More than 2.5 million Americans suffer a traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year.Even mild to moderate traumatic brain injury causes long-lasting neurological effects.Despite its prevalence, no therapy currently exists to treat the underlying cause of cognitive impairment suffered by TBI patients.Following lateral fluid percussion injury (LFPI), the
A young female patient with recurrent paroxysms of inappropriate sinus tachycardia
Tachycardia is one of the most common presentations in medical practice.In most cases, it could be attributed to emotional problems, anemia, or thyroid disorders.A 16-year-old female visited primary care clinics with the complaints of palpitation for years and initially diagnosed as Model Truck a case of anxiety or stress.Her condition worsened and
Through-and-through femorofemoral wire retrograde technique for the E-nside precannulated inner branch thoracoabdominal stent graft
The E-nside multibranched stent Model Truck graft (Jotec GmbH, Hechingen, Germany) is the first and only off-the-shelf thoracoabdominal prosthesis with precannulated inner branches.Usually, after the device deployment, target vessel stenting will be facilitated by antegrade inner branch cannulation to retrieve the precannulated guide.In the literat
Interstitial pneumonitis secondary to intravesical bacillus calmette-guerin for carcinoma in-situ of the bladder
We report an 81-year-old male who developed severe interstitial pneumonitis on maintenance intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) for in-situ carcinoma of the bladder.The patient was treated with steroids and anti-tuberculin Mug therapy with complete response.While there is no established standard of care for the treatment of interstitial pneu