Radiation Exposure from Medical Imaging A Wake-up Call for Oman!

VIPoma Crisis Immediate and life saving reduction of massive stool volumes on starting treatment with octreotide

We report the case of a 57-year-old male physician who presented with a life threatening secretory and refractory diarrhoea of around 20 L/day. Tis was complicated by severe hypotension, hypokalaemia, hypercalcaemia, r...

Intrinsic Lymphatics of the Thymus in the Rat: A Detailed Light and Electron Microscopic Study using Serial Sections

The morphology and distribution of intrinsic lymphatics of the thymus gland of adult Swiss-Albino rats was studied by light and transmisson electron microscopy. Lymphatic channels were traced, in serial semithin section...

Plasmapheresis-Induced Hypercalcaemia

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy that can cause total motor paralysis in severe cases. Reports of hypercalcaemia in patients with GBS are rare. Plasmapheresis, an extracor...

New Classifcation for Heart Failure with Mildly Reduced Ejection Fraction Greater clarity or more confusion?

Te latest European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines for the diagnosis and management of heart failure include a new patient group for those with heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF). By de...