Internal bleeding can cause severe pain, dizziness, and swelling. Trauma is a common cause of internal bleeding and includes injuries like fractures, puncture, and blunt trauma. Some drugs and ...

HEMOPTYSIS is an important symptom and often indicates serious disease. Chaves 1 reported that it occurred in 6.8 per cent of all patients seen in an outpatient chest clinic. Abbott 2 found that ...

A multidisciplinary panel of medical oncology, dermatology, gastroenterology, rheumatology, pulmonology, endocrinology, neurology, hematology, emergency medicine ...

At its core, the combining form hem/o refers to blood. It's derived from the Greek word haima, also meaning blood. This simple yet fundamental concept is interwoven into countless medical terms, each ...

Background: Actinomyces infections tend to involve the head and neck, while lung infections are relatively rare, and fatal hemoptysis due to pulmonary actinomycosis is even rarer. Case presentation: A ...

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a distinct pulmonary vascular disease caused by chronic obstruction of major pulmonary arteries that is amenable to cure by pulmonary ...

Call 911 if you cough up more than a few teaspoons of blood. Coughing up blood in any amount should be taken seriously and warrants seeing a healthcare provider. It can be caused by lung diseases, ...

Because outcomes for patients with aortic disease are enhanced at programs with higher volumes, experienced practitioners, and extensive management capabilities, Multidisciplinary Aortic Team care is ...

We provide access to a range of journals, databases and other evidence-based resources for health and social care staff in England. You'll need an NHS OpenAthens account to access most of these ...

Objective Older adults are hospitalised from the emergency department (ED) without potentially needing hospital care. Knowledge about rates, associative factors and causes of these preventable ...

Dewsbury and District Hospital, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, UK Correspondence to Dr D C Currie, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Dewsbury and District Hospital, Mid ...

Edited by Carl Nathan, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY; received August 29, 2023; accepted February 1, 2024 ...