Issue 2 – March 2022

Volume 30, Issue 2 – March 2022

maart 1, 2022

Derivation and validation of the ABCDMed clinical score to estimate the probability of extubation failure in intensive care units

maart 1, 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:…

Methaemoglobinaemia following intravenous regional anaesthesia: Blue lips and brown blood

maart 1, 2022

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…

Pandemics then, now and yet to come

maart 1, 2022

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…

Intoxication with lump formation in the oesophagus

maart 1, 2022

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…

Euglycaemic diabetic ketoacidosis as a severe complication of dapagliflozin

maart 1, 2022

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…

Potential pandemic pathogens series: Zika virus

maart 1, 2022

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…