Cyanosis: A bluish color of the skin and the mucous membranes due to insufficient oxygen in the blood.
Pallor: paleness, as of the skin or mucosae. Although it is...
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), also known as respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) or adult respiratory distress syndrome (in contrast with IRDS) is a serious reaction to various forms of injuries...
Sickle-cell disease (SCD), or sickle-cell anaemia (or anemia; SCA) or drepanocytosis, is an autosomal co-dominant genetic blood disorder characterized by red blood cells that assume an abnormal, rigid, sickle shape....
Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease characterized by varying degrees of weakness of the skeletal (voluntary) muscles of the body. The name myasthenia gravis, which is Latin and...
Typhoid fever is a bacterial disease, caused by Salmonella typhi. It is transmitted through the ingestion of food or drink contaminated by the faeces or urine of infected people.
Emphysema is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. It is a chronic, progressive disease of the lungs that primarily causes shortness of breath due to over-inflation...
Rationale and Objectives
To compare computer-generated interpretation of coronary computed tomography angiography (cCTA) by commercially available COR Analyzer software with expert human interpretation.
Materials and Methods
This retrospective Health Insurance Portability and Accountability...
Artificial kidney is often a synonym for hemodialysis, but may also, more generally, refer to renal replacement therapies (with exclusion of renal transplantation) that are in use...
Rationale and Objectives
To assess the effect of short-term corticosteroid premedication on serum glucose in hospitalized patients.
Materials and Methods
Serum glucose in adult inpatients receiving corticosteroid premedication before a radiology study was...
