A rare case of unusual migrated foreign bodies in kidney and their successful extraction using retrograde percutaneous nephrostomy.

Foreign body ingestion is a common presentation in the emergency room and most cases are without any major symptoms, or go unnoticed and later cause severe complications that can potentially threaten patient life. We report a case of multiple migrated metallic foreign bodies in the right kidney presenting as right renal colic and gross haematuria one year after its accidental ingestion, treated successfully with retrograde percutaneous nephrostomy.

Acute arterial thrombosis associated with inadvertent high dose of tranexamic acid.

Tranexamic acid (TA) act as anti-fibrinolytic agent and is widely used to limit bleeding in clinical practice. Tranexemic acid bind with plasminogen and prevent its conversion to plasmin, which limits the fibrinolytic pathway, so there is a theoretical risk of increasing thrombosis with high or prolonged therapy with TA. We encountered a case of acute arterial thrombosis following inadvertent administration of high dose of TA.

Two cases of asystolic cardiac arrests managed with therapeutic hypothermia.

Poor neurological outcome is a common sequel of prolonged cardiac arrest. Although Therapeutic Hypothermia (TH) for neuroprotection has been a subject for research for over Half a century, its use has been limited because of many controversies and lack of clear guidelines. However for over two decades there has been a revival of interest in mild therapeutic hypothermia (32-34°C) for neuroprotection.

Rupture in polycystic kidney disease presented as generalized peritonitis with severe sepsis: a rare case report.

Recurrent upper urinary tract (renal) infections have been reported to be frequent in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and often difficult to treat. Female preference and enteric organism predominance suggest that these renal infections are acquired to retrograde from the lower urinary tract. We encountered a rare case of bilateral polycystic kidneys with spontaneous intraperitoneal rupture of multiple infected renal cysts causing generalized peritonitis leading to severe sepsis with multiorgan failure.

Unilateral Giant Varicocele Mimicking Inguinal Hernia Resulting from Portosystemic Shunt without Evidence of Portal Hypertension: An Unusual Case Report.

Isolated giant varicocele has been reported with portal hypertension that results in abnormal communication between portal venous system and testicular vein venous system resulting in retrograde backflow of blood into the testicular venous system which leads to varicosity of the pampiniform plexuses. 65-year-old male with no past medical or surgical history presented to us with soft inguinoscrotal swelling that disappears on lying down mimicking inguinal hernia. Clinical examination revealed soft inguionoscrotal swelling that disappears on pressure.

Dexmedetomidine infusion to facilitate opioid detoxification and withdrawal in a patient with chronic opioid abuse.

Many patients are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for acute intoxication, serious complication of overdose, or withdrawal symptoms of illicit drugs. An acute withdrawal of drugs with addiction potential is associated with a sympathetic overactivity leading to marked psychomimetic disturbances. Acute intoxication or withdrawal of such drugs is often associated with life-threatening complications which require ICU admission and necessitate prolonged sedative analgesic medications, weaning from which is often complicated by withdrawal and other psychomimetic symptoms.

Intrathecal drug delivery system (IDDS) for cancer pain management: a review and updates.

Cancer pain remains undertreated and a significant number of patients with cancer pain die from severe untreated pain. With increasing survival rate in cancer, the prevalence of cancer pain is also increasing in number. Though majority of patients with cancer pain can be effectively treated with conventional medical management, still a significant portion of patients required some form of interventional pain management techniques.

Use of epidural steroid as an adjuvant in neuropathic cancer pain management: a case report.

The complexity of pain and pain care is such that there may come a point in the treatment of a patient with pain when a simple approach to management is no longer possible. The proverbial analgesic ladder can be rapidly overtaken when attempting palliative management of long-term or severe end-of-life pain. Epidural steroid injection is frequently used procedure in chronic back pain of neuropathic origin in nonmalignant cases.

Psychosocial concerns in patients with advanced cancer: an observational study at regional cancer centre, India.

Introduction: The diagnosis and treatment of cancer is associated with substantial physical, psychological, and social morbidity. The objective of this study was to identify the prevalence of psychosocial concerns in the patients with advanced cancer admitted to our institute.

Materials And Methods: A total of 100 patients admitted to the inpatient palliative care unit of our institute were enrolled in this study.

Successful treatment of an intractable postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) using peripheral nerve field stimulation (PNFS).

Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a chronic neuropathic pain syndrome that arises as a sequel of herpes zoaster eruption. The treatment of postherpetic neuralgia is medically challenging and often frustrating in some situation as the exact mechanism of neuralgia is poorly understood and multiple and complex pathophysiology is postulated requiring poly pharmacy, which itself leads to many side effects. Here, we present a successful management of supra-orbital PHN using peripheral nerve field stimulation (PNFS), which was refractory to the commonly used pharmacological treatment.