European Society of Medicine - list of abstracts for conferences and other related information

By Dr. Masafumi Seki, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai city, Japan Abstract: Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has become a historic pandemic, and dealing with it is one of the most important aspects of infectious disease treatment today. SARS-CoV-2 has been found to have characteristic and powerful infectivity (ability to propagate) and lethality (severity). With influenza, primary influenza pneumonia from the virus itself is known to exist in addition to secondary bacterial pneumonia. With COVID-19, on the other hand, it is important to provide diagnosis and treatment while keeping acute respiratory distress syndrome and pulmonary edema (alveolar flood) from a similar cytokine storm, as well as severe angiopathy, in mind. The importance of complying with hand hygiene and masks in infection control remains the same as in previous general infection control measures and resp...

By Dr. Kenji Uno, Department of Infectious Diseases, Minami-Nara General Medical Center Abstract: Scedosporium prolificans is a ubiquitous filamentous fungi that may cause disseminated diseases in neutropenic patients with hematological malignancies. We report a fatal case of renal transplant recipient who developed both infective endocarditis and meningitis due to S. prolificans during treatment with micafungin and itraconazole for chronic necrotizing aspergillosis. Breakthrough Scedosporium infection should be considered among differential diagnosis of invasive fungal diseases in patients with renal transplant recipients receiving antifungal agents. For more details please visit our website https://esmed.org/ and our YouTube channel below https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp4b1lcWovYNFEKdvat-rQw/ and Twitter feed https://twitter.com/EuropeanSociet2 2021 European Society of Medicine General Assembly Interesting info from past conferences located here https://www.slideshare.net/MO...

By Dr. Elaine Bowes, Kings College Hospital NHS Trust London Abstract: Results :37 / 44 successful catheter insertions and commenced PD 5 unsuccessful due to abdominal obesity / failure to reach peritoneum using 50mm needle 1 abandoned due to complication from omental obstruction 1 abandoned due to suspicion of needle puncture of the bowel; retried on following day as pt stable but unable to advance guidewire No cases of bladder injury, haemorrhage, or catheter-associated leaks 27/37 (73%) were receiving PD at the time of their renal recovery or death 10/37 (27%) were switched to CRRT or HD without returning to PD 3 rapidly deteriorating from MOF and CRRT felt more appropriate 3 switched due to ICU clinician preference 1 scrotal leak 1 abdominal pain (peritonitis excluded) 1 pulled out tube while delirious 1 planning for proning and team preferred CRRT rather then PD prone trial Also 16 temporary episodes of alternative RRT before returning to PD (median duration 48 hours, IQR 24,...