Book Review: Symptoms and Signs in Clinical Medicine

Symptoms and Signs in Clinical Medicine

Diversity of Lactobacillus species in primary dental pulp and clinical signs and symptoms

Aims: bacteria are one of the main factors involved in the process of tooth decay.  They play an important role in the onset and progression of tooth decay and are the main cause of pulp and periapical diseases. Their presence in the crown pulp and dental canal causes symptoms in the teeth; therefore, the aim of this study was to molecular study of anaerobic bacteria in primary and necrotic tee...

Symptoms and Signs in Clinical Medicine: An Introduction to Medical Diagnosis

Symptoms and Signs in Clinical Medicine: An Introduction to Medical Diagnosis

Clinical signs in medicine: pulsus paradoxus.

Historical Aspects The reduction in pulse volume during inspiration was first described by Lomer in 1669 in constrictive pericarditis1. A similar finding was described by Floyer and later by William in 1850 in bronchial asthma1. Adolf Kussmaul (Freiberg, Germany) coined the term “pulsus paradoxus” in 1873 in three patients with constrictive pericarditis. The “paradox” was: (1) the discrepancy b...