cardiac auscultation. Bilateral crackles were determined in lungs. Her laboratory findings were as follows: serum sodium 112 mmol/l, chlorine 77 mmol/l, urea 442 mg/dl, creatinine 7.5 mg/dl, haemoglobin 6.5 g/dl, leucocytes 30 000, arterial blood gas pH 7.1, bicarbonate 8 mmol/l, pCO2 22 mmHg, C-reactive protein (CRP) 41 mg/l. Due to poor general condition of the patient, with acidosis, haemodi...

admitted to the paediatric ward, representing 3-8% (17/439) of the infants under 1 year but 12% of the bed occupancy. Infants who had previously been in the neonatal intensive care unit accounted for a large proportion of the bed occupancy partly because they stayed in the ward longer for general problems (such as upper respiratory infections and social and feeding difficulties) than the other ...

discussion splenic artery aneurysm is a very uncommon cause of page kidney and to our knowledge, it was the first case of its kind ever reported in the literature. introduction the page kidney is a rare phenomenon that refers to hypertension resulting from any external compression of a kidney by a hematoma, tumor, lymphocele, or urinoma. the activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone syste...

Abstract Introduction Evaluation of the use contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in patients with abdominal trauma. Methods Retrospective study grade III or higher trauma, according to American Association Surgical (AAST) severity scale. All underwent an initial CT scan, mode B before discharge and a second-generation one month after trauma (contrast dose=0.03 ml/kg). Results From January 2017 D...