Primary hyperaldosteronism presenting with rhabdomyolysis in emergency room – Case report
Publication date: Available online 2 April 2016 Source:Journal of Acute Disease Author(s): Cakir Ilkay, Senol Serkan, Simsek Yasin, Karaca Zuleyha, Unluhizarci Kursad, Tanrıverdi Fatih Primary hyperaldosteronism, is a well-known cause of secondary hypertension, mostly idiopathic hypertension or arising from aldosterone-producing adenomas. It is characterized with resistant hypertension, hypokalemia and metabolic alkalosis related with aldosterone production excess and plasma renin activity suppression. Hypokalemic rhabdomyolysis usually presents with muscle pain, cramps, fatigability and generalized weakne...
Source: Journal of Acute Disease - April 10, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

Primary hyperaldosteronism presenting with rhabdomyolysis in emergency room-case report
Publication date: Available online 2 April 2016 Source:Journal of Acute Disease Author(s): Cakir Ilkay, Senol Serkan, Simsek Yasin, Karaca Zuleyha, Unluhizarci Kursad, Tanrıverdi Fatih Primary hyperaldosteronism, is a well-known cause of secondary hypertension, mostly idiopathic hypertension or arising from aldosterone-producing adenomas. It is characterized with resistant hypertension, hypokalemia and metabolic alkalosis related with aldosterone production excess and plasma renin activity suppression. Hypokalemic rhabdomyolysis usually presents with muscle pain, cramps, fatigability and generalised weakne...
Source: Journal of Acute Disease - April 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

Acute oral toxicity study of ethanol extract of Ceiba pentandra leaves as a glucose lowering agent in diabetic rats
Conclusions Ethanol extract of C. pentandra has glucose lowering effect and can ameliorate the biochemical abnormalities associated with diabetes mellitus. (Source: Journal of Acute Disease)
Source: Journal of Acute Disease - April 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

More needles less pain: the use of local anaesthesia during emergency arterial sampling
Conclusions Our results demonstrated that British Thoracic Society guidelines are not followed across the four hospitals. Despite the acknowledgment of arterial sampling being a painful procedure and the belief that patients should be offered LA at least “sometimes”, over half of the respondents never use it. Addressing the above-mentioned issues by introducing local guidelines and teaching sessions, as well as making LA more available, will help make this practice routine. (Source: Journal of Acute Disease)
Source: Journal of Acute Disease - April 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

E-FAST: a propos of hemopericardium in the Emergency Department
Publication date: Available online 2 April 2016 Source:Journal of Acute Disease Author(s): Alejandro Cardozo, Federico Puerta, Libardo Valencia The extended-focused assessment with sonography in trauma is still recognized as a technique approach to patients whose trauma involves the chest and the abdomen, with the aim of ruling out conditions as pneumothorax, hemothorax, pericardial effusion/cardiac tamponade, and intraperitoneal free fluid. Although CT is the gold standard test, the inconvenience of moving unstable patients and the amount of time it takes to carry it out, makes it not always possible in the Emer...
Source: Journal of Acute Disease - April 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

Reconciliation vessel, a pathway to increase survival rates and its energetic integration with Shao yin level
Publication date: Available online 2 April 2016 Source:Journal of Acute Disease Author(s): Adrián Ángel Inchauspe After almost thirty years of experience in saving patients at impending death situations and having made numerous contributions on the field, the author herein provides a reasoned survival bio-energetic circuit based on a detailed methodological and functional analysis of the Main Channels [1.4.2 meridian and collateral theory] [0.0.16 meridian and collateral (study)] and the Wondrous Vessels (Qi jing ba mai) [1.4.24 eight extra meridians] participating in it. The area researched as well as the results ...
Source: Journal of Acute Disease - April 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

A rare case of mature cystic teratoma in the emergency department
Publication date: Available online 2 April 2016 Source:Journal of Acute Disease Author(s): Zeynep Konyar, Gokhan Eyupoglu, Mehmet Tatli, Ozlem Guneysel Teratomas are the most common germ cell tumors among pediatric and female patients, which originates from germ cells layers and can be located everywhere in bodies. They diagnosed by ultrasonography (US), which was characterized by calcification and cystic anechoic view. Our aim is to attract attention to a 21-year-old female patient with complaint of acute abdominal pain diagnosed with teratoma by early radiological imaging.The female patient admitted to the em...
Source: Journal of Acute Disease - April 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

Study on the relationship of acute ketosis intoxication and type 2 diabetes mellitus
Conclusions Poor blood glucose control for a long time and strengthening inflammatory response are correlated with the status of acute ketosis in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. The CRP levels in ketosis patients were significantly elevated and could be used to evaluate the degree of ketosis. (Source: Journal of Acute Disease)
Source: Journal of Acute Disease - April 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

Acute gross sterile pyuria after oral ciprofloxacin treatment of urinary tract infection
Publication date: Available online 2 April 2016 Source:Journal of Acute Disease Author(s): Pathoom Sukkaromdee, Viroj Wiwanitkit The sterile pyuria is an interesting problem in urology. Acute gross sterile pyuria is not a common clinical problem and is difficult to make a correct diagnosis. Here, the authors reported a case of acute gross sterile pyuria after oral ciprofloxacin treatment of urinary tract infection. The patient developed problem after complete course of 7-day acute upper urinary tract treatment. The patient was observed with cloudy whitish urine that had never seen before. The urinalysis showed ster...
Source: Journal of Acute Disease - April 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

The impact of haze on the adolescent’s acute respiratory disease: A single institution study
Conclusions Student with haze effect documented much higher symptoms during haze especially female students. Symptoms such as headache, wheezing and mucus were noted among the normal secondary school children in Kota Bharu. (Source: Journal of Acute Disease)
Source: Journal of Acute Disease - April 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

Epidemiology of sepsis in ICUs of Western China
Conclusions Sepsis prevalence and mortality are not associated with diseases types within ICUs, but the knowledge of sepsis of health care workers is associated with the prognosis of sepsis patients. (Source: Journal of Acute Disease)
Source: Journal of Acute Disease - April 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

Value of serum OPN levels in patients with acute cerebral hemorrhage for assessment of nerve function impairment
Conclusions The level of serum OPN in patients with acute cerebral hemorrhage increased significantly. The level of serum OPN could estimate the bleeding volume and the severity of nerve function impairment for patients with acute cerebral hemorrhage. (Source: Journal of Acute Disease)
Source: Journal of Acute Disease - April 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

Conservative treatment of acute knee osteoarthritis: A review of the Cochrane Library
Conclusions Five main strategies for the conservative treatment of knee osteoarthritis exist that must be used before indicating surgical treatment: medical treatment, physical medicine and rehabilitation, intra-articular injections, acupuncture, and self-management education programs. (Source: Journal of Acute Disease)
Source: Journal of Acute Disease - April 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

Detection of the serum endothelin content in patients with acute lung injury and its value of severity evaluation
Conclusion The elevated content of the endothelin in the serum of patients with acute radiation induced lung injury could assess the degree of inflammatory reaction and the lung functional level. (Source: Journal of Acute Disease)
Source: Journal of Acute Disease - April 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

Clinical epidemiology and treatment findings of acute tuberculosis patients in Babol City (2009–2013)
Conclusions Education and giving information to general population about the most important clinical symptoms of tuberculosis such as fever and cough might be effective in early detection and prevention of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Then treatment might be effective in decreasing the burden of the disease. (Source: Journal of Acute Disease)
Source: Journal of Acute Disease - April 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research