Articles
Incidence And Outcome of Aki In Icu
Rapid decrease in the kidney’s ability to eliminate waste products such as urea and creatinine. Other manifestations include decreased urine output, metabolic acidosis and hyperkalemia. It can be defi...
Demographic Study of Acute Pancreatitis in a Tertiary Care Hospital in North East of India: A Single Institutional Experience
It is a retrospective study based on available medical records of patient admitted from December 2017 to December 2018 with diagnosis of acute pancreatitis. A total number of cases 30 were diagnosed ...
Successful Induction Chemotherapy in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) with End-Stage Renal Disease on Hemodialysis
It is not clear whether therapy for AML can be administered to patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis. There is limited experience available on what regimen to use, dose-adjustments, adv...
Near Drowning: Case Report
Drowning is defined as a process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion or immersion in the liquid (WHO, 2002) (1). Worldwide it is a very common occurance but literature are very scar...
A Case of Empyema Thoracis By Very Unusual Multidrug Resistant Bugs
Empyema thoracis ia condition where there is accmulation of infected fluid or pus in the pleural cavity.In this case,we found two causative organisms which are usually very uncommon and also resistant...
A Rare Case of Fat Embolism Syndrome
Fat embolism syndrome (FES)is a life-threatening complication in patients with trauma,especially in long bone fractures.The diagnosis of fat embolism is mainly clinical .The significance of the FES is...
Hypoactive Delirium: The Most Prevalent and Frequently Missed One: A Case Report
The word delirium comes from the Latindeaway from + lirafurrow in afield, hence literally meaning going away from the ploughed track. Delirium is a neuropsychiatric syndrome which is transient and re...
Drug dosing in renal dysfunction in the ICU
In the intensive care unit (ICU) numerous medications are prescribed to critically ill patients. Besides the acute illness, these patients suffer from many underlying chronic diseases which mandates t...
Approach to a patient with fever in Emergency Department
The commonest presenting complaint of infection is fever. The increase in body temperature regulatory set point causes the rise in temperature above the normal range (36.5 – 37.5 degree C). Conditions...