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The patient was a 69-year-old woman with a family history of type 2 diabetes. Her body mass index was 31.5. She was diagnosed as type 2 diabetes 32 years previously, and treated with insulin for 8 years. She had no episode of weight loss. She was hospitalized with diabetic ketoacidosis for the first
Omental infarction (OI) is a rare cause of acute abdomen in children. A 9-year-old girl was presented with sudden-onset intermittent right lower quadrant abdominal pain and fever (37.9°C). Physical examination revealed abdominal tenderness in the right lower quadrant with localized rebound
The aim of this case report is to discuss the issue of nutritional therapy in patients taking warfarin. Patients are often prescribed vitamin K free diets without nutritional counseling, leading to possible health consequences.
A 52-year-old woman with obesity and hypertension was prescribed a low
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic disorder, characterized by shorter height, severe obesity and muscular hypotonicity. In particular, sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is a well-known complication in PWS. We encountered one case of PWS, complicated by typical obesity hypoventilation syndrome.
A morbidity obese woman took a touring holiday which included two long flights and a stay at altitude. At the end of the second week of her holiday she was admitted to hospital in respiratory and cardiac failure. When she was better she travelled home by a combination of air ambulance and scheduled
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Myasthenia gravis is a rare immunological illness that impairs neuromuscular transmission. Myasthenic patients are usually hypersensitive to non-depolarising muscle relaxants, and reversal with neostigmine is rarely effective. We report the successful reversal of rocuroniuminduced
BACKGROUND
Mini-gastric bypass (MGB) is a bariatric surgical technique popular in many centers due to shorter duration, easier technique, and excellent weight loss results. However, it may be associated with postoperative malnutrition. This case describes the clinical course and unfortunate outcome
A 43-year-old diabetic woman was admitted in the 15th week of her first pregnancy. When HbA1c levels were 8.2%, we began diet therapy and continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) therapy. The HbA1c levels subsequently ranged from 6.2 to 6.7%. She was delivered without complications of a
Leptin receptor gene mutations are a very rare cause of severe early-onset obesity. They are also associated with lack of pubertal development and intense hyperphagia. Presented here is a case of a 6-year-old Turkmenian girl with monogenic obesity due to a congenital deficiency of the leptin
OBJECTIVE
Achondroplasia is the most common form among the different types of osteochondrodysplasia that cause dwarfism. Dwarves develop obesity quite frequently and surgical treatment has shown greater efficacy, both for effective weight loss and long term maintenance. The objective of this report
A 46-year old lady presented to the AMU with chest pain and shortness of breath. She weighed 345 kg. She was normally mobile up to 10 metres but had become bedbound over the past week with increasing shortness of breath.
Since tuboovarian abscess is almost always a complication of pelvic inflammatory disease, it is rarely observed in virgins. A 30-year-old virgin patient presented with pelvic pain, fever, and vaginal spotting for the previous three weeks. Her abdominopelvic computed tomography scan revealed
A 45-year-old morbidly obese woman (body mass index 51.9) was scheduled for right knee arthroscopic synovectomy. We selected spinal anesthesia in order to avoid difficult ventilation or intubation during anes- thetic induction of general anesthesia. As she strongly requested unawareness during
BACKGROUND
Situs inversus is a rare congenital anomlay in which the thoracic and abdominal organs are sited on the opposite side to that of normal anatomy. Its etiology is still unknown. It is classified into situs inversus partialis and situs inversus totalis. It is discovered incidentally in most
The patient was a 32-year-old obese woman with a history of type 2 diabetes and hypertension for 6 years. Although she was treated with antihypertensive agents and intensive insulin therapy, her hyperglycemia was difficult to control. She wanted to have a baby but pregnancy was not recommended