ALLMedicine™ Metabolic Acidosis Center

Oct 23rd, 2021 - We report the case of a 36-year-old woman who developed non-diabetic ketoacidosis following a low carbohydrate diet in order to lose weight while actively breast feeding her newborn. She was admitted in intensive care unit because of severe metabo...

Oct 21st, 2021 - Approach Considerations Determination of the valproate (valproic acid [VPA]) level is obviously warranted. Reviews have shown that nearly 20% of VPA overdose patients may present with initial VPA concentrations that are in the therapeutic range, o...

Oct 20th, 2021 - A 30+6/7-week infant was born by vaginal delivery to a 21-year-old primigravida with pregnancy complicated by polyhydramnios. The infant developed polyuria and significant weight loss in the first 2 weeks of life despite appropriate fluid manageme...

Oct 19th, 2021 - Recent experimental evidence suggests normothermic machine perfusion of the vascularised composite allograft (VCA) results in improved preservation compared to static cold storage, with less reperfusion injury in the immediate post-operative perio...

Oct 19th, 2021 - Acetazolamide is the drug of choice for glaucoma treatment in an emergency. However, it is not available in any topical formulation and it is available only as systemic tablets. Despite its efficiency as a drug in decreasing intraocular pressure, ...

Dec 27th, 2012 - Small-bowel obstruction (SBO) represents as many as 16% of surgical admissions and more than 300,000 operations annually in the United States. The optimal strategies for the diagnosis and management of SBO continue to evolve secondary to advances ...

Oct 19th, 2021 - Adult ICU patients admitted to the participating ICUs in the Region Zealand are included according to eligibility. Eligible patients will be assessed with E-PREDELIRIC at admission to the ICU and PREDELIRIC 24h after admission to the ICU. Patients...

Aug 17th, 2021 - Continuous fetal heart rate tracing is part of the standard practice during intrapartum obstetric management. The goal of fetal heart rate monitoring is to identify early signs of fetal distress during labor, initiate effective interventions to im...

Jul 26th, 2021 - BACKGROUND: The urea & electrolyte (U&E) panel is a common blood test that is often performed for any ill patients in a hospital. Evaluation of this panel can reveal serious underlying acid-base disturbances, often a harbinger of further haemodyna...

Apr 28th, 2021 - STUDY BACKGROUND Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global public health problem and is associated with multiple adverse outcomes including reduced survival, especially in people requiring renal replacement therapy (peritoneal dialysis (PD), haemod...

Mar 26th, 2021 - According to the 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the prevention and management of pain, agitation/sedation, delirium, immobility, and sleep disruption in adult patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), nonbenzodiazepine sedatives (such as p...

Oct 8th, 2021 - Vancomycin is a widely used IV antibiotic due to its broad-spectrum of activity, bactericidal nature, and low rates of resistance; however, adverse effects (AEs), including nephrotoxicity, are commonly associated with its use. 1 The vancomycin ther.

Feb 13th, 2021 - Enfortumab vedotin (Padcev) elicited the highest response rates observed for any regimen examined in cisplatin-ineligible patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who received prior PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors, according to data fr...

Summary Company Announcement Date: March 15, 2019 FDA Publish Date: March 15, 2019 Product Type: Drugs Generic Drugs Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Presence of Particulate Matter Company Name: Hospira, Inc. Brand Name: Brand Na...

Oct 9th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. According to the best available evidence, analagosedation remains the focus for managing COVID-19 ICU patients, according to Steven B. Greenberg, ...

Oct 2nd, 2020 - Recent studies have shown improved renal outcomes in adult patients with sepsis receiving balanced solutions instead of "normal" saline. For years, it has been known that 0.9% saline (colloquially referred to as "abnormal saline") can cause a hype...