Diethylene glycol poisoning - the first known Swedish case - Runesson B, Jonsson A, Lindeman E.
A woman in her sixties presented at the Emergency department with nausea, flank pain and profuse vomiting. She had an anion-gap metabolic acidosis, elevated liver enzymes and a pronounced renal failure with creatinine 1997 µmol/L (22,6 mg/dl). She was adm... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 25, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news
Thoracic Chemotherapy May Advance Mesothelioma Treatment
Thoracic surgeon Dr. Marcello Migliore is convinced that adding hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy to aggressive surgery can extend survival significantly for patients with pleural mesothelioma cancer.
He wants others to know that, too.
This seldom-used, controversial procedure, also known as HITHOC, involves circulating a heated, high-concentration chemotherapy solution throughout the chest cavity for 60 minutes immediately following aggressive mesothelioma surgery.
The idea is to kill any microscopic tumor cells that evaded the surgeon, hopefully slowing a potential cancer recurrence.
Unlike HIPEC, a similar procedu...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - January 19, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Source Type: news
Simultaneous Surgeries Open Door to Kidney Transplants in Obesity Simultaneous Surgeries Open Door to Kidney Transplants in Obesity
Simultaneous sleeve gastrectomy/kidney transplantation, both done robotically, reduced surgical complications in patients with morbid obesity and end-stage renal failure who might otherwise not quality for a transplantMedscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 19, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Malawi: Kamuzu Hospital Dialysis Unit 'Shuts Down'
[Nyasa Times] Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe has shut down its dialysis unit because it has no reagents, putting lives of patients with renal failure and other kidney problems at risk. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 12, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Application of machine learning to the prediction of postoperative sepsis after appendectomy
Conclusion(s): Machine learning methods can be used to predict the development of sepsis after appendectomy with moderate accuracy. Such predictive modeling has potential to ultimately allow for preoperative recognition of patients at risk for developing postoperative sepsis after appendectomy thus facilitating early intervention and reducing morbidity. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - October 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ontario health-care worker returns home six months after testing positive for COVID-19
Six months ago, cross-border health-care worker Torry Robertson of LaSalle, Ont., contracted COVID-19 — leading to renal failure, a super bug, bacterial pneumonia and almost 40 days connected to a ventilator. But Friday, he was finally given the green light to go home, with neighbours, friends and family members cheering him on. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - September 19, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Windsor Source Type: news
Association between acute severe mercury poisoning and multiple organ failure - Bai L, Peng X, Liu Y, Sun Y, Zheng L, Liu Z, Wan K, Wang J, Zhao J, Qiu Z.
Acute mercury poisoning, involving a number of organs, leads to severe dysfunctions, such as acute renal failure (ARF), and even threatens patients' lives. A case of acute severe mercuric chloride (HgCl2) poisoning with multiple organ failure was reported ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 16, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Pharma company Digital Vision under DCGI lens for contaminated cough syrup
The investigations started last week when the department of paediatrics at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh complained that the child suffered acute renal failure after consuming the cough syrup. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - August 9, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
A rare case of metformin intoxication with mortal course - Osoydan Satici M, Algin A, Aksel G, Ero ğlu SE.
Metformin-associated lactic acidosis is a rare side effect in metformin poisoning. There is conflicting data about mortality rates changing from 3% to 83%. We aimed to discuss a case that developed lactic acidosis and acute renal failure progressing to mor... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 4, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
E-health: a future solution for optimized management of elderly patients. GER-e-TEC ™ Project - Zulfiqar AA, Lorenzo-Villalba N, Zulfiqar OA, Hajjam M, Courbon Q, Esteoulle L, Geny B, Talha S, Letourneau D, Hajjam J, Erve S, Hajjam El Hassani A, Andres E.
BACKGROUND: Elderly residents in nursing homes have multiple comorbidities (including cognitive and psycho-behavioral pathologies, malnutrition, heart failure, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and renal failure) and use multiple medications... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Fat cells found to play a central role in renal failure-associated cardiomyopathy
(Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine) New research from a team at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine reveals the central role of fat cells in the systemic oxidant stress observed in renal failure-associated cardiomyopathy. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 29, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Blood clotting abnormalities reveal COVID-19 patients at risk for thrombotic events
(American College of Surgeons) When researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, used a combination of two specific blood-clotting tests, they found critically ill patients infected with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) who were at high risk for developing renal failure, venous blood clots, and other complications associated with blood clots, such as stroke. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - May 15, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Clinical characteristics and predictors of outcomes of hopsitalised patients with Covid-19 in a London NHS trust: a retrospective cohort study
This report is one of the first studies to describe the characteristics and predictors of outcomes for hospitalised Covid-19 patients in the UK. It finds that older age, male sex and admission hypoxia, thrombocytopenia, renal failure, hypoalbuminaemia and raised bilirubin are associated with increased odds of death. Ethnic minority groups were over-represented in the cohort and, compared to white people, people of black ethnicity may be at increased odds of mortality. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 11, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Clinical characteristics and predictors of outcomes of hospitalised patients with Covid-19 in a London NHS trust: a retrospective cohort study, Imperial College London
This report is one of the first studies to describe the characteristics and predictors of outcomes for hospitalised Covid-19 patients in the United Kingdom. It finds that older age, male sex and admission hypoxia, thrombocytopenia, renal failure, hypoalbuminaemia and raised bilirubin are associated with increased odds of death. Minority ethnic groups were over-represented in the cohort and, compared to white people, people of black ethnicity may be at increased odds of mortality. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
View: Coronavirus is feeding off other treatments
Experts have red-flagged serious setbacks to the fight against cancer and TB, both already grappling with dropouts due to traumatic side-effects and crippling expenses. The danger is immediate for India ’s 175,000 renal failure patients. Covid-19 has also halted in mid-flight the magic arrow of Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - April 29, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
