BACKGROUND In clinical practice, secondary traumatic brainstem hemorrhage often develops during descending transtentorial herniation due to raised intracranial pressure, which is known as Duret hemorrhage. Although usually considered a fatal and irreversible event, in rare circumstances, victims of Duret hemorrhage could gain favorable outcomes. To our knowledge, secondary brainstem hemorrhage ...

Do metaphors shape people’s emotional states and mindsets for dealing with hardship? Natural language metaphors may act as frames that encourage people to reappraise an emotional situation, changing the way they respond to it. Recovery from cancer is one type of adversity that many people face, and it can be mediated by the mindset people adopt. We investigate whether two common metaphors for d...

1 of 2 DESCRIPTION A 56-year-old male smoker sustained non-penetrating leftsided chest trauma, following a 2-m fall onto a fl at-topped wooden post. He was in severe pain and respiratory distress in the Emergency Department, with a dramatic degree of fl ail and marked subcutaneous emphysema (see video 1 ). A left side tube thoracostomy was inserted urgently with marked improvement in respirator...

Here, we report about a boy (age: 18 years) who developed an acquired factor VIII inhibitor at the age of 9 years. He presented with bleeding in his right ankle, multiple haematomas and a high-titer factor VIII type II inhibitor (400 BU). Therapy: He received treatment with MMF (CellCept®), dexamethasoneimmunoglobulin pulses, and rituximab together with high dose FVIII (Hannover protocol). His ...

UNLABELLED Here, we report about a boy (age: 18 years) who developed an acquired factor VIII inhibitor at the age of 9 years. He presented with bleeding in his right ankle, multiple haematomas and a high-titer factor VIII type II inhibitor (400 BU). THERAPY He received treatment with MMF (CellCept®), dexamethasone-immunoglobulin pulses, and rituximab together with high dose FVIII (Hannover pr...

Abstract The US Army war crimes trials held in Manila from 1945 to 1947 prosecuted around 200 Japanese military personnel for committed against prisoners of and Filipino non-combatants. defendants attempted argue, with little success, that the defence superior orders justified their actions. General Douglas MacArthur (Supreme Commander Allies Pacific or SCAP) was adamant would not serve excuse ...

People struggling with addiction are neither powerless over their addiction, nor are they fully in control. Lewis vigorously objects to the brain disease model of addiction (BDMA), because it makes people lose belief in their self-efficacy, and hence hinders their recovery. Although he acknowledges that there is a compulsive state in addiction, he objects to the claim that this compulsion is ca...