This article was originally posted Dec. 8, 2014. It has been updated. There are many things in medicine that are merely a matter of preference or style. How to check a patient’s pulse is not one ...

Tobacco use disorder (addiction to tobacco) is also thought to contribute to a wide pulse pressure.. Distributive shock: This medical emergency occurs when the body doesn't circulate enough blood to ...

† Those without notes are either nonspecific or give too many clues of the diseases that cannot be listed. ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; FDG PET-CT ...

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