In this context, the term ‘essential’ reflects the original view that the condition was thought to be constitutional-‘of the essence’. Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005 Huchard, Henri, French physician, 1844-1910. Huchard disease - hypertension that occurs...
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[65]. Although in the literature the termElectronic Medical Record(EMR) is used interchangeably with EHR, they refer to different information models. More specifically, EMR is a record created in thehospital information systemor ambulatory environment, which can be included into the EHR[66,67]. ...
37 million people in the United States are living with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The term “chronic kidney disease” means lasting damage to the kidneys that can get worse over time.If the damage is very bad, your kidneys may stop working. This is called kidney failure, or end-stage ...
Response:Acute kidney injury (AKI) had previously been considered a reversible short-term medical problem among hospitalized patients without long-term sequalae in that there is recovery of kidney function back to baseline should the patient survive the hospitalization.Then about 15 years ago, the ...
In this workshop, participants addressed some of these hurdles, with specific emphasis on topics like the statutory term distinctive nutritional requirements, the regulatory term modification of the diet alone, the role of clinical guidelines, the requirement that medical foods be used under medical ...
Many of these devices remain investigational and large-scale studies are underway to collect sufficient long-term data to validate these various applications as viable alternatives to surgery in the initial treatment of selected patients. The FDA is requiring that both Nitinol Medical Technologies, Inc...
1. Long-term Care:Services that help you perform basic tasks, whether through a caregiver or astay in a nursing home, are generally not covered by Medicare. 2. Hearing Aids:Hearing aids and most audiology services are not covered by Original Medicare. ...
A single study assessed presence of ED by means of a single question (“How would you describe your ability to get and keep an erection that is adequate for satisfactory intercourse?”). The remaining studies used validated questionnaires: in detail, 4studies used the IIEF and 4 studies used...
The term “superdisintegrant” as used herein refers to a group of disintegration agents well-known to a person skilled in the art, which can be used in a fractional amount of normal disintegrants to obtain the same effect of facilitating the disintegration or “breakup” of the dosage form...