T-tubes are generally safe artificial airways used to stent and maintain the laryngotracheal airway in patients with stenosis or after laryngotracheal reconstruction. T-tube related airway complications are uncommon but potentially life-threatening. T-tube aspiration is rarely reported in the literature and may occur after coughing episodes and deep inspiration. Two cases of T-tube aspiration i...

A 4-month-old male infant presented to the emergency room with a history of choking while bottle feeding at home, and was found by emergency medical services (EMS) to be apneic and pulseless. He subsequently developed disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and died. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed subdural hemorrhages (SDHs), subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), ...

In trauma theory, research, and practice, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a syndrome of psychobiological reactions to events perceived as cataclysmic or life threatening, often has been the focus of mental health interventions and research. Yet virtually missing from contemporary trauma literature is consideration of racism and ethnoviolence as catalysts for PTSD and related symptoms. Th...

conclusions small dose of clopidogrel (75 mg) may lead to rare, life-threatening dah, so physicians should be aware of the possibility of dah after neurointervention in patients who have respiratory distress, worsening alveolar infiltrates accompanied by hemoptysis. introduction diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (dah) is a very rare complication but acute and life-threatening event. clopidogrel has g...

To the Editor: Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) syndrome is characterized by a frightening constellation of symptoms in which the child exhibits combination of apnea, modification in color and in muscle tone, coughing or gagging (1). This condition has been correlated to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS); although SIDS exact mechanisms remain unknown, an involvement of the nervous syste...