Gadolinium-Induced Acute Graft Pancreatitis in a Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant Recipient by Chiang Sheng Lee, Rachel Yi Ping Tan, Nitesh N. Rao

“…We present a 32-year-old woman with prior history of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant who presented with generalized abdominal pain associated with systemic inflammatory response syndrome requiring admission to the intensive care unit. This occurred within 48 hours after having a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with gadolinium for investigation of subacute left optic atrophy. …”
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Acute Mastoiditis in a Newborn with Aural Atresia by K. Parpounas, K. Bouka, J. Athanasopoulos, M. Lamprou, G. Helmis, I. M. Vlastos

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Dandy-Walker Syndrome. Case Report and Literature Review by William Ernesto González Águila, Osiris Intento García, Nilda Beatriz Cortizo Martínez

“…We present the case of a newborn who was admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit due to hypotonic, tongue protrusion with sucking disorders. …”
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Alternative to General Anesthesia for a Stat Cesarean Delivery in a Patient with a Large Arteriovenous Malformation Involving the Cervicomedullary Junction in Active Labor by Christiano dos Santos e Santos, David A. Joyner, Cristiane A. Tuma Santos, Bernadette E. Grayson, Arthur Calimaran, Douglas R. Bacon

“…The patient was transferred to the intensive care unit neurologically intact and discharged home after 8 days. …”
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Antenatal Indomethacin Treatment for Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy by Kyohei Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Tanaka, Fumi H. Furuhashi, Kayo Tanaka, Eiji Kondo, Tomoaki Ikeda

“…The baby was born at 37 weeks and discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit with a favorable outcome. Indomethacin treatment is likely to improve fetal lung function and to control the amniotic fluid volume. …”
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Topical Ophthalmic Cyclosporine in the Treatment of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis by Zafer Onaran, Gülşah Usta, Mukadder Koçak, Kemal Örnek, Ünase Büyükkoçak

“…She was hospitalized in the intensive care unit and treated with intravenous corticosteroid and immunoglobulin. …”
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Neonatal surgery. Pediatric Hospital. Cienfuegos 2000-2003. by Jayce Díaz Díaz, Anabel Ledesma, Yanet Rojas Rodríguez

“…The variables under study were: age, sex, nutritional state, disorders, stay at the intensive care unit period of mechanical ventilation, postoperatory complications and follow up. …”
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Clostridium subterminale Septicemia in a Patient with Metastatic Gastrointestinal Adenocarcinoma by Kevin M. Trapani, Leigh J. Boghossian, Elizabeth Caskey

“…After a prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) stay, the patient died on hospital day 23. …”
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A Prospective Determination of the Incidence of Perceived Inappropriate Care in Critically Ill Patients by Rohit K Singal, Robert Sibbald, Brenda Morgan, Mel Quinlan, Neil Parry, Michael Radford, Claudio M Martin

“…While nurses and physicians believe that rationing and other cost-related practices sometimes occur in the intensive care unit (ICU), they allege that treatment is often excessive.…”
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Deadly Aspiration Pneumonia Secondary to Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome by Rhea Akel, Iskandar Daou, Dany Jamal, Elham Hobeika, Rany Aoun, Georges Nawfal

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Overlapping of DRESS and Stevens-Johnson syndrome due to first-line antituberculosis drugs: a case report by Cristian Morán-Mariños, Felix Llanos-Tejada, Rebeca Huamani-Llantoy, Capriny Bernal-Turpo, Kimberly López-Pilco, Alex Ventura-Leon, Renato Casanova-Mendoza

“…The patient experienced severe skin and systemic involvement, a situation that required her admission and monitoring in the intensive care unit. From our experience with this case, we conclude the importance of an accurate and timely diagnosis using validated scoring systems such as RegiSCAR to confirm the clinical diagnosis of DRESS/SJS and ALDEN to assess the likelihood of drug causality. …”
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Probiotics and Prebiotics: Role in Prevention of Nosocomial Sepsis in Preterm Infants by Vrinda Nair, Amuchou S. Soraisham

“…Prevention of sepsis especially in the preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit remains a major challenge. The gastrointestinal tract is an important source of potential pathogens causing nosocomial sepsis as the immature intestinal epithelium can permit translocation of bacteria and yeast. …”
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HELLP Syndrome Complicated by Subcapsular Hematoma of Liver: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Atilla Karateke, Dilek Silfeler, Faruk Karateke, Raziye Kurt, Ayse Guler, Ismail Kartal

“…These patients must be followed up in intensive care unit for advanced medical support with infused fluid, replacement of blood products, and treatment of underlying disorders. …”
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A Case of an Acquired Factor VIII Inhibitor Complicated by Multiple Treatment-Related Opportunistic Infections and Review of the Literature by Anna L. Hutchinson, Yi Ling Tan, Giselle Kidson-Gerber

“…Two months following rituximab treatment, our patient developed a succession of severe opportunistic infections requiring intensive care unit admission. Over a period of 12 weeks she required treatment for Pseudomonas aeruginosa septicaemia, herpes simplex gingivostomatitis and pharyngotonsillitis, clostridium difficile-related diarrhoea, systemic cytomegalovirus infection, pneumocystis jiroveci, and invasive pulmonary aspergillosis lung infections. …”
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Multiparameter body composition analysis on chest CT predicts clinical outcomes in resectable non-small cell lung cancer by Yilong Huang, Hanxue Cun, Zhanglin Mou, Zhonghang Yu, Chunmei Du, Lan Luo, Yuanming Jiang, Yancui Zhu, Zhenguang Zhang, Xin Chen, Bo He, Zaiyi Liu

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SMARCA4 deficiency in small cell lung cancer: A case report and narrative review of the literature by Andreas M. Matthaiou, Ioannis Tomos, Nikoleta Bizymi, Ioannis Vamvakaris, Nektarios Anagnostopoulos, Aikaterini Papadopoulou, Kalliopi Angelou, Grigoris Stratakos, Adamantia Liapikou

“…The patient demonstrated progressive respiratory failure and clinical deterioration and eventually deceased despite intubation and transfer to the intensive care unit. This case indicates that SMARCA4-deficient small cell lung cancer may present with an aggressively deteriorating phenotype with poor outcomes for the patie …”
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Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Secondary to Leptospirosis by Shannon M. Fernando, Pierre Cardinal, Peter G. Brindley

“…Treatment is largely supportive, consisting of lung protective ventilation and thereby necessitating Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission. The most common precipitant is community-acquired bacterial pneumonia, but other putative pathogens include viruses and fungi. …”
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Heat Stroke: A Medical Emergency Appearing in New Regions by Sofie Søndergaard Mørch, Johnny Dohn Holmgren Andersen, Morten Heiberg Bestle

“…Both patients were admitted to the intensive care unit, where they were treated with an external cooling device and received treatment for complications. …”
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Wanting to Forget: Intrusive and Delusional Memories from Critical Illness by Lauren Doig, Kevin Solverson

“…However, they often go unrecognized after patients leave the intensive care unit (ICU). Case Presentation. A 40-year-old male was admitted to the ICU with community-acquired pneumonia and multiorgan failure requiring mechanical ventilation and renal replacement therapy. …”
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Cerebral Arterial Air Embolism Associated with Mechanical Ventilation and Deep Tracheal Aspiration by S. Gursoy, C. Duger, K. Kaygusuz, I. Ozdemir Kol, B. Gurelik, C. Mimaroglu

“…A 65-year-old man, who had subarachnoid hemorrhage with Glasgow coma scale of 8, was admitted to intensive care unit and ventilated with the help of mechanical ventilator. …”
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