To the Editor: A 35‐year‐old female was admitted with a 6‐day history of fever and sore throat. On admission, she was feverish, with a temperature of 40.2°C by rectum. Her pulse was regular at 90 beats/min, and blood pressure was 93/69 mmHg. Other findings were vomiting, abdominal pain, and a macular rash across the upper trunk. She also had abdominal tenderness in the right upper quadrant and ...

Background a 36-year-old woman, with a history of childhood asthma allergic to house dust mites, noticed one year prior to her arrival at our unit an episode of generalized itching, dyspnea, severe rhinoconjunctivitis and abdominal pain after eating rice with razor shell. After that, she had tolerated rice alone. Razor shell (Ensis ensis) is a common mollusc, which has an elongated fragile and ...

Mrs. B., aged 27, had for many years suffered from attacks of pain in the throat which was localised to the right side of the larynx. She had been seen for this by several doctors, one of whom removed her tonsils without improving the condition?others thought the condition neurasthenic. Recently her daughter, aged two, pressed with her fist against the right side of the patient's larynx, this c...

The bulk of the book consists of evaluation for disability or impairment with each system of the body. These includes: the musculoskeletal system; upper and lower extremities; all regions of the spine; the nervous system; the respiratory system; the cardiovascular system; the haematopoietic system; the visual system; ear, nose and throat; the digestive system; the genitourinary system; the endo...

OBJECTIVE This randomised, double-blind, parallel group phase II/III study with adaptive two-stage design and interim analysis compared the efficacy and tolerability of spray (containing a Salvia officinalis fluid extract) against placebo in the treatment of patients with acute viral pharyngitis. - STUDY PARTICIPANTS in two study parts, a total of 286 patients with subjective and objective ev...

To the Editor of " The Indian Medical Gazette." rJf1fV1f??0W*ng accO"nt showing the efficacy and A l'm Tthod of treatment, is,-by kind Hnsnifql Rii pain Grant, E.A.M.C., Commanding Station na pP Pw V^ ,S-ent for favour of publication. .The Febriml v lqftn?0. ?k?"son Lack, I.M.S., took ill on 14th fevpr Hp ,ro^f P. ,1-ninS of general malaise, sorethroat and bv olaJrevi0u? history of irritable th...

Background: The Streamlined Liner of the Pharynx Airway (SLIPA), a type of supraglottic airway, has a non-inflatable cuff that softens at body temperature to fit the laryngeal structure. We investigated whether pre-warming of SLIPA to body temperature may improve insertion parameters. Methods: Ninety adult patients were assigned equally randomized to either Group W or Group R. Anesthesia was in...

Article history: Received on: 13/11/2015 Revised on: 07/02/2016 Accepted on: 19/04/2016 Available online: 28/05/2016 Postoperative sore throat and other airway morbidities are common and troublesome after endotracheal intubation general anesthesia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of dexamethasone added to intracuff lidocaine on decreasing the respiratory complications after gen...

Epistaxis is a common ear, nose, and throat emergency, and severe cases are traditionally controlled by the placement of anteroposterior nasal packing. In this article, a way of controlling severe epistaxis with the combination of two RapidRhino packs is described. Although not always successful, it is a technique that in the majority of patients can control severe bleeding faster, easier, with...