Protein Energy Malnutrition is Associated with Worse Clinical Outcomes in Asthma Hospitalization: A Nationwide Analysis.

Background: Several studies have highlighted the negative clinical impact of malnutrition in individuals with various disease conditions, including diseases related to the respiratory system. Our study sought to investigate the relationship between protein-energy malnutrition and asthma exacerbation.

Methods: We retrospectively searched the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) from 2018-2021.

Aggressively Quick: A Case of Negative Radiographic Evidence Progressing to a Large Lobulated Lung Mass In Six Months.

Unlabelled: We present the case of a 61-year-old male with a past medical history of diabetes, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, obesity hypoventilation syndrome, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), who developed a rapidly growing lung mass after previously having no radiographic evidence of cancer 6 months earlier. The patient initially presented for what appeared to be a COPD exacerbation, and imaging at that time showed no sign of any lung mass. Six months later, the patient returned with dyspnea and was found to have a large lobulated lung mass, possibly extending into the mediastinum.

Recognizing serotonin syndrome in the intensive care unit: a case report of serotonin syndrome in a patient taking amitriptyline, buprenorphine, pregabalin, and fentanyl.

Background: Despite its life-threatening nature, serotonin syndrome (SS) often eludes initial recognition and remains an underreported condition that can occur with the administration of serotonergic drugs alone or in combination with other medications known to increase levels of serotonin. The diagnosis of SS relies on clinical assessment, as laboratory tests and imaging studies cannot definitively confirm the condition. The majority of reported cases of SS involve polypharmacy rather than single-drug overdose.

A Rare Case of Severe Lactic Acidosis in a Patient With Mantle Cell Lymphoma.

Lactic acidosis is an extremely rare paraneoplastic manifestation of hematological malignancies, and often carries an extremely poor prognosis. Mantle cell lymphoma is an aggressive and rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. To the best of our knowledge, it is extremely rare to have severe lactic acidosis in patients with mantle cell lymphoma.