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A 58-year-old man presented unresponsive following a seizure at home. His brother stated that he became progressively confused over the course of a few hours and then started shaking. EMS reports tonic-clonic seizures that resolved following administration of 5 mg of midazolam IM.
The patient was unresponsive and hyperthermic on arrival. He was intubated for airway protection, covered with ice packs, and administered normal saline intravenously. His rectal temperature is 41.9˚C (107.4˚F), blood pressure is 94/45 mm Hg, heart rate is 160 beats/minute, and the respiratory rate is 16 breaths/minute with an oxygen saturatio...
Source: The Tox Cave - June 23, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Eight Month-Old Baby Dies Just Weeks After Hepatitis B Vaccination; His Innocent Father Is Still In Jail 20 Years Later
Conclusion
After reading Dr. Al-Batati’s report in full and hearing Bryant’s own account of what happened on the night that Jordan died, I believe that Bryant Arroyo is an innocent man and that this case is in fact an elaborate cover-up by the medical profession, the police and US judicial system to hide the facts of what really happened to baby Jordan on the night that he died.
I say this because the facts speak for themselves.
Jordan was an extremely sick little boy, particularly in the months prior to his death. On many occasions, doctors neglected to diagnose that he was suffering from a life-threatening genetic il...
Source: vactruth.com - April 7, 2014 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Christina England Tags: Christina England Top Stories Bryant Arroyo the truth about vaccines Vaccine Death Source Type: blogs
Heartland virus disease
Six new cases of Heartland virus disease have been identified in residents of Missouri and Tennessee. The cause of this disease appears to be a member of the Phlebovirus genus in the Bunyaviridae family that was first identified in 2009 and appears to be transmitted by the Lone Star tick (Amblyomma americanum, pictured).
Heartland virus was first identified in two Missouri farmers who were hospitalized with fever, leukopenia (low numbers of white blood cells), and thrombocytopenia (low numbers of platelets). Both were males over 55 years old who reported being bitten by ticks in the week before disease onset. The novel vi...
Source: virology blog - March 28, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Information amblyomma americanum bunyavirus Heartland disease leukopenia Lone star tick phlebovirus severe fever with throbocytopenia viral Source Type: blogs
Notes to myself – 2
Pentobarb coma – BIS should be 10-20 and SR (suppression ratio) should be 70-80
Consider lev albuterol
Should give vaccines after coiling of spleen or before if possible
No calcium channel blockers post MI definitely and post op in general
Toradol inhibits spine healing
Don’t do endoscopes with patients in supine position
don’t ambulate patients with known dvt’s. wait 2-3 days until clots get stuck.
dvt’s even with filter get heparin as much as possible for post phlebitic syndrome and to retard new clot formation
diffuse alveolar hemorrhage – secondary to chemo, goodpasture’s, wege...
Source: Inside Surgery - December 31, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: General Source Type: blogs
Dogs And Cows And Toxic Vials, That’s What Vaccines Are Made Of!
Conclusion
It is apparent that our vaccinations include some very strange and unsavoury ingredients. The three single vaccines were certainly not the only vaccines I came across containing parts of animals, humans and insects. In fact, I found a huge list of them on a PDF which I have included as extra research.
For some reason, many parents are perfectly happy to have their tiny babies vaccinated with everything from insect cells to pigs’ gelatin, without a moment’s hesitation, arguing that the vaccines are to protect their children and keep them strong and healthy. Others remain totally unaware of the vaccine...
Source: vactruth.com - December 18, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Christina England Tags: Christina England Top Stories Adverse Events adverse reactions Measles Vaccine Medi-Mumps MMR mumps vaccine Pavivac rubella vaccine truth about vaccines Source Type: blogs
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a neoplatic disease
Pathophysiology
1) chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a neoplastic disorder with clonal proliferation of lymphocytes
2) 95% of cases are B cell in origin
3) primary site of involvement is the bone marrow (eventually bone marrow becomes completely replaced) with release into bloodstream of neoplastic lymphocytes
4) spleen, liver, and lymph nodes may become enlarged
5) 10 % of patients convert to prolymphocytic leukemia (most with more aggressive course)
6) 5% of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia convert to Richter’s syndrome
Signs and Symptoms of Chronic Lymph...
Source: Inside Surgery - November 18, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Oncology chronic lymphocytic leukemia CLL prolymphocytic Richter's smudge cell Source Type: blogs
NYC Mayor is Calling a Meeting to Force Vaccinate Under 5′s With Two Dangerous Vaccines
Conclusion
Surely, unless the mayor of New York City is a qualified doctor or scientist, he should not be recommending the force-vaccination of children as young as six months, no matter how good his intentions are, especially since the two vaccinations he is recommending are possibly completely incompatible with one another and could possibly lead to multiple child deaths in New York City and across America.
This is absolutely unforgivable, and in my opinion, he should be severely reprimanded for his actions.
I suggest that the public of America join forces and either attend this meeting in person to voice an opinion or s...
