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Extensive multidisciplinary inpatient and outpatient input was required to aid the patient's recovery. The presented case demonstrates the necrotizing soft tissue infection's spectrum of disease and the diagnostic dilemma it presents to family physicians and emergency departments alike. The only definitive management step is immediate and radical resection of the affected tissue. Extensive debridement and the resultant tissue defect require comprehensive multidisciplinary care during the extended rehabilitation and wound care treatment plan. Rapid recognition, urgent surgical debridement, and specialist care are required to reduce the mortality and morbidity associated with necrotizing soft tissue infections.Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) is associated with neuropsychiatric symptoms, including cognitive impairment and depression. It is important to be aware of this association since these comorbid symptoms may be misdiagnosed as a primary psychiatric condition. Selleckchem PKI 14-22 amide,myristoylated We report a case of a 60-year-old man with depressive symptoms and cognitive impairment, with important deficits in memory and great functional impairment. There was no response to many antidepressant trials and, later, he underwent polysomnography and was diagnosed with severe OSA. The patient started treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and showed progressive improvement in depressive and cognitive symptoms. During one year of follow-up, there was no recurrence of psychiatric symptoms and the patient was able to stop antidepressants and to recover his functionality. This case highlights the importance of searching for OSA signals when assessing patients with depressive and cognitive symptoms, since they may improve with OSA adequate treatment.We present a case of a 65-year-old male admitted for a small bowel obstruction who was incidentally found to have a left subclavian artery dissection on computed tomography angiogram (CTA) of the aorta. Non-traumatic subclavian artery dissection (SAD) is rare and only a few cases have been published in the literature. In this report, we review previously reported clinical presentations, subsequent treatments, and discuss factors that impact the choice between surgical vs conservative management.Pulmonary hamartomas are benign lesions that are often managed conservatively in the absence of respiratory symptoms. Increasing reports of malignant transformation question if a more aggressive treatment or surveillance practice for these lesions is warranted in adult patients. Herein, we describe a case of a 67-year-old man with a long history of pulmonary hamartoma that demonstrated malignant degeneration into spindle cell malignancy with chondromatous differentiation. This case illustrates the aggressive nature of sarcomatous disease arising from hamartomas and, with a handful of other cases in the literature, points to the question of whether pulmonary hamartomas arising in late adulthood should follow a more intensive treatment or surveillance algorithm given increased concern for malignant potential.Life-threatening cardiovascular complications can occur as a result of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) induced autonomic dysfunction necessitating the need for early recognition and potential cardiac pacing. We present the case of a 69-year-old female who was admitted to the hospital for worsening fatigue, bilateral lower extremity weakness and inability to ambulate for two days. Five days later, she experienced large fluctuations in blood pressure, appeared diaphoretic, and had spells of bradycardia. This was soon followed by an episode of unresponsive and cardiac arrest with rhythm strip consistent with asystole. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was initiated with a return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after 6 minutes. The patient was intubated and transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU). Reassessment of the patient revealed a new bilateral symmetric upper extremity weakness. Respiratory failure with ascending symmetric paralysis warranted a lumbar puncture which revealed albuminocytologic dissociation-ultimately leading to the diagnosis of GBS.Background Acne vulgaris is one of the most common diseases worldwide. It is a chronic, relapsing inflammatory skin disease. Nearly anyone can be affected at any age. Adolescents and young adults are more susceptible, with a prevalence as high as 35% to 90% and reaching up to 100% in both sexes. Isotretinoin is the most effective medication to be used. It has been reported in the literature that many populations are non-adherents to or aware of safety recommendations. This study aims to assess females' awareness and safety of isotretinoin use in the western region of Saudi Arabia. Methods This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study. A semi-structured questionnaire was used, data was collected from an electronic validated survey and published on a social platform. Statistical analysis was conducted with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). Results The total number of included responses was 1066. Most of the participants were 12-22 years old (45.2%), single (72.2%) and had a bachelor's degree (69.6%). Among the total number of participants there were 285 participants who used isotretinoin. Ninety-three percent of them had a prescription of isotretinoin from a physician. The common dose given was approximately 20 mg and the common duration was more than six months. Conclusion There is a good amount of knowledge in our population regarding isotretinoin side effects, although only half of them were informed about them by their treating physicians. We noticed an obvious lack of awareness about safe practice during childbearing age and marriage. This highlights the need for optimal education by health care providers and the role of media is obvious to improve their practices and hopefully decrease the risks as it was the second most common source of information after dermatologists in our population. Also we recommend paying more attention to the psychological side effect which was reported by 9% of our participants.