Health

Hydrocarbon poisoning can result from ingestion or inhalation. Ingestion, which is more common among children under 5 years of age, can cause aspiration pneumonia

A hypertensive crisis is a sudden increase in blood pressure, when systolic blood pressure rises by 20-100 mm Hg and diastolic - by 10-50 mm Hg. or up to 210/120 mmHg Stress, panic, anxiety: all these can cause a hypertensive crisis

Interventional radiology: different instruments are used to obtain images of certain areas of the body, useful for making diagnoses and performing guided therapeutic interventions

A greenstick fracture occurs when a bone bends and cracks, instead of breaking completely into separate pieces. The fracture looks similar to what happens when you try to break a small, "green" branch on a tree

The AMBU is a 'self-expanding balloon' used by healthcare professionals and rescuers to support breathing, and is one of the devices used in first aid during cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Mental health disorders are among the most serious health problems. They can negatively affect performance at work and impair daily functioning

Bradyarrhythmias are arrhythmias characterised by a disturbance in the formation or conduction of the electrical impulse. The most frequent forms are atrial sinus node disease or atrio-ventricular blocks

Learning how to interpret your pee is easy and useful: if something is wrong, you can see it in time and correct it immediately or ask for medical help

Wrist cysts and hand cysts are benign neoformations. Wrist cysts arise from the wrist joint, while hand cysts arise from the sheaths of both the extensor and flexor tendons of the hand

The Barthel scale, functional for the measurement of patient autonomy, is a universally recognised instrument and considered one of the most reliable for the evaluation of autonomy in daily activities