BACKGROUND Hyperkalaemic paralysis due to renal failure is a rare but potentially life threatening event. CASE PRESENTATION We present a patient who had sudden onset ascending flaccid paralysis. The EMS first diagnosis was acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction based on an EKG. In the emergency room (ER) due to careful history taking, serum electrolytes and repeat EKG a correct diagnosis wa...

Methods After giving informed consent and being cleared for participation by passing a screening physical and EKG, 36 apparently healthy men (mean ± SD age, height, weight: 29.4 ± 7.7 y, 177.2 ± 5.2 cm, 82.2 ± 10.7 kg) consumed 4 capsules of ProLensisTM (325 mg in the morning, 325 mg six hours later) or a matched placebo every day for 28 days. Clinical chemistry panels (renal, hepatic, and hema...

The minor tremor (MT), or microvibration, of the thenar muscles was recorded over in normal adults under various physiological conditions. In addition to MT, the ballistocardiogram (BCG), electrocardiogram (EKG) and respiratory movements were also traced simultaneously to determine the correspondence between MT and the pulsation of the heart. In the relaxed awake state, the dominant vibrations ...

BACKGROUND The clinical utility of determining cardiac motion on ultrasound has been reported for patients presenting in pulseless medical cardiac arrest. However, the relationship between ultrasound-documented cardiac activity and the probability of surviving pulseless electrical activity has not been examined in populations with trauma. We hypothesized that cardiac activity on ultrasound pred...