Introduction: An uncommon cause of acute pancreatitis, primary hyperparathyroidism accounts for less than 1% of cases.
Case Presentation: A 41-year-old male with acute pancreatitis and hypercalcemia is described in this case. Primary hyperparathyroidism was discovered during the work-up for hypercalcemia.
Background: There is very limited experience in management of heart transplant (HT) recipients and their immunosuppressive drug therapies while confronted with a SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Case Details: We report the case of a 60-year-old male, heart transplant recipient patient, admitted in our ICU for severe COVID-19. His immunosuppressors were discontinued.
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic developing since the late 2019 and early 2020 has caused thousands of deaths and has had an enormous impact on our health systems and economies. Thrombotic complications associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been described. Acute limb ischemia is associated with complications related to cytokine storm syndrome and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
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