Publications by authors named "Alveena Dawood"
Sulfur Mustard Exposure from Dredged Artillery Shell in a Commercial Clammer.
Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med
November 2017
A 40-year-old commercial fisherman presented with a blistering second degree burn to the right arm after handling a dredged and undetonated World War I-era sulfur mustard artillery shell. He sustained isolated second degree cutaneous injury requiring wound care and skin grafting. Sulfur mustard, or dichlorethylsulphide, is a vesicant chemical warfare agent that causes significant cutaneous chemical burn and is managed with burn wound care.
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- Emergency physicians need to be able to quickly identify life-threatening conditions in patients presenting with abnormal heart rhythms, known as cardiac dysrhythmias.
- A case study describes a 31-year-old man who exhibited atypical dysrhythmia after reversing an opiate overdose, leading to the rare diagnosis of Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) alternans.
- The report emphasizes the importance of a systematic approach in evaluating electrocardiograms to recognize serious dysrhythmias and outlines the differential diagnosis for WPW patterns.
Background: Capgras delusion (CD) has multiple etiologies including neurodegenerative disorders and can be associated with violent behavior. CD is a common complication of Alzheimer dementia (AD); however, CD with violent behavior is uncommon in AD. We report escalating violent behavior by a patient with advanced AD and CD who presented to the emergency department (ED) and required admission to an academic medical center.
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