Emergencies in addiction medicine (general questions)

Emergencies in HIV medicine.

Antiretroviral therapy has ensured a reasonably good quality of life among HIV-infected individuals. Opportunistic infections/malignancies make immune system weaker and as these are associated with HIV infection, so need quick intervention. Emergencies in HIV infection occur due to opportunistic infections or due to antiretroviral therapy. Pulmonary emergencies, central nervous system emergenci...

Emergencies in General Practice

Ophthalmic Emergencies in General Practice.

drawing taken from life. The optic nerve has become medullated beyond the disc, and when these medullated fibres are present the disc loses its sharp edge and the vessels disappear and reappear from the mass of white tissue so that there is a very definite resemblance to papilloedema. It will be noticed, however, that the surface of the nerve head is not elevated, and that the white area is not...

Update in addiction medicine.

In 1978, Regier and colleagues (1) coined the term “de facto mental health and substance abuse system” after finding that most patients with mental illness and substance abuse are treated in the general medical sector, not in psychiatric settings. Despite the availability of this system, many patients with mental disorders and substance abuse do not receive a diagnosis, and many do not receive ...

Emergencies of General Practice