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A 72-year-old with hyperlipidemia was admitted with tremors, 4 days after testing positive for COVID-19. His symptoms rapidly worsened, and he was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit on day 3 in extremis, febrile to 104.4 degrees Fahrenheit, heart rate of 180 beats per minute, and apparent whole body myoclonus. He was intubated and developed fever refractory to acetaminophen requiring external cooling. Extensive neurologic workup was negative. He received cyproheptadine and slowly improved. He was extubated and discharged to rehab on day 11. These cases represent a unique presentation in COVID-19 that must be considered and requires a high index of suspicion.There are few reports on the effectiveness of corticosteroids for immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced interstitial pneumonia in patients with a history of interstitial pneumonia. We report on 10 non-small cell lung cancer patients with a history of interstitial pneumonia who experienced immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced interstitial pneumonia. The immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced interstitial pneumonia lasted for a median duration of 41.5 days (range = 22-127 days). Eight of the ten patients responded to corticosteroid monotherapy; one patient responded to corticosteroids and the immunosuppressant, tacrolimus; and one patient did not improve after corticosteroid treatment. In non-small cell lung cancer patients with a history of interstitial pneumonia, immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced interstitial pneumonia was generally responds to corticosteroids.The Sanuki airway is a single-use intubation oral airway designed for fiberoptic bronchoscope intubation. Sanuki airway has a bite block function and a wide lumen for the tracheal tube to pass through. Here, three cases are reported in which Sanuki airway was used for oral fiberoptic bronchoscope intubation. Case 1 is a patient who presented with reduced mouth opening and intraoral edema due to facial bone fracture. Case 2 is a patient who suffered from severe neck stiffness and had reduced mouth opening due to systemic psoriatic arthritis. Case 3 is a patient who suffered from multiple facial traumas and was in a full-stomach state. In all patients, advancing the tip of the bronchofiber into the larynx using Sanuki airway was possible under dexmedetomidine sedation, which contributed to the successful tracheal intubation. Using Sanuki airway may be considered an option for oral fiberoptic bronchoscope intubation in patients anticipated with difficult airways.Right aortic arch with a left innominate (brachiocephalic) artery with mirror image branching (RAMI) is a rare congenital anomaly, and it is unusual to diagnose it in adulthood. There are very few cases of cardiac surgery being performed for acquired cardiac disease on a congenital RAMI patient. We present a patient who had an incidental finding of a RAMI anomaly found during coronary artery bypass surgery. Post-operatively computerised tomography showed both his congenital lesions and his bypass grafts.Formal assessments of cognition that rely on language may conceal the non-linguistic cognitive function of people with aphasia. This may have detrimental consequences for how people with aphasia are supported to reveal communicative and decision-making competence. This case report demonstrates a multidisciplinary team approach to supporting the health and social care decision-making of people with aphasia. The case is a 67-year-old woman with Wernicke's type aphasia. As the issue of long-term care arose, the speech and language therapist used a supported communication approach with the patient who expressed her wish to go home. A multidisciplinary team functional assessment of capacity was undertaken which involved functional assessments and observations of everyday tasks by allied health, nursing, catering and medical staff. In this way, the patient's decision-making capacity was revealed and she was discharged home. A collaborative multidisciplinary team approach using supported communication and functional capacity assessments may be essential for scaffolding the decision-making capacity of people with aphasia. In Ethiopia, diabetes is estimated to affect about half a million people. About 35% of individuals with diabetes are complicated by microvascular diseases like retinopathy, nephropathy, cardiovascular, and anemia. Even though there are some studies conducted on prevalence and associated factors of anemia in diabetic patients, their findings were variable. DS-3201 research buy Therefore, this meta-analysis is aimed to determine the pooled prevalence and factors associated with anemia among diabetic patients. PubMed, CINAHL, POPLINE, ScienceDirect, African Journals Online, and Google Scholar were systematically searched to identify related studies. The heterogeneity of studies was assessed using Cochran's test and tests. A random-effects model was used to estimate the pooled prevalence of anemia among diabetic patients in Ethiopia. Publication bias was evaluated by employing Egger's tests. After reviewing 503 articles, 6 articles fulfilled inclusion criteria and remained for the final meta-analysis. The pooled prevalence of anemia among diabetic patients was 24.81% (95% confidence interval 19.38-30.25). Age greater than 60 years old (pooled odds ratio, 95% confidence interval 3.73 (2.23-6.77)), glomerular filtration rate less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m (pooled odds ratio, 95% confidence interval 12.65 (8.71-18.37)), and being diabetic for more than 10 years (pooled odds ratio, 95% confidence interval 10.21 (7.00-15.04)) were found to be determinants of anemia among diabetic patients in Ethiopia. Overall, one in four diabetic patients develops anemia in Ethiopia. Age, glomerular filtration rate, and duration of being diabetic are factors significantly associated with the occurrence of anemia in diabetic patients.Overall, one in four diabetic patients develops anemia in Ethiopia. Age, glomerular filtration rate, and duration of being diabetic are factors significantly associated with the occurrence of anemia in diabetic patients. To compare the characteristics and outcomes of patients presenting to hospital with alcohol-induced and gallstone-induced acute pancreatitis. Retrospective study of all patients with alcohol-induced or gallstone-induced pancreatitis during the period 1 June 2012 to 31 May 2016. The primary outcome measure was hospital mortality. Secondary outcome measures included hospital length of stay, requirements for intensive care unit admission, intensive care unit mortality, mechanical ventilation, renal replacement therapy, requirement of inotropes and total parenteral nutrition. A total of 642 consecutive patients (49% alcohol; 51% gallstone) were included. No statistically significant differences were found between alcohol-induced and gallstone-induced acute pancreatitis with respect to hospital mortality, requirement for intensive care unit admission, intensive care unit mortality and requirement for mechanical ventilation, renal replacement therapy, inotropes or total parenteral nutrition. There was significant difference in hospital length of stay (3.