Hiatal hernia. A hiatal hernia occurs when the upper part of your stomach bulges through your diaphragm into your chest cavity. A hiatal hernia occurs when the upper part of your stomach bulges through the large muscle separating your abdomen and chest (diaphragm). Your diaphragm has a small opening (hiatus) through which your food tube (esophagus) passes before connecting to your stomach. In a hiatal hernia, the stomach pushes up through that opening and into your chest.
Patient Health Questionnaire. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) is a multiple-choice self-report inventory copyrighted by Pfizer Inc, that is used as a screening and diagnostic tool for mental health disorders of depression, anxiety, alcohol, eating, and somatoform.
The basic rule is that people have the right to accept or refuse health care. Health care can't be forced on anyone. But in an emergency, medical professionals do not need a patient's permission to give treatment when these two tests are met: The patient's life or physical integrity is at risk.