Sergiy Volodimirovich Goshovsky (On the sixty-year-old Jubilee)

Achalasia in a sixty-four-year-old man.

Achalasia is an esophageal motility disorder characterized by increased lower esophageal sphincter pressure and absence of peristalsis in the lower esophagus. Patients typically present with complaints of progressive difficulty swallowing over a period of several years. Diagnosis is confirmed by esophageal manometry. Complications of achalasia include esophagitis, aspiration and possibly an inc...

wound myiasis in a sixty-two-year-old man

introduction wound myiasis is one of the common types of myiasis that demonstrates obligatory parasitic behavior. case presentation a 62-year-old homeless man presented with an abnormally growing and ruptured neck mass containing worms. he had wound myiasis caused by the larva of lucilia sericata in his previously punctured neck. discussion lucilia sericata can cause both facultative and obliga...

Not Too Old at Sixty

Acute intravascular haemolysis associated with intravenous administration of meropenem in a sixty four year old man.

We present the first reported case of severe intravascular haemolysis associated with the use of meropenem in a 64 year old man. The report highlights a further possible drug related cause of intravascular haemolysis. The patient, who had a background of dialysis dependent renal failure, epilepsy and learning difficulties, was admitted to the intensive care unit following laparotomy and large b...

Overlapping Generations: The First Jubilee

Paul Samuelson’s (1958) overlapping generations model has turned 50. Seldom has so simple a model been so influential. Its “wow” factor, and the feeling of surprise at its originality and coolness have not paled with the years. The paper, in spite of its ripe age, still elicits wonder. Starting from the uncontroversial observation that “we live in a world where new generations are always coming...