Health and Safety

What is an Endoscopic Polypectomy? Polyps are protrusions of the intestinal mucosa and stomach, mostly benign in nature

Shunt procedures are used to improve blood flow in the veins of the liver, oesophagus and other parts of the body, to stop bleeding, relieve pressure in these veins and relieve swelling

Stomatitis is a disease of the oral mucosa of an inflammatory nature and, in some cases, also of a dystrophic nature, i.e. an alteration of the normal appearance of the mucosa

In the United States, nearly 1 in 200 children are diagnosed with Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndromes (PANS) and Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS). PANS/PANDAS…

Oxygen ozone therapy is useful in the treatment of pain, but as there are different types of pain, one must first understand its cause and various localisations

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, general features: in the first decade of the AIDS epidemic, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) was the most frequent of the major opportunistic infections, affecting about 80% of patients with severe…

The APGAR test is used for assessing newborns: you should assess a newborn at 1 minute and 5 minutes after delivery

Most people would be surprised to learn that nearly 45% of cardiac arrest victims survive thanks to the help of a bystander administering CPR

Prematurity is the single most common factor in respiratory distress or cyanosis of the neonate and occurs most frequently in infants < 1200 grams and 30 weeks of gestation

Therapy against hypertension is the only way to 'knock down' this dangerous cerebro-cardio-renal-vascular risk factor that affects all ages, from 10% of children and young people, to 30% of adults, up to 55% of the elderly population