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Definition
Acute means sudden or severe. Acute symptoms appear, change, or worsen rapidly. It is the opposite of chronic .
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Encyclopedia: Acute Medicine
Acute medicine is that part of internal medicine concerned with the immediate and early specialist management of adult patients with a wide range of medical conditions who present in hospital as emergencies. Footnotes 1. http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/college/faq_specialty.asp
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Is there any effective medicine for acute motion sickness?
my son is of the age of 10 years and is suffering from acute motion...
my son is of the age of 10 years and is suffering from acute motion...
give him Cocculus Indicus 30 at 7Am and Petroleum-30 at 10 Pm for a fortnight and report.
Asked by np - 7 months ago
What does chronic and acute mean in medicine?
I just finished watching a House episode (medical drama) and they used the terms "chronic"...
I just finished watching a House episode (medical drama) and they used the terms "chronic"...
Chronic - rumbling on and on Acute - sudden and intense Examples:- Chronic back pain is where someone suffers pain in the back for years, sometimes its worse than at other times but...
Asked by Do It My Way - 15 months ago