Publications by authors named "R Rakocevic"
Enteral administration of vancomycin is the standard treatment for () colitis and is presumed to have no systemic absorption. In critically ill patients, however, especially with multi-organ failure, enteral absorption of vancomycin is unpredictable and can cause severe toxicity if it remains unrecognized. We therefore report a case of systemic absorption of enteric vancomycin in a patient with severe colitis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: This study aims to answer the question of whether adding mobile cone-beam computed tomography (mCBCT) imaging to shape-sensing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy (ssRAB) translates into a quantifiable improvement in the tool-lesion relationship.
Methods: Data from 102 peripheral lung lesions with ≥2 sequential mCBCT orbital spins and from 436 lesions with 0-1 spins were prospectively captured and retrospectively analysed. The primary outcome was the tool-lesion relationship status across the first and the last mCBCT spins.
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- Vasopressin is often used in intensive care for patients in severe vasodilatory shock due to its ability to constrict blood vessels and enhance water reabsorption in the kidneys.
- A case study is presented of a 59-year-old male who developed transient diabetes insipidus after five days of vasopressin treatment for septic shock, characterized by significant urine output and increased sodium levels after the medication was stopped.
- This case highlights the importance of recognizing the potential for transient diabetes insipidus as a consequence of vasopressin withdrawal, especially as the patient's symptoms resolved quickly without major medical intervention.
Introduction: Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is essential to the care of patients with NSCLC. Nevertheless, NGS is dependent on adequate material from biopsy. We evaluated the impact of biopsy method and needle gauge necessary for optimizing success in tissue NGS.
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