Diseases

Hyperglycemia in ICU

06:20 am | Hyperglycemia, defined as blood glucose levels >110 mg/dL, has been shown in multiple studies to adversely impact outcomes in critically…

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Hyperglycemia in the intensive care unit

10:32 am | Hyperglycemia and insulin resistance are common in critically ill patients even if they did not have diabetes before their illnesses.…

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DVT in trauma patients

10:08 am | Trauma patients are at high risk of deep venous thromboembolism, with the majority of patients exhibiting no symptoms. Although meta-analyses…

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Cardiac catherization

02:28 pm | Cardiac catherization is an investigation technique, that is used in order to confirm the presence of a suspected heart disease.…

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Kids Health

Adolescence

04:14 pm | Adolescence is the period of teenage when a child becomes a sexually mature adult. Adolescence is a slow and gradual process…

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Home Accident – What to Do

03:16 pm | Any serious home accident, like falls and fractures or burns, will require the help a general surgeon or orthopedic doctor. If…

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Accidents at home

02:51 pm | Two age groups are more vulnerable to accidents at home – they are the children and the elderly. For the…

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Child Accident

02:23 pm | Child Accident is a common cause of death and injury in children. Most of these accidents occur at in the house. With…

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Symptoms and Signs

Pulmonary Wedge Pressure

The pulmonary wedge pressure is measured with the help of the pulmonary...

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Isolated Systolic Hypertension

You must have heard that smoking, age, diabetes, stress and obesity are...

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Systolic

Have you noticed that every time you visit your doctor he will...

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Haemoptysis

Haemoptysis is the medical term for coughing up blood. Spitting of blood may...

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Drugs

Diabetes in ICU

Maintaining euglycemia (defined as glucose <110 mg/dL in intensive care unit settings and <180 mg/dL in non intensive...

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Lantus use in ICU

Lantus is a long-acting insulin analogue also known as insulin glargine. Similar to human insulin, it is produced...

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Insulin in intensive care unit

Regular insulin should be administered intravenously and not subcutaneously in the intensive care unit (ICU). This is because...

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ACE inhibitors in myocardial infarction

The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) regulates aldosterone release in the body via the action of angiotensin II on angiotensin...

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Erythromycin prokinetic agent

Erythromycin is a macrolide antibiotic that inhibits bacterial protein synthesis and is effective against the same organisms as...

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GI prophylaxis guidelines

Gastrointestinal , gi prophylaxis guidelines in the intensive care unit (ICU) is important in the prevention of stress...

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Power of a study

When interpreting study results it is important to understand what is referred to as power as well as...

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How Clinicians Judge a Test

Sensitivity and specificity are characteristics of diagnostic tests. They inform the provider how the test will behave among...

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First Aid

Heimlich manoeuvre

Heimlich manoeuvre is an emergency technique used when food gets stuck in the airways. Choking on food is a common emergency...

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Womens Health

Uterine Myoma

Some of the symptoms associated with a uterine myoma include hyper menorrhea and the patient will be suffering...

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Myoma

Most women especially in the reproductive years, may suffer from a benign growth in the uterine lining that...

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