snoring, a vexing night symphony or clinical red flag?

Red Bull®: Red flag or red herring?

Article history: Received 22 December 2016 Accepted 27 December 2016 clinically relevant increase in theQT interval, especially in consideration that these were LQTS patients, and thus expected to have a prolonged QT intervals to begin with. As analogy, the guidelines for LQTS indicate that whenever mexiletine shortens the QTc by at least 40 ms it should be added to beta-blockers for chronic th...

Reassurance, Red Flag, or Referral?

Vomiting in children: reassurance, red flag, or referral?

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Swiss flag or Red Cross emblem: why the confusion?

As a dual Swiss-US citizen, I have been astonished for many years about the sheer quantity of Swiss National flags decorating the United States. Indeed, I encounter the Swiss flag regularly in football stadiums, ballparks, and concert arenas, owing to the unequivocal earmarking of first aid stations and first aid responders at popular venues (Figure 1). The root cause is likely attributed to an...

A red flag in sarcoidosis: laryngeal obstruction.

with these measures there is always the risk of irreversible damage to the vocal cords, potentially causing permanent changes in vocal tone and phonation. Today, after 18 months of treatment the patient is doing well and FEV 1 remains stable in the range of 2.9–3 liters (78–80% of predicted value). Laryngeal involvement in sarcoidosis causing upper airway obstruction is rare but potentially lif...

Double or nothing: red flag symptoms of critical carotid stenosis, a case report

BACKGROUND Detailed knowledge of every possible manifestation of Internal Carotid Artery (ICA) disease is important. For improving detection and a timely adoption of secondary prevention procedures or treatments. Transient oculomotor nerve palsies have been described associated with stenosis or occlusion of the ICA. CASE PRESENTATION We described a patient that develop a sequential combinatio...