Critical Care and Shock, February 2008, Volume 11, No. 1
Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava: Incidental Discovery in Adult
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A middle age Caucasian gentleman presented to the Emergency Department with fever, chills and hypotension. Chest X-ray revealed consolidation in right lower lobe consistent with pneumonia. A chest radiograph after central line placement revealed a venous anomaly. CT scan with contrast revealed persistent left superior vena cava and absent right superior vena cava.
The Significance of Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels in the Critically Ill
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Multicentre Study About Nurses’ Attitude to Delirium Patients
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Long-Term Outcome of Long Stay ICU and HDU Patients in a New Zealand Hospital
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Long-Term Outcome from Intensive Care. A One Year Follow-Up of Acute Admissions at Hawke’s Bay Hospital
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Consumption of Raw Oysters and Vibrio Vulnificus Sepsis
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We present the case and images of a 52 yearold Hispanic gentleman with a history of hepatitis C and chronic liver disease that developed Vibrio vulnifi cus sepsis secondary to eating raw oysters.
His course was complicated by necrotizing fasciitis in the upper extremities and renal failure.