Recurrent pericarditis is a troublesome complication of idiopathic acute pericarditis and occurs more frequently in pediatric patients after cardiac surgery (postpericardiotomy syndrome). Conventional treatment with nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, corticosteroids, and colchicine is not always effective or may cause serious adverse effects. There is no consensus, however, on how to proceed ...

Introduction: Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a distinct clinical entity within a spectrum of adverse cutaneous drug reactions. The common causative drugs are anticonvulsants, non-steroidal anti inflammatory drugs, sulfonamides and other antibiotics. Carbamazepine is an important antiepileptic drug used to treat bipolar disorder, seizures and nerve pain such as trigeminal neuralgia and diab...

Aim To determine the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) among prisoners in Zenica prison, and to investigate the relation between HCV and risky behaviors: intravenous drugs use (IDU), tattooing, promiscuity. Methods This cross-sectional study conducted at the High Security Penitentiary in Zenica involved 200 convicted persons who gave their consents for the research. Their blood wa...

Objectives: To compare the efficacy of intravenous Labetalol and Hydralazine in reduction blood pressure patients with severe pre-eclampsia.
 Methodology: This comparative study was conducted at Department Obstetrics Gynecology Ziauddin University Hospital, Karachi from1st June 2019 to 30th 2020. Total 208 pregnant women having pre-eclampsia (systolic ≥160 mmHg diastolic ≥110mmHg) were inc...

Introduction The intentional use of drugs before or during sexual intercourse (chemsex) is a phenomenon special importance in the MSM (men who have sex with men) population due to its impact on mental, physical and health. Objectives objective this study was compare psychopathological characteristics between users whith sexualized intravenous substance (slamsex) versus those did not slamsex att...

Objective: To learn about ADRs of antibacterial drugs in our Hospital and to provide references for rational drug use. Methods: Conduct retrospective studies, classification statistics, analysis and assessment on 469 ADR reports of antibacterial drugs collected between January 2015 and December 2016 in the hospital. Register ADR’s names, levels, results, drugs’ names, routes of administration, ...

20 scribed prolonged benefits of this therapy in hemodynamic parameters, functional capacity and survival. Other 2002 and 2003 studies, such as Pombo et al in the current issue of REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE CARDIOLOGÍA, have collected between 8 and 10 years of experience in treating pulmonary arterial hypertension with intravenous epoprostenol.4-6 They all agree in the essential message: intravenous e...