ACUTE opium intoxication is not commonly seen in American medical practice. However, two phenomena may well portend an increased incidence in the near future. Throughout the United States evidence of ...

Liege, Belgium - A proposed mechanism behind some cases of acute pulmonary edema puts the blame on stress-exacerbated ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR) in patients with systolic HF [1]. The idea, ...

DIURETICS are frequently used as part of the therapeutic regimen in the management of patients in acute pulmonary edema. The decreased cardiac output and reduced glomerular filtration rate of patients ...

At normal doses, the drug's adverse effects are minimal, with the majority being attributed to acute withdrawal effects. A recent report published in the American Journal of Case Reports describes the ...

Adjei, MD Key Takeaways Eating too much salt can make your body hold extra water.In people with heart failure, swelling can be a sign of fluid retention.Cirrhosis of the liver can cause fluid to build ...

Heatstroke was induced by exposing anesthetized rats to heat stress (36 °C, 100 min). Rats were treated with vehicle or melatonin (0.2, 1, 5 mg/kg) by intravenous administration 100 min after the ...

Three people died within days of each other from suspected pulmonary edema. Just days before an American couple was found dead in their hotel room at the Grand Bahia Principe La Romana resort in the ...