Systemic septic emboli in tricuspid endocarditis due to an atrial communication with a right-to-left shunt.

We present the case of a patient admitted to hospital in septic shock. He had a history of tricuspid valve infective endocarditis (IE) 6 months prior and regularly injected intravenous drugs. A bedside echo on arrival confirmed vegetations on his tricuspid valve, torrential tricuspid regurgitation and signs of significantly raised right-sided pressures.

Furan and Methylfurans in Foods: An Update on Occurrence, Mitigation, and Risk Assessment.

The acceptance of many foods is related to traditional cooking practices, which create taste and texture and are important to digestibility, preservation, and the reduction of foodborne illnesses. A wide range of compounds are formed during the cooking of foods, a number of these have been shown to lead to adverse effects in classical toxicological models and are known as food processing contaminants (FPC). It is essential that the presence and effects of such compounds alone and in combination within the diet are understood such that proportionate risk management measures can be developed, while taking a holistic view across the whole value chain.