The mechanisms of drug hypersensitivity are not well understood. This is reflected by difficulties in their classification, which is mainly based upon the current knowledge of immunologic and nonimmunologic mechanisms, onset of symptoms (immediate or nonimmediate) and morphology. For the individual ...
The baseline SOFA score should be assumed to be zero unless the patient is known to have preexisting (acute or chronic) organ dysfunction before the onset of infection. Patients with a SOFA score of 2 or more had an overall mortality risk of approximately 10% in a general hospital ...
Each generation of offspring has increased severity of a genetic disorder; e.g., a grandchild may have earlier onset and more severe symptoms than the parent, who had earlier onset than the grandparent. See also: additive genetic effects, complex trait Antisense Nucleic acid that has a se...
Definition: children or young of a particular parent or progenitor Synonyms: baby, kid, pup, children Example: Tom’s sister came over on Saturday with all her offspring. 2. Organ Definition: a part of the body of an animal or plant that performs a particular job Synonyms: unit, part, ...
Atrial fibrillation New onset of irregularly irregular heart rate in the absence of P waves lasting at least 30 s or for the duration of the ECG recording (if <30 s) As atrial fibrillation can occur asymptomatically, the lack of continuous EKG monitoring for atrial fibrillation surveillance shou...
Schizophrenia is a debilitating psychiatric disorder and patients experience significant comorbidity, especially cognitive and psychosocial deficits, already at the onset of disease. Previous research suggests that treatment during the earlier stages of
38 and 39. 50.2 Nausea/Vomiting 50.2.1 Definitions Nausea: a disorder characterized by a queasy sen- sation and/or the urge to vomit. Vomiting: a disorder characterized by the reflexive act of ejecting the contents of the stom- ach through the mouth. 50.2.2 Types Acute onset: within...
onset of schizophrenia The disorder manifests when a person with a genetic predisposition is exposed to one of many environmental stressors. - genetic predisposition - environmental stressors Etiological factors of schizophrenia Environmental stressors are believed to be triggers of schizophrenia rather th...
of education, IQ, social interactions, complexity of occupation, leisure activities and socioeconomic status, are often used as proxies for reserve as they are associated with a later onset of AD and with processes that can be linked to the proposed definitions. For example, more years of ...
The researchers noted variation with respect to timing sincesymptom onsetand minimum duration required for diagnosis in five clinical definitions of long COVID; one additional definition was based on symptom scores. Five key principles informed 49 long COVID care models: a core "lead" team, multidi...