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A 44-year-old man who had been feeling general fatigue was found in an unconscious state on the same day. He had no remarkable medical history. On arrival at the hospital, his Glasgow Coma Scale was E1V2M3; he had tachycardia and hypertension, was afebrile, and in a severe hypoxic state. His
A number of symptoms cause physical or mental distress and suffering in the terminal and dying patient. In this prospective study of 117 patients (96% with a cancer diagnosis) in a Danish hospice all symptoms causing distress were assessed daily in three degrees of severity. The ten most frequently
The case of a 37-year-old man without diabetes is reported who began to experience repetitive episodes of loss of consciousness. For 11/2 years the patient suffered from attacks of fatigue associated with sweating, tachycardia, blurred vision and finally unconsciousness. In the presence of low blood
Although palliative sedation therapy is often required in terminally ill cancer patients to achieve acceptable symptom relief, empirical data supporting the ethical validity of this approach are lacking. The primary aim of this study was to systematically investigate whether empirical evidence
A 49-year-old man with a one-week history of general fatigue and several other symptoms, including hematuria, numbness of the mouth, anemia and thrombocytopenia, was admitted because of an episode of convulsions and unconsciousness after blood transfusion. A diagnosis of thrombotic thrombocytopenic
The development of chemotherapy to treat gastric cancer has prolonged its prognosis, and sometimes extremely rare conditions arise. This report describes two patients with carcinomatous meningitis who rapidly progressed into unconsciousness and died. A 60-year-old woman under second-line
Dinitrotoluenes (DNTs) are nitroaromatic compounds appearing as pale yellow crystalline solids at room temperature. Dinitrotoluenes exist as a mixture of 2 to 6 isomers, with 2,4-DNT, and 2,6-DNT being the most significant. About 500 persons are estimated to be potentially exposed yearly to 2,4-DNT
Leptospirosis is a systemic infection usually producing fever with hepatorenal involvement, meningoencephalitis, and hemorrhage. In this article, we present three children between 10 and 13 years of age with leptospirosis. The purpose of this paper is to emphasize that leptospirosis is a problem in
A 37-year-old man suffered from photosensitivity and urinary casts with serological findings of positive anti-DNA antibody, LE cells and false positive VD reaction in September of 1979. He developed general fatigue, dyspnea and diplopia with ptosis of bilateral eyelids in November of 1979, which
A 22-year-old man developed transient unconsciousness during running. He developed fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and general fatigue. Next day, he was admitted to National Hospital Nayoro because of high serum CK level of 13,610U/l. Biochemical analyses revealed elevated serum myoglobin,
A 62-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of unconsciousness and hypoglycaemia. She had a history of weakness and fatigue after postpartum haemorrhage in 1983. Unfortunately, she was not diagnosed with Sheehan's syndrome and did not receive sufficient professional treatment due to the
The aim of this study is to investigate predictive factors of post-traumatic syndrome in children with minor head injury. Prospective neurological, electroencephalographic and psychological investigations were performed in 98 children aged 3-13 years within 24 h after the trauma and 4-6 weeks later.
Background: Adult-onset hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare and life-threatening condition, which is often triggered by certain types of infection, cancer and numerous autoimmune diseases; however, of the numerous
A 56 year old female was admitted to a local hospital after developing symptoms, including generalized fatigue, nausea and vomiting, from trauma. She was relocated to our hospital because she developed other symptoms, including disturbance of consciousness from hypercalcemia and a rash over her
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, nonirritating gas that is produced through the incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons. Sources of CO include combustion devices (e.g., boilers and furnaces), motor-vehicle exhaust, generators and other gasoline or diesel-powered engines, gas space