cough/vomiting

The Authors describe the clinical history and diagnostical problems of a premature twin with the three classical symptoms cough-vomiting-growth retardation in the first year of life. Is the diagnostic route required to stabilize whether this condition is primarily gastroenterological or pulmonary?

A young male patient from Somalia presented with a productive cough since a few days, and he complained about vomiting after meals and a rapid loss of weight of 20 kg. Endoscopic, radiological and clinical examinations revealed a broncho-esophageal fistula. Further examinations showed mycobacterium

BACKGROUND Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and fentanyl-induced cough (FIC) are two common anaesthesia-related events, which seem to have common risk factors. In this prospective cohort study, we investigate whether patients who have FIC during induction of anaesthesia have an increased

Upper cervical (C1-3) inspiratory (UCI) propriospinal neurons project to spinal segments containing respiratory motoneurons, but their functional significance is unknown. Bilateral kainic acid injections into this cell column in 12 decerebrate cats (11 paralyzed and artificially ventilated) had no