Background: Carbon dioxide (CO2) embolism is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of endoscopic surgery. While thyroidectomy superior to traditional open in terms cosmetic results, it may lead venous or fatal paradoxical CO2 embolism. involves the inadvertent injection carbon into large vein, artery, solid organ. The clinical manifestations can vary from asymptomatic neurologica...

A 69-year-old man presented with pneumogenic sepsis. A chest radiograph showed bilateral extensive infiltrates that did not respond to broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment. Progressive respiratory failure necessitated invasive mechanical ventilation (bilevel positive airway pressure, 0.5 inspiratory oxygen saturation; peak inspiratory pressure, 24 cm H 2 O; positive end-expiratory pressure, 8 cm...

introduction: pulmonary embolism (pe) is a common lethal disease that its clinical symptoms may be seen in many other diseases. computed tomography pulmonary angiography (ctpa) is a valuable diagnostic modality for detection of pe. in addition, it can accurately detect the other diseases with clinical symptoms similar to pe. the aim of this study is to evaluate the frequency of pe and nonemboli...

we are presenting a case illustrating atrial fibrillation (af) following the use of methylprednisolone in a patient with pelvic and femur fracture. a 48- year- old man with no significant past medical history, was admitted to the emergency department after injury in a car accident. he suffered a multiple bone fracture with chief complaints of pain and shortness of breath. he was transferred to ...

A 77-year-old man with liver cirrhosis was admitted to our hospital in 2015. He was unconscious and his Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score was 10. The Hb level was 3.5 mg/ dL. Contrast CT showed esophageal varices and atrophy of liver, these findings indicated a suspicion of liver cirrhosis. We considered that the varix rupture and the resulting hemorrhagic shock were the main cause of the patient’...