Clinical medicine A diagnosis reached by an extensive workup, on which therapy is based. CfClinical suspicion. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page...
Although legal and medical definitions vary, rape is typically defined as penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object or oral penetration by another person's sex organ without the consent of the victim (1). Peop...
Undoubtedly medical errors account for substantial patient morbidity and mortality. The subject is complicated due to complex and at times confusing taxonomy and the lack of agreed definitions and classification of medical/ surgical errors. It is not possible to eliminate errors from clinical practice ...
It is understood to be expanding rather than contracting, plays out at the level of interaction or of definitions and agenda-setting, and is said to be largely harmful and costly to individuals and societies. Medicalization of global health issues would overemphasise the role of health care to...
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The third international consensus definitions for sepsis and septic shock (sepsis-3). JAMA. 2016;315(8):801–10. Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Perner A, Rhodes A, Venkatesh B, et al. Sepsis: frontiers in supportive care, organisation and research. Intensive Care Med. ...
Definitions: UMN dysfunction requires ≥ 1 of the following: ↑ Deep tendon reflexes Pathologic reflexes (e.g., Hoffman, Babinski) ↑ Velocity-dependent tone ( spasticity ) Slowed, uncoordinated movement that cannot be attributed to LMN causes or parkinsonian features LMN dysfunction requires eithe...
(MUPS), such as somatization, SFD, and functional somatic symptom,11 and these various definitions and methods might have led to inconsistent conclusions.12 Thus, SSD and its clinical features in particular have scarcely been studied.13 SSD patients may complain of various symptoms includ- ing ...
Multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired resistance. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2012;18(3):268–81. Article CAS Google Scholar O’Grady NP, Alexander M, Burns LA, Dellinger EP, Garland...
In addition, the definitions of outcomes, treatment regimens, and assessment criteria were not similar among these included studies, which may have contributed to bias but not considerable variance. Molecular Mechanisms of Actions, Effects, and Clinical Implications of PARP Inhibitors in Epithelial ...