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Compartment syndrome of the forearm or leg has been well documented in the literature. However, there have been few published reports of hand compartment syndrome. We hereby present the first reported case in the literature of hand compartment syndrome secondary to an epileptic seizure. A 50-year
Noninvasive blood pressure monitoring may be hazardous in patients with seizures or movement disorders. We report on a patient with hyperactivity and tremor in whom a compartment syndrome was apparently induced by an automated blood pressure cuff. As the patient moved, the device seems to have
A case of acute compartment syndrome is described in a young man as a result of theophylline toxicity. Profound hypokalaemia and grand mal seizures are considered as potential causes of rhabdomyolysis and the subsequent development of compartment syndrome.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this paper is to describe the association of psychogenic polydipsia with anterior compartment syndrome.
METHODS
Case report.
RESULTS
A 31-year-old man with glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency had a history of paranoid schizophrenia from age 16 complicated by the
BACKGROUND
Heroin overdose can cause various rare neurological complications like spongiform leukoencephalopathy, seizures, stroke, toxic amblyopia, transverse myelopathy, mononeuropathy, plexopathy, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, rhabdomyolysis, compartment syndrome,
Objetives: ECMO is progressively being adopted as a last resort to stabilize patients receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECMO CPR). A significant number of these patients will present recovery of end-organ function, but evolve with
The authors present 2 cases of dengue shock syndrome with unusual complications. In the first case, a 14-y-old boy with dengue shock syndrome who required aggressive fluid resuscitation, developed abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS). Patient developed severe shock, increased ventilator requirement
BACKGROUND
There have been several reports of bupropion insufflation since 2002 and 2 cases of intravenous bupropion use disorder since 2013. There are no documented cases of bupropion injection associated with tissue necrosis or psychosis.
METHODS
We report 2 cases of habitual intravenous bupropion
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to describe the demographical and clinical characteristics, diagnostic difficulties, and morbidity and mortality in children with hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar syndrome (HHS).
METHODS
Retrospective cross-section descriptive study of children (<18 years of age) at an
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of rhabdomyolysis related to correction of hyponatremia secondary to psychogenic polydipsia, possibly complicated by the use of ziprasidone.
METHODS
A 50-year-old white man treated for 3 weeks with ziprasidone 40 mg twice daily for chronic paranoid schizophrenia was
OBJECTIVE
To characterize the complications reported with intravenous regional anesthesia (IVRA).
METHODS
Literature search.
METHODS
University-affiliated hospital.
METHODS
A search was done in the American National Library of Medicine's PUBMED, EMBASE (1980-2007, wk 11), and Medline (from 1950) in
Cerebral air embolism (CAE) is a rare, avoidable and potentially fatal iatrogenic complication. Here, we report a case of CAE associated with a central venous catheter in the internal jugular vein that resulted in neurological deficits and generalised epileptic seizures. A 64-year-old man admitted
We describe a multicenter descriptive case series of six patients admitted with synthetic cannabinoid (SC) intoxication displaying similar symptoms and sequelae, all resulting in multiple organ failure.Patients were included in this report if they presented Heroin exposure can cause various complications like seizures, stroke, spongiform encephalopathy, transverse myelopathy, plexopathy, compartment syndrome, rhabdomyolysis and renal failure due to various mechanisms. We report here a young male who smoked heroin for the first time and developed
Peripartum pancreatitis is a rare clinical condition that occurs usually in the third trimester of pregnancy. Pancreatitis is usually secondary to gallstones, and it can lead to life-threatening and rare complications. We report a case of necrotizing postpartum pancreatitis that developed abdominal