Coronary thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel of the heart. This blood clot restricts blood flow within the heart. It is associated with narrowing […]
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Bleeding diathesis
In medicine (hematology) bleeding diathesis (or bleeding tendency or predisposition or h(a)emorrhagic diathesis) is an unusual susceptibility to bleeding (hemorrhage) mostly due to hypocoagulability in turn caused by a coagulopathy […]
Cryptococcosis
Cryptococcosis or cryptococcal disease is a potentially fatal fungal disease. It is caused by one of two species; Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii. These were all previously thought to be […]
Hyperkalemia
Hyperkalemia (hyperkalaemia in British English hyper- high; kalium potassium; -emia in the blood) refers to the condition in which the concentration of the electrolyte potassium (K+) in the blood is […]
Respiratory arrest
Respiratory arrest is the cessation of normal breathing due to failure of the lungs to function effectively.A respiratory arrest is different from (but may be caused by) a cardiac arrest […]
Reactive attachment disorder
Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is described in clinical literature as a severe and relatively uncommon disorder that can affect children. RAD is characterized by markedly disturbed and developmentally inappropriate ways […]
Pectus excavatum
Pectus excavatum (a Latin term meaning hollowed chest) is the most common congenital deformity of the anterior wall of the chest in which several ribs and the sternum grow abnormally. […]
Vascular headache
A vascular headache is an outdated term to describe certain types of headache which were thought to be related to blood vessel swelling and hyperemia as cause of the pain. […]
Subdural hematoma
A subdural hematoma (American spelling) or subdural haematoma (British spelling) also known as a subdural haemorrhage (SDH) is a type of hematoma usually associated with traumatic brain injury. Blood gathers […]
Klatskin tumor
A Klatskin tumor (or hilar cholangiocarcinoma) is a cholangiocarcinoma (cancer of the biliary tree) occurring at the confluence of the right and left hepatic bile ducts. It is named after […]