Perioperative Care for Organ Transplant Recipient: Time for Paradigm Shift

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In recent years, a new form of medicine has become increasingly significant, namely, personalised medicine (PM). PM is a form of care in which treatment is tailored for an individual patient.</p><p>PM is about using multiple data sets to create a digital human mapping. A person’s biological traits are determined by the interactions of hundreds of genes and gene networks, as well as external factors such as diet and exercise. Combining and then investigating these multiple databases with powerful statistical tools, allows a new understanding of how genetic intricacy drives health and disease and so leads to a closer personalised medical approach that targets each individual’s unique genetic make-up.</p><p>Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response to infection, ranging from systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) to septic shock and multiple organ dysfunction syndromes (MODS). Sepsis is the most common cause of death in intensive care patients. Treatments in an ICU may need to be adapted to the continuous and rapid changes of the disease, making it challenging to identify a single target. PM is thus seen as the future of sepsis treatment in the ICU.</p><p>The fact that individual patients respond differently to treatment should be regarded as a starting point in the approach to providing treatment. The disease itself comes secondary to this concept.</p></abstract>

Precision Medicine and its Role in the Treatment of Sepsis: A Personalised View

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_jccm-2019-0018_s_006_w2aab3b7b6b1b6b1aab1c18b1Aa"><h3>Introduction</h3><p>In an attempt to identify patients who have successfully survived a resuscitated cardiac arrest (CA), attention is drawn to resistin and S100B protein, two biomarkers that have been studied in relation to CA.</p></sec><sec id="j_jccm-2019-0018_s_007_w2aab3b7b6b1b6b1aab1c18b2Aa"><h3>Aim</h3><p>The study aimed to identify the potential cut-off serum values for resistin and S100B in patients who had CA, compared to healthy volunteers, given that, currently, none of the markers have normal and pathological reference range limits for human assay levels related to this pathology.</p></sec><sec id="j_jccm-2019-0018_s_008_w2aab3b7b6b1b6b1aab1c18b3Aa"><h3>Materials and Methods</h3><p>Forty patients, resuscitated after out-of-hospital CA and forty healthy controls, were included in the study. All patients were followed up for seventy-two hours after CA or until death. Blood samples for biomarkers were collected on admission to the ED (0-time interval) and at 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours following resuscitation. Only one blood sample was collected from the controls. The serum concentrations of biomarkers were measured.</p></sec><sec id="j_jccm-2019-0018_s_009_w2aab3b7b6b1b6b1aab1c18b4Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>For each time interval, median serum levels of resistin and S100 B were ​ significantly higher in patients with CA compared to healthy controls. The cut-of value for resistin in patients with CA, at the 12-hours versus controls, was > 8.2 ng/ml. The cut-of value for S100B in patients with CA versus controls recorded at 6 hours, was > 11.6 pg/ml.</p></sec><sec id="j_jccm-2019-0018_s_010_w2aab3b7b6b1b6b1aab1c18b5Aa"><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Serum levels of resistin and S100B are higher among resuscitated CA patients compared to controls.</p></sec></abstract>

Determination of Cut-off Serum Values for Resistin and S100B Protein in Patients Who Survived a Cardiac Arrest

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_jccm-2019-0013_s_005_w2aab3b7b1b1b6b1aab1c17b1Aa"><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Human brucellosis, the most prevalent zoonotic disease worldwide, is a systemic infection which can involve several organs. Among musculoskeletal complaints, spondylitis is the most frequent complication of brucellosis and primarily affects the lumbar and thoracic vertebrae. The involvement of the cervical spine is infrequent.</p></sec><sec id="j_jccm-2019-0013_s_006_w2aab3b7b1b1b6b1aab1c17b2Aa"><h3>Case report</h3><p>This case report concerns an unusual case of cervical spine spondylitis with an epidural abscess due to Brucella in a 43-year-old man. The diagnosis was based on the patient being domiciled in an endemic region, his symptoms and his occupation. Clinical outcomes improved following antimicrobial therapy of rifampin, doxycycline, and gentamycin, and were confirmed radiologically.</p></sec><sec id="j_jccm-2019-0013_s_007_w2aab3b7b1b1b6b1aab1c17b3Aa"><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Early diagnosis and treatment are crucial for these patients. The timely commencement of medical treatment can help prevent surgery.</p></sec></abstract>

Cervical Spine Spondylitis with an Epidural Abscess in a Patient with Brucellosis: A Case Report

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_jccm-2019-0014_s_005_w2aab3b7b2b1b6b1aab1c18b1Aa"><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Vertebrobasilar occlusion poses difficult diagnostic issues and even when properly diagnosed has a poor prognosis. Newer studies highlight a better outcome when thrombectomy was carried out between six and twenty-four hours after an initial diagnosis of stroke. This paper reports a case where a patient suffered a vertebrobasilar stroke secondary to a traumatic bilateral vertebral arteries dissection was treated with late thrombectomy.</p></sec><sec id="j_jccm-2019-0014_s_006_w2aab3b7b2b1b6b1aab1c18b2Aa"><h3>Case presentation</h3><p>A 34-year-old woman was manipulated on the cervical spinal column by a chiropractor. Following three weeks of cervical pain, she presented with severe aphasia and quadriplegia (NIHSS = 28). An MRI scan indicated ischemia of the vertebrobasilar system. Thirty-one hours after the onset of these symptoms, a thrombectomy was performed. After one month, the patient could move her head and the proximal part of her limbs but remained confined to bed (NIHSS = 13).</p></sec><sec id="j_jccm-2019-0014_s_007_w2aab3b7b2b1b6b1aab1c18b3Aa"><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The current case illustrates the benefit of late mechanical thrombectomy for a posterior cerebral circulation infarct. Although there was a delay in treatment, partial recovery ensued.</p></sec></abstract>

Locked-In Syndrome Following Cervical Manipulation by a Chiropractor: A Case Report

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_jccm-2019-0015_s_005_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1aab1c18b1Aa"><h3>Introduction</h3><p>The current lack of clear guidelines on how to manage cases of brain-dead pregnant patients makes this topic controversial and extremely difficult to deal with for both medical and ethical reasons. This report deals with such a situation.</p></sec><sec id="j_jccm-2019-0015_s_006_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1aab1c18b2Aa"><h3>Case presentation</h3><p>A twenty-seven years old woman, thirteen weeks pregnant, with a ruptured brain aneurysm was admitted to an Intensive Care Unit. She presented with loss of all brain functions, but somatic support was sustained to enable the delivery of her baby.</p></sec><sec id="j_jccm-2019-0015_s_007_w2aab3b7b3b1b6b1aab1c18b3Aa"><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The case report gives a detailed account of the management of the mother before the successful delivery of her baby. It indicates the need for ongoing contributions to the debate on this delicate subject area to establish guidelines on how to manage brain-dead pregnant patients.</p></sec></abstract>

The Management of a Thirteen Weeks Pregnant Woman Rendered Brain-Dead Following a Ruptured Aneurysm

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Perioperative Care for Organ Transplant Recipient: Time for Paradigm Shift

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Precision Medicine and its Role in the Treatment of Sepsis: A Personalised View

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Determination of Cut-off Serum Values for Resistin and S100B Protein in Patients Who Survived a Cardiac Arrest

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