Fever in a Young Female Patient-A Diagnostic Dilemma

A young female patient on chronic steroid therapy developed Cytomegalovirus gastritis with suspected dissemination.With no other identifiable cause of immune suppression, diagnosis of this unlikely infection under this Adapters circumstance proved a challenge.Her non-compliance to treatment further complicated matters.This case highlights the impor

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Calpains play an essential role in mechanical ventilation-induced diaphragmatic weakness and mitochondrial dysfunction

Mechanical ventilation (MV) is a life-saving intervention for many critically ill patients.Unfortunately, an unintended consequence of prolonged MV is the rapid development of diaphragmatic atrophy and contractile dysfunction, known as ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction Micro SD Card (VIDD).Although the mechanism(s) responsible for VIDD are n

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