Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome: A Diagnostic Conundrum.

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease is a vision-threatening autoimmune disease mediated by adaptive immune responses via T helper (Th) 1 and Th17 cell activation. The disease often starts with a flu-like illness followed by eye pain, headache, and dizziness later evolving into vision loss bilaterally. Other symptoms may include vitiligo and hearing loss.

Association of arginine vasopressin with low atrial natriuretic peptide levels, left ventricular remodelling, and outcomes in adults with and without heart failure.

Aims: The arginine vasopressin (AVP) pathway has been extensively studied in heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), but less is known about AVP in HF with preserved EF (HFpEF). Furthermore, the association between AVP and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP, a well-known inhibitor of AVP secretion) in HF is unknown.

Methods And Results: We studied subjects with HFpEF (n = 28) and HFrEF (n = 25) and without HF (n = 71).

The awareness and prevalence of metabolic syndrome in medical community of bahawalpur.

Objectives: We investigated the frequency of Metabolic Syndrome and evaluated the level of awareness about this condition in medical community (healthcare workers) of Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

Methods: It was a cross-sectional study. It was carried out over a period of one year (June 2008 to May 2009).