CHEST’s new practice guidelines on transfusions in critically ill adults promote a more restrictive approach to RBC, FFP, and platelet transfusions.

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is usually one of three diseases involving the coronary arteries: ST elevation myocardial infarction (30%), non ST elevation myocardial infarction (25%), or unstable ...

Sickle cell disease is one of the most common inherited blood disorders worldwide, with a particularly heavy burden in ...

Study Objectives: The clinical manifestations of acute coronary syndromes (ACSs) vary, and patients present frequently with symptoms other than chest pain. In this analysis, a large contemporary ...

Happy Heart Syndrome, a rare condition, ... history of stage III gastric cancer with no history of cardiac diseases presented with acute chest pain, headache, and nausea.

Over the period July 1999 to June 2002, 20,881 patients were admitted to the hospital with ACSs, of whom 1,763 (8.4%) presented with atypical symptoms. The dominant presenting symptoms in these ...

The misunderstood story of Phineas Gage shows that we need a new way of understanding the experiences of brain injury ...

Causes of chest pain, some benign and some serious, include heart attack, angina, heartburn, infections, inflammation, and panic attacks. If you experience new chest pain, it's best to seek ...

The health chief also noted that the adoption of the national accreditation standards by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will also facilitate integration into the overall national ...

Key points A 57-year-old man presented to the emergency department with back and right upper quadrant abdominal pain that progressed to painful right leg swelling over a few days. His vital signs at ...