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BACKGROUND
Advancing age is an independent predictor of increased mortality. Our purpose was to study morbimortality in very elderly inpatients (Eighty years and older) and to recognize risk factors of hospital-associated mortality.
METHODS
All consecutive eighty years and older patients admitted at
Monosomy 1p36 may result in a clinically recognizable chromosomal microdeletion syndrome. We report the unexpected death of a 12 year old boy with mildly dysmorphic facial features, short stature at 138 cm (3rd centile), moderate mental retardation and a history of seizures, obesity, transient
Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) is a lipid-storage disease caused by mutations in CYP27A1. Current publications of Chinese CTX were mainly based on case reports. Here we investigated the clinical manifestations, genetic features in Chinese CTX patients. The clinical materials of 4 Chinese CTX
METHODS
A 45-year-old woman complained of gastrointestinal symptoms followed by paraesthesiae of the mouth, face, hands, feet, and trunk after she had eaten fish while she was on a journey to the red sea. Additionally, she suffered from headaches and muscle aches, weakness of the arms and legs,
Cases of ciguatera fish poisoning no longer are confined to endemic areas. This makes awareness of this entity important. The diagnosis usually is made by the presence of gastrointestinal symptoms, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, and of neurological symptoms such as paresthesias, paresis, and
6-Aminonicotinamide, an antimetabolite of nicotinamide, given by intraperitoneal injection produced diarrhea, ascending paresis/paralysis, death, and bilateral ocular alterations in both sexes of New Zealand white and Dutch belted rabbits. Ocular vascular lesions consisted of iridal congestion with
The clinicopathologic effects of intravenously administered purified verocytotoxin 1 (VT1; Shiga-like toxin 1) in 2-kg male rabbits was studied. The 50% lethal dose was 0.2 micrograms of protein per kg of body weight (2 x 10(4) 50% cytotoxic doses per kg). The clinical features included nonbloody
In 19 children with acute infantile hemiplegia an ischemic cerebral infarct was found clinically and by serial computertomography. In 11 patients an angiography has been performed in addition. 9 of the children had chronic diseases which are known as predisposing factors for cerebrovascular disease
The clinical, biochemical and pathological effects of the fresh shoots of Chrozophora plicata on Nubian goats and Desert sheep were investigated. The animals were given single or repeated daily doses of 10, 5, 1 and 0.5 g/kg of chrozophora shoots by stomach tube and died at various times post
Thromboembolic complications in Crohn's disease are not rare. Most of them are disseminated vascular thrombosis or pulmonary emboli. Cerebral artery thrombosis is a rare complication of Crohn's disease. We describe a 27-year-old woman who had Crohn's disease for 8 years, with exacerbation 3 months
A middle-aged cat was presented with vomiting, diarrhea, and pelvic limb paresis. Radiography showed cardiomegaly, interstitial pulmonary infiltration, distended intestinal loops, and portal venous gas. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) was confirmed. On CT, thrombi were identified at the abdominal
We describe a rare case of superior sagittal sinus thrombosis in a young man (26 years) with undiagnosed ulcerative colitis. The patient was hospitalized with headache and paresis of the right arm and leg. he had had rectal bleeding and diarrhea for the previous 4 weeks. Despite the fact that
Wasp and bee sting are commonly encountered worldwide. Local reactions are more common, generally are self-limiting and settle within a few hours. Multiple stings can lead to various clinical manifestations like vomiting, diarrhea, dyspnea, generalized edema, hypotension, syncope, acute renal
We report a 19-year-old man who developed a cerebral infarction in the territory of the anterior choroidal artery and showed a hypercoagulable state and nephrotic syndrome after diarrhea and appetite loss. He had suffered from nephrotic syndrome from the age of three and had been treated for five