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| Presence of fluid in the pleural cavity resulting from excess transudation or exudation from the pleural surfaces. It is a sign of Disease and not a Diagnosis in itself. |
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| The introduction to whole blood or blood component directly into the blood stream. |
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| Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the Heart as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of Time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a Cathode Ray Tube DISPLAY. |
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| A disorder characterized by Confusion; inattentiveness; disorientation; Illusions; Hallucinations; agitation; and in some instances Autonomic Nervous System overactivity. |
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| An acquired Organic Mental Disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves Memory, Behavior, Personality, Judgment, Attention, spatial relations, Language, abstract thought, and other Executive Functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of Consciousness. |
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| relating to or denoting drugs that affect a person's mental state. |
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| The ability to walk from place to place independently with or without the use of an assistive device. |
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| (IC) is a condition that occurs when the heart muscle is weakened. In this condition, the left ventricle, which is the main heart muscle, is usually enlarged and dilated. This condition can be a result of a heart attack or coronary artery disease, a narrowing of the arteries. |
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| Latin for "ter in die", which translates to three times a day. |
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| the central compartment of the thoracic cavity surrounded by loose connective tissue, as an undelineated region that contains a group of structures within the thorax. |
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| a condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness. |
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