Introduction:Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is the most common metabolic disorder occurring in childhood with significant morbimortality. Uncontrolled diabetic patients are exposed to fatal hyperglycemic emergencies such as Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) characterized by hyperglycemia, acidosis, and ketosis. Although infections remain predominant precipitating factors for (DKA), its association m...

BACKGROUND Gamithromycin is active in vitro against the bacterial agents most commonly associated with bronchopneumonia in older foals. However, the clinical efficacy and safety of this drug have not been investigated. HYPOTHESIS Gamithromycin is effective for the treatment of bronchopneumonia in foals. ANIMALS One hundred and twenty-one foals on a farm endemic for infections caused by Rhod...

BACKGROUND Since the introduction of diquat in agriculture practice in 1960's, about 40 cases of poisoning have been described in detail in medical literature. CASE REPORT We presented two cases. A case one, a 35-year-old, previously healthy, woman ingested 14% diquat solution. The poisoning had fulminant course, consisted of severe stomachache, vomiting, cardiocirculatory shock, respiratory ...

BACKGROUND National analyses of mortality in England and Wales have repeatedly shown excess deaths from pneumonia in welders. During 1979-90 the excess was attributable largely to deaths from lobar pneumonia and pneumonias other than bronchopneumonia, limited to men of working age and apparent in other occupations with exposure to metal fumes. The findings for 1991-2000 were assessed and compar...

Diverticulosis of the main bronchi, not associated with other organ abnormalities, developed in a 12 year old child. This abnormality caused recurrent bronchopneumonia in the lung with the main bronchi diverticulosis. Fibreoptic bronchoscopy helped to locate the lesion and selective bronchography, with injection of contrast medium through the suction channel of the fibreoptic bronchoscope, show...