Health and Safety Positive and negative Kernig's sign: semeiotics in meningitis Aug 25, 2022 Kernig's sign is one of the so-called 'meningeal signs', i.e. a group of signs used in neurological semeiotics to…
Health and Safety What is corneal abrasion and how to treat it Aug 25, 2022 Corneal abrasion: Everyone has probably experienced an annoying and often painful foreign body sensation in the eye…
Health and Safety Pupillary reflex to light: mechanism and clinical significance Aug 24, 2022 Pupillary reflex to light (also called photomotor reflex) is a nerve reflex that modulates the diameter of the…
Health and Safety What Is a Psychotic Disorder? Aug 24, 2022 Psychotic disorders are a group of serious illnesses that affect the mind. They make it hard for someone to think…
Health and Safety What is 'hand foot and mouth' disease and how to recognise it Aug 24, 2022 Very common among children, hand-foot-mouth syndrome is a disease caused by an easily transmissible virus
Health and Safety Endotracheal intubation: insertion methods, indications and contraindications Aug 24, 2022 Intubation is the process of placing a tube in a patient's airway to secure it against swelling, trauma, and…
Health and Safety Multiple congenital arthrogryposis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment Aug 24, 2022 Arthrogryposis (or 'multiple congenital arthrogryposis' hence the acronym 'AMC'; in English 'arthrogryposis…
Health and Safety Vapourised hydrogen peroxide: why it is so important in sanitary disinfection… Aug 24, 2022 Vapourised hydrogen peroxide (VHP) is a low-temperature, vacuum steam process traditionally used for the…
Health and Safety Croup and epiglottitis: a guide to the management of respiratory infection Aug 24, 2022 Croup: Laryngo-tracheobronchitis is an overly complex medical term that simply means "a respiratory infection"…
News Congenital heart disease, a new technology for pulmonary valve prostheses: they… Aug 24, 2022 The Bambino Gesù is the European leader in the use of trans-catheter self-expanding pulmonary valve prostheses to…