Rates of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), due to multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens have increased dramatically in hospitalized patients, especially in intensive care and transplant patients.Sources of pathogens ...
ARDS is a medical emergency. It can be caused by any major lung inflammation or injury. Some common causes include pneumonia, septic shock, trauma, aspiration ...
There is no cure for Krabbé disease. Results of a very small clinical trial of patients with infantile Krabbé disease found that children who received ...
For both men and women, the biggest factors that contribute to heart disease are smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, family history and age. Take ...
Colonoscopy is almost always painless and most patients are asleep for the entire procedure. Taking laxatives and/or enemas before the test to clean out the ...
Irritable bowel syndrome is characterized by a combination of abdominal pain and altered bowel function. There are many possible causes. For instance, there may be ...