broad/vomiting

OBJECTIVE To review the literature on tigecycline, a novel antibiotic. METHODS References were identified through MEDLINE (1966-February 2007) and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (1970-February 2007) databases, using the key words tigecycline, glycylcycline, complicated skin and skin

OBJECTIVE We present the case of a female patient 29 years of age with antecedents of laparoscopic laser ablation for endometriosis, laparoscopic appendectomy, and umbilical hernioplasty. METHODS The patient was admitted to the hospital's emergency room for abdominal pain in the epigastrium,

A 37-year-old, patient presented in emergency with history of normal vaginal delivery followed by development of abdominal distention, vomiting, constipation for last 3 days. She was para 4 and had normal vaginal delivery by traditional birth attendant at peripheral hospital 3 days back. Imaging

BACKGROUND Doripenem monohydrate, a broad-spectrum carbapenem antibiotic, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAIs) and complicated urinary tract infections (cUTIs). OBJECTIVE This article reviews available

Background: Small bowel diverticula are a rare condition occurring mainly in the elderly. They can be isolated or multiple and can involve the duodenum, jejunum and ileum. Acute complications are extremely rare, with an aspecific pattern

BACKGROUND Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) has been the focus of several studies as a less invasive alternative to conventional laparoscopy to access and treat intracavitary organs. For the last 5 years, much has been accomplished with animal studies, yet the clinical

Broad ligament hernia is a rare type of internal hernia. We herein report a case of broad ligament hernia successfully treated by needlescopic surgery. A 41-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with a complaint of nausea and vomiting. Abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed

We evaluated various clinical and laboratory manifestations of toxic shock syndrome (TSS) in 17 menstruating females to define the spectrum of illness. Ten women had definite TSS, while seven who satisfied modified case definition criteria had probable TSS. Patients with definite TSS were younger,

Introduction: Among diseases that cause small bowel obstruction, internal hernia may result in severe outcomes. Therefore, emergency laparotomy has been often performed, but it may be invasive. We experienced a case of a broad ligament

We present a case of a 31-year-old woman, gravida 4 para 1, pregnant at 33 + 2 weeks of gestational age with acute abdomen due to hemoperitoneum. Hemoperitoneum was suspected for non-specific symptoms such as acute abdominal pain, vomit, cardiotocography alterations and maternal acute anaemia. An

Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is a complex pathophysiological condition and consists of two phases. The conventional CINV neurotransmitter hypothesis suggests that the immediate phase is mainly due to release of serotonin (5-HT) from the enterochromaffin cells in the

Previous studies showed that diphenidol was effective on emetogens-induced pica, eating of non-nutritive substances, in rats, a model analogous to emesis in other species. We evaluated the actual antiemetic activity of diphenidol against four emetic stimuli in the dog and ferret, animals that

Among internal hernias, those through the foramen of Winslow are most commonly observed. The least frequently occurring is that through the broad ligament of the uterus. The present case presented with bowel strangulating obstruction due to a defect of the left broad ligament which could be

We present the second case of a broad ligament hernia to be treated by laparoscopy. A 43-year-old gravida 0, para 0 woman presented to our hospital with a chief complaint of right upper quadrant abdominal colicky pain and vomiting. Her clinical history was significant for an "unknown" bowel surgery

The authors reported a case of small bowel obstruction secondary to internal herniation through a defect of the broad ligament. This is a rare cause of small bowel obstruction. A 42 year-old woman without previous abdominal surgery presented with episodes of abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. Due