AMBOSS fact sheets

Last updated: May 22, 2026

Cardiology

Metabolic syndrome fact sheet Hypertension fact sheet Hypertensive crises fact sheet Myocardial infarction fact sheet Takayasu arteritis factsheet Aortic valve stenosis fact sheet

Pulmonology

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

COPD fact sheet

Gastroenterology

Cirrhosis
Hemochromatosis
Malabsorption and maldigestion
Acute liver failure
Vitamin B12 deficiency
Folate deficiency
Vitamin B₂ deficiency (pellagra)
Vitamin K deficiency
Vitamin K deficiency bleeding of the newborn
Iron deficiency anemia
Wilson disease
Acute pancreatitis
Chronic pancreatitis
Extraintestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease

Cirrhosis fact sheet Hemochromatosis fact sheet Malabsorption and maldigestion fact sheet Acute liver failure fact sheet Vitamin B12 deficiency fact sheet Folate deficiency fact sheet Vitamin B₃ deficiency 🖼 Vitamin-K deficiency bleeding of the newborn factsheet Iron deficiency anemia fact sheet Wilson disease fact sheet Acute pancreatitis Chronic pancreatitis Extraintestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease factsheet

Nephrology

Chronic kidney disease

Chronic kidney disease fact sheet

Endocrinology

Hematology

Disseminated intravascular coagulation fact sheet Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia fact sheet Polycythemia vera fact sheet Multiple myeloma fact sheet Giant cell arteritis factsheet Acute leukemia factsheet

Rheumatology

Infectious disease

Sepsis fact sheet Tuberculosis fact sheet Tuberculosis fact sheet and incidence map HIV/AIDS fact sheet HIV fact sheet and incidence map HIV fact sheet and prevalence map HIV fact sheet and mortality map Hepatitis C fact sheet and prevalence map Syphilis fact sheet Secondary syphilis fact sheet Tertiary syphilis fact sheet African trypanosomiasis fact sheet and incidence map Rabies fact sheet and mortality map Histoplasmosis fact sheet and US endemicity map Lyme disease fact sheet Lyme disease fact sheet and US endemicity map Coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever) fact sheet and US endemicity map Viral hemorrhagic fevers fact sheet Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) fact sheet and prevalence map Paracoccidioidomycosis fact sheet and endemicity map Blastomycosis fact sheet and US endemicity map Infectious mononucleosis fact sheet Clinical features of infective endocarditis

Pediatrics

Infections

Acquired in utero

Congenital TORCH infections
- Congenital toxoplasmosis
- Congenital syphilis
- Congenital varicella syndrome
- Congenital zika syndrome
- Congenital rubella infection
- Congenital CMV infection

Congenital toxoplasmosis TORCH fact sheet Congenital syphilis TORCH fact sheet Congenital varicella syndrome TORCH fact sheet Congenital Zika syndrome TORCH fact sheet Congenital rubella infection TORCH fact sheet Congenital CMV infection TORCH fact sheet

Acquired postnatally

Scarlet fever fact sheet Measles fact sheet Rubella fact sheet Erythema infectiosum (fifth disease) fact sheet Roseola infantum (sixth disease) fact sheet Chickenpox fact sheet Clinical features of Kawasaki disease Mumps fact sheet

Hereditary disorders

Down syndrome (trisomy 21) fact sheet Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18) fact sheet DiGeorge syndrome (22q11.2 deletion syndrome) fact sheet Marfan syndrome fact sheet Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Turner syndrome fact sheet Klinefelter syndrome fact sheet Prader-Willi syndrome fact sheet Potter sequence Angelman syndrome fact sheet Achondroplasia fact sheet Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease) fact sheet Friedreich ataxia fact sheet Fragile X syndrome fact sheet Cri-du-chat syndrome (Cat cry syndrome) fact sheet Williams syndrome fact sheet Phenylketonuria fact sheet Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Becker muscular dystrophy fact sheet Cystic fibrosis fact sheet Patau syndrome (trisomy 13) fact sheet Clinical features of tuberous sclerosis Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome fact sheet Biliary atresia fact sheet Sturge-Weber syndrome fact sheet Autosomal dominant hyper-IgE syndrome fact sheet Alkaptonuria fact sheet Lesch-Nyhan syndrome fact sheet Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome Arginase deficiency factsheet

Neurology

Transient ischemic attack fact sheet Differential diagnoses of primary headaches fact sheet Migraine fact sheet Tension headache fact sheet Cluster headache fact sheet Parkinson disease fact sheet Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) fact sheet Normal pressure hydrocephalus Multiple sclerosis fact sheet Clinical features and pathophysiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Cavernous sinus thrombosis and syndrome Huntington disease fact sheet

Psychiatry

Bulimia nervosa fact sheet Anorexia nervosa fact sheet Serotonin syndrome fact sheet

Sexual medicine

Gender affirming health care
- Transgender woman
- Transgender man

Gender affirming health care - Transgender woman fact sheet

Organ fact sheets

Organ fact sheet: heart Organ fact sheet: lungs Organ fact sheet: stomach Organ fact sheet: small intestine Organ fact sheet: large intestine Organ fact sheet: pancreas Organ fact sheet: penis Organ fact sheet: liver Organ fact sheet: ovary and fallopian tube Organ fact sheet: kidneys Organ fact sheet: spleen Organ fact sheet: testes Organ fact sheet: thyroid gland Organ fact sheet: thymus Organ fact sheet: urinary bladder Organ fact sheet: vagina

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