Pulmonary embolism in intensive care units: More frequent or more Known? Prospective study of 75 cases.

Purpose: to evaluate the current rate of pulmonary embolism (PE) in our medico-surgical intensive care unit (ICU), to identify risk factors, and to determine the outcome of PE in ICU.

Methods: We performed a prospective cohort study of consecutive patients requiring intensive care admission during a one-year period. We included, in this prospective study, all the patients with confirmed PE admitted in ICU with more than 18 years of age, and expected to stay in ICU for more than 48 hours.

[Acute fatty liver of pregnancy. "Incidence, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis"].

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) is a rare, potentially fatal complication that occurs in the third trimester or early postpartum period. It generally appears between weeks 30 and 38. Usually the APLF symptoms start one to two weeks before hospitalization with nausea, emesis, general uneasiness, jaundice, epigastric pain and other symptoms.

[Contribution of liver biopsy in intensive care unit. (180/2004)].

Aim: Our aim was to evaluate the indications and contribution of liver biopsy (LB) in intensive care (ICU) and to compare them to those of LB in gastroenterology.

Methods: We included retrospectively 37 successive LB achieved in ICU and 38 successive LB achieved in gastroenterology. All data were reviewed by three intensivists and three gastroenterologists to determine the contribution of the LB.

Curious fatal intentional poisoning case with organophosphate pesticide.

Background: A case of organophosphorus intoxication with rebounding symptoms is reported.

Case Report: Case report of a 24-year-old man who poisoned himself with organophosphorus pesticide and was hospitalized in a 22-bed adult medical surgical intensive care unit at a tertiary care hospital. The patient had ingested organophosphorus pesticide after an argument and fight with his family and had presented typical clinical and biological manifestations of intoxication by this chemical.

Gastrointestinal manifestations in severe scorpion envenomation.

Objectives: To evaluate the type and incidence of gastrointestinal manifestations secondary to scorpion envenomation and their prognostic significance.

Patients And Methods: All patients admitted to our ICU for scorpion envenomation were included in this retrospective chart review of a 13-year period (1990 - 2002).

Results: During the study period, 951 patients were admitted for scorpion envenomation and 72 (7.