Publications by authors named "Mitchell van Kalsbeek"

Article Synopsis
  • Recent advancements in critical care have highlighted the lasting functional disabilities experienced by survivors of critical illness, leading to a focus on improving their long-term recovery.* -
  • Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) refers to various impairments in cognition, mental health, and physical abilities that persist after patients leave the ICU.* -
  • PICS not only affects survivors but can also negatively impact their family members, a phenomenon known as PICS-family.*
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Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare but severe post-infectious complication of SARSCoV- 2 that seems to occur most frequently two to six weeks after infection. MIS-C can present very similarly to Kawasaki's disease (KD) with symptoms such as a skin rash in addition to a prolonged fever. Here we present a case of a 12-year-old African American/Black female with incomplete KD presenting similarly to MIS-C.

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Spontaneous rupture of a gonadal artery aneurysm is an extremely rare occurrence and can lead to a rapidly lifethreatening retroperitoneal hemorrhage. We report a case of a pregnancy-related spontaneous rupture of a right ovarian artery aneurysm in a multiparous woman. A 37-year-old woman, gravida 4, para 4, presented to an outside facility with right flank pain roughly six hours following spontaneous vaginal delivery of full-term baby with complication of advanced maternal age (AMA).

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