In EMS, there’s an endless amount of terminology and phrases. When you’re on scene, it’s not helpful if you just say, “Don’t forget DCAP-BTLS.” Instead, you need to know what the DCAP-BTLS acronym means and how to apply it as part of the patient assessment. What does DCAP...
Does Diabetes Evidence Appear in Pee? While glucose is one urine testing method that suggests diabetes, it’s not the only sign of diabetes in the urine. People with diabetes have difficulty converting sugar for the fuel the body needs. The body needs to use a different fuel source in this...
understanding the terminology and nuances of the industry is vital. One such term that may arise is “aggregate” in health insurance. What exactly does it mean and how does it relate to the field of health insurance
A tool to assess nutritional status in older persons was really needed. It took 5 years to design the MNA® (Mini Nutrition Assessment) tool, complete
Clinical coding is the task of transforming medical information in a patient’s health records into structured codes so that they can be used for statistical analysis. This is a cognitive and time-consuming task that follows a standard process in order to achieve a high level of consistency. Cl...
What is the medical term for kneecap? What type of muscle tissue is found in the stomach? What is an intra-abdominal pregnancy? What does ventral midline incision mean in veterinary medicine? What do sutures and gomphoses have in common? What are the folds in the small intes...
Qi can also meanairorgas, as in Hūxī kōngqì. –“breathe the air.” 呼吸空气 It could also be used to refer to flatulence qìzhàng 气胀 or shǐqì 矢气. Once, a famous old Chinesetai chiteacher, while commenting on the effectiveness oftai chiat improving digestion and getting out ...
“natural childbirth,” andI couldn’t help but cringe a little. (Ever since an attending once corrected me on the wards [You mean “unmedicated” or “low-intervention.”], I’ve been too sensitive about the terminology. Not to go into it too much here, but I worry about the ...
18 patients were treated more than once with at least one of these agents (either CAPTEM, Car- boplatin/Cisplatin and Etoposid or STZ plus 5-FU), whereas 22% resulted in first- or second-line treatment. CAPTEM was mostly used in G2 NETs. The combination of Carbo- or Cisplatin with ...
What does this mean? A) The genital tract is shedding abnormal cells and requires further investigation. B) The patient has in situ carcinoma of the cervix. C) The patient has invasive carcinoma of the cervix A 25-year-old woman notes a round, movable, painles...