The Knotted Urethral Catheter-Description of a Novel Technique and Steps for Removal.

The spontaneous intravesicular knotting of a feeding tube used for urethral catheterization is a rare but documented complication. The reported incidence in the world literature is 0.2 per 100,000, with only 40 cases reported.

Polypharmacy and potential drug-drug interactions in emergency department patients in the Caribbean.

Background Potential Drug-Drug Interactions (DDI) account for many emergency department visits. Polypharmacy, as well as herbal, over-the-counter (OTC) and combination medication may compound this, but these problems are not well researched in low-and-middle-income countries. Objective To compare the incidence of drug-drug interactions and polypharmacy in older and younger patients attending the Emergency Department (ED).

Trauma in the elderly in Trinidad and Tobago: a cross-sectional study.

Little is known about trauma in the elderly in the developing world. This study compared injuries in older patients with those in younger adults in a Third World setting. This was a prospective observational study of trauma admissions to a tertiary hospital in Trinidad, comparing injury characteristics and patient outcomes in older versus younger adults.