AN OVERVIEW OF EXPOSURE TO ETHANOL-CONTAINING SUBSTANCES AND ETHANOL INTOXICATION IN CHILDREN BASED ON THREE ILLUSTRATED CASES

An overview of exposure to ethanol-containing substances and ethanol intoxication in children based on three illustrated cases

Alcohol addiction and intoxication are major health problems worldwide.Acute alcohol intoxication Frame Light Box is well reported in adults and adolescents but less frequently reported in children of younger ages.We report three anonymized cases of pediatric ethanol exposure and illustrate the different mechanisms of intoxication.In all cases, a f

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Approaches to the Management of Hypertension in Resource-Limited Settings: Strategies to Overcome the Hypertension Crisis in the Post-COVID Era

Jamario Skeete,1 Kenneth Connell,2 Pedro Ordunez,3 Donald J DiPette4 1Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA; 2Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, St.Michael, Barbados; 3Department of Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health, Pan-American

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Immunohistochemical Study of Scrub Typhus: A Report of Two Cases

Scrub typhus is a zoonotic disease caused by Orientia Wafers tsutsugamushi, which is transmitted by chiggers.The target cells of this rickettsia are poorly defined in humans.Immunohistochemical staining of tissue sections of patients with scrub typhus is helpful in investigating the target cells of this rickettsia in different organs.We studied two

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