Source: vactruth.com - October 21, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Christina England Tags: Christina England Top Stories Flumist Fluzone force vaccination Mandatory Vaccination Michael Bloomberg Pneumococcal vaccine mandate Source Type: blogs
Medical Mispronunciations and Misspelled Words: The Definitive List.
Hearing medical mispronunciations and seeing misspelled words are an under appreciated joy of working in healthcare. Physicians often forget just how alien the language of medicine is to people who don't live it everyday. The best part about being a physician is not helping people recover from critical illness. The best part is not about listening and understanding with compassion and empathy. Nope, the best part about being a physician is hearing patients and other healthcare providers butcher the language of medicine and experiencing great entertainment in the process. Doctors c...
Source: The Happy Hospitalist - October 2, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Tamer Mahrous Source Type: blogs
Dx of neurologic emergencies in pregnancy/postpartum
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Edlow JA, Caplan LR, Obrien K, Tibbles CD. Diagnosis of acute neurological emergencies in pregnant and post-partum women. Lancet Neurology 2013; 12: 175-185This is a review article that is nicely written. I am blogging some of the minutiae of the article, not necessarily the major points, that might escape otherwise. Here are a few pearls from the article:1. There is 8-39 % overlap be...
Source: neurologyminutiae - October 1, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs
Heparin induced thrombocytopenia syndrome (HIT)
Heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) syndrome with thrombosis can be treated with:
a) Unfractionated heparin
b) Low molecular weight heparin
c) Bivalirudin
d) None of the above
Correct answer: c) Bivalirudin
Bivalirudin and Argatroban are two direct thrombin inhibitors which can be used in the treatment of Heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) syndrome with thrombosis (Source: Cardiophile MD)
Source: Cardiophile MD - September 23, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs
Worrier In Chief
Saul couldn't have been a nicer guy. The story behind his arrival to the nursing home was long and sorted. But now we had a black gangrenous foot to deal with. The culprit, not the toe ulcer that brought him in to the hospital in the first place, but small thrombosed blood vessels from heparin induced thrombosis and thrombocytopenia, a reaction to a medication given as a precaution.
The vascular surgeon was equivocal, amputation versus watchful waiting. Toes can autonecrose (self amputate), but when the black tide of dead tissue spread towards the ankle our options became limited. As the white count began to rise, I had t...
Source: In My Humble Opinion - September 5, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Jordan Grumet Source Type: blogs
Cases: Anti-epileptic Medicines for Pain Management
Discussion: Tri-cyclic antidepressants (TCAs), serotonin-norepinephrine
reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) and anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) are the mainstays
of adjuvant therapy for neuropathic pain.
This Case of the Month will focus on oral anti-epileptic neuropathic
pain analgesics. Due to lack of head-to-head data, evidence is presented as
numbers needed to treat (NNT) and numbers needed to harm (NNH). For instance,
an NNT of 5 for 50% pain reduction means for every 5 patients treated with a
drug, only 1 of them would achieve a 50% reduction in pain. Gabapentin (Neurontin)
and pregabalin (Lyrica) are considered firs...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - August 30, 2013 Category: Palliative Carer Workers Authors: Christian Sinclair Source Type: blogs
RESPECT: More thoughts for interns and residents courtesy of Dr. Darilyn Moyer
Darilyn Moyer is Vice-Chair for Education in the Department of Medicine at Temple University. She also is the Chair-Elect of the ACP Board of Governors and a good friend. She sent this wonderful piece on respect for house officers:
The Power of RESPECT (one of my favorite songs of all time)
1. Respect the Power of Words
Perform bloodless surgery with your brain and practice a thorough history and physical. Despite the explosion of medical technology over the past several decades, most diagnoses can still be arrived at with a thorough history and physical. The best doctors use technology to AUGMENT not SUBSTITUTE ...
Source: DB's Medical Rants - July 20, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: rcentor Tags: Medical Rants Source Type: blogs
Urgent Press Release: NY Assembly Voting to Give Vaccines to Minors Without Parent’s Permission
Conclusion
Please act now if you want to have a say in what vaccinations your children receive. These vaccinations are not as safe as the US government wants you to believe they are. If you are still not convinced, please watch the following two videos on the HPV vaccines.
Gardasil. One More Girl
Cervarix Video
References
1. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A00497&term=…
2. http://www.greenmedinfo.com/anti-therapeutic-action/vaccination-hepatitis-b…
3. http://www.ageofautism.com/2009/02/managing-editors-note-below…
4. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/01/24/hpv-vaccine-ave...
Source: vactruth.com - May 6, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Christina England Tags: Christina England Top Stories Adverse Events Diane Harper gardasil Hepatitis B vaccine HPV Vaccine New York Source Type: blogs
TWiV 221: Bunya there, done that
On episode #221 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent, Dickson, and Kathy review two emerging bunyaviruses, SFTSV and SBV.
You can find TWiV #221 at www.twiv.tv. (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - February 24, 2013 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology bunyavirus goat infectious DNA midge schmallenberg severe fever thrombocytopenia syndrome tick viral Source Type: blogs
