Living and vacationing in climates with high heat and humidity make us vulnerable to heat-related illnesses. Heat exhaustion is a precursor to heatstroke
Hypercapnia, also known as hypercarbia, is a condition that occurs when a person has too much carbon dioxide (CO2) in their bloodstream. It can cause dizziness, fatigue, and shortness of breath
Hypertonia, also called muscular hypertonia or muscle hypertonus, indicates an increase in muscle tone. It can occur both when the muscle is at rest and during physical activity
Oncohaematological children and infections: in paediatric patients with oncohaematological diseases the immune defences are impaired, thus increasing the risk of infections
On 12 May 1820 Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing science, was born. The International Council of Nurses (ICN) commemorates this date by celebrating International Nurses Day all over the world
Fever is a rise in body temperature above the normal temperature, usually caused by infection. Normal body temperature is around 37°C (give or take a degree, but this can vary from person to person)
The "Acute respiratory distress syndrome" (abbreviated with the acronym ARDS) according to the definition of the WHO (World Health Organization) is a "diffuse damage of the alveolar capillaries causing severe respiratory failure with…