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The  Cephalexin  is an antibiotic belonging to the class of first – generation cephalosporins. It is indicated for the treatment of skin and upper respiratory infections caused by bacteria resistant to other antibiotics or affecting patients allergic to penicillin and its derivatives. It is currently the first-line treatment for these types of infections. Available only

The mecanoterapia can be defined as a branch of physical therapy that uses mechanical devices to treat various diseases or injuries, in order to direct and induce performing movements, controlling the force with running, amplitude and trajectory of themselves. Mechanotherapy was developed by the Swedish orthopedic physician Dr. Jonas Gustav Vilhelm Zander. This doctor is

A near miss event , also called a near miss or near miss, is any action that could have originated an adverse event but which, luckily or due to a timely intervention, did not occur. In some literatures it is also assumed as a quasi-failure the medical error that, although it existed, had not been

The combination loratadine betamethasone brings together a drug that provides immediate relief to the symptoms associated with allergies (loratadine) with another that blocks the inflammatory component of the reaction (betamethasone), which ultimately results in a more powerful therapeutic effect and a higher rate lower number of recurrences. This composition has become a very popular therapeutic

The azotemia is a condition characterized by the presence of nitrogen compounds in the blood. It is a term that results from the fusion of the Greek words “azote” (lifeless), used to designate nitrogen, and “haima”, which refers to blood. It should be noted that the nitrogen referred to is not the one that can

The polipnea is a clinical sign and symptom consisting of increasing frequency and inspiratory volume during breathing. It is produced by the association of two symptoms (tachypnea and hyperpnea) due to the stimulation of the respiratory center. As a result of a given stimulus, the breaths become faster and deeper. Under normal conditions, the respiratory

The  neumatocele  to the pathological formation of a cavity within the lung parenchyma that is filled with air. This cavity or cyst has very thin walls and sometimes, in addition to air, it can have fluid inside. It is usually confused with  bulls , but these are not transitory as pneumatocele can be. The etymology

The effects that radiopharmaceuticals produce in a patient are the reaction generated by their administration. They are variable, since they depend on the dose of the radiopharmaceutical and the organ under study or treatment, also called the target. Radiopharmaceuticals are radioactive drugs made up of a radioactive isotope and a molecule or agent that carries

The social medicine is a discipline that studies the social, genetic and environmental factors that influence the generation of diseases in order to promote prevention methods and protection of the individual and community. Social medicine is in charge of predicting how these factors can influence the appearance of future diseases; and it is applied actively

The photomotor reflex  is the reflex arc responsible for the contraction of the eye’s pupil in response to the increase in the amount of light in the environment. It is a reflex mediated by the sympathetic nervous system whose function is to guarantee that the optimal amount of light enters the eye for adequate vision, thus