Tags Archives: case of the week 2022

Perfusfind S.L.

This case reports on an a 14-year-boy (43 kg) without any respiratory symptoms, who was admitted to a regional hospital with a fever of one day associated with vomiting and..

Perfusfind S.L.

This case reports on an 18-year-old male without relevant medical history, who presented at the emergency room of a peripheral primary care hospital with nausea and headaches. [pdf-embedder url="https://perfusfind.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CoW_42_2022_E_web_compressed.pdf"]

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This case reports on an a 67-year-old woman with CHILD-C liver cirrhosis, who was admitted to the tertiary intensive care unit (ICU) after intoxication with bromazepam. [pdf-embedder url="https://perfusfind.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CoW_41_2022_E_web_compressed.pdf"]  

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This case reports on an 81-year-old man who presented to the hospital with methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis and hemodynamic instability requiring an urgent operation (EuroSCORE II 31.05%)..

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This case reports on a 55-year-old man with hepatocellular carcinoma in the context of a hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infection since the year 2000, who was hospitalized and scheduled for an..

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This report describes the case of a 73-year-old male patient (known pre-existing conditions: bilateral peripheral vascular disease grade 2b, hypercholesterolemia with long-term simvastatin medication) who was admitted to the Emergency..

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This case reports on a 12-year-old male patient (weight 55 kg) without relevant medical history, who was admitted to the hospital with a three days history of fever associated with..

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This case reports on an a 74-year-old male patient who was admitted to Artemed Klinikum Munich South, for urgent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for severe three-vessel disease (occluded right..

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This report describes the case of a 68-year-old patient (known medical history: untreated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), ectopic atrial tachycardia, liver cirrhosis CHILD stage B, no contact with physicians..

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This case reports on a 6-year-old boy, who was admitted to the hospital due to prolonged dyskinetic movements resulting in rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury [pdf-embedder url="https://perfusfind.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/CoW_33_2022_E-web_compressed.pdf"]

Perfusfind S.L.

This case reports on a 13 year old boy (weight 60 kg, height 160 cm) who presented with fever, rash, abdominal pain, and vomiting. [pdf-embedder url="https://perfusfind.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/CoW_32_2022_E_web_compressed.pdf"]

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This case reports on a 5 day old male full term newborn with congenital hypoplastic left heart syndrome who was scheduled for a corrective procedure. [pdf-embedder url="https://perfusfind.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/CoW_31_2022_E_web_compressed.pdf"]

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This case reports on a 61-year-old male, who was assessed by cardiac surgery in consideration for mitral valve surgery following presentation for congestive heart failure. [pdf-embedder url="https://perfusfind.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CoW_30_2022_E_web_compressed.pdf"]

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This case reports on a 13-year-old girl from Bangladesh, who was admitted to the hospital with incipient renal failure and hypertension. [pdf-embedder url="https://perfusfind.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CoW_29_2022_E_web_compressed.pdf"]

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This case reports on a 37-year-old male patient with known type 1 diabetes mellitus, who was admitted to the hospital with nausea, multiple vomiting and abdominal pain. [pdf-embedder url="https://perfusfind.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CoW_28_2022_E_web_compressed.pdf"]

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This case reports on a 28-year-old female patient who was referred intubated and ventilated from an intensive care unit (ICU) of another tertiary care hospital to Sir Gangaram Hospital, Delhi,..

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This case reports on a 34-year-old male patient with a medical history of corrected Fallot tetralogy, who was scheduled for heart transplantation. [pdf-embedder url="https://perfusfind.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CoW_25_2022_E_web_compressed.pdf"]

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This case reports on a 31-year-old previously healthy female patient, who was admitted post-operatively to the intensive care unit (ICU) with hemorrhagic shock and dilutional/ disseminated intravascular coagulopathy following secondary..

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Blood purification by hemoadsorption therapy seems to improve outcomes in selected patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. Here, we report the successful application of hemoadsorption in the severe systemic..

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This case reports on a 63-year-old male, who was admitted to the hospital with a 2-month history of exertional shortness of breath, a periodic cough with purulent sputum and right..

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A 64-year-old female was admitted to the Emergency Department after she was found somnolent by her daughter [pdf-embedder url="https://perfusfind.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/CoW_21_2022_E_web_compressed.pdf"]

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This case reports on a 53-year-old male patient who was transferred from a peripheral hospital to Ordensklinikum Linz with initial manifestation of Hodgkin‘s disease (stage IV/B/E, lymph nodes neck, bulks..

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This case reports on a 67-year-old male patient, who was admitted to hospital suffering from a severe immunological response following his 2nd COVID-19 vaccination. [pdf-embedder url="https://perfusfind.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/CoW_19_2022_E_web_compressed.pdf"]

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A 41- year-old male patient with no pathological history presented to the hospital with colic-type abdominal pain in the right hypochondrium associated with a history of fever over a few..

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A 66-year-old male patient presented to the hospital with complaints of left sided chest pain radiating to left arm for 1 week as well as acute/severe pain over the last..

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This case reports on a 54-year-old female patient with a known medical history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and acute gastroenteritis, who was admitted to the hospital with tachycardia (145/min), tachypnea..

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This case reports on a 24-year-old, initially healthy male patient, who suffered a knee dislocation due to a sports trauma. [pdf-embedder url="https://perfusfind.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/CoW_15_2022_E_web_compressed.pdf"]

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This case reports on a 35-year-old female patient with systemic lupus erythematosus who presented to hospital with exacerbated encephalopathy under the assumption of an infection after she was found apathetic,..

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This case reports on a 12-year-old boy, who was hit by a motorcycle while riding his bicycle. The motorcycle ran over the boy’s legs causing an open wound in the..

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This case reports on a 29-year-old man with diabetes mellitus, who presented to the emergency department with complaints of left sided upper limb and lower limb weakness associated with altered..