Introduction: Takotsubo is often described as stress-induced cardiomyopathy and a known cause of heart failure. Objective: Review the clinical course young coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patient who developed following cardiac tamponade. Case presentation: A 42-year-old woman presented to emergency department with fever, altered mental status hypoxia. She was ultimately found be in tampona...

OBJECTIVE To explore the causes of death and risk factors in patients of war wound and trauma of extremities. METHODS This retrospective study involved 352 patients of war wound and trauma of extremities admitted to 303rd Hospital of People's Liberation Army during the period between 1968 to 2002. All the data were reviewed and the causes of death of 15 patients were analyzed by autopsy, and ...

Substantial attention and resources have been directed to improving outcomes of patients with critical illnesses, in particular sepsis, but all recent clinical trials testing various interventions or strategies have failed to detect a robust benefit on mortality. Acute heart failure is also a critical illness, and although the underlying etiologies differ, acute heart failure and sepsis are cri...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW To emphasize the importance and clinical implications of right ventricular function assessment in many situations encountered by intensivists and to explain in practical terms how to perform such an assessment at the bedside. RECENT FINDINGS Assessment of right ventricular function requires a full understanding of the physiology of the right ventricle. The right ventricle, u...

Rotor position information obtained through a sensor is crucial for proper field-oriented control (FOC) of permanent magnet synchronous machine-based high dynamic energy conversion applications. In applications such as transportation and industrial, PMSM systems are subjected to harsh environmental conditions vibration, shock, thermal shock causing mechanical interfaces holding sensors fail, in...

Cardiogenic shock is a leading cause of death in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In a patient with AMI and left ventricular failure, development of lactic acidosis prognosticates a poor outcome. Elevation of lactate level occurs when oxygen delivery to the nutrient capillaries falls below a critical value to maintain cellular aerobic metabolism. Increased metabolic demands, whe...

BACKGROUND Acute renal failure (ARF) due to obstructive uropathy is a urological emergency. The standard radiological investigations in the emergency setting include X-ray, ultrasonography and computed tomography. But occasionally the cause of obstruction may be elusive. METHODS We present a case of obstructive uropathy due to bilateral stones presenting as acute renal failure. The patient un...

BACKGROUND Postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock occasionally develops in patients who have undergone cardiac procedures. We report our experience using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in adult patients with postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock, and analyze the factors that affected outcomes for these ECMO patients. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of ECMO patients. ...