by Antoine Egbe, Agyingi Chris, Hussein Gaith and Khurram Arshad
Original Research
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is also known as the great faker. It is difficult to diagnose and entails a lot of suspicion from a clinician. Our case talks about the appearance of a complete heart block in a patient with PE who had a pre-existing left bundle branch block. We present the case of a ...
American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2023, 11(5), 95-97. DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-11-5-3
Pub. Date: May 24, 2023
by Khurshid Mattoo, Rishabh Garg and Vishwadeepak Singh
Review Article
In terms of mortality, covid 19 pandemic left most dead in the elderly age group of 75 years and above. With such impact on a specific age group, it becomes significant to know the association of such deaths under the prism of widespread elder abuse among the elderly population. The effect of the ...
American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2023, 11(5), 90-94. DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-11-5-2
Pub. Date: May 21, 2023
by Austin Hamp, Nate Hansen, Jamila Asif, Jarett Anderson, Arjun Bal, Cecilia Big and Wehbi Hanayni
Original Research
Ecthyma gangrenosum (EG) is a well-recognized but rare skin infection most commonly occurring in the setting of immunocompromised individuals with bacteremia. Currently, there are very few reports of EG caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and even fewer cases caused by ...
American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2023, 11(5), 86-89. DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-11-5-1
Pub. Date: May 14, 2023
by Elizabeth Sabatella
Most physicians, when so inclined, do screenings in senior citizens, frequently using screening techniques that are outdated and unreliable. This article addresses some of the flaws in this system and also addresses the lack of screening in the under 65 population where there are from 220,000 and ...
American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2023, 11(4), 84-85. DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-11-4-6
Pub. Date: April 26, 2023
by Samer Barahmeh, Oadi N. Shrateh, Afnan W.M. Jobran, Akram Karmeh, Maysam Hamarsheh and Salsabeel Rajab
Case Report
Introduction: An uncommon autosomal recessive genetic condition called congenital factor VII deficiency (FVIID) exists. This deficit has a wide range of clinical signs and symptoms. Pregnant women with congenital FVIID face a high risk of bleeding during and after delivery. The most popular kind of ...
American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2023, 11(4), 81-83. DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-11-4-5
Pub. Date: April 19, 2023