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The endocavitary electrophysiological study, also known by the acronym SEE, is a diagnostic investigation aimed at examining the electrical properties of the heart in order to establish susceptibility to developing various heart rhythm…

Positive-pressure ventilation (as opposed to negative-pressure ventilation) has been the basic approach to mechanical ventilation since the late 1950s

Gynaecological tumours are neoplasms that affect women and mainly affect the uterus (endometrium and cervix) and ovaries

Dysposophobia: buried at home, this is the image that most characterises people suffering from hoarding disorder, also known as disposofobia

The tilt test is a special diagnostic test that allows the behaviour of the patient's blood pressure and heart rate to be assessed when moving from a horizontal to a semi-vertical position

Let's talk about sciatica: when one has sciatica, the question often arises as to whether absolute rest is better or whether, on the other hand, doing some movement and physical activity would be beneficial

Bradykinesia is a slowing down of voluntary movements, such as walking, which become difficult to control

Bronchiolitis epidemics are very frequent during the cold season. It is above all children who are most easily exposed to infection with the Respiratory Syncytial Virus, responsible for the main symptoms of respiratory infection

The World Health Organisation (WHO) classifies stuttering as a specific developmental disorder, 'a disorder of speech rhythm in which the patient knows exactly what he or she wants to say, but at the same time is unable to say it' (1977)

Palsy of the VII cranial nerve, or facial nerve, is a disease that can appear without apparent causes or be linked to acute infections, bone trauma, tumors and cardiovascular events