Category: Diseases
Hyperglycemia and insulin resistance are common in critically ill patients even if they did not have diabetes before their illnesses. Hyperglycemia in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting has …
Hyperglycemia, defined as blood glucose levels >110 mg/dL, has been shown in multiple studies to adversely impact outcomes in critically ill patients. Patients who are diabetic are at an …
Trauma patients are at high risk of deep venous thromboembolism, with the majority of patients exhibiting no symptoms. Although meta-analyses report the overall incidence of deep vein thrombosis, DVT …
Cardiac catherization is an investigation technique, that is used in order to confirm the presence of a suspected heart disease. It is also useful when the medical practitioner is …
Cirrhosis is a chronic liver disease that is characterized by extensive scarring of the liver tissue leading to fibrosis. Various regenerative nodules may also be present on the liver …
Cirrhosis is described as a chronic liver disease that leads to fibrosis of the liver tissue thus impairing liver function. It has been found that cirrhosis affects large number …
Under normal health conditions, there is a continuous flow of fluid content from the interstitial epithelial cells of the pulmonary capillaries into the surrounding alveolar interstitial. Moreover the interstitial …
When there is fluid accumulation in the lungs , this condition is referred to as pulmonary oedema. If untreated the condition could be fatal as there is impairment of …
When a patient is showing symptoms of lung edema, the main focus of the medical practitioner would be to provide adequate supply of oxygen. Since lung edema is associated …
According to a study conducted in order to observe the various pulmonary oedema causes in the population it was found that there are three categories including the common pulmonary …