Health

Hypercapnia' in medicine refers to an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the blood. As a result of this increase, a change in the acid-base balance of the blood can occur, whereby the blood tends to become more acidic

An increasingly common disease today: formerly known as Crohn's disease, Crohn's disease is one of the most common chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

The Rule of Nine, also known as Wallace's Rule of Nine, is a tool used in trauma and emergency medicine to assess the total body surface area (TBSA) involved in burn patients

When we speak of snapping fingers, we are referring to a condition that leads to inflammation of the flexor tendons of the hand. This disease can make very simple movements, such as bending the fingers, difficult. The pain can lead to…

Screening mammography is a specific type of breast imaging that uses low-dose x-rays to detect cancer early – before women experience symptoms – when it is most treatable

An inguinal hernia is a bulging of the contents of the abdomen through a weak area in the lower abdominal wall

Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a cardiac anomaly that refers to a combination of four related heart defects that commonly occur together

Phyto-cannabinoids (hashish, marijuana) are widespread cannabis addiction is now extremely common

Retinography and retinal fluorangiography are two particularly important tests for detecting vascular causes of eye diseases

The term 'hypoxaemia' refers to an abnormal decrease in oxygen content in the blood, caused by an alteration in gas exchanges occurring in the pulmonary alveoli