Six cases of methyldopa hepatitis, including two in which the patients died are reported; and 77 cases from the literature are reviewed. Patients in whom severe hepatotoxic reactions to methyldopa develop usually complain of prodromal symptoms typical of hepatitis, often with fever, one to four
The authors report 136 cases of spondylodiscitis due to ordinary organisms seen between 1980 and 1989 and note the increasing incidence of iatrogenic forms which during the past three years accounted for 50 per cent of cases. 60 per cent of these cases of iatrogenic spondylodiscitis complicated a
A retrospective study of 42 patients with perforations of the oesophagus during the period 1981-1987 indicated that 57.1% of the perforations were iatrogenic. Diseases of the oesophagus and in contiguous structures and foreign bodies in the oesophagus caused perforations in 31% of the cases.
A 39-year-old nulliparous woman experienced continuous mild fever and abdominal pain since undergoing laparoscopic ovarian dermoid cystectomy 3 months previously in a local hospital. Abdominal computed tomography revealed diffuse heterogeneous fat infiltrations with numerous micronodules in the
Pseudomembranous colitis (PMC) is a frequently severe, sometimes fatal iatrogenic disease that is antibiotic-associated in almost all cases. The most common clinical features of PMC include abdominal pain, watery diarrhea, fever, leukocytosis, hypoalbuminemia, and hypovolemia. Ascites, not
BACKGROUND
Serotonin syndrome is an iatrogenic disorder that results from serotonergic overactivity. Severe myoclonus and increased restlessness are hallmarks of the disorder.
METHODS
We report a case of serotonin syndrome related to poor drug elimination.
RESULTS
A 74-year-old white female with
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