HIV1 and HIV2, what are the differences? The human immunodeficiency virus (also called HIV, an acronym from the English 'human immunodeficiency virus') is a retrovirus of the lentivirus genus, characterised by giving rise to chronic…
Hydrogen peroxide sterilization, also known as hydrogen peroxide gas sterilization, is a low temperature sterilization process commonly used to sterilize heat-sensitive devices
The term 'tics' (also called 'tic-like movements') in medicine refers to all those stereotyped, purposeless and involuntary or only partly voluntary movements that fall into the large group of movement disorders or 'dyskinesias'
Excision means 'to surgically remove'. In medicine, the term describes the removal of a growth, tissue, organ or bone using a scalpel, laser or other cutting instrument
Tingling can be associated with a wide variety of conditions, including prolonged pressure on a nerve, mineral deficiencies, multiple sclerosis (a disease that affects the nervous system causing weakness, difficulty with coordination and…
Intubation is the process of inserting a tube called an endotracheal tube (ET) into the mouth or nose and then into the airway (trachea) to hold it open
Pericarditis is an inflammatory disease (acute or subacute) that affects the pericardium, accompanied by altered inflammatory indices (ESR, CRP), often gives intense pain, which increases in certain positions or by deep inhalations,…
Antiplatelet drugs (also called antiplatelet or antiplatelet drugs) are a group of drugs capable of negatively interacting with platelet aggregation function, thus preventing the formation of thrombi and emboli of thrombotic origin
Systemic sclerosis (or scleroderma) is a connective tissue disease involving the vascular system, the skin (the term scleroderma means 'hard skin') and the internal organs