AIM To review the outcome of childhood submersion injury (SI). METHODS We reviewed discharge data of all children with SI who were hospitalized in a university teaching hospital between January 2002 and January 2008. RESULTS There were 15 admissions (8 males and 7 females). Outdoor SI (n = 10) were more common than indoor SI (n = 5) and 7 cases occurred in public swimming pools with life gu...

BACKGROUND Development of ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia after an initial rhythm of pulseless electrical activity or asystole is associated with significantly increased cardiac arrest mortality. OBJECTIVE To examine differences in epinephrine administration during cardiac arrest between patients who had a secondary ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachyca...

Introduction:Acute limb ischemia (ALI) a major vascular emergency defined as sudden decrease in perfusion that threatens viability. Prompt early recognition and management is need of hour to reduce the morbidity mortality associated with ALI. The aim this study emphasis on presentation, outcome ALI for better understanding disease Materials And Method: 1. Period Of Study - 10months from OCT 202...

Abstract Introduction Methylphenidate is a central nervous system stimulant used as first-line treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). CNS use associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events such resting heart rate and blood pressure, sudden cardiac death, arrhythmia, stroke. Its safety profile in recipients transplants unknown, more research warranted to determin...

conclusions this case inspires consideration of hiv infection as a leading cause of thromboembolic event in individuals affected by the first episode of unprovoked one in whom diagnosis of hiv infection has not been established yet. case presentation a 27-year-old heterosexual smoker man was referred to our center due to a sudden-onset severe left lower extremity pain and claudication since thr...

BACKGROUND Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) without assisted ventilation may be as effective as CPR with assisted ventilation for ventricular fibrillatory cardiac arrests. However, chest compressions alone or ventilation alone is not effective for complete asphyxial cardiac arrests (loss of aortic pulsations). The objective of this investigation was to determine whether these techn...

AIMS The American Heart Association has endorsed the concept of Public Access Defibrillation. However, there have been reports of inappropriate direct current shocks from automatic external defibrillators. The specificity of automatic external defibrillators for shockable rhythms may be improved by the incorporation of a haemodynamic sensor. METHODS AND RESULTS This study examined the use of ...

BACKGROUND Thrombosis is the most common complication during cardiac catheterization via femoral artery access. Alongside heparinization, fibrinolytic therapy is recommended if there are signs of ischemia in the lower extremity. OBJECTIVES Given the paucity of data in the existing literature on streptokinase (SK) therapy in pediatrics, we designed this study to assess the efficacy of SK in pe...

Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a chronic and nonspecific inflammatory vessel disease that involves the aorta and its major branches. TA results in stenosis, occlusion or aneurysmal degeneration of large arteries pathologically. Although TA is an unusual disease, it is more commonly observed to occur in Asian females compared to the general population worldwide. Aortic dissection is a very rare co...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess whether pediatric inpatients who receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for bradycardia with poor perfusion are more likely to survive to hospital discharge than pediatric inpatients who receive CPR for pulseless arrest (asystole/pulseless electrical activity [PEA]), after controlling for confounding characteristics. METHODS A prospecti...