Effects of high altitude (HA) have been encountered in aviation and mountaineering, but here the aviator or mountaineer goes fully prepared for a short stay. With introduction of pressurized planes many of the high altitude problems in commercial aviation have been solved. But in case of men who have to go to the mountains at […]
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Treatment of Elderly Patients | Medical Science
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Treatment of elderly patients is not always away. It is important to realise that age is not always the true indication of the ageing process. Many people look aged even at fifty-five when they usually retire from services, while others look healthy and relatively younger even at sixty or seventy years. The study of the […]
Valvular Heart Disease and Its Prognosis | Medical Science
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Heart Disease Mitral valve disease is the commonest form of chronic rheumatic valve disease, the valve being affected m about 85 per cent of cases. The affected valve may be either stenosed offering obstruction to the flow of blood from the left atrium to the left ventricle or the valve may be incompetent resulting in […]