Outcome in Survivors of Middle Cerebral Artery Territory Ischemic Stroke: Can it be predicted?

Background: Stroke is the fourth leading cause of disability worldwide. The present study was designed to assess functional disability in middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory ischemic stroke patients by applying standard scales for stroke severity, cognitive impairment, disability, dependency and depression. We also wanted to study whether baseline assessment predicts outcome at 1 month.

Mortality Predictors of ARDS in Medical Intensive Care Unit of a Tertiary Care Centre in a Tropical Country.

Background: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a clinical syndrome of severe dyspnoea of rapid onset, hypoxemia, and diffuse pulmonary infiltrates leading to respiratory failure in the absence of cardiac failure. We did the study to asses various aetiologies of ARDS, to determine the correlation between the diagnostic criteria, mortality predictors, need of mechanical ventilation and the outcome of patients. This was an observational, prospective study in medical intensive care unit (MICU) of a tertiary care hospital, over a period of 15 months.

Unusual complication of amebic liver abscess: Hepatogastric fistula.

Amebic liver abscess is a parasitic disease which is often encountered in tropical countries. A hepatogastric fistula secondary to an amebic liver abscess is a rare complication of this disease and there are only a handful of reported cases in literature. Here we present a case of an amebic liver abscess which was complicated with the development of a hepatogastric fistula.