Angina may develop on a chronic pattern or in acute episodes, necessitating judgment on differential diagnosis and rapid institution of appropriate methods of management. This article lists all necessary steps from lab tests and drug therapy to long term management plans of diet and smoking habits.

Strokes are the single greatest neurological cause of disability, yet many stroke patients do not ever reach a specialized stroke rehabilitation unit. For those remaining in the hospital to which they were first admitted, active medical involvement may decline dramatically once the diagnosis has been made. However, the family physician ...

In March 1998 the Department of Health issued this code of practice for the diagnosis of brain stem death. It contains definitions of death and procedures for the diagnosis of brain stem death. It also includes guidelines for the management of potential organ and tissue donors, and the roles of ...

This article describes wound management using polyhexamethylene biguanide dressings in two patients experiencing multiple comorbidities. Wound bed debridement and bioburden management were important factors in achieving positive results in terms of promoting wound healing and reducing infection and malodour.

New guidance has been released by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence on the diagnosis and management of epilepsies in adults, children and young people. Appropriate treatment and management can result in up to 70 per cent of people with epilepsy living seizure free. However, there are concerns regarding the ...

One of the most consistent problems in health care is the gap between evidence and practice. Unfortunately, this is no different within the field of wound management.

The therapy of acute leukemia has improved rapidly in the last two decades. Using available therapeutic agents, complete clinical and hematological remission can be achieved regularly in children with acute lymphocytic leukemia. The choice of chemotherapeutic agent, management of complications of hemorrhage and infection, and recognition of prognostic factors are ...

Although the problems of at least 80% of patients presenting with jaundice lend themselves to accurate diagnosis by conventional clinical and laboratory findings, the remainder present an ever-increasing problem. The widespread and often indiscriminate use of many drugs has made the diagnosis of jaundice more difficult. It is now well ...