Background: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are now recognized as an important cause of hospital admissions, with a proportion ranging from 0.9-7.9%. They also constitute a significant economic burden. We thus aimed at determining the prevalence and the economic burden of ADRs presenting to Medical Emergency Department (ED) of a tertiary referral center in India

Laryngeal sarcoidosis, a rare entity, presents a diagnostic challenge and can masquerade as asthma. We present a case of a 53-year-old man with laryngeal sarcoidosis, which was initially misdiagnosed as asthma. The delay in the diagnosis resulted in an airway emergency and required an urgent tracheostomy.