Practical Emergency Medicine

The incidence of viral pneumonia has increased during this decade. This is a review on these pneumonias which can cause severe complication

Practice Essentials Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (see the image below) is the leading cause of lower respiratory tract infections...

Practice Essentials Status asthmaticus is considered a medical emergency. It is the extreme form of an asthma exacerbation that can...

Epithelial, or epithelioid, mesothelioma cancer is the most common of this cancer’s three cell types. The epithelium is a protective...

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is estimated to affect 32 million persons in the United States and is the fourth...

Practice Essentials Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (see the image below) is the leading cause of lower respiratory tract infections...

Abstract and Introduction Abstract Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex disease that requires differential diagnosis...

Nirmatrelvir is an orally bioavailable protease inhibitor that is active against MPRO, a viral protease that plays an essential role in...

Practice Essentials Smoke inhalation is the leading cause of death due to fires. It produces injury through several mechanisms, including...

Practice Essentials Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is defined as illness caused by a novel coronavirus called severe acute...