Issue 2 – March 2022
Abstract Objective: To develop and validate a clinical prediction model to estimate the probability of extubation failure (EF) in the intensive care unit (ICU). Methods:…
Abstract Methaemoglobinaemia is a rare complication of prilocaine, mainly affecting individuals with predisposing conditions or those receiving an unusually high dose. However, this case shows…
A pandemic is an epidemic of an infectious disease which has spread across a substantial part of the world and affects a large number of…
Case A 68-year-old man with a medical history of type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnoea, back pain for which oxycodone was prescribed, and absolute canal…
Abstract Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a severe and potentially lethal complication of diabetes. The use of a relatively new class of antihyperglycaemic drugs, the SGLT2…
In the last two years we have experienced the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in our lives and hospitals. Pandemics are part of the history…