Calcium channel blockers are a common cause of poisoning and are associated with high mortality in affected patients.

The choice of appropriate treatment aids holds paramount significance in achieving optimum treatment outcomes. Rehabilitation of large craniofacial defects following conventional workflow is ...

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) are the leading cause of drug-induced angioedema in the USA, with an ...

Flash pulmonary oedema can occur as a result of multiple triggers that may act independently or in concert. One such precipitating factor is bilateral renal artery stenosis which can be treated either ...

Emphysematous gastritis is a rare and life-threatening condition often caused by gas-forming bacterial infections. This case describes a woman in her 40s with no significant medical history, ...

A 46-year-old man who underwent a vasectomy at his general practitioner presented to the emergency department at a regional hospital with a 6 h history of scrotal swelling and skin discolouration. He ...

A man in his 70s from a nursing facility with multiple comorbidities presented with acute onset nausea, vomiting and septic shock. CT abdomen revealed gastric pneumatosis consistent with emphysematous ...

A patient developed several weeks of progressive bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, initially suspected to be an ischaemic stroke due to right parietal diffusion restriction on MRI. However, the ...

Anecdotal evidence tends to favour olanzapine in the treatment of hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders; however, no conclusive evidence is available on this topic. We ...

Ethylene glycol toxicity poses a significant global health challenge, especially in low-income countries where it contaminates cough syrups. While global incidence is under-reported compared with the ...

Sjögren-Larsson syndrome (SLS) constitutes a rare genetic disorder manifesting as a complex neurocutaneous condition characterised by congenital ichthyosis, progressive neurological impairment and ...

The risks and benefits of spinal anaesthesia must be assessed in patients with coagulation disorders. A woman in her 20s with congenital factor VII (FVII) deficiency (31%) was admitted at 38 weeks for ...