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| Md who specializes in treating the heart |
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| electrocardiogram - the record produced by electrocardiography; a tracing representing the heart's electrical action derived by amplification of the minutely small electrical impulses normally generated by the heart. |
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| activities of daily living. |
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| is a state of mental confusion that develops quickly and usually fluctuates in intensity. |
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| is a loss of mental ability severe enough to interfere with normal activities of daily living, lasting more than six months, not present since birth, and not associated with a loss or alteration of consciousness |
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| 1.relating to or denoting drugs that affect a person's mental state. |
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| Being or situated at right angles to the horizon; upright. |
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| is a restriction in blood supply to tissues, causing a shortage of oxygen and glucose needed for cellular metabolism (to keep tissue alive |
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| Resident Assessment Protocol |
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| A device for studying the interior of the eyeball through the pupil. |
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| is an infection of the lung that can be caused by nearly any class of organism known to cause human infections. These include bacteria, amoebae, viruses, fungi, and parasites. In the United States, pneumonia is the sixth most common disease leading to death; |
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| is a condition of abnormally large fluid volume in the circulatory system or in tissues between the body's cells |
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