Browsing American journal of hospital medicine, volume 1, issue 3 (2017 July-September) by Title "Case report (AJMH)"

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  • Case Reports : Topiramate, a concealed cause of severe metabolic acidosis 

    Lovinger, Daniel; Schroeder, Ryan; Ludwig, Kyle; Regunath, Hariharan (University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2017-07)
    Severe metabolic acidosis is common among critically ill patients, and topiramate is a rare cause that may fail recognition. We report a lady with acute encephalopathy who had severe non-anion gap metabolic acidosis that ...

  • Case Reports : Two patients with parathyroid hormone suppression caused by proton pump inhibitors 

    Naqvi, Ali (University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2017-07)
    Hypocalcemia can be associated with coexisting hypomagnesemia, which induces hypoparathyroidism as well as resistance to parathyroid hormone (PTH). Here, we present two patients with severe hypomagnesemia and associated ...

  • Feasibility of performing apnea test in a brain dead patient on veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) 

    Guerch, Meziane; Cueva, Wilson; Ardelt, Agnieszka; George, Pravin; Sarwal, Aarti; Nattanmai, Premkumar; Newey, Christopher (University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2017-07)
    Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is being increasingly used to provide support in patients with refractory cardiopulmonary distress syndromes. Neurological sequelae, either from the ECMO or the hypoxic/hypotensive ...