The patient, an unmarried woman, aged 54 years, was admitted to hospital on 11.4.54. She gave a long history of abdominal trouble with seven previous abdominal operations between 1926 and 1951. The original complaint was low right-sided abdominal pain. In 1926 a colopexy was performed and in the next few years two laparotomies were carried out because of continued pain. Then in 1946, an attempt...

This case report describes the anaesthetic management of a patient addicted to Bhang(cannabis) for 20 years. Cannabis use has implication in the anaesthetic management of a patient because of its effects on the cardiovascular system, respiratory system, and central nervous system and its interaction with anaesthetic drugs.

1) Abscess due to subcutaneous injection of heroin (skin-popping) are very common in inner city Dublin hospitals. (2) The most common sites are the antecubital fossa and deltoid regions of the arms and the buttocks. (3) The most common organism in this series of abscesses is staph aureus. One third of all abscesses had multiple organisms. In 90% of abscesses with multiple organisms a Streptococ...

This is a histological report of a myocardial lesion of a 44-year-old white man who was found dead in a hotel with circumstances strongly suggestive of heroin intoxication. Based on. autopsy findings and toxicologic analysis, the present case was an instance of straight forward heroin overdose in snorter. The most striking pathologic finding of the heart was a few patches of marked dark mottlin...

Background: Many of lay person believe that opium lowers blood glucose. However some studies show the opposite results. In this study, we tried to evaluate the effect of opium on blood glucose and insulin resistance. Methods: This comparative study including 53 addicts in case groups who used opium just in the form of smoking and 55 non-addicts in a control group, took part in the study, after ...

We report a case of a non-pulsatile groin swelling in a 38 years old male drug addict without the typical clinical signs of an aneurysm. Ultrasound revealed a left femoral artery pseudo-aneurysm. He was surgically treated and the vessels were ligated without revascularisation.