Publications by authors named "Leonard Diserens"
Article Synopsis
- Exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) involves temporary narrowing or closure of the larynx during intense physical activity, mainly affecting teens and young adults.
- Symptoms often resemble those of exercise-induced asthma, including difficulty breathing, wheezing, and tightness in the throat.
- The article aims to shed light on EILO, discussing its diagnosis and management since it is frequently overlooked in clinical settings.
Lithium is frequently used in the treatment of bipolar disorders and is known to induce ECG alterations. This case study describes various patterns of lithium-induced ECG modifications in a patient with acute-on-chronic lithium intoxication. Clinicians should be familiar with this problem as it can have life-threatening consequences and lead to important changes in patient's management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: A large proportion of visits to our Emergency Department (ED) are for non-life-threatening conditions. We investigated whether patients' characteristics and reasons for consultation had changed over 13 years.
Methods: Consecutive adult patients with non-life-threatening conditions at triage were included in the spring of 2000 and in the summer of 2013.