Acta Clin Belg
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During a study on fever after a stay in the tropics, we aimed at investigating the epidemiology and outcome of invasive bacterial enteritis due to Shigella, Salmonella or Campylobacter spp. in patients diagnosed with febrile traveller's diarrhoea. ⋯ Invasive bacterial enteritis was a frequent aetiology of febrile TD. C. jejuni was the leading pathogen after a travel to southern Asia, and was associated with high rate of resistance to fluoroquinolones and of clinical failure.
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Radial artery pseudoaneurysms occurring as a late complication of percutaneous radial artery cannulation are rare, while those which are infected are exceptional. Known risk factors are age-related with patients being in their seventies and onwards, the duration of the radial artery catheter and staphylococcal catheter-related infections. We report the case of an 82-year-old patient who developed a mycotic radial artery pseudoaneurysm as a late complication of arterial catheterization.
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Despite the advent of palliative care, the quality of dying in the hospital remains poor. Differences in quality of end-of-life practice between hospital wards are well known in clinical practice but rarely have been investigated. ⋯ The introduction of a new DNR form and informing hospital staff on patients' right to information did not improve physicians' end-of-life practice.Transition from life-prolonging treatment to a more palliative approach was less anticipated in surgical patients and patients with non-malignant diseases.
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To determine the diagnostic yield of investigations in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with syncope. To determine the cause of the syncope. ⋯ Patients admitted in the ED for syncope undergo various investigations. However, the diagnostic yield is poor.The most common cause of syncope is neurocardiogenic, followed by orthostatic and cardiac.