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1 day ago · Scope. Hyperbaric medicine includes hyperbaric oxygen treatment, which is the medical use of oxygen at greater than atmospheric pressure to increase the availability of oxygen in the body; and therapeutic recompression, which involves increasing the ambient pressure on a person, usually a diver, to treat decompression sickness or an air embolism by eliminating bubbles that have formed within ...
1 day ago · Sepsis is a potentially life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs. [4] [7] This initial stage of sepsis is followed by suppression of the immune system. [8] Common signs and symptoms include fever, increased heart rate, increased breathing rate, and confusion. [1]
- May be rapid (less than three hours) or prolonged (several days)
- Immune response triggered by an infection
1 day ago · Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated. [9] High blood pressure usually does not cause symptoms itself. [1] It is, however, a major risk factor for stroke, coronary artery disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, peripheral ...
- Usually lifestyle and genetic factors
- None
- 9.4 million / 18% (2010)
- Lifestyle changes, medications
1 day ago · Author(s): Sambiazy Aly, Nicolas Joseph Randriamandratondrakotonirina, Cristina Giacoma, Mugnai Cecilia Abstract In Madagascar, rabbit farming is still family-based and carried out using traditional techniques. 272 farmers and a 3018 rabbits, in the District Fandriana, Ambositra, Ambatofinandra...
