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Intermittent Sinus Pause/Asystole in the Setting of Anticholinergic Overdose.
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January 2025
Emergency Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, USA.
Anticholinergic toxicity typically presents with symptoms of cutaneous vasodilation, delirium, mydriasis, urinary retention, hyperthermia, anhidrosis, and tachycardia. This case report presents a 68-year-old female patient who exhibited some of these signs and symptoms after ingesting an unknown quantity of dicyclomine. However, she displayed one notable exception to the classic toxidrome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMassive Carbon Black Inhalation.
J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect
January 2025
Departments of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Carbon black is the general term for a powdery commercial form of carbon. It can cause adverse health effects after inhalation, ingestion, or dermal contact. Exposure to carbon black particles can have adverse effects on the respiratory system; this exposure usually occurs when people inhale contaminated air in the workplace.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA Novel Approach to Potentially Improving Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Survival: Prophylactic Lung Radiotherapy Inhibits Growth of Lung Metastases and Prolongs Survival in a Murine Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Model.
Cureus
December 2024
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA.
Background: Circulating tumor cells and clusters (CTC) from soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) that become entrapped in the lung can form micro-metastases and lead to pulmonary metastatic disease. Many patients with localized high-risk STS later develop metastases. Radiation is effective at reducing local recurrence by eradicating microscopic infiltration and satellites in the reactive zone surrounding the primary tumor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy Following Prolonged Ritodrine Infusion During Pregnancy: A Case Report.
Cureus
December 2024
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Fuchu, JPN.
Preterm birth remains a leading cause of neurodevelopmental disability in offspring, prompting various preventive measures. However, controversies persist surrounding these approaches, particularly regarding beta-mimetic drugs. In Japan, it remains a concerning reality that ritodrine infusion continues to be used for long-term tocolysis in preterm labor, despite the warning issued by the US Food and Drug Administration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFactors Associated With Rebleeding and Early Mortality Following Transcatheter Arterial Embolization for Spontaneous Muscle Hematoma: A Single-Center Experience Including the Period of the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic.
Cureus
December 2024
Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, JPN.
Objectives We aim to investigate factors associated with rebleeding and mortality within one month of transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) for spontaneous muscle hematoma (SMH) and the impact of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Methods This retrospective analysis included 33 patients who underwent TAE for SMH at a single center between 2012 and 2022. After 2020, eight of these patients had the COVID-19 infection.
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