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Medical basics

This section contains 261 articles. See also "Anatomy and morphology" for general anatomy and physiology.

General concepts

This section contains 36 articles.

Medical procedures

This section contains 82 articles. See also "Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/Technology#Medical_technology" for medical devices and equipment.

Medical procedures: General

This section contains 11 articles.

  1. Medical procedure
  2. Abortion (Level 3)
  3. Anesthesia (Level 3)
    1. General anaesthesia
    2. Local anesthesia
  4. Blood donation
  5. End-of-life care
    1. Hospice
    2. Palliative care (Level 4)
  6. Medical test (Level 4)
  7. Sterilization (medicine) (Level 4)

Diagnostics

This section contains 30 articles.

  1. Medical diagnosis (Level 4)
  2. Physical examination (Level 4)
  3. Screening (medicine)
  4. Auscultation
    1. Heart sounds
    2. Respiratory sounds
  5. Autopsy (Level 4)
  6. Biopsy (Level 4)
  7. Blood test (Level 4)
    1. Blood culture
    2. Complete blood count
    3. Comprehensive metabolic panel
    4. Glucose test
    5. Lipid profile
  8. Diagnostic microbiology
  9. Eye examination (Level 4)
  10. Lumbar puncture (Level 4)
  11. Palpation
  12. Pap test (Level 4)
  13. Percussion (medicine)
  14. Reflex (Level 4)
  15. Telehealth
  16. Urine test
    1. Drug test
    2. Pregnancy test
  17. Vital signs
    1. Blood pressure (Level 4)
    2. Human body temperature
    3. Pulse (Level 4)
    4. Respiratory rate

Treatments

This section contains 41 articles.

  1. Therapy (Level 4)
  2. Blood transfusion (Level 4)
  3. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  4. Cauterization
  5. Chemotherapy (Level 4)
  6. Cure
  7. Defibrillation
  8. Hemodialysis
  9. Intravenous therapy
  10. Massage
  11. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
  12. Occupational therapy
  13. Oral rehydration therapy
  14. Oxygen therapy
  15. Phage therapy
  16. Pharmacotherapy
  17. Physical therapy (Level 4)
  18. Radiation therapy (Level 4)
  19. Reperfusion therapy
  20. Speculum (medicine)
  21. Symptomatic treatment (Level 4)
  22. Tracheal intubation

Dental treatments

This section contains 7 articles.

  1. Crown (dental restoration)
  2. Dental braces
  3. Dental extraction
  4. Dental implant
  5. Dental restoration (Level 4)
  6. Root canal treatment
  7. Impacted wisdom teeth

Surgery

This section contains 12 articles.

  1. Surgery (Level 3)
  2. Amputation (Level 4)
  3. Angioplasty
  4. Caesarean section
  5. Debridement
  6. Hysterectomy
  7. Incision and drainage
  8. LASIK
  9. Neurosurgery
  10. Organ transplantation (Level 4)
  11. Plastic surgery (Level 4)
  12. Reduction (orthopedic surgery)

Human anatomy

This section contains 64 articles.

Fields of medicine

This section contains 65 articles.

Alternative and traditional medicine

This section contains 14 articles.

  1. Alternative medicine (Level 4)
    1. Chiropractic (Level 4)
    2. Herbal medicine (Level 4)
      1. Medicinal plants
    3. Homeopathy (Level 4)
    4. Naturopathy
    5. Osteopathy
  2. Quackery
  3. Traditional medicine (Level 4)
    1. Ayurveda (Level 4)
    2. Traditional Chinese medicine (Level 4)
      1. Acupuncture (Level 4)
      2. Chinese herbology
      3. Tui na

Drugs and medication

This section contains 151 articles.

General concepts

This section contains 25 articles.

  1. Drug (Level 3)
  2. Adverse effect
  3. Drug class
    1. Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System
    2. Depressant
    3. Hallucinogen
    4. Sedative
    5. Stimulant
  4. Drug interaction
  5. Medication (Level 3)
  6. Placebo (Level 4)
  7. Psychoactive drug
  8. Drug delivery
    1. Dosage form
      1. Capsule (pharmacy)
      2. Inhaler
      3. Nebulizer
      4. Tablet (pharmacy)
    2. Route of administration
      1. Injection (medicine)
      2. Oral administration
      3. Topical medication
  9. Drug discovery
  10. Side effect
  11. WHO Model List of Essential Medicines

Specific drugs

This section contains 126 articles.

