Asthma
Practice Essentials Asthma is a common chronic disease worldwide and affects approximately 26 million persons in the United States. It is...
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Treatment and Guidelines
Treatment & Management Approach Considerations Utilization of programs established by the FDA to allow clinicians to gain access to...
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Part 1
Overview Practice Essentials Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is defined as illness caused by a novel coronavirus called severe acute...
Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis
Background Cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) was initially described by Bright in 1831 as a complication of epidural and subdural...
Wellens Syndrome
Background Wellens syndrome was first described in the early 1980s by de Zwaan, Wellens, and colleagues, who identified a subset of...
Astra Zeneca Vaccine Image review
This vaccine is a viral vector vaccine, similar to Johnson and Johnson and SputniK. Mechanism of Action Vaccine is composed of a...
COVID-19 vaccine, viral vector-Janssen
Dosing & Uses ADULT Dosage Forms & Strengths injection, suspension 5x1010 virus particles/0.5mL (5 doses per vial) COVID-19 Disease...
The Approach to the Poisoned Patient
Overview Most toxicologic exposures involve ingestions or localized chemical/biologic exposures involving single individuals with limited...
COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA-Moderna
Dosage Forms & Strengths injection, suspension 100mcg/0.5mL per dose Each multiple-dose vial contains 10 doses COVID-19 Disease...
Critical chest radiogrphs
Tension pneumothorax A tension pneumothorax develops when injury creates a one way valve for the air to enter but not to leave, the...