Chronic Liver Disease (CLD) is a progressive deterioration of liver functions for more than six months, which includes synthesis of clotting factors, other proteins, detoxification of harmful products of metabolism and excretion of bile. CLD is a continuous process of Read More …
Month: June 2020
Liver Function Test – Types, Purpose, Result of Abnormality
Liver Function Test is a misnomer as many of the tests do not comment on the function of the liver but rather pinpoint the source of the damage. Elevations in ALT and AST in out of proportion to ALP and Read More …
What Is Lung Cancer? – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
What Is Lung Cancer?/Lung cancer or bronchogenic carcinoma refers to tumors originating in the lung parenchyma or within bronchi. It is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Lung cancer is responsible for more deaths Read More …
Pulmonary Emphysema – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Pulmonary emphysema a progressive lung disease is a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Global Initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease (GOLD) has defined COPD as “a common, preventable, and treatable disease that is characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation Read More …
Viral Pneumonia – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Viral pneumonia is defined as a disease entity wherein there is the viral causation of oxygen and carbon dioxide gas exchange abnormalities at the level of the alveoli, secondary to viral-mediated and/or immune response-mediated inflammation. The traditional role of viral Read More …
Bacterial Pneumonia – Causes, Symptoms, Treatments
Atypical Bacterial Pneumonia /The word “pneumonia” takes its origin from the ancient Greek word “pneumon,” which means “lung,” so the word “pneumonia” becomes “lung disease.” Medically it is an inflammation of one or both lungs’ parenchyma that is more often, Read More …
Ventilator Safety – Management and Respiratory Therapist
Ventilator Safety/Patients on mechanical ventilators are usually looked after by an interprofessional group of healthcare professionals that may include an intensivist, critical care nurse, nutritionist, infectious disease consult, respiratory therapist, primary care physician, and a pulmonologist. For the patient to Read More …
Mechanical Ventilation – Indications, Contraindications
Mechanical ventilation is a lifesaving procedure that is often performed when patients require respiratory support. Assist-Control (AC) mode is one of the most common methods of mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit[rx]. AC ventilation is a volume-cycled mode of Read More …
Traumatic Pneumothorax – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Traumatic pneumothorax is the second most common injury in chest trauma, accounting for 50,000 cases a year in the United States. Pneumothorax management relies on early recognition and treatment by prehospital providers to prevent the development of respiratory failure or obstructive Read More …
Spontaneous Pneumothorax – Causes, Symptoms, treatment
Spontaneous pneumothorax refers to the abnormal collection of gas in the pleural space between the lungs and the chest wall. Spontaneous pneumothorax occurs without an obvious etiology such as trauma or iatrogenic causes. Spontaneous pneumothorax can be classified as either primary or secondary. Primary spontaneous Read More …
Wallenberg Syndrome – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Wallenberg syndrome is also known as lateral medullary syndrome or the posterior inferior cerebellar artery syndrome. Wallenberg described the first case in 1895. This neurological disorder is associated with a variety of symptoms that occur as a result of damage Read More …
Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction
Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction (MI) occurs from a coronary artery occlusion with resultant decreased perfusion to that region of the myocardium. Unless there is timely treatment, this results in myocardial ischemia followed by infarction. In most patients, the inferior myocardium Read More …