We report an 85-year-old female with known history of recurrent diverticulitis presented with abdominal pain. It was believed that the patient again needed to be treated for another diverticulitis and was started on the routine treatment. The initial CT scan of abdomen showed renal infarcts bilaterally that were confirmed by a CT with and without intravenous contrast secondary to unknown cause....

A 64-year-old man was referred to the on-call surgical team from the High Dependency Unit with acute abdominal distension. He had undergone elective abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair two days previously. The patient had not vomited, was diaphoretic, and had difficulty speaking due to discomfort and respiratory distress. He was tachypnoeic with a respiratory rate of 24/min, tachycardic at 1...

After admission, diarrhoea worsened with ten watery stools per day without evidence of blood per rectum. He developed rigors, sweating and a sinus tachycardia 115/min. Abdominal exam revealed generalised tenderness with no rebound, increased bowel sounds and rectal exam revealed liquid stool which tested negative for blood, A diagnosis of acute gastroenteritis was made. The patient was admitted...

One presents the results of a study concerning the use of microwave Doppler transducer for contact-less detection of cardiorespiratory activity. The main element of the installation is a microwave Doppler transducer. The Doppler signal resulting from the movement of the anatomical structures is a complex one. The experimental setup also includes an electrocardiograph, a photopletismograph and a...

This is a single case study in a care of the elderly rehabilitation ward. The patient consented to her case being used as a case report and this case report has been prepared in accordance to institutional review body guidelines. The subject was an 85 year old female who had been admitted with abdominal pain, vomiting, clamminess sweating and shortness of breath. X-rays showed bilateral lower l...

A 46-year-old man had a 1-week history of exertional chest tightness and dyspnea. His symptoms became especially prominent while shoveling snow and he presented to the emergency department. He was free of pain at the time of initial presentation and denied any pain at rest (Fig. 1). One hour after reaching the emergency room his pain recurred and he became hypotensive and a second ECG was obtai...

in hungary, ecg is a keystone of routine athletic screening. its significance is based on simplicity, quickness and high informative value as well as the fact that appearance of pathological ecg signs can precede the formation of structural heart diseases. during screening of healthy athletes, we studied the incidence of athletic ecg changes and pathological ecg abnormalities. methods: we pe...