post cardiac surgery ophthalmic complications are uncommon, and sudden visual loss is one of the most important ophthalmic problems in these patients. we report a 54-year-old woman that suffered transient sudden bilateral visual loss seven days after orthotopic heart transplantation. in ophthalmologic examination positive findings were bilateral normal size pupils without direct and indirect pu...

A woman of 23 attended the accident and emergency department after feeling unwell and acutely short of breath for one day. She used salmeterol, beclomethasone and salbutamol inhalers for asthma; otherwise there was no medical history of note. On examination she was tachypnoeic, tachycardic and unable to complete full sentences. Temperature was normal. There were widespread wheezes in the chest....