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BACKGROUND
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe and effective mode of therapy for a wide variety of psychiatric disorders. However, it is associated with some disturbing side effects, such as nausea and vomiting, dental and tongue injury, confusion, dizziness, headache, and
The aim of this study is to determine the efficacy of preemptive analgesia with paracetamol and ibuprofen to reduce the intensity and incidence of headache and myalgia after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).Sixty patients with major depression who were A 7 1/2-yr-old girl suffered, since early infancy, severe recurrent myalgia during periodic attacks of fever, vomiting and pharyngitis. Neither myoglobinuria nor exercise-induced muscle pain was present. She was found to have carnitine palmitoyltransferase deficiency (CPTD) in leukocytes,
BACKGROUND
Charles Darwin (CD), "father of modern biology," suffered from multisystem illness from early adulthood. The most disabling manifestation was cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS). This study aims at finding the possible cause of CVS in CD.
METHODS
A literature search using the PubMed database
Infection Zika virus is an emerging disease in the Americas region, which is caused by Zika virus (ZIKV), an arbovirus of the flavivirus genus. The ZIKV is transmitted by the bite of Aedes mosquitoes, both in urban and jungle area. After the mosquito bite, the disease symptoms usually appear after
Mushrooms of the genus Psilocybe frequently are ingested by recreational drug users for their hallucinogenic effects. We present the case of a 30-year-old man who allegedly received an intravenous injection of an extract of Psilocybe mushrooms. His clinical course was characterized in part by
91 patients with trichinosis were treated at the Clinic of Infectious and Dermatovenereology Diseases in Novi Sad during a one-year period. In 64% of patients the onset was intestinal, while in 36% it was invasive. Diarrhea (in 28.89%) and abdominal pain (in 22.22%) are the most common symptoms of
Cloxacillin was not listed as one of the drugs causing the acute interstitial nephritis, yet. A case of a 50-year female patient treated with cloxacillin is presented. Therapy was followed by nausea, vomiting, myalgia and arthralgia, and the symptoms of the acute renal failure which completely
A patient bitten by Bungarus candidus (Malayan krait) developed nausea, vomiting, weakness, and myalgia 30 minutes after being bitten. One hour later, ptosis and occulomotor palsies as well as tightness of his chest were noted. Respiratory failure requiring mechanical respiration appeared 8 hours
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To describe and analyze the clinical and epidemiological status in 28 confirmed cases of human leptospirosis at the main public hospital of Cordoba.
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Between 2012 and 2013, we conducted an active surveillance at the main hospital of Cordoba to establish the etiologic diagnosis
BACKGROUND
Malaria is a serious health problem in many of the countries from which refugees come to Australia. Anopheles mosquitoes capable of transmitting malaria are present in the far north of Australia and in these areas, the detection and appropriate treatment of malaria is vital, not only for
Toxic shock syndrome is a life-threatening exotoxin mediated disease caused by Staphylococcus aureus, which was originally described as affecting menstruating women, but has lately been reported after surgical procedures and burns. The high mortality emphasises the importance of early diagnosis. In
Trichinellosis also called trichinosis results from roundworms (nematodes) from the genus Trichinella. It is a parasitic infection. It is caused by consuming undercooked or raw meat (usually pork). Trichinella spiralis species is the common cause of human disease by eating raw or undercooked
On September 26, 2012, a woman aged 35 years from Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) was hospitalized with fever, headache, muscle pain, vomiting, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia. A rapid diagnostic test (RDT) (Dengue Duo, Standard Diagnostics Inc.) was positive for dengue virus