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A 20-year-old man on oral substitution of pancreatic enzymes after hemipancreatectomy injected an enzyme preparation of fungal origin intravenously after dissolving it in water. Within a few hours chills, headache, nausea and vomiting, fever of 40.8 degrees C, and shock occurred. The acute illness

Due to its neural tissue specificity S-100b is considered as a screening marker of cerebral injury in head trauma patients. However, the occurrence and relevance of an increased S-100b serum level in minor head trauma (MHT) is still debated. Therefore, the purpose of our study was to evaluate the

A 30-year-old man presented with a 6- month history of nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. This was associated with 25 kg weight loss and a right-sided abdominal colic. He had been provisionally diagnosed with Crohn's disease 6 months back and treated with budesonide and mesalazine. Investigations

Clinically acute pancreatitis is characterized by severe abdominal pain and systemic symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting and circulatory shock. In most cases the diagnosis is verified, and differential diagnoses are excluded, by elevated serum enzyme activities as well as characteristic findings in

Pentoxifylline (POF) may suppress overproduction of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), which is thought to contribute to complications of human falciparum malaria. However, POF is believed to improve impaired capillary blood flow, which can be impaired in falciparum malaria. To test whether

OBJECTIVE The diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis is often difficult in the early stages of the disease. Morphological tests may be normal, and reliable methods for the evaluation of the exocrine pancreatic function are time-consuming and troublesome. A new test for exocrine pancreatic function, using

Breath tests are quick, noninvasive, simple to perform and reliable. In particular in patients with diarrhea, bloating, nausea and uncharacteristic abdominal symptoms, the H2 breath test is highly useful. Using this procedure, malabsorption of various different carbohydrates, the absorptive

The fruit of Tetradium ruticarpum is widely used in healthcare products for the improvement of blood circulation, headache, abdominal pain, amenorrhea, chill limbs, migraine, and nausea. A new quinolone, 2-[(6Z,9Z)-pentadeca-6,9-dienyl]quinolin-4(1H)-one (1), has been isolated from the fruits of T.

It has been demonstrated that the traditional Chinese medicine rikkunshito, ameliorates anorexia in several types of human cancer and attenuates lung injury by inhibiting neutrophil infiltration. The current study investigated the clinical and hematological effects of rikkunshito and its underlying