Articles
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...
Lactate as a Biomarker of Seizure: A Case Report
Lactate is a metabolic end product of anaerobic glycolysis and is produced by the reduction of pyruvate in a reaction catalyzed by LDH enzyme. Most common cause of lactic acidosis which we encounter i...
Chopart Dislocation in ER: A Case Report
The transverse tarsal joint is also called the midtarsal joint and is referred to as Chopart’s joint. The bones which go into the formation of this Chopart joint are the talus and calcaneus proximall...
Emergence of Carbapenem resistance : A retrospective study in a tertiary care centre in North East India.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)is “a global health security threat that requires action across government sectors and society as a whole” The World Health Organization (WHO)1. In the United States alon...