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Can oral herpes be transmitted to the genitals ?
Yes
This lactic acid level is considered critical and may indicate severe hypoperfusion.
> 4 mmol/L
This term refers to the legal right of a person to make decisions for someone who is incapacitated, often designated in an advance care plan.
Power of attorney/healthcare proxy
This specific wound classification refers to a wound that involves full-thickness loss of skin and tissue with exposed bone, tendon, or muscle, often seen in diabetic patients.
Stage 4 pressure ulcer
This 1928 discovery by Alexander Fleming changed the course of medicine by introducing the world’s first true antibiotic.
Penicillin
This viral infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide, often asymptomatic but can lead to genital warts or increase the risk of cervical cancer in women.
Human Papillomavirus
This complication is a result of prolonged mechanical ventilation and is often identified by increased temperature, purulent or increased tracheobronchial secretions and hypoxemia.
Ventilator-associated pneumonia
This type of pain is typically sharp or burning and occurs when a nerve is damaged or irritated, often treated with gabapentin or carbamazepine in palliative care.
Neuropathic pain
This is the primary first-line intervention for croup, a viral condition causing stridor and a barking cough, and is aimed at reducing upper airway inflammation.
Nebulized Epinephrine
This neurological surgery, once common for mental illness, was largely abandoned in the 1950s following the advance of psychiatric medications.
Lobotomy
Once herpes warts are gone, is it still transmissible?
Yes
In septic shock, this specific organ failure is often the second to deteriorate, leading to oliguria or anuria, and is a marker of progressive sepsis
Acute Kidney Injury
This term describes the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment based on a patient’s expressed wishes, often following an advance directive.
Passive Euthanasia
This genetic disorder, which results in excessive bleeding, is caused by a deficiency of a specific blood clotting factor and is more common in males
Hemophilia
This Nobel Prize winning gene-editing tool uses a guide RNA to make precise cuts in DNA, enabling targeted genetic modification in humans.
CRISPR-Cas9
For a pregnant woman diagnosed with syphilis, this is the treatment of choice to prevent congenital syphilis in the infant.
Penicillin G
In patients with acute respiratory failure, invasive positive pressure ventilation can cause barotrauma, which is assessed using serial imaging of the chest and confirmed by this specific radiographic finding.
Pneumothorax or subcutaneous emphysema
This principle ensures that when a patient’s wishes are unclear, decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment are made based on best interest and in consultation with the family and medical team.
Beneficence
This rare chronic inflammatory disorder causes red, scaly patches on the skin, particularly on the scalp, elbows, and knees, and is thought to be triggered by an immune system response.
Psoriasis
This disease, eradicated by a global vaccine campaign in 1980, was the first human disease ever wiped out.
Smallpox
This is the test commonly used to detect chlamydia and gonorrhea in both men and women, especially in symptomatic cases.
Nucleic Acid Amplification Test
This non-invasive method is used to monitor peripheral perfusion in critically ill patients and can help in diagnosing early sepsis, particularly in pediatric patients.
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
This antidepressant is often used in palliative care for managing chronic pain, particularly for neuropathic pain, despite its primary indication being for depression.
Amitriptyline
This rare neurological condition, often triggered by an infection, involves spinal cord inflammation, leading to weakness, paralysis, and sensory loss.
Transverse Myelitis
This cutting-edge therapy, first approved in 2017, involves extracting and modifying a patient’s lymphocytes to recognize and attack cancer cells.
CAR-T cell therapy