Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the labium oris with rare metastasis to the pleural cavity.

A 57-year-old Southeast Asian woman with a remote history of adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the right labium superius oris (upper lip) presented to the hospital with vague epigastric pain. On workup, she was found to have multiple pleural nodules. Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of metastatic ACC.

Donor-transmitted melanoma after limbal stem cell transplantation.

Limbal Stem Cells are a unique cell line located at the corneal limbus. They are responsible for regenerating and restoring corneal epithelial layers. Limbal stem cell transplantation is a promising technique that has been used to treat several hereditary and acquired corneal diseases.

Vascular Surgery Kidney Injury Predictive Score: A Historical Cohort Study.

Objectives: To develop a risk-prediction model for acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients undergoing vascular surgery.

Design: A retrospective cohort study.

Setting: A tertiary referral center.

Decision support tool for differential diagnosis of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) vs Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (CPE): a prospective validation and meta-analysis.

Introduction: We recently presented a prediction score providing decision support with the often-challenging early differential diagnosis of acute lung injury (ALI) vs cardiogenic pulmonary edema (CPE). To facilitate clinical adoption, our objective was to prospectively validate its performance in an independent cohort.

Methods: Over 9 months, adult patients consecutively admitted to any intensive care unit of a tertiary-care center developing acute pulmonary edema were identified in real-time using validated electronic surveillance.

Plasma transfusion is associated with postoperative infectious complications following esophageal resection surgery: a retrospective cohort study.

Objective: To examine the association between blood component transfusions and the incidence of major postoperative infections in patients undergoing esophageal resection surgery.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Single academic tertiary referral center.

Decision support tool for early differential diagnosis of acute lung injury and cardiogenic pulmonary edema in medical critically ill patients.

Background: At the onset of acute hypoxic respiratory failure, critically ill patients with acute lung injury (ALI) may be difficult to distinguish from those with cardiogenic pulmonary edema (CPE). No single clinical parameter provides satisfying prediction. We hypothesized that a combination of those will facilitate early differential diagnosis.

Derivation and diagnostic accuracy of the surgical lung injury prediction model.

Background: Acute lung injury (ALI) is a serious postoperative complication with limited treatment options. A preoperative risk-prediction model would assist clinicians and scientists interested in ALI. The objective of this investigation was to develop a surgical lung injury prediction (SLIP) model to predict risk of postoperative ALI based on readily available preoperative risk factors.

Derivation and validation of automated electronic search strategies to identify pertinent risk factors for postoperative acute lung injury.

Objective: To develop and validate time-efficient automated electronic search strategies for identifying preoperative risk factors for postoperative acute lung injury.

Patients And Methods: This secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study included 249 patients undergoing high-risk surgery between November 1, 2005, and August 31, 2006. Two independent data-extraction strategies were compared.