  1. Amphetamine (Level 4)
    1. Methamphetamine
  2. Bronchodilator
    1. Salmeterol
    2. Salbutamol
  3. Calamine
  4. Carbamazepine
  5. Ephedrine
  6. Epinephrine (medication)
  7. Gabapentin
  8. Heparin
  9. Hydrocortisone
  10. Insulin (medication)
  11. Loperamide
  12. Propranolol
  13. Sildenafil
  14. Warfarin

Anesthetics

This section contains 14 articles.

  1. Anesthetic
  2. General anaesthetic
    1. Atropine
    2. Halothane
    3. Isoflurane
    4. Ketamine
    5. Midazolam
    6. Nitrous oxide (medication)
    7. Propofol
  3. Local anesthetic
    1. Benzocaine
    2. Bupivacaine
    3. Lidocaine
    4. Procaine

Antihistamines

This section contains 6 articles.

  1. Antihistamine
  2. Cimetidine
  3. Diphenhydramine
  4. Hydroxyzine
  5. Loratadine
  6. Ranitidine

Anti-infectives

This section contains 30 articles.

  1. Antimicrobial
  2. Antimicrobial resistance
  3. Antiseptic
    1. Alcohols (medicine)

Antibiotics

This section contains 14 articles.

  1. Antibiotic (Level 3)
  2. Amoxicillin
  3. Ampicillin
  4. Azithromycin
  5. Cephalosporin
    1. Cefalexin
    2. Cefazolin
  6. Erythromycin
  7. Neomycin/polymyxin B/bacitracin
  8. Penicillin (Level 4)
  9. Tetracycline antibiotics
    1. Doxycycline
    2. Tetracycline
    3. Tigecycline

Antiviral drugs

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Antiviral drug
  2. Aciclovir
  3. Oseltamivir
  4. Zidovudine

Antifungals

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Antifungal
  2. Amphotericin B
  3. Fluconazole

Antiparasitic

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Antiparasitic
  2. Albendazole
  3. Ivermectin
  4. Nitazoxanide
  5. Quinine (Level 4)

Pain treatments

This section contains 13 articles.

  1. Analgesic (Level 4)
  2. Medical cannabis
  3. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
    1. Aspirin (Level 4)
    2. Ibuprofen
    3. Naproxen
  4. Opioid
    1. Codeine
    2. Fentanyl
    3. Hydrocodone
    4. Methadone
    5. Oxycodone
  5. Paracetamol

Psychiatric drugs

This section contains 18 articles.

  1. Psychiatric medication
  2. Antidepressant
    1. Amitriptyline
    2. Bupropion
    3. Clomipramine
    4. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
    5. Fluoxetine
    6. Imipramine
    7. Sertraline
  3. Anxiolytic
    1. Benzodiazepine (Level 4)
    2. Clonazepam
      1. Diazepam
  4. Antipsychotic
    1. Chlorpromazine
    2. Fluphenazine
  5. Mood stabilizer
    1. Lithium (medication)

Vaccines

This section contains 15 articles.

  1. Vaccine (Level 3)
    1. Vaccine hesitancy (Level 4)
      1. Vaccines and autism
  2. COVID-19 vaccine
  3. DPT vaccine
  4. HPV vaccine
  5. Influenza vaccine
  6. Malaria vaccine
  7. MMR vaccine
  8. Polio vaccine (Level 4)
  9. Rabies vaccine
  10. Smallpox vaccine (Level 4)
  11. Typhoid vaccine
  12. Varicella vaccine
  13. Yellow fever vaccine

Recreational drugs

This section contains 13 articles.

  1. Recreational drug use
  2. Alcohol (drug) (Level 4)
    1. Alcohol intoxication (Level 4)
  3. Cannabis (drug) (Level 4)
  4. Heroin
  5. MDMA
  6. Opium (Level 4)
  7. Phencyclidine
  8. Psychedelic drug
    1. LSD
    2. Mescaline
    3. Psilocybin
  9. Tobacco (Level 4)

Morbidity

This section contains 511 articles.

