Kawasaki Disease: A Rare Case of a Non-pediatric Patient.

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an inflammatory condition more common in children but rare in adults, where diagnosis can be challenging due to nonspecific symptoms. Early recognition is essential to prevent severe complications. We present the case of a 26-year-old male with adult-onset KD who initially presented with vague symptoms, resulting in diagnostic delays.

Post-partum Hamman's Syndrome.

Hamman's syndrome is an uncommon complication of labor. Its diagnosis is based on clinical suspicion and CT imaging. It is often a benign and self-limiting condition occurring in healthy patients.

Acute Pancreatitis as a Trigger for Thrombotic Microangiopathy: A Case Report.

Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA) are a group of disorders characterized by generalized microvascular occlusion, thrombocytopenia, and microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, which may present with organ dysfunction. These include hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) among others. The triad of anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute kidney injury is the hallmark of HUS.

Abdominal Pain as the Manifestation of Chylomicronemia Syndrome During Pregnancy: A Challenging Diagnosis.

Hypertriglyceridemia is a frequent cause of acute pancreatitis. Levels higher than 1000 mg/dL are often associated with a genetic predisposition that can be aggravated by other factors such as pregnancy and poorly controlled diabetes. The authors report a 19-year-old primigravida that presented with abdominal pain, emesis and a pruritic rash, along with severely increased plasma triglyceride levels.

A Seasonal Cause of Encephalitis: Influenza Virus A (H3N1) Infection.

Unlabelled: Influenza virus infection can have a range of presentations, from asymptomatic to life-threatening disease. We present the case of a 57-year-old woman with a known history of schizophrenia (controlled with medication) who presented to our emergency department in a coma after experiencing a seizure. She had reported flu-like symptoms in the previous week, which evolved to dyspnoea and altered mental status culminating in seizures and coma.

[Acute respiratory distress syndrome: case series, two years at an intensive care unit].

Introduction: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome has a significant incidence and mortality at Intensive Care Units. Therefore, more studies are necessary in order to develop new effective therapeutic strategies. The authors have proposed themselves to characterize Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome patients admitted to an Intensive Care Unit for 2 years.

Community-acquired pneumonia in an intensive care unit.

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of sepsis in adult critical care. We present a retrospective study of patients admitted to a polyvalent intensive care unit with CAP from 1st June 2004 - 31st December 2006. We analysed 76 patients with a mean age of 62.