BACKGROUND Infection of pancreatic necrosis is a life-threatening complication during the course of acute pancreatitis. In critically ill patients, surgical or extended endoscopic interventions are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Minimally invasive procedures on the other hand are often insufficient in patients suffering from large necrotic areas containing solid or purulent mater...

Family physicians often manage substance ingestions in children, most of which are nontoxic in nature. Physicians should know the phone number of the poison control center, understand the appropriate initial assessment of suspected toxin ingestion, and recognize important toxidromes. Rapid triage is crucial, including airway, respiration, and circulation stabilization. Appropriate supportive or...

The mucosal and systemic immune responses to Campylobacter jejuni were studied in rabbits receiving gastric inoculation with live organisms. A lavage procedure was used to facilitate repeated monitoring of the intestinal immune response to C. jejuni. Immunity to C. jejuni was determined by secondary challenge by using the removable intestinal tie adult rabbit diarrhea (RITARD) model and monitor...

Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is the third most popular bariatric procedure. Despite its reversibility and minimal invasiveness, band infection affects 1.2% of patients. We present a case of a 25-year-old, obese woman who was experiencing malaise and feverishness 3 years after gastric band placement. Due to port site infection the port was removed, which did not improve the pat...

? serve as a guide and should be varied to suit the special needs of infants, as each case ^quires separate consideration. The child should be under frequent observation as its Condition may undergo rapid alteration in a snort time. Skilled nursing is an important Part of treatment. General.?No purgative is usually required as diarrhoea has been sufficiently severe to 0,nPty the intestinal trac...

OBJECTIVE To assess the diagnostic yield of fibreoptic bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) compared to gastric aspiration (GA) in children with probable pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). METHODS Children with probable pulmonary TB were subjected to bronchoscopy, BAL and gastric aspiration. The samples were examined for acid fast bacilli (AFB) on smear. RESULTS A total of 52 children un...

was brought to my office 6 hours after with severe toxic symptoms. The history was as follows :? A few minutes after he swallowed the drug, burning in the pit of the stomach accompanied with giddiness ensued. Tremendous projectile vomiting commenced three hours later coupled with excessive pain in the abdomen and extreme weakness all over the limbs. His temperature was sub-normal (96?F.) and hi...

The diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children is notoriously difficult to establish, and this is in great part due to the rarity with which the tubercle bacillus is found. In the adult reliance is placed on the discovery of the bacillus in the sputum, and, unless this is done, the diagnosis must always remain in some doubt. The presence of the tubercle bacillus, if it can be demonstrated ...

Grokool, Hindu, aged 23, swallowed 1 tola (90 grains) of opium mixed in oil at 2 o'clock on the night of the 16th September 1879. He was a personal servant of a native gentleman, and as he did not turn out to his ordinary duties in the morning, his house was searched, and he was found in a state of semi-insensibility. He was brought to the dispensary at 8 a. m., suffering from marked symptoms o...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the importance toxicological analysis in acute intoxications by pesticides through experience laboratory Poison Control and Pharmacovigilance Center Morocco (CAPM). This a retrospective from January 2014 September 2020, concerning suspected poisoning cases. cholinesterase activity was measured whole blood chromatographic analyzes (GC-MS LC-MS-MS) were conduc...