Ecstasy is an illegal recreationally used drug. A case of a young woman who had taken this drug and was found to have a spontaneous pneumomediastinum is reported. The association of spontaneous pneumomediastinum with drug abuse is discussed. The possible mechanism for this complication of Ecstasy, which has not been previously reported, is discussed.

Drug Related Problems (DRPs) associated with Type-2 Diabetes Melitus is commonly caused by multi drug prescription since Mellitus has comorbid dan complication diseases. Neuropathic pain 50% prevalence of diabetes Complication. DRPs can cause inadequate therapy that might be the risk factor leads to neuropathic pain. This study was aimed investigate association between related problems antidiab...

Acute ototoxicity is a rare but important complication of antithyroid drugs. Although previous cases have been reported in the medical literature, these cases occurred in younger patients with serological evidence of lupus-like syndrome with positive antidouble-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies. We describe the case of a 68-year-old Caucasian male who deve...

Permanent or transient intraluminal scaffolding of coronary arteries achieved by currently available stents effectively lowers the rate of acute vessel occlusion, persistent dissection, and restenosis. The latter complication is further reduced by local anti-proliferative drug delivery (drug eluting stent, DES), albeit delaying vascular healing with complete re-endothelialization. Blood exposed...

M oday, O cber 9, 2017 RESULTS: Twenty-one patients participated in the study. On average, Prineo closure took 58.38 seconds (2.50 s/cm) while subcuticular closure took 444.76 seconds (18.94 s/cm). Prineo closure was approximately 6.8 times faster (p=0.000) than subcuticular closure, saving an average of 6.4 minutes per incision. VSS scores were significantly better in patients with Prineo clos...

how to cite this article: khalessi n, afsharkhas l. neonatal meningitis: risk factors, causes and neurologic complications. iran j child neurol. 2014 autumn;8(4): 46-50. abstract objective neonates are at greater risk for sepsis and meningitis than other ages and in spite of rapid diagnoses of pathogens and treatments, they still contribute to complications and mortality. this study determines ...

background brucellosis is a systemic infection with a various clinical manifestations ranging from asymptomatic infection to serious and fatal diseases. in endemic area, one-third of all cases of human brucellosis have been reported in children. objectives this study aimed to evaluate epidemiology, clinical presentation, and treatment outcome of brucellosis among children in zahedan city. patie...

background brow ptosis is a potential complication after upper eyelid blepharoplasty. the aim of this study was to analyze the effect of upper blepharoplasty on eyebrow position. methods in this between april 2011 and march 2013, eighty three patients (166 eyes with mean age of 49.7 years) underwent upper eyelid blepharoplasty. the patients were assessed using pre- and post-operatively digital ...

The paper discusses the issue of justifiability and practical value of deciding between a medical complication and a medical error, the subject which has recently been frequently debated among doctors, at court trials and in media. The authors clearly define the meaning of the terms of medical complication and medical error, pointing out that they belong to an entirely different class of terms ...