Background: Neonatal acute hematogenous osteomyelitis is very rare in clinical research. Early diagnosis and treatment to reduce the sequelae is very important. The purpose is to introduce a rare and special case to medical workers, so that readers know how to diagnose and treat such special cases. Methods: Through the clinical manifestations, imaging studies and the results in blood culture. R...

QUESTION I have children in my clinic who experience seizurelike episodes in which they cry and hold their breath to the point of cyanosis and loss of consciousness. Their examination or investigation findings are normal and referral to a pediatric specialist results in no further investigation. Are breath-holding spells common, and what type of investigation is needed? ANSWER A breath-holdin...

This study was conducted to evaluate the ability of AN-DRG version 3.1 to predict variation in patients' length of stay in hospital (LOS) and identify other factors that can influence the LOS by using routinely collected hospital morbidity data. A total of 18 DRGs that comprised 4,589 episodes were analysed. Multiple regression was used to model length of stay as a function of a number of indep...

Purpose Patient Navigation (PN) has the potential to increase timely utilization of cancer prevention, early detection and treatment services among underserved populations. Few such navigators exist in community-based settings. Tongans in Southern California experience some of the largest cancer health disparities in the state. In addressing breast and cervical cancer, a pilot project was launc...

Mucormycosis is a fatal and life threatening infection particularly in immunocompromised patients, so early diagnosis and rapid treatment is life saving. A 52-year-old female, known case of diabetes mellitus, presented with chills, fever, fatigue and anorexia. A subcutaneous mass was detected around the umbilicus (4x4). Fine needle aspiration of the mass showed mucor hyphea with little infl...

a male patient with acute renal failure (arf) due to large b-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma infiltration of kidney is presented. the diagnosis was suspected because of coincidence of arf and tumor lysis syndrome non-responsive to conservative renal therapies. a renal biopsy confirmed diagnosis and appropriate chemotherapy led to complete improvement of renal function.