sepsis is the systemic response to severe infection in critically ill patients. sepsis, septic syndrome & septic shock represent the increasingly severe stages of the same disease. despite the remarkable improvements in outcome, sepsis & septic shock remain an important cause of morbidity & mortality in children. this is a retrospective study among the patients who were admitted in the pediatri...

neonatal respiratory distress is a very common problem in our practice. the causes may be respiratory, cardiovascular, central, metabolic, haematological and surgical. the cause of distress due to transient myocardial depression is not very common in mild asphyxia. we present a case having transient myocardial depression with severe respiratory distress and features of shock in a mild asphyxiat...

case presentation we report a case of anaphylactic shock during surgery of pulmonary hydatid cyst in a 42 year old woman and its management. conclusions during the surgery of hydatid cyst, any hemodynamic instability should raise the suspension of anaphylaxis and early resuscitation should be instituted. introduction hydatid cyst is a parasitic disease caused by a tapeworm echinococcusgranulosu...

background: heat shock proteins (hsp) are highly conserved molecules with many immunological functions. they are highly immunogenic with important role in cancer immunotherapy and in vaccine development against infectious diseases. as adjuvant, hsp can augment the immunogenicity of weak antigens and can stimulate antigen presenting cells. although vaccines have been successful for many infectio...

background: cyanide poisoning is frequently lethal, because of the early onset of severe symptoms and difficulty in the diagnosis. case: the case was a 29-year-old boy who collapsed suddenly after taking a bottle of beer in a bar. samples, such as peripheral blood, stomach contents, bile fluid, urine and mouth swabs, were prepared using standard autopsy procedure and were subjected to analysis ...

background a review of the related medical journals indicates that there is no definite evidence-based option for managing large proximal ureteral stones, although many procedures such as transureteral lithotripsy (tul), shock wave lithotripsy (swl), percutaneous nephrolithotripsy, laparoscopic ureterolithotomy, and open ureterolithotomy are currently used to treat this urological problem. obje...