Motorcycle accident, vertebral facture, COVID‐19 and death

Saithong C. Motorcycle accident, vertebral facture, COVID‐19 and death. Case Study Case Rep. 2020; 10(2): 19 - 21.

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COVID-19 is a new important medical problem. Atypical clinical presentation is an interesting issue of COVID-19. Here, the author presents a case study on a COVID-19 patient presenting with motorcycle accident, vertebral fracture and COVID‐19. The outcome in this case is death

Keywords: motorcycle accident, vertebral fracture, COVID‐19, death

COVID-19 outbreak, primary health care center and vision of local administrator of primary health care center

Saithong C. COVID-19 outbreak, primary health care center and vision of local administrator of primary health care center. Case Study Case Rep. 2020; 10(2): 17 - 19.

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COVID-19 is a new important medical problem. This viral infection starts in Republic of China and it already spreads to more than 200 countries in our world. In this letter, the author discussed on case study on COVID-19 outbreak, primary health care center and vision of local administrator

Keywords: COVID-19, outbreak, primary health care center,  vision, administrator

Acute hepatitis due to intake of Gymnanthemum extensum regimen aiming at COVID-19 prevention

Supasiripinyokul P. Acute hepatitis due to intake of Gymnanthemum extensum regimen aiming at COVID-19 prevention. Case Study Case Rep. 2020; 10(2): 13 - 16.

 

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COVID-19 is a new important public health problem. This viral infection starts in Republic of China and it already spreads to almost all countries in our world. As a new disease that can result in mortality, general population usually feels fear for getting infection. Sometimes, alternative medicine might be selected as tool for disease prevention by general people. In the present report, the author presents a case of patient presenting with acute hepatitis. According to the in depth history taking, the patient revealed history in intake of leaves of Gymnanthemum extensum due to the belief that the plant can help prevent COVID-19. At present, several plants are locally claimed for the medical usefulness and used as alternative medicine aiming at COVID-19 prevention. Without good control, there might be a possible adverse effect from those unproven herbs claimed for COVID-19 prevention.

 

Keywords: Hepatitis, COVID-19, Gymnanthemum extensum, alternative medicine

Cordyceps induced hepatitis

Mardan N, Tan PF. Cordyceps induced hepatitis. Case Study Case Rep. 2020; 10(1): 10 - 12.

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Cordyceps is an important Chinese traditional herbal regimen. The health benefit of Cordyceps widely mentioned. Many researches mention for the usefulness of Cordyceps in management of help problem. Similar to other herbal regimens, the possible adverse effect of Cordyceps is interesting but little mentioned. In this case report, the authors report and discuss a case of acute hepatitis induced by Cordyceps.

Keywords: Cordyceps, hepatitis

Emerging new coronavirus infection in Wuhan, China: situation in early 2020

EMERGING NEW CORONAVIRUS INFECTION IN WUHAN, CHINA: SITUATION IN EARLY 2020

Hsia W¹*

                                                                                    

1.Wuhan Health Care Center, Wuhan, China

Correspondence

Dr. Hsia Wang

Wuhan Health Care Center, Wuhan, China

 E-mail: hsiawang@yahoo.com

Hsia W. Emerging new coronavirus infection in Wuhan, China: situation in early 2020. Case Study Case Rep.  2020; 10: 8 - 9.

ABSTRACT

Emerging infectious disease sporadically occurs around the world. Each new disease becomes the important consideration in public health. There are many new recent emerging infectious diseases. The Wuhan new coronavirus infection is a new emerging infection that was recently appeared in Wuhan, China. This short letter described the situation Wuhan new coronavirus infection in early 2020. The short clinical summary is also provided.

Key words:  Emerging, coronavirus, pneumonia

Spontaneous hemarthrosis of the knee associated with clopidogrel treatment.

Virek V, Nyuyen H. Spontaneous hemarthrosis of the knee associated with clopidogrel treatment. Case Study Case Rep. 2020; 10(1): 4 - 7.

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The authors report a case of a 72-year-old-woman who developed spontaneous hemarthrosis of her left knee following clopidogrel treatment.  She has just got diagnosis of ischemic stroke and recived clopidogrel treatment for 3 months. The spontaneous hemarthrosis following clopidogrel therapy is rare. The case was managed by prompt articular aspiration after discontinuing clopidogrel therapy. In conclusion, spontaneous hemarthrosis is a possible complication following clopidogrel therapy and this condition should be recognized by practitioner since clopidogrel is widely used.

Keywords: hemathrosis, spontaneous, clopidogrel

Editorial: Reasons for article retraction.

Joob B. Editorial: Reasons for article retraction. Case Study Case Rep. 2020; 10(1): 1 - 3.

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Unethical practice in academic publicaiton is a common unwnanted problem. Retraction is a standard way for management of problematic published article. Reasons for article retraction is an interesting issue in academic publicaiton. It is necessary to have clear information in retraction note. The details in retraction might be a good case study. This might be useful as lesson learnt to the reader. Honesty is based on ethical background and it is difficult to use a simple system for management in a short period. Any reporting guidelines might be useful and a user understands how to effectively and properly use it. Implementation of guidelines might be useless if the user is not qualified and ethical.

Keywords: misconduct, ethical, retraction