Anesthetic Management of a Surgical Patient with Chronic Renal Tubular Acidosis Complicated by Subclinical Hypothyroidism by Hiroe Yoshioka, Haruyuki Yamazaki, Rie Yasumura, Kosuke Wada, Yoshiro Kobayashi

“…Perioperative acid-base management in such patients poses many difficulties because both pathophysiologies have the potential to complicate the interpretation of capnometry and arterial blood gas analysis data; inappropriate correction of chronic metabolic acidosis may lead to postoperative respiratory deterioration. …”
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Comment on “Acetazolamide Intoxication in an Elderly Patient with Diabetes and Chronic Renal Failure after Cataract Surgery” by Michael H. Schwenk

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Ultrasound-assisted spinal anesthesia in morbidly obese elderly patient with bilateral lower limb filariasis by Yasha V. Kameshwar, Hemavathi Sakthivel

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New Onset Insomnia in a Pediatric Patient: A Case of Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis by Tamar N. Goldberg, Michael F. Cellucci

“…We present the case of a pediatric patient with anti-NMDAR encephalitis in which the symptom prompting medical evaluation was insomnia. …”
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Prolonged Myelosuppression due to Progressive Bone Marrow Fibrosis in a Patient with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia by Yuta Inagawa, Yukiko Komeno, Satoshi Saito, Yuji Maenohara, Tetsuro Yamagishi, Hiroyuki Kawashima, Taku Saito, Keiko Abe, Kuniko Iihara, Yasumasa Hatada, Tomiko Ryu

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COVID-19 Mortality in a Pediatric Patient with Hemoglobin SC Disease and Alpha-Thalassemia Trait by Joshua E. Motelow, Stacie Kahn, Patrick T. Wilson

“…As the pandemic continues to evolve, more cases of COVID-19 in pediatric patients are being detected. A 12-year-old boy with HbSC disease alpha-thalassemia trait presented to a pediatric emergency room with fever and weakness. …”
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Tonsillitis Caused by Vomiting in a Patient with Bulimia Nervosa: A Case Report and Literature Review by Miles Bannister

“…This was one of multiple attacks; all of which had all followed periods of self-induced vomiting due to the patient suffering with bulimia nervosa. Here we present the first ever case report of such a case of tonsillitis and a review of the literature of otolaryngology manifestations and complications of bulimia nervosa.…”
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Complete Denture Fabrication Using Digitally Fabricated Copy Dentures for a Patient with Moderate Dementia by Korehide Arai, Yuto Tanaka, Shinsuke Matsuda, Tomohiko Okamura, Kazufumi Iwayama, Yoshiaki Ono

“…In addition, her old dentures were brought to our dental office by the patient’s family after the patient’s dinner; immediately after copying the dentures’ morphology, the dentures were returned to the patient’s family, thus avoiding any disturbance to the patient’s eating routine. …”
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Cerebral Phosphorus Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in a Patient with Giant Cell Arteritis and Endovascular Therapy by Ruth Steiger, Lisa-Maria Walchhofer, Andreas Rietzler, Katherina J. Mair, Michael Knoflach, Bernhard Glodny, Elke R. Gizewski, Astrid E. Grams

“…In this case study, we report on a patient with stenosis and wall contrast enhancement in the left internal carotid and the right vertebral artery, due to giant cell arteritis. 31P MRS revealed a decreased inorganic phosphate-to-phosphocreatine ratio (Pi/PCr) in regions with a prolonged mean transit time (MTT). …”
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Towards Personalized Radiotherapy in Pelvic Cancer: Patient-Related Risk Factors for Late Radiation Toxicity by Anna C. Nuijens, Arlene L. Oei, Nicolaas A. P. Franken, Coen R. N. Rasch, Lukas J. A. Stalpers

“…Normal tissue reactions vary significantly among patients receiving the same radiation treatment regimen, reflecting the multifactorial etiology of late radiation toxicity. …”
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Peritoneal dialysis in an end-stage renal disease patient with massive ascites and primary liver cancer by Lulu Sun, Chunmei Liang, Yuqin Wang, Hui Li, Lijun Yao, Huajun Jiang

“…During meticulous follow-up, the patient survived for one year but ultimately succumbed to complications related to liver cancer. …”
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Kerstersia gyiorum Isolated from a Bronchoalveolar Lavage in a Patient with a Chronic Tracheostomy by Meredith Deutscher, Jennifer Severing, Joan-Miquel Balada-Llasat

“…Kerstersia gyiorum has been isolated from human sputum samples, and may be a previously unrecognized colonizer of the upper respiratory tract. Thus, patients with long-term tracheotomies or who are chronically aspirating may be at risk of lower respiratory infection with this organism. …”
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Anti-Interleukin-6 Receptor Antibody Therapy-Induced Retinopathy in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Asumi Tada, Noriyasu Hashida, Toshio Tanaka, Kohji Nishida

“…The current case highlights the need to consider that ocular adverse effects can develop in patients treated with tocilizumab.…”
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Invasive Group B Streptococcal Infection with Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome in a Postsplenectomy Patient by Pradeep Kumar Mada, Gabriel Castano, Andrew Stevenson Joel Chandranesan

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Toxic epidermal necrolysis induced by moxifloxacin and exacerbated by clindamycin in an elderly patient: A case report by Yongguang Wang, Yongguang Wang, Qizheng Guo, Qizheng Guo, Zhenyang Li, Zhenyang Li, Guifen Gan, Chun Pan

“…This case report presents a patient with TEN induced by quinolone antibiotics, who experienced rapid progression of the condition after combining with lincomycin antibiotics. …”
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An aggressive central giant cell granuloma in a pediatric patient: case report and review of literature by Yiqiao Wang, Andre Le, Dina El Demellawy, Mary Shago, Michael Odell, Stephanie Johnson-Obaseki

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A Homozygous CASQ2 Mutation in a Japanese Patient with Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia by Taishi Fujisawa, Yoshiyasu Aizawa, Yoshinori Katsumata, Akihiro Udo, Shogo Ito, Kazumasa Hatakeyama, Makoto Hirose, Hiroshi Miyama, Kazuaki Nakajima, Takahiko Nishiyama, Takehiro Kimura, Masamitsu Nitta, Kazuo Misumi, Seiji Takatsuki, Kenjiro Kosaki, Keiichi Fukuda

“…Here we present a Japanese patient with a recessive form of CPVT.…”
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Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 in a patient diagnosed with nesidioblastosis. A case presentation by Olivia Elizabeth Altamirano Guerrero, María Gabriela Balarezo García, Juan Sebastián Lima Icaza

“…Diagnosing its cause in each patient is a priority.…”
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Dexmedetomidine Infusion Associated with Transient Adrenal Insufficiency in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report by Elizabeth W. Tucker, David W. Cooke, Sapna R. Kudchadkar, Sybil Ann Klaus

“…He required sedation with a prolonged, high-dose dexmedetomidine infusion with a peak infusion dose of 2.7 mcg/kg/hr and duration of 6.5 days. The patient developed lethargy and hypotension four days after discontinuation of his infusion. …”
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Acute Peritoneal Dialysis in a Patient with Severe Uremic Syndrome and Multiple Hemodialysis Access Failure by Made Dyah Vismita Indramila Duarsa, Gede Wira Mahadita, Yenny Kandarini

“…A 67-year-old woman was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease stage V, severe uremia syndrome, hyperkalemia, metabolic acidosis, suspected pulmonary oedema, and multiple hemodialysis access failure. The patient is in a condition that requires emergency hemodialysis, but the patient does not have any access to undergo hemodialysis. …”
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