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Pediatric Heart Specialists represent a group of physicians dedicated to the treatment of heart disease in children.
Sickle cell anemia is a severe hemolytic anemia that results from inheritance of the sickle hemoglobin gene.
Causes of ARDS( adult respiratory distress syndrome) aka acute lung injury Infection 1.Sepsis 2.Diffuse pulmonary infections 3.Viral, Mycoplasma, and Pneumocystis pneumonia; miliary tuberculosis Gastric aspiration Physical Injury and Pulmonary contusions Mechanical trauma, including head injuries Near-drowning Fractures with fat embolism Burns Ionizing radiation Oxygen toxicity Smoke Irritant gases and chemicals inhalation Chemical Injury Heroin or methadone overdose Acetylsalicylic acid Barbiturate overdose Organic solvents Drugs Hematologic Conditions Multiple transfusions Disseminated intravascular coagulation Pancreatitis Uremia Cardiopulmonary Bypass Hypersensitivity Reactions What is COPD? Basically includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema definition of emphysema is morphologic chronic bronchitis is defined as the presence of chronic and recurrent cough with excessive mucus secretion for atleast 3 months in a year for 2 consecutive years the two diseases usually coexist cigarette smoking is the major contributing factor for both irreversible airflow obstruction of COPD distinguishes it from asthma.
The main difference between cytokines and interleukins is that the cytokines are small proteins involved in cell signaling whereas the interleukins are a group of cytokines that regulate the immune and inflammatory responses.