Disease: general classification

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Disease (Level 2)
  2. Acute (medicine)
  3. Chronic condition
  4. International Classification of Diseases

Specific diseases

This section contains 69 articles.

Cardiovascular disease

This section contains 20 articles.

Injury

This section contains 65 articles.

Disabilities

This section contains 30 articles.

Cancer

This section contains 26 articles.

Infectious disease

This section contains 164 articles.

Concepts

This section contains 30 articles.

  1. Infection (Level 3)
    1. Opportunistic infection
  2. Pathogen (Level 4)
    1. Fungal infection (Level 4)
    2. Parasitic disease
      1. Helminthiasis
    3. Pathogenic bacteria
    4. Virus (Level 3)
      1. Introduction to viruses
      2. Viral disease
      3. Virus latency
    5. Prion (Level 4)
  3. Epidemic
    1. Pandemic
  4. Immunity (medicine)
    1. Immunization
    2. Inoculation
  5. Pathogen transmission
    1. Airborne transmission
    2. Disease vector
      1. Zoonosis
        1. Mosquito-borne disease
        2. Tick-borne disease
      2. Reverse zoonosis
    3. Foodborne illness (Level 4)
    4. Natural reservoir
    5. Sexually transmitted infection (Level 3)
    6. Waterborne disease
      1. Fecal–oral route
  6. Immunodeficiency

Infectious diseases by site

This section contains 17 articles.

  1. Bloodstream infection
  2. Conjunctivitis
  3. Encephalitis (Level 4)
  4. Gangrene (Level 4)
  5. Gastroenteritis (Level 3)
    1. Dysentery (Level 4)
  6. Hepatitis (Level 4)
  7. Keratitis
  8. Meningitis (Level 4)
  9. Otitis
    1. Otitis externa
    2. Otitis media
  10. Pelvic inflammatory disease
  11. Respiratory tract infection
    1. Pneumonia (Level 3)
  12. Skin infection
  13. Urinary tract infection

Bacterial infections

This section contains 27 articles.

  1. Anthrax (Level 4)
  2. Brucellosis
  3. Botulism (Level 4)
  4. Chlamydia (Level 4)
  5. Cholera (Level 4)
  6. Diphtheria (Level 4)
  7. Erysipelas
  8. Gonorrhea (Level 4)
  9. Glanders
  10. Impetigo
  11. Legionnaires' disease
  12. Leprosy (Level 4)
  13. Leptospirosis
  14. Lyme disease (Level 4)
  15. Pathogenic Escherichia coli
  16. Plague (disease)
    1. Bubonic plague (Level 4)
  17. Streptococcal pharyngitis
    1. Rheumatic fever
  18. Scarlet fever (Level 4)
  19. Staphylococcal infection
  20. Syphilis (Level 4)
  21. Tetanus (Level 4)
  22. Tuberculosis (Level 3)
  23. Typhoid fever (Level 4)
  24. Typhus (Level 4)
  25. Whooping cough (Level 4)

Viral diseases

This section contains 62 articles.

  1. Chickenpox (Level 4)
    1. Shingles
  2. Chikungunya
  3. Classical swine fever
  4. Common cold (Level 3)
  5. COVID-19
  6. Cowpox
  7. Croup
  8. Dengue fever (Level 4)
  9. Ebola (Level 4)
  10. Hand, foot, and mouth disease (Level 4)
  11. Hepatitis A
  12. Hepatitis B
  13. Hepatitis C
  14. Hepatitis D
  15. Hepatitis E
  16. Herpes (Level 4)
    1. Genital herpes
    2. Cold sore
    3. Herpes gladiatorum
    4. Herpes simplex encephalitis
    5. Herpes meningitis
    6. Herpes esophagitis
    7. Neonatal herpes
    8. Eczema herpeticum
    9. Herpes simplex keratitis
    10. Herpetic gingivostomatitis
    11. Herpetic whitlow
  17. HIV/AIDS (Level 3)
  18. Human papillomavirus infection (Level 4)
  19. Infectious mononucleosis
  20. Influenza (Level 3)
    1. Avian influenza
  21. Japanese encephalitis
  22. Measles (Level 4)
  23. Mpox
  24. Mumps (Level 4)
  25. Nipah virus infection
  26. Polio (Level 4)
  27. Rabies (Level 4)
  28. Rift Valley fever
  29. Rinderpest
  30. Rubella
  31. SARS (Level 4)
  32. Smallpox (Level 3)
  33. West Nile fever (Level 4)
  34. Yellow fever (Level 4)
  35. Zika fever

Specific viruses

This section contains 14 articles.

