You've experienced symptoms of a medical problem, visited one or more healthcare providers, and have undergone medical tests. Now, your healthcare provider will use all that evidence to arrive at your ...

We present two cases of previously healthy toddlers (14 and 24 months old) with unwitnessed battery ingestion, who presented with massive, hematocrit-relevant hematemesis. Initially, both children ...

The clinical and autopsy records of patients in whom the diagnosis of esophageal varices ... tamponade rather than the original cause of hematemesis. These longitudinal lacerations ranged from ...

The liver is a vital organ responsible for numerous metabolic processes in the human body, including the metabolism of drugs and nutrients. After liver damage, the organ can rapidly return to its ...

Dyspnea is the medical term for difficulty breathing or shortness of breath. It is a symptom of many conditions that affect the respiratory system. Shortness of breath can range from mild and ...

Severe epistaxis heralded a more generalized bleeding episode, with hematemesis or melena. Three patients died of massive gastric hemorrhage. Laboratory investigation demonstrated diffuse toxicity ...