Optimizing B-lines on lung ultrasound: an in-vitro to in-vivo pilot study with clinical implications.

B-lines on lung ultrasound (US) are the hallmark of pulmonary edema. It is unknown if ultrasound machine settings or probe type matter. We created an in-vitro gelatin model.

Macrophage-derived apoptotic bodies promote the proliferation of the recipient cells via shuttling microRNA-221/222.

Bacterial pneumonia is a common and serious clinical entity. Alveolar epithelial cells and alveolar macrophages are the first line of defense in the innate immunity against bacterial pathogens. Epithelial cells are known to release chemokines/cytokines that recruit and activate phagocytic cells.

Myocarditis along with acute ischaemic cerebellar, pontine and lacunar infarction following viper bite.

Cerebrovascular complications are rare following viper bites. A 65-year-old man presented with loss of consciousness and developed haemiparesis following a viper bite. Coagulation parameters were severely deranged.