Authors: Kotsev S N et al. Cureus 17(10): e95589, October 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95589 This extraordinary case describes a 38-year-old gravida 9, para 8 woman with placenta percreta who experienced more than 25 liters of intraoperative blood loss during cesarean section—one of the highest volumes reported in a surviving patient. Despite prior cesarean deliveries, obesity (BMI […]
Read MoreAuthors: Sipahi N et al. Cureus 17(10): e95783, October 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95783 This case report describes a 71-year-old woman with mild cognitive impairment who survived 110 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation for pulmonary embolism, achieving full neurological recovery after extracorporeal CPR (ECMO). Initial field ultrasound showed severe right ventricular strain consistent with massive pulmonary embolism. Despite […]
Read MoreAuthors: Shaikh N et al. Cureus 17(11): e96136, November 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.96136 Fat embolism syndrome (FES) remains uncommon but clinically important after long-bone and pelvic fractures and is increasingly recognized after body-contouring procedures. The review synthesizes historical and current perspectives, emphasizing two complementary mechanisms: a mechanical pathway (marrow fat entering torn venules with pulmonary trapping […]
Read MoreAuthors: Alanzi A et al. Cureus 17(11): e95994, November 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.95994 This case report describes the anesthetic management of a three-year-old girl with Dandy-Walker syndrome (DWS), severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), laryngomalacia, micrognathia, seizure disorder, and recurrent aspiration pneumonia undergoing supraglottoplasty and adenoidotonsillectomy. The combination of posterior fossa malformations, craniofacial anomalies, and OSA presented […]
Read MoreAuthors: Albadi N et al. Cureus 17(11): e96219, November 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.96219 This bibliometric analysis mapped a decade (2015–2025) of research on dexmedetomidine for ICU delirium and agitation. Using Scopus (638 initial records; 120 included) and two visualization tools (VOSviewer, CiteSpace), the authors examined co-authorship, co-occurrence of keywords, citations, bibliographic coupling, and co-citation to characterize […]
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