Academy of Health Sciences

Advanced airway management is the subset of airway management that involves high skill and invasiveness. It comprises various medical procedures performed to create an open airway (a path between a...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure that combines chest compressions often with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is an umbrella term used to describe progressive lung diseases including emphysema, chronic bronchitis, refractory (non-reversible) asthma, and some forms...

The thought of decreasing or stopping sedatives in critically ill patients who have been agitated may be unsettling. Clinicians may aggressively sedate patients early in their ICU course and then...

Ectopia cordis is an extremely rare congenital malformation where the heart is located partially or totally outside the thoracic cavity. The four main ectopic positions are:: adjacent to the thorax:...

Lumbago is the general term referring to low back pain, and the two terms are often used interchangeably. The underlying causes of low back pain can be complex and are not always readily...

Medical science grows with the pooling of scientific evidences to solve a clinical problem. A well-organized clinical or experimental research is a painstaking process. The submission of an article...

Cardiogenic shock is a condition in which your heart suddenly can't pump enough blood to meet your body's needs. The condition is most often caused by a severe heart attack. Cardiogenic shock is...

The first known description of neonatal brachial plexus palsy (BPP) dates from 1779 when Smellie reported the case of an infant with bilateral arm weakness that resolved spontaneously within a few...