sleepiness/fever

We present a case of an 81-year-old diabetic man with anaerobic sepsis due to acalculous cholecystitis. The patient was admitted to our hospital with a seven-day history of severe abdominal pain accompanied with fever and somnolence. Blood cultures taken during the initial procedure developed

BACKGROUND During initial treatments, pediatric cancer patients are frequently hospitalized for fever, which may be due to neutropenia or a manifestation of the somnolence syndrome (SS) after cranial radiation therapy (CRT). This was a retrospective chart review of patients who received CRT for

A 69-year-old female was admitted because of a febrile state, somnolence, nausea and diarrhea. Addison's disease known to have developed several years earlier after adrenal tuberculosis suggested Addisonian crisis triggered by an acute infection. Therapy with steroids and substitution of

A young Angolian boy who had emigrated to France at the age of 2, presented with a long history of fever. Gambian Trypanosomiasis was diagnosed with peculiar aspects: 1) evolution of adult sickness with a long hemolymphatic period (first stage) and a subacute worsening period with neurologic deficit

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a geographically widespread tick-borne zoonosis. The clinical spectrum of the illness varies from mild infection to severe disease and death. In severe cases, hemorrhagic manifestations develop, with fatality rates of 4-20%, depending on the geographic

There is considerable evidence for an increase of methylphenidate (MPH) abuse; thus, physicians might be confronted more frequently with MPH intoxications. Possible symptoms of intoxications with MPH are orofacial, stereotypic movements and tics as well as tachycardia, cardiac arrhythmias, arterial

Narcolepsy with cataplexy is a rare, but important differential diagnosis for daytime sleepiness and atonic paroxysms in an adolescent. A recent increase in incidence in the pediatric age group probably linked to the use of the Pandemrix influenza vaccine in 2009, has increased awareness that

OBJECTIVE To document the clinical features and management of infants presenting with fever after their first meningococcal B vaccination and develop guidance for clinicians. METHODS A prospective case series over 12 months was conducted in a tertiary paediatric hospital. Infants ≤3 months of age

BACKGROUND Venovenous perfusion-induced systemic hyperthermia raises core body temperature by extracorporeal heating of the blood. Five patients with advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma stage IV (4.4+/-1 months after initial diagnosis) received venovenous perfusion-induced systemic hyperthermia

Neurological complications may occur following intensive chemotherapy and hematopoietic cell transplantation. Postirradiation somnolence syndrome has been observed in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who received central nervous system preventive therapy with 1800-2400 cGy cranial

BACKGROUND Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne disease characterized by nonspecific symptoms like fever, myalgia, severe headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. It can result in various complications during the course of the disease due to the diffuse endothelial