High glycaemia, or hyperglycaemia, is defined as when blood glucose, measured in the morning on an empty stomach, exceeds 100 mg/dl and when, after eating 2 hours after the meal, the values are > 140 mg/dl
Ear pain is a common and annoying ailment, it can be related to trivial or non-trivial situations, but in any case be careful because home remedies could be harmful, all the more so since it is a sense organ that should be protected and…
Oesophageal achalasia is a disorder related to the difficulty in swallowing both liquid and solid food. This is due to the failure to open the valve between the stomach and oesophagus (lower oesophageal sphincter) and the lack of motility…
Burn injuries offer unique challenges to trauma nurses. These thermal, electrical and chemical injuries lead to changes in several body systems that require nurses to modify their approach to patient assessment, monitoring and treatment
Tetralogy of Fallot, also known as "tetralogy of Fallot" or "blue baby syndrome" or "quadrilogy of Fallot" (hence the acronym TOF or ToF) is a congenital heart malformation, i.e. already present at birth, which classically has four…
Stents, micro-bullets and water vapour: 'low impact' procedures to treat benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)
From temporary stents to prostate embolisation, from the energy of water vapour to micro-bullets to be applied to the gland
Let's talk about antiplatelet drugs: why are they essential in the clinical picture of some patients? The cardiovascular system includes the heart, blood vessels and blood
Abdominal paracentesis is used to collect ascitic fluid for analysis. It can also be used to remove ascites under tension that causes breathing difficulty or pain or as a treatment for chronic ascites