Acute pancreatitis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Acute pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas with a sudden onset, the most common cause of which is biliary stones
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Fracture of the shoulder and proximal humerus: symptoms and treatment
Fracture of the proximal humerus is a very common shoulder fracture. Particularly common in elderly individuals due to osteoporosis, the proximal humerus is among the most frequently broken bones in a shoulder
Everything You Need to Know About High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
Hypertension: your blood pressure measurement takes into account how much blood is passing through your blood vessels and the amount of resistance the blood meets while the heart is pumping
Precordial thump: meaning, when to do it, guidelines
The precordial thump is a manual mechanical cardioversion technique, characterised by the administration of a punch to the sternum at heart level, used in extreme emergency conditions and in the absence of an electric defibrillator
What is takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken heart syndrome)?
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, which some people call broken heart syndrome, is a sudden stress-induced heart condition. Although it is not a heart attack, it can cause similar symptoms
MSF: Mental health needs grow in Ukraine after 100 days of war
After 100 days of the war in Ukraine, our mental health teams across the country are raising the alarm on the worrying psychological symptoms they are seeing
Giant hypertrophic gastritis (Ménétrier disease): causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Giant hypertrophic gastritis (also called 'Ménétrier's disease' or 'giant hypertrophic gastritis with hypoproteinemia'; in English 'Ménétrier's disease' or 'giant hypertrophic gastritis', hence the acronym GHG), is a rare, acquired disease…
Shaken baby syndrome: the very serious damage of violence on the newborn child
Shaken baby syndrome (also called by the acronym SBS, or abusive head trauma or shaken baby syndrome) is a very serious form of physical abuse, mainly - but not exclusively - intra-familial abuse of children generally under one year of age…
Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): therapy, mechanical ventilation, monitoring
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (hence the acronym 'ARDS') is a respiratory pathology caused by various causes and characterised by diffuse damage to the alveolar capillaries leading to severe respiratory failure with arterial…
War and prisoner psychopathologies: stages of panic, collective violence, medical interventions
The term 'war psychopathology' in psychiatry and psychology refers to all pathological psychic manifestations, both individual and collective, with immediate or delayed onset, and with transient or long-lasting evolution, that have a…