P4 Peripheral gangrene in rheumatic diseases

Fasting and rheumatic diseases

Fasting is one of the important religious practices of Muslims, in which the individuals abstain from eating and drinking from dawn to sunset. Fasting is not obligatory or even not allowed, in case it causes health problems to the fasting individual. Rheumatic diseases are a major group of chronic diseases which can bring about numerous problems while fasting. The aim of this article is to revi...

Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene

A 27-year-old woman presented to the clinic with well-demarcated symmetrical dry gangrene of all the toes. The onset was insidious during recent hospitalization for urosepsis and shock. There is no antecedent history of peripheral ischemia, use of oral contraceptive pill, or smoking. Her medical history is significant for hypertension and preeclampsia. Dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial pulses...

Peripheral gangrene in polycythaemia vera.

well account for the phonocardiographic features of extreme variability of the A2-OC interval and the intermittent absence of the OC. The systolic murmur was in keeping with mitral reflux with its rate related variability. In a very ill patient with a malfunctioning mitral Starr-Edwards prosthesis we feel that the phonocardiographic findings can be a useful bedside adjunct to the physician and ...

Peripheral gangrene in myocardial infarction.

Peripheral gangrene in a newborn.

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