Wound infections are generally referred to as surgical wounds. Wounds are never sterile, but in most cases they do not become infected because the immune system is able to effectively eliminate contaminants
Intestinal obstruction is a complex syndrome characterised by the intestinal transit of faeces and gas being blocked. The most frequent forms in paediatric age are mechanical in nature
The Transesophageal Echocardiogram uses ultrasound to visualise and study the heart. It can be performed on children, but hospitalisation is necessary as anaesthesia is also required
Diabetes mellitus is a disease caused by the sum of several factors, particularly in western countries. These include, on the one hand, the progressive ageing of the population, poor eating habits and the consequent increase in the number…
Gastric bypass is a hormonal restrictive intervention. In other words, it acts on the digestive tract by reducing the production of certain hormones responsible for hunger and increasing the production of others that increase the sense of…
Irritable bowel syndrome is a functional disorder of the gastrointestinal system in the absence of any other specific pathology causing the symptoms.the symptoms can be different, as well as the causes
A myocardial infarction occurs when part of the heart tissue is necrotic due to a blockage in one of the coronary arteries, which supply the heart with oxygenated blood
Systemic sclerosis, or scleroderma, is a connective tissue disease characterised by vascular changes that induce fibrosis in the skin and other organs and systems