Sir, A 23-year-old male was admitted in our emergency room 3 h after suicidal ingestion of about 50 ml of unknown insecticide. His medical and family histories were negative for hereditary disorders. The patient was feeling lethargic and headache. On examination, he had stable vital signs. The heart and lung sounds were normal on auscultation. The skin and nail beds were grayish colored that di...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to elucidate the relation between respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and cytokine/chemokine concentrations, as well as the impact that these factors have on the severity of bronchiolitis. METHODS Children <24 months old who presented to the emergency department with clinical symptoms of bronchiolitis were prospectively enrolled in the study....

OBJECTIVE Acute bronchiolitis is a common disorder of infants that often results in hospitalization. Apart from supportive care, no therapy has been shown to influence the course of the disease, except for a possible effect of nebulized hypertonic saline (HS). To determine whether this does have beneficial effects on length of stay in hospital or on severity scores, we undertook a double-blind,...

We sometimes use oxygen therapy to patients with pneumocephalus after craniotomy. However, I have never seen any clinical studies about this until now! I found a paper from Gore et al. In a prospective study they examined the efficacy and effect on the rate of pneumocephalus absorption. A group of patients received 100% (normobaric) supplemental 0(2) through a nonrebreather mask at 12 L/minute ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Oxygen supplementation is the treatment most commonly used to relieve dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). There is a lack of data, however, on the response of the respiratory drive to low flow oxygen in severe stable COPD. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the magnitude of chemoresponsiveness to low flow supplemental oxygen in patients...

PURPOSE To describe Type 1 retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and its laser treatment outcomes in premature infants with birth weight > 1250 g in Eastern China. METHODS A retrospective review of 3175 ROP records was conducted at Shanghai Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University. The records were collected at the ROP clinic from 2006 to 2014, including their demographic and medical information suc...

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) usually requires symptomatic supportive therapy by intubation and mechanical ventilation with the supplemental use of high oxygen concentrations. Although oxygen therapy represents a life-saving measure, the recent discovery of a critical tissue-protecting mechanism predicts that administration of oxygen to ARDS patients with uncontrolled pulmonary inf...