Practical Emergency Medicine

Practice Essentials Heat illness may be viewed as a continuum of illnesses relating to the body's inability to cope with heat. It...

Practice Essentials Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), also known as coronary angioplasty, is a nonsurgical technique for treating...

Introducción: El término shock fue incorporado a la medicina traducido a su vez de la palabra francesa shoc y fue usado por vez primera...

Overview Practice Essentials The West Nile virus is one of the many members of the genus Flavivirus that are known to cause human...

Updated: Apr 06, 2023 Overview Practice Essentials Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is defined as illness caused by a novel...

Analgesia El dolor se describe como una experiencia desagradable que se asocia a una lesión tisular presente o potencial. Constituye uno...

Practice Essentials Intussusception (see the image below) is a process in which a segment of intestine invaginates into the adjoining...

Practice Essentials Anaphylaxis is an acute, potentially fatal, multiorgan system reaction caused by the release of chemical mediators...

Overview Practice Essentials Cardiac tamponade is a clinical syndrome caused by the accumulation of fluid in the pericardial space,...

American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association These are some of the highlights of the guidelines without analysis or...