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Report of a suicidal mono-intoxication with the class IC antiarrythmic drug propafenone. A 20-year-old female physician's assistant secretly ingested the substance (presumably 20 tablets per 300 mg) about 4-6 h before her death, and in the interim remained under the supervision of her physician. An
OBJECTIVE
To review the components of calcium, phosphate and magnesium metabolism that are relevant to the critically ill patient, in a two-part presentation.
METHODS
A review of articles reported on calcium, phosphate and magnesium disorders in the critically ill patient.
RESULTS
Abnormal calcium
Approximately 80% of individuals infected with West Nile virus (WNV) are asymptomatic, and less than 1% suffer from neuroinvasion that can result in permanent neurological deficits or mortality. Our institution's location in southern California predisposes it to a sizable case volume of
Background: The yellow fever (YF) vaccination is recommended by the WHO for people traveling or living in endemic areas at risk for yellow fever infections in Africa and South America. Although the live attenuated yellow fever vaccine is
Summary: Severe hyponatremia and osmotic demyelination syndrome (ODS) are opposite ends of a spectrum of emergency disorders related to sodium concentrations. Management of severe hyponatremia is challenging because of the difficulty in
Clinical characteristics: The phenotypes of dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase (DLD) deficiency are an overlapping continuum that ranges from early-onset neurologic manifestations to adult-onset liver involvement and, rarely, a myopathic
The neuroleptic effect and tolerability of roxindole (EMD 49,980), an agonist of the dopamine-D2 autoreceptor, was studied during a 4 week treatment period in 7 patients with paranoid-hallucinatory schizophrenia (ICD-9: 295.3). In patients with a daily dosage of up to 4.5 mg/day, there was no
A 76-year-old man suddenly experienced floating sensation, transient vertigo, and nausea. Neurological examination was unremarkable except for hypotonia and mild ataxia in the limbs, but orthostatic nausea and vomiting forced him to take a quiet, recumbent position. Magnetic resonance imaging of the
Magnesium sulfate (Mg) is one of several "second-tier" therapies for treating severe status asthmaticus. Pediatric reports primarily describe bolus use with limited data regarding prolonged infusions. We sought to describe the safety of prolonged Mg infusions during therapy Pituitary coma is a rare case of emergency and primarily due to ACTH and TSH deficiency. Pituitary coma occurs more often in patients with well-known pituitary deficiency than in patients with intrasellar tumor. Clinical manifestations are hypotonia, bradycardia, decreased skin and nipple
OBJECTIVE
Posterior fossa tumors are the most common brain tumors in children. Surgeons usually remove these tumors via a midline incision through the posterior vermis of the cerebellum. Though often effective, this surgery causes hypotonia, ataxia, oculomotor deficits, transient mutism, difficulty
BACKGROUND
The extremely rare but life-threatening hypercalcemic crisis is caused by an exacerbation of a chronic hyperparathyroidism. The etiologic reasons for this exacerbation are conditions which increase the serum calcium level in addition to the hyperparathyroidism with a complete breakdown of
We began this study to determine the efficacy and safety of intrathecal baclofen (ITB) delivered by a programmable pump for the treatment of severe spasticity of spinal cord origin. One hundred fifty two patients with severe spasticity of spinal origin, refractory to oral baclofen, or who
The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy, safety, and cost-effectiveness of intrathecal baclofen delivered by a programmable pump for the chronic treatment of severe spasticity. Sixty-six patients with severe spasticity of spinal cord origin that was refractory to oral baclofen or who
Sixteen primiparous patients requesting pain relief during labour received a continuous infusion of alfentanil 30 micrograms kg-1 h-1 via an extradural catheter. Supplementary (extradural) bolus doses (30 micrograms kg-1) were administered when deemed necessary. Excellent pain relief was rapidly