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| is swelling caused by fluid retention |
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| The JCAHO directs that (nightly) at bedtime be written in full to avoid misreading of this abbreviation as q.h., every hour. |
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| meaning in the circumstances or as the circumstance arises. It is commonly used in medicine to mean as needed or as the situation arises. |
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| Ophthalmoscopy, also called funduscopy, is a test that allows a health professional to see inside the fundus of the eye and other structures using an ophthalmoscope |
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| is excess fluid that accumulates in the pleural cavity, the fluid-filled space that surrounds the lungs. |
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| lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid. |
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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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| the process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another |
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| is a test that checks for problems with the electrical activity of your heart. |
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| is a blood test used to evaluate your overall health and detect a wide range of disorders, including anemia, infection and leukemia. ... Hematocrit, the proportion of red blood cells to the fluid component, or plasma, in your blood. Platelets, which help with blood clotting. |
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| Activities of daily living (ADL) are routine activities that people tend do every day without needing assistance. There are six basic ADLs: eating, bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring (walking) and continence. |
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| an acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech. |
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| a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning. |
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| he NAS diet allows all milk, all yogurt, all fruits and all breads without salted tops. Vegetables must be fresh or frozen and not canned or pickled. |
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| congestive heart failure. : heart failure in which the heart is unable to maintain adequate circulation of blood in the tissues of the body or to pump out the venous blood returned to it by the venous circulation—compare coronary failure. |
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| occurs when your heart muscle becomes weakened. It can result from a heart attack or coronary artery disease. In coronary artery disease, the arteries that supply blood to your heart muscle become narrowed |
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| hydrochloride is an acid salt resulting, or regarded as resulting, from the reaction of hydrochloric acid with an organic base |
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