“”As a sport surfing is generally safe. It is different for competitive surfers where this rapid sport calls for great agility and balance. This case report of an ankle injury demonstrates the type of damage that can be done. The authors describe the clinical investigation of this case and outline the circumstances that led to […]
Month: September 2009
Autologous stem cell therapy for heart failure plus artificial heart bridge
Autologous stem cell therapy for a diseased heart using an artificial heart to bridge for time has been performed in Greece by an Oxford surgeon. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/8274259.stm “Prof Stephen Westaby, from the John Radcliffe Hospital, led the operation on Ioannis Manolopoulos in Greece. He used an artificial heart to relieve Mr Manolopoulos’s heart while it was […]
Progressive respiratory distress due to neck mass
“This well documented case of a life threatening respiratory obstruction from a neck mass is an important reminder of how to approach such emergencies. The authors describe a case of a thyroid mass and its subsequent management.” Progressive respiratory distress due to neck mass […]
Finding your doctor through their published case reports
Had a very interesting communication from a BMJ Case Reports author who was contacted by a patient’s family because the patient was suffering from a similar condition to that which the author had just published. This raises interesting points about the role of the medical literature and the increasing ability of patients and their relatives […]
YouTube case series of sporting injuries yields new clinical sign.
A case series of YouTube sporting injuries has identified what could be a useful clinical sign for sports coaches. The ‘fencing response’ (tonic posturing) is an immediate sign and is associated with moderate head injury. It seems to be a separate entity from convulsions, which may also occur, and since it is a clinical sign […]
Intravenous zanamivir
A young woman with severe H1N1 pneumonitis who was previously neutropenic with chemotherapy for Hodgkin’s disease has responded to intravenous zanamivir (Relenza) and methylprednisolone. Her case is reported in the Lancet.1 Although the use of intravenous zanamivir is unlicensed it exists and is being studied as part of a clinical trial2 (with oral Oseltamivir) in […]
Not every cough in bronchiolitis season is bronchiolitis
This case is a useful reminder that all coughs during the peak season for bronchiolitis are not necessarily bronchiolitis. Although rare, the cause in this young patient, reminds us that when the unexpected happens the first thing that should be questioned is the original diagnosis.” Not every cough in bronchiolitis season is bronchiolitis […]
Bloody tears. Tears as in ‘rip’ or tears as in ‘cry’?
News reports of the mother of Calvino Inman desperately looking for doctors that have experience of managing patients with “bloody tears” have been reported over the last few days treating the condition as a medical mystery. (Thanks to CasesNetwork for Tweeting!). nydailynews.com thisislondon.co.uk dailymail.co.uk However, it seems that she should go no further than her […]
Case Report CAT
This is a draft critical appraisal sheet for case reports. Would be interested in your views. Critical Appraisal is used to glean scientific evidence from papers. Case reports or case series are not normally considered as part of this process. The reason is that there is usually no hypothesis testing or comparison within a case […]