Aortic stenosis is the obstruction of blood flow across the aortic valve. The prevalence increases with age; in the United States, an estimated 2-5% of adults older than 65 years have aortic stenosis.

Author: Cosimo Laterza, MD, FAWM, FAAEM; Chief Editor: Trevor John Mills, MD, MPH more... Left orbital floor fracture. This patient presented with little motility disturbance; however, because of the ...

Author: Vikramjit S Kanwar, MBBS, MBA, MRCP(UK), FRCPCH, FAAP; Chief Editor: Hassan M Yaish, MD more... Neutrophils in this blood smear (original magnification X1500) have the 2 characteristics of the ...

Povidone-iodine 1.25% ophthalmic solution may be as effective as topical antibiotics, especially in resource-limited settings There is no data supporting the cost-effectiveness of antibiotics for mild ...

The following organizations have released guidelines for the management of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). Key diagnostic and treatment recommendations have been reviewed and integrated ...

American Urology Association (AUA) guidelines for diagnosis and management of genitourinary injuries were amended in 2017 and 2020 to reflect literature that was released since the original ...

Grade A (ie, strongly supported) treatment recommendations included the following. Immunocompetent patients - Topical azoles once or twice daily for 2-4 weeks; selenium sulfide once daily for 3 days, ...

Flank pain is a relatively common condition seen in a variety of settings, from general practice to any number of specialties. Many possible etiologies for flank pain exist and a number are commonly ...

The Karnofsky Performance Scale Index is an assessment tool for functional impairment. It can be used to compare effectiveness of different therapies and to assess the prognosis in individual patients ...

Compound presentations may be observed more commonly after premature rupture of membranes, with preterm labor, with pelvic masses displacing the main fetal pole, or after inductions of labor involving ...

In 2014, the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) released updated clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute otitis externa (OE).

The clinical staging of prostate cancer was devised from the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) system. [1] Risk stratification is based on the clinical stage as ...