Absidia Corymbifera in an immune competent accident victim with multiple abdominal injuries: case report.

Background: We report a case of mucormycosis in a healthy 17-year-old accident victim with multiple abdominal injuries which was caused by infection with Absidia Corymbifera, a ubiquitous saphrophyte in the ground.

Case Presentation: The patient was admitted to hospital with massive abdominal trauma. During an 8-hour emergency operation he received transfusions of compacted red blood cells, plasma, platelets and hemagel.

Acute respiratory effects of sublingual buprenorphine: comparison with intramuscular morphine.

In this randomized, double-blind, placebo study, the respiratory effects of a single dose of sublingual buprenorphine (0.4 mg) were examined and compared with those induced by one dose of intramuscular morphine (10 mg) in a population of women, aged 25-65 years, admitted at the Hospital for Elective Surgery because of uterine fibromyomatosis. Some indices of control of breathing (P0.