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- Abdominal aortic aneurysm [r]: Aneurysm that involves the descending aorta from the diaphragm to the split at the iliac arteries. [e]
- Abscess [r]: Accumulation of purulent material in tissues, organs, or circumscribed spaces, usually associated with signs of infection (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Acne vulgaris [r]: Chronic disorder of the pilosebaceous apparatus associated with an increase in sebum secretion (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Acute coronary syndrome [r]: Set of signs and symptoms related to the heart, due to myocardial ischemia. [e]
- Advanced cardiac life support [r]: The use of methods and equipment, beyond the level of cardiopulmonary resuscitation but less than surgical or interventional cardiology, to treat cardiopulmonary arrest (U.S. National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Allergic rhinitis [r]: Inflammation of the nasal passages caused by allergic reaction to airborne substances. [e]
- Anticoagulant [r]: Agents that prevent blood clotting. [e]
- Aortic valve stenosis [r]: Pathological valvular heart disease caused by the incomplete opening of the aortic valve orifice. [e]
- Atrial fibrillation [r]: Condition where there is disorganised electrical conduction in the atria, resulting in ineffective pumping of blood into the ventricle. [e]
- Bacterial endocarditis [r]: Inflammation of the heart caused by the direct invasion of bacteria and leading to deformity and destruction of the valve leaflets. [e]
- Bipolar disorder [r]: A mental illness of the subtype mood disorders which is also known as manic-depressive illness, characterised by the occurrence of manic or hypomanic states alternating with bouts of depression. [e]
- Brain concussion [r]: A nonspecific term used to describe transient alterations or loss of consciousness following closed head injuries (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Breast cancer [r]: Cancer of the glandular breast tissue. [e]
- Central venous catheterization [r]: Surgical procedure used for inserting a medical tube into one of the large veins of the body. [e]
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [r]: A group of diseases characterized by the pathological limitation of airflow in the airway that is not fully reversible. [e]
- Cochrane Collaboration [r]: Group of volunteers who review the effects of health care interventions tested in biomedical randomized controlled trials. [e]
- Colchicine [r]: Poisonous, pale-yellow alkaloid obtained from the seed capsules, corms, and bulbs of the meadow saffron, used in plant breeding to induce chromosome doubling and in medicine to treat gout. [e]
- Colorectal cancer [r]: Malignancy that arises from the lining of either the colon or the rectum. [e]
- Computed tomographic colonography [r]: A non-invasive imaging method that uses computed tomographic data combined with specialized imaging software to examine the colon (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Coronary heart disease [r]: Disease of the heart that involves narrowing of the coronary arteries. [e]
- Critical care [r]: Health care provided to a critically ill patient during a medical emergency or crisis (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Deep venous thrombosis [r]: The formation of a blood clot ("thrombus") in a deep vein. [e]
- Dementia [r]: Progressive decline in two or more cognitive domains that is severe enough to interfere with the performance of everyday activities (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Depression [r]: Psychiatric disorder characterized by generalized melancholy, retreat from social contact, disrupted sleep patterns, akathisia, or a feeling of restlessness and increased movement, and anhedonia, or a diminished ability to experience pleasure. [e]
- Diabetes mellitus type 2 [r]: Medical condition characterised by glucose intolerance and hyperglycemia [e]
- Digital object identifier [r]: Unique label for a computer readable object that can be found on the internet, usually used in academic journals. [e]
- Dyspepsia [r]: Chronic or recurrent pain or discomfort centered in the upper abdomen. [e]
- Embolism and thrombosis [r]: Pathological conditions which are caused by the formation of a blood clot (thrombus) in a blood vessel, or by blocking of a blood vessel with an embolus, undissolved materials in the blood stream (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Epilepsy [r]: Brain disorder manifested as recurrent seizures or disturbed mental function, due to disturbances of brain electrical activity. [e]
- Evidence-based medicine [r]: The conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. [e]
- Fever [r]: Elevation in the central body temperature of warm-blooded animals caused by abnormal functioning of the thermoregulatory mechanisms. [e]
- Fibromyalgia [r]: Inflammation of the fibrous or connective tissue of the body, characterized by acute and debilitating widespread musculoskeletal pain. [e]
- Flatfoot [r]: Congenital or acquired flatness of the arch of the foot, in which the foot and heel usually also roll outward. [e]
- Gout [r]: Disturbance of uric-acid metabolism, characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, especially of the feet, from the deposition of urate crystals. [e]
- HIV screening [r]: Examination of people with no symptoms, to detect unsuspected cases of human immunodeficiency virus. [e]
- Headache [r]: Continuous pain perceived as being in the cranium. [e]
- Health care quality assurance [r]: Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. [e]
- Heart failure [r]: Defective cardiac filling and/or impaired contraction and emptying, resulting in the heart's inability to pump a sufficient amount of blood to meet the needs of the body tissues or to be able to do so only with an elevated filling pressure (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Heart murmur [r]: Heart sounds caused by vibrations resulting from the flow of blood through the heart (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus [r]: An infectious human retrovirus, transmitted by bodily fluids, that causes AIDS. [e]
- Hypercholesterolemia [r]: Presence of an abnormally large amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the circulating blood. [e]
- Hypertension [r]: A multisystem disease whose hallmark is the elevation of blood pressure. [e]
- Immediate hypersensitivity [r]: Humoral reaction, mediated by the circulating B lymphocytes, which causes any of three responses: anaphylactic, cytotoxic, and immune system hypersensitivity. [e]
- Incidentaloma [r]: Tumour found by coincidence without clinical symptoms or suspicion. [e]
- Infection control [r]: Programs of disease surveillance, generally within health care facilities, designed to investigate, prevent, and control the spread of infections and their causative microorganisms (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Infectious Disease Society of America [r]: American medical association representing physicians, scientists and other health care professionals who specialize in infectious diseