Publications by authors named "Badie Douqchi"

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease can present with numerous infectious complications, including intra-abdominal abscess, perforations of the intestine, fistula formation, and the occurrence of septicemia. Toxic megacolon (TM) is a potentially fatal complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. In this case report, we report a 49-year-old male patient who was admitted to the intensive care unit for the management of severe sepsis that was secondary to an inaugural toxic megacolon complicating a silent inflammatory bowel disease, with a Lichtiger score of 11.

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Leukoencephalopathy is progressive demyelination of the white matter, induced by a variety of factors. Among the causes of leukoencephalopathy, chemotherapy is an uncommon cause that generates potentially reversible lesions. The clinical presentation is classically made of alterations in mental status, hallucinations, hypertension, seizures, and acute visual changes.

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Introduction: Women with pulmonary hypertension have high morbidity and mortality during pregnancy. The inability to increase cardiac output can lead to heart failure, while hypercoagulability and reduced systemic vascular resistance also lead to other risks.

Case Management: This paper report the case of a parturient admitted for caesarean section under continuous spinal anaesthesia scheduled at 34 weeks of amenorrhea following severe pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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Introduction: the COVID-19 pandemic still accounts for thousands of cases every day. It's neurological involvement has been well documented most likely due to auto-immune mechanisms than the virus itself.

Case Report: we report the case of a 38 years old women who developed an Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis following a COVID-19 infection, with a favorable outcome after immunosuppressive therapy.

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