The coronavirus has destabilized the economy and had impacts on workers across the globe. Taking steps to get help and taking the reins of your money can help you ride out the storm.
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A 73-year-old patient had a diagnosis of breast cancer with disseminated bone metastases. She went to the hospital because a general clinical deterioration. When she was going to be transferred to a bed from the ambulance she felt a strong pain in her left shoulder and a sound like a “click”.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we observe now even the small details of a thoracic x-ray. We try to detect important signs that could be associated with the coronavirus infection. Although the respiratory insufficiency is common to different pulmonary diseases, the context can help to select a particular disease.
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A 47- year- old woman was receiving chemotherapy because of a stage III ovarian cancer. She went to the Emergency Room (ER) with a low fever (37º centigrades), nausea and pain in her abdomen. Continue reading Right lower quadrant pain and ovarian cancer. It is clear. Why should we make a differential diagnosis?
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A 42-year-old woman had a diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer. She started treatment with chemotherapy, but ten days after her first cycle she went to the Emergency Department with symptoms of dyspnea, a non-productive cough and fever. Her blood test showed a normal hemoglobin, platelets and white cell count. Continue reading The lung secret code: who will survive? When bronchoscopy is not possible
Vision is an automatic act, it keeps us aware of our environment to react before a danger or an opportunity. When we want to get more information, we concentrate our minds and our eyes over an object or situation, in a more conscious and active way. After analyzing an
