Intracranial Hypertension following Acute Mesenteric Ischemia: A Case Study on the Multiple Compartment Syndrome.

In this case study, we describe a 25-year-old male who was admitted due to a severe traumatic brain injury, requiring invasive intracranial pressure monitoring. At 48 hours posttrauma, he developed intracranial hypertension refractory to medical treatment without tomographic changes in the brain. Subsequently, intra-abdominal hypertension and tomographic signs of abdominal surgical pathology were observed.

Virtual preoperative planning and 3D tumoral reconstruction with Horos open-source software.

Background: Presurgical three-dimensional (3D) reconstructions allow spatial localization of cerebral lesions and their relationship with adjacent anatomical structures for optimal surgical resolution. The purpose of the present article is to present a method of virtual preoperative planning aiming to enhance 3D comprehension of neurosurgical pathologies using free DICOM image viewers.

Case Description: We describe the virtual presurgical planning of a 61-year-old female presenting a cerebral tumor.

[Invasive sinonasal papilloma with intracranial invasion: Case report and bibliographic review].

Introduction: Inverted papilloma is a locally-aggressive benign neoplasm of the paranasal sinuses with a high potential for recurrence and malignancy. Intracranial extension is infrequent, and dural penetration even more so, typically associated with recurrence of the disease or its degeneration into squamous cell carcinoma.

Clinical Case: A 32-year-old female patient consulted us for an exophytic lesion in her right nostril and exophthalmos, associated with headache, anosmia and dysgeusia.

[Intraventricular schwannoma of the choroid plexus. Case report and review of the literature].

Introduction: Intraventricular tumors account for approximately 10% of central nervous system tumors. The intraventricular schwannomas are rare because there are only 15 cases reported in the international literature.

Case Report: A forty-one years old female, with a history of migraines during 17 years, consulted for headaches and nausea.

Safer lone working: assessing the risk to health professionals.

Lone working is increasing in the UK, as care delivery aims to keep people at home. This means that the relative safety of a hospital or clinic with colleagues present is increasingly being replaced by isolated workers in unfamiliar and potentially dangerous situations. Lone workers should be as safe and protected as colleagues who work in a shared base and employers have a legal responsibility to protect lone workers and minimize the risks which may have traditionally been viewed as occupational hazards.

Just tell me why..

Well Walter, you were unsuccessful on this occasion.' I was being informed sympathetically by the nursing officer that my attempt to obtain a charge nurse post had crashed on the treacherous rocks of interview. 'Do come and see me if you wish to discuss the matter further,' he added.