Complex Management of a Migrating Inhaled Metallic Foreign Body in a Child: A Multidisciplinary Success.

Foreign body (FB) inhalation in children is a common and potentially life-threatening occurrence encountered in pediatric emergency medicine. A wide range of clinical presentations including often delayed onset of symptoms make it challenging to identify and provide a timely diagnosis. This increases the risk of complications and leads to suboptimal outcomes.

Intestinal Spontaneous Intramural Hematoma Secondary to Anticoagulation Therapy: A Case Report.

A common complication of anticoagulation therapy is bleeding, especially in patients receiving long-term vitamin K antagonists. Spontaneous intramural hematoma is a rare etiology among life-threatening major bleeds. An 80-year-old female patient presented with diffuse abdominal pain.

Prevalence and Severity of Gastrointestinal Symptoms in COVID-19 Patients in Casablanca: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is behind the current pandemic. At the start of the pandemic, gastrointestinal symptoms initially described as rare were reported, but their spread to other countries increased rapidly. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of digestive symptoms among COVID-19 patients and to assess the correlation between these symptoms and disease severity.

Concomitant acute limb ischemia and myocardial infarction: another challenge of COVID-19's hypercoagulability.

The COVID-19, actual pandemic due to SARS COV 2 is associated with numerous thromboembolic complications. Although venous thrombosis including pulmonary embolisms have been widely described, arterial localization seems rarely reported. Acute limb ischemia and myocardial infarction are two major consequences of arterial thrombosis and their concomitant occurrence among COVID-19 patients is extremely rare.

Sex Differences in COVID-19 Outcomes.

Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was identified as the cause of an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Wuhan City, China in December 2019. Since then, it has caused a worldwide pandemic with over six million deaths. Many studies have been published on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but only a few have compared the outcomes of COVID-19 between males and females, especially in African countries and the Middle East.

Cardiac involvement in cancer patients under chemotherapy and diagnosed with COVID-19: case report and literature review.

Many cases of severe cardiac complications due to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were reported. Cancer and chemotherapy appear to be risk and prognostic factors for COVID-19. A 49-year-old Female, with a history of breast cancer treated by tumorectomy and anthracycline-based chemotherapy was admitted with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) confirmed as COVID-19.

Hemorrhagic Shock Revealing Rupture of Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Three Years After Post-Traumatic Pancreatitis.

Splenic artery pseudoaneurysm (SAP) is an uncommon entity but extremely serious, given the high mortality rate if untreated. Only a limited literature reports association with post-traumatic pancreatitis. We report the case of a 30-year-old man, who was brought to the emergency department (ED) for acute confusion.

Cardiovascular Risk Factors and the Severity of COVID-19 Disease.

Background and objective Several cardiovascular risk factors have emerged as important determinants of severe illness and death among coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. However, the full impact of these cardiovascular risk factors is still under investigation. This study aimed to investigate the association between patients' level of cardiovascular risk and the severity of COVID-19.

COVID-19: A Potential Cause of Non-convulsive Status Epilepticus.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been described as being primarily responsible for respiratory symptoms. Although several case reports have shown the importance of neurological manifestations, only a few have reported non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) as the first manifestation of COVID-19 infection. Here, we report the case of a 30-year-old male patient with no past medical history who was admitted with altered consciousness.

Obesity and Disease Severity Among Patients With COVID-19.

Background Obesity can be associated with one or more co-morbidities that worsen the effect of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Studies demonstrated that severe forms of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have occurred in elderly patients and patients with co-morbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases. Objective This study investigated the impact of obesity on COVID-19 severity, irrespective of other individual factors.

Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Moroccan Children.

Until October 2020, children seem to have a mild form of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in Morocco. Since April 2020, a new entity of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection was reported in England, Italy, France, and the United States. This syndrome has similarities with the most frequent vasculitis in children, Kawasaki disease.

Psychiatric side effects of chloroquine in COVID-19 patients: two case reports.

