Items tagged “medicine”
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End-stage renal disease
End-stage renal disease, also referred as end-stage renal failure or end-stage kidney disease, corresponds to the last stage of chronic kidney disease (stage 5), when the kidneys' function is no longer sufficient to sustain life (GFR <15 mL/min/1.73m2) and kidney replacement therapy (dialysis or...
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Congestive cardiac failure
Congestive cardiac failure (CCF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF) or simply heart failure, refers to the clinical syndrome caused by inherited or acquired abnormalities of heart structure and function, causing a constellation of symptoms and signs that lead to decreased quality and ...
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Thiamine deficiency
Thiamine deficiency is caused by a low level of thiamine (vitamin B1) in the body, and when severe, a deficiency may manifest in adults as beriberi.
There are two main forms:
wet beriberi: high-output cardiac failure predominates
Shoshin beriberi 3: severe acute wet form with high mortality
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A4 flexor pulley injury
Published
24 Nov 2022
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Ultrasound
Case
Anterior inferior iliac spine avulsion injury
Published
26 May 2023
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X-ray