  1. African swine fever virus
  2. Coronavirus (Level 4)
  3. Hepatitis C virus
  4. Herpesviridae
    1. Epstein–Barr virus
    2. Herpes simplex virus
    3. Varicella zoster virus
  5. HIV
  6. Influenza A virus
  7. Influenza B virus
  8. Norovirus
  9. Orthomyxoviridae
  10. SARS-CoV-2 (Level 4)
  11. Tobacco mosaic virus (Level 4)

Fungal infections

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Athlete's foot
  2. Candidiasis
  3. Dermatophytosis
  4. Onychomycosis

Protozoan infections

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. African trypanosomiasis
  2. Amoebiasis
  3. Chagas disease
  4. Giardiasis
  5. Leishmaniasis
  6. Malaria (Level 3)
  7. Naegleriasis
  8. Toxoplasmosis

Helminthic diseases and infestations

This section contains 12 articles.

  1. Ascariasis
  2. Cysticercosis
  3. Dracunculiasis
  4. Infestation
    1. Head lice infestation
    2. Myiasis
    3. Scabies (Level 4)
  5. Lymphatic filariasis
  6. Onchocerciasis
  7. Schistosomiasis
  8. Taeniasis
  9. Toxocariasis

Prion diseases

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
    1. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
    2. Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
    3. Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease

Mental disorders

This section contains 70 articles. For psychology generally, see Society and social sciences.

  1. Mental disorder (Level 3)
    1. Developmental disorder
  2. Anxiety disorder (Level 4)
    1. Phobia (Level 4)
    2. Post-traumatic stress disorder (Level 4)
    3. Generalized anxiety disorder
    4. Social anxiety disorder
    5. Hypochondriasis
    6. Complex post-traumatic stress disorder
  3. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (Level 4)
  4. Autism (Level 4)
    1. Asperger syndrome
    2. High-functioning autism
  5. Dissociative disorder
    1. Dissociative identity disorder
    2. Dissociative amnesia
    3. Depersonalization-derealization disorder
  6. Catatonia
  7. Conduct disorder
  8. Eating disorder (Level 4)
    1. Anorexia nervosa
    2. Bulimia nervosa
    3. Pica (disorder)
    4. Body image disturbance
  9. Hoarding disorder
  10. Kleptomania
  11. Mass psychogenic illness
  12. Mood disorder
    1. Bipolar disorder (Level 4)
      1. Bipolar I disorder
      2. Bipolar II disorder
    2. Dysthymia
    3. Major depressive disorder (Level 4)
    4. Postpartum depression
    5. Seasonal affective disorder
  13. Obsessive–compulsive disorder
    1. Body dysmorphic disorder
  14. Oppositional defiant disorder
  15. Paranoia
  16. Pedophilia (Level 4)
  17. Personality disorder (Level 4)
    1. Antisocial personality disorder
    2. Avoidant personality disorder
    3. Borderline personality disorder
    4. Dependent personality disorder
    5. Depressive personality disorder
    6. Histrionic personality disorder
    7. Narcissistic personality disorder
    8. Obsessive–compulsive personality disorder
    9. Paranoid personality disorder
    10. Psychopathy (Level 4)
    11. Schizoid personality disorder
    12. Schizotypal personality disorder
  18. Pyromania
  19. Schizophrenia (Level 4)
  20. Sleep disorder
    1. Bruxism
    2. Insomnia
    3. Jet lag
    4. Narcolepsy
    5. Sleep apnea
    6. Sleepwalking
  21. Somatic symptom disorder
  22. Suicide crisis
    1. Suicide intervention
    2. Suicide methods
    3. Suicide prevention
  23. Tourette syndrome

Outdated disorders

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Hysteria
  2. Neurosis (Level 4)

Symptoms and signs

This section contains 63 articles.

Health and fitness

This section contains 125 articles.

Health and fitness: General

This section contains 52 articles.

Physical fitness

This section contains 17 articles.

Vitamins

This section contains 16 articles.

Hygiene and grooming

This section contains 40 articles.


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