Chloroquine and hydroxy chloroquine are widely use in Africa and all over the world as anti-malarial drugs but also in the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, Morocco have included this medication in the COVID-19 treatment guidelines in association with azithromycine. Besides dermatologic problems, ocular impairments and gastro-intestinal effects, quinolines may also cause rarely described psychiatric adverse effects.

The epidemiological and clinical profile of COVID-19 in children: Moroccan experience of the Cheikh Khalifa University Center.

Introduction: COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a new coronavirus. The first cases were identified in Wuhan. It rapidly spread causing a pandemic worldwide.

Acute Hepatitis and Pancytopenia in a Child With Chronic Abuse of Senna.

Long-term use of Senna and its anthraquinone glycosides has been associated with the development of hepatotoxicity in both children and adults. Our case study aims to present, for the first time, acute hepatitis associated with pancytopenia in relation probably to liver and bone marrow toxicity in a three-year-old child suffering from chronic abuse of Senna. We report the case of a three-year-old girl with a history of chronic constipation regularly treated with drinkable preparations made from the Senna plant and hospitalized eight months ago with an almost similar and reversible clinical presentation, probably of toxic origin.

[Case study of ruptured gastroduodenal artery aneurysm revealed by hematemesis].

Gastroduodenal artery aneurysm is a rare vascular lesion, asymptomatic in the majority of cases. However, ruptured aneurysm is associated with poor prognosis and mortality can achieve a 40% rate. We here report the case of an 83-year-old patient with abrupt onset of non-specific abdominal pain associated with hematemesis.

Hematological and biochemical abnormalities associated with severe forms of COVID-19: A retrospective single-center study from Morocco.

Since December 2019, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has catapulted the world into a marked health crisis, with over 29 million cases and >930,000 deaths. To better detect affected individuals at an early stage and stop disease progression to an advanced stage, several studies have been conducted to identify the clinical, biological, and radiological characteristics of COVID-19. This study aimed to enrich the literature by critically analyzing the clinical and biological characteristics of 134 patients from the North African Mediterranean region, including numerous genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors that may influence disease evolution.

Personal Protective Equipment and Headaches: Cross-Sectional Study Among Moroccan Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background Healthcare workers in frontline during the coronavirus 19 disease (COVID-19) pandemic are mandated to wear specific personal protective equipment (PPE) including high filtrating masks and/or eye protection during extended period of time. Compressive headaches secondary to PPE use including N95 masks have been reported. We aim to describe subtypes of headache related to PPE use in our hospital in Casablanca and working condition factors associated with it.

SARS-CoV2 disease seen through the prism of acutely decompensated chronic kidney disease and ischemic stroke: What lesson we have learned from using prophylaxis therapy of vascular thromboembolism?

Our case underlines the tight management of antithrombotic therapy in the context of acutely decompensated chronic kidney disease, ischemic stroke, and SARS-CoV2 infection, the development of stroke as a SARS-CoV2 complication increase the chances of adverse outcomes that may be mitigated by a rapid recognition and institution of available treatments.

Continuous venous hemodialysis integrated to the ECMO circuit in critically ill patient with COVID-19, a case report in Morocco.

Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is a severe respiratory infection leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome [ARDS] accounting for thousands of cases and deaths across the world. Several alternatives in treatment options have been assessed and used in this patient population. However, when mechanical ventilation and prone positioning are unsuccessful, venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation [VV-ECMO] may be used.

Hybrid open and endovascular treatment of an aortic arch pseudoaneurysm in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

We describe an hybrid approach for aortic pseudoaneurysm with open and endovascular treatment as an alternative treatment for a high-risk patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus. A 42-year-old man, serum positive for human immunodeficiency virus, presented, with a large pseudoaneurysm of the arch aorta measuring 61 × 70 mm. An aortic arch debranching was performed, completed by thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair.

Predictors of Severity in Covid-19 Patients in Casablanca, Morocco.

Background Morocco was affected, as were other countries, by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Many risk factors of COVID-19 severity have been described, but data on infected patients in North Africa are limited. We aimed to explore the predictive factors of disease severity in COVID-19 patients in a tertiary hospital in Casablanca.