4-Point ultrasonography to confirm the correct position of the nasogastric tube in 114 critically ill patients.

Purpose: Nasogastric feeding tube is routinely positioned in intensive care units. The complications of misplacement are rare but very dangerous for the patients. The aim of this study is to estimate the diagnostic accuracy of this new technique, 4-point ultrasonography to confirm nasogastric tube placement in intensive care.

The Role of Transcatheter Arterial Embolization in Traumatic Pelvic Hemorrhage: Not Only Pelvic Fracture.

Purpose: The most common life-threatening complication of pelvic trauma is bleeding. Arterial bleedings frequently require active management, preferably with transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE). Hemodynamic instability and/or contrast extravasation at computer tomography (CT) examination are reliable indicators of arterial injury.

Spontaneous rupture of the liver in a patient admitted for subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Introduction: Spontaneous rupture of the liver is a rare event often associated with the presence of malignant liver disease or occurring in the context of a HELLP syndrome. We present a case of spontaneous rupture of the liver in a patient admitted to our Intensive Care Department with hemoperitoneum in the aftermath of recent surgical clipping of a cerebral aneurysm.

Presentation Of Case: We report a 50-year-old woman who was transferred from the Bolzano Hospital Department of Neurosurgery to the Intensive Care Unit with anemia and the occurrence of major abdominal pain.