An 80-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department with progressive abdominal fullness for two days, intermittent abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. Her relevant medical history included mitral valve replacement 10 years ago with subsequent anticoagulation, type 2 diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension and chronic renal failure, all of which controlled with medications. Physical ...

Insulin resistance syndrome was first described by Reaven [1] as the concomitant presence of abdominal adiposity, dyslipidemia, hypertension and insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes mellitus and described this syndrome complex as syndrome X. Although researchers coined different terms to this syndrome complex [2,3], the term metabolic syndrome (MS) was coined by Adult Treatment Panel III -Nati...

Arterioportal fistulas are rare. Superior mesenteric arteriovenous fistula is uncommon and usually observed in patients who have abdominal trauma or have undergone abdominal surgery. If untreated, mesenteric arteriovenous fistula is potentially fatal due to portal hypertension with potential complications such as massive variceal bleeding or progressive liver failure. We report a 50-year-old Ch...

CASE REPORT A 41-year-old female presented to the emergency department with nausea, vomiting and foreign body sensation in her throat. The patient had multiple co-morbidities including hypertension, diabetes, cervical cancer and gastroparesis with gastrojejunostomy (GJ) tube. The patient had stable vitals, was in no respiratory distress, and her only complaint was mild throat pain and abdominal...

AIM OF THE STUDY The aim of the study is to determine the frequency of pulmonary hypertension in patients with hepatic cirrhosis and portal hypertension, to determine the possibility of an accurate ultrasound diagnosis of the characteristics of this complication. METHOD 347 patients with liver cirrhosis consecutively hospitalized at Coltea Clinical Hospital were screened. 61 were excluded bec...

Introduction: Hypertension and diabetes mellitus 2 are prevalent diseases. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed lifestyle disease control, potentially triggering serious complications. Objectives: To determine the association between control of chronic non-communicable diseases: arterial hypertension during in patients an Urgent Care Center. Materials methods: Observational, cross-sectional, analy...