Incidence of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis in Patients Receiving Rectal Indomethacin vs. Compounded Rectal Diclofenac Prophylaxis.

Background And Aims: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) carries a 3-15% risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP). Rectal indomethacin reduces the risk of PEP, but its cost has increased more than 20-fold over the past decade. Rectal diclofenac is also used to prevent PEP but is not commercially available in the United States.

Health Care Innovation for Low-Resource Settings: The Value of Local Immersion and Partnership.

Health Care Innovation is the creation, development, and translation of new and better solutions to health care challenges. At its core, this endeavor does not require extending the frontiers of science or the creation of new fundamental technologies. Rather, it is primarily focused on the use of existing science and established technologies in the design of new solutions to problems in health care.

Polymyositis: A Rare Cause of Acute Respiratory Failure and a Diagnostic Dilemma.

Polymyositis is an autoimmune multisystemic disorder that affects the body's muscular system. It usually affects the proximal muscles of the shoulder, pelvis, neck flexor muscles, and sometimes, the hip extensor muscles. However, it can also affect the diaphragm causing acute respiratory failure.

Pseudo-Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Due to Severe Vitamin B12 Deficiency: A Case Report.

Vitamin B12 deficiency is common in vegetarians, as meat is a common source of vitamin B12. In this case presentation, a patient presented to his primary care doctor with signs of severe vitamin B12 deficiency anemia. He had elevated lactate dehydrogenase levels, indirect bilirubin, and schistocytes on the blood smear, all pointing toward a hemolytic process.

Quit screwing around: magnetic retrieval of an appendiceal foreign body.

Video 1Narration of case and demonstration of appendiceal foreign body removal using a novel magnetic catheter.