Volume 31, Issue 1 – January 2023

NJCC 2023-1 Vol 31 WEB

Electrocardiographic changes typical for Wellens’ syndrome

A 77-year-old male was admitted with COVID-19 requiring intubation, prone positioning and treatment for bilateral segmental pulmonary embolism. Medical history consisted of type 2 diabetes and stable chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Two weeks after intubation, he…

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Abstracts & Case Reports Intensivistendagen 2023

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Post-anoxic encephalopathy after suicide attempt using the helium method

Abstract A 48-year-old male presented to our emergency department after a suicide attempt using the helium method. This increasingly popular method of inhaling helium rapidly causes asphyxia and death. When the supply of helium is…

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Difficult decision-making in ICU patients with suspected advanced cancer: an illustrative case

Abstract Meigs syndrome is a rare clinical entity of benign origin in which a triad of ovarian tumour (usually ovarian fibroma or fibroid-like tumour), hydrothorax and ascites co-exist and raise suspicion of malignancy. Here, we…

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Air embolism after lung biopsy: A case report

Abstract Air embolism is the entry of gas into vascular structures. It is a rare life-threatening complication of several medical procedures, in particular lung biopsy and central catheter insertion. The prevalence is 0.06%, but may…

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Antisynthetase syndrome, a rare cause of respiratory failure

Abstract A 72-year-old patient was admitted to the intensive care unit with respiratory failure due to rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (ILD). All cultures and PCRs focused on ILD were negative and a paraneoplastic phenomenon…

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A change is gonna come…

Every couple of years the Netherlands Journal of Critical Care replaces the editor in chief and his/her entourage. After taking on this role in 2018, now, four years later, Prof. Dirk Donker and his associate…

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