes by array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH), with either day 3 or blastocyst biopsy, for idiopathic recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) patients compared with their expected loss rate. DESIGN Case series report. SETTING Multiple fertility centers. PATIENT(S) A total of 287 cycles o...

Solastalgia: the distress caused by environmental change.

OBJECTIVE Solastalgia is a new concept developed to give greater meaning and clarity to environmentally induced distress. As opposed to nostalgia--the melancholia or homesickness experienced by individuals when separated from a loved home--solastalgia is the distress that is produced by environmental change impacting on people while they are directly connected to their home environment. The pap...

Acute respiratory distress caused by Neosartorya udagawae

We describe the first reported case of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) attributed to Neosartorya udagawae infection. This mold grew rapidly in cultures of multiple respiratory specimens from a previously healthy 43-year-old woman. Neosartorya spp. are a recently recognized cause of invasive disease in immunocompromised patients that can be mistaken for their sexual teleomorph, Asperg...

Acute respiratory distress caused by gravel blocking the bronchial tree.

A man riding a bike crashed against a bridge and fell into a river. He was rescued just before drowning. Chest radiography and CT scan showed gravel filling almost all his bronchial tree. Three hours were necessary to take out all the gravel by rigid bronchoscopy (Figs. 1 and 2). Fig. 1. Frontal CT scan showing gravel blocking the bronchial tree. Only the right upper bronchus lobe is free. Fig....

Adult respiratory distress syndrome caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae.