A 75-year-old woman with a history of Type 2 Diabetes mellitus attended triage with complaints of nausea, occasional vomit, pain in epigastrium and some vague heaviness in breathing of 4-5 days duration. On her physical examination she had mild tachypnea, peripheral capillary oxy...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i830228
Pregnancy in healthy women is associated with normal changes in lipid metabolism that are essential for fetal growth and development. Hyperlipidemia as a cause of pancreatitis as well as severe Hyperlipidemia in pregnancy is not commonly seen in clinical practice. Acute pain abdo...
Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie's syndrome) is a disorder characterized by acute dilatation of the colon in the absence of an anatomic lesion that obstructs the flow of intestinal contents. It is characterized by massive dilatation of the cecum and right colon on abdomi...
There have been many case reports in the literature of mixed infection with two or more pathogenic organism including Dengue virus, Malaria parasite, Hepatitis virus, Scrub typhus, and Influenza virus but so far there have been no case reports of Dengue virus, Malaria parasite an...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/46127
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare, under diagnosed, fatal and devastating hyper-inflammatory syndrome that has gained increasing recognition over the past decade. HLH can be familial (F-HLH) or acquired; infections, autoimmune diseases, malignancy or immune suppr...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/41435
Adult still’s disease (ASD) is a defined clinical entity and a known cause of fever of unknown origin (FUO). It is a rare systemic inflammatory disorder characterized by a triad of symptoms: daily (quotidian) spiking fever (>39°C), arthritis and an evanescent salmon-colored ra...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/41263
Adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD), is the adult form of systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (juvenile Still's disease). AOSD is a known cause of fever of unknown origin (FUO). It is characterised by a triad of symptoms: spiking fever (>39°C), salmon-coloured rash and arthr...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/39960
Fulminant Epstein Barr Virus (EBV), also known as (herpes simplex virus-4(HSV-4) induced multiple organ failure is rarely reported and should be considered a potential diagnosis in patients with multiple organ failure. From a clinical perspective, it should be remembered that ful...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/39649
Dengue virus (DV) is omnipresent, globally distributed flavivirus and is primarily transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, found through-out the tropical and subtropical regions of over 100 countries. Unusual manifestations of Dengue fever (DF) with severe organ involvement su...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/39181
Background: Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and is caused by one of the four dengue viruses of arbovirus family. This study was undertaken to analyze detailed findings in capillary leak syndrome (CLS) among hospitalized dengue fever...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/36883
Background: Dengue fever (DF) is the most common of the arboviral infections in humans and more than two-fifths of the world's population lives in areas potentially at risk for dengue. Effective vector control, prompt case detection and appropriate clinical management can reduce...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/36416