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Fistulogram is an X-ray test that makes it possible to analyse the path of fistulas, pathological communications that can form between two hollow organs (e.g. between the rectum and the bladder or between the rectum and the vagina) or…

“Sinus rhythm” typically appears on EKG reports. An example is “Tracing characterized by the presence of sinus rhythm”

With "polytrauma" or "polytraumatized" in medicine we mean by definition an injured patient who presents associated injuries to two or more parts of the body (skull, spine, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, limbs) with current or potential…

The Emergency Room (sometimes Emergency Department or Emergency Room, hence the acronyms ED and ER) is an operating unit of hospitals expressly equipped to accommodate emergency cases, divide patients based on the seriousness of the…

Let's talk about metabolism. Our body receives, stores and uses a certain number of nutrients depending on the body's needs: our physical shape is determined by a number of factors, including energy consumption, food intake, physical…

Malabsorption syndrome refers to a set of symptoms and signs caused by insufficient absorption of nutrients by the mucosa

FLIP represents an innovation in the evaluation of upper digestive tract disorders such as dysphagia

Increased heart rate, insomnia, nervousness: these are some of the ways in which hyperthyroidism manifests itself, a condition that most frequently affects women and occurs when the thyroid gland works excessively

Cholesterol is a molecule belonging to the lipid class, present in the blood, partly self-produced by the liver and partly introduced through food intake

Also known as solar keratosis, actinic keratosis is counted among the pre-cancerous conditions. It is in fact a lesion due to overexposure to ultraviolet rays that can lead (in about 10% of cases) to the development of spinocellular…