background: potassium permanganate (pp) is a highly corrosive and deadly agent with a reported lethal dose of 10 g in adults. in this report, successful treatment of a patient poisoned with three times the lethal dose of pp is presented, and effective and early approach to such emergency toxicologic condition is discussed. case presentation:a 24-year-old woman presented to emergency room of our...

this is a case series which report the clinical results of decompressive craniectomy in 4 patients with dilated pupils secondary to traumatic brain injury and postoperative edema. between 2011 and 2012, four patients, 3 males and 1 female, aged between 35 and 64 with mean age of 50.1 ± 8.9 years, underwent decompressive craniectomy due to brain traumatic edema. the follow up period ranged betwe...

background platelet rich plasma is known for its hemostatic, adhesive and healing properties in view of the multiple growth factors released from the platelets to the site of wound. the primary objective of this study was to use autologous platelet rich plasma (prp) in wound beds for anchorage of skin grafts instead of conventional methods like sutures, staplers or glue. methods in a single cen...

background: the most common complication of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp) is acute pancreatitis. a number of therapeutic trials have been studied due to reduce the occurrence of postendoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis (pep) but many of them were unsuccessful. periampullary corticosteroid injection was proposed to use as ...

A 20-year-old girl presented with a one-week history of fever and chills, malaise, generalized erythema (including the face, trunk, back and extremities), edema (initially the face and then lower limbs) and hoarseness (Figure 1). Physical examination revealed low-grade fever, jaundice, lymphadenopathy (posterior cervical, submandibular, <1 cm, no axillary, no inguinal). Dermatological exa...

background:epidemic dropsy occurs due to ingestion of mustard oil contaminated with oil from argemone mexicana, leading to edema and tenderness of the abdomen, upper and lower limbs. in this study, clinical profiles of patients presented with epidemic dropsy in north india are described. methods: this was a prospective study of patients presented with epidemic dropsy to the emergency department...

purpose: to evaluate the influence of different confounding factors on the effect of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection for refractory diabetic macular edema. methods: in a prospective placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial, 88 eyes with refractory diabetic macular edema were randomly assigned into two groups including 45 in the treatment group (4 mg intravitreal triamcinolone...

Introduction: Because of bilateral involvement in many cases with diabetic macular edema, Intravitreal bevacizumab injection perform in both eyes. There are some reports of therapeutic effects in the fellow eye after monocular injection of anti-vascular endothelial growth factors. In this study we describe a case of bilateral improvement of diabetic macular edema following unil...

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of foot pump exercise on edema diameter in patients with leg edema. The research method used is a literature review. results showed significant decrease pitting and when doing exercises In conclusion, flexion extension edematous area combined elevation diameter.&#x0D; Keywords: Fluid Overload, Leg Edema, Pump Exercise