Acute inflammation is a short-term process occurring in response to tissue injury, usually appearing within minutes or hours. It is characterized by five cardinal signs: pain, redness, immobility ...

Objectives: Patients with sepsis are often comorbid with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and the phenotypic characteristics of pulmonary and non-pulmonary infections leading to ARDS are ...

At this point, I would pause to consider other diagnostic possibilities. The differential diagnosis of acute dyspnea is extensive in a patient of this age with known systolic heart failure ...

Acute decompensation often leads to hospital admission. The AANZDEM study,3,4 built on the methodology of the EuroDEM study (as shared by Laribi), aimed to establish how common shortness of breath was ...

Although pulmonary embolism (PE) can exacerbate respiratory symptoms such as dyspnea and chest pain ... determine the reported prevalence of PE in acute exacerbations of COPD in patients who ...

The present study evaluated the diagnostic and long-term prognostic value of osteopontin levels in symptomatic patients with acute dyspnoea and peripheral oedema suspected of aCHF. Osteopontin ...

This urgent and emergency care (UEC) acute patient flow clinical and operational improvement guide provides a range of change ideas for how UEC services can improve both patient care and productivity, ...

Treatment must be aggressive since the disease can progress quickly and can be fatal. ACS treatment may include pain control, intravenous (IV) fluids if dehydration is suspected, antibiotics to treat ...

Post COVID-19 condition is when the symptoms of COVID-19 persist for more than 12 weeks after the infection. It's also known as long COVID, and can affect both adults and children. You can show ...

Short-acting beta-agonists (SABAs) are a class of prescription drugs used to quickly relieve shortness of breath and wheezing in people with asthma. SABAs work by relaxing the smooth muscles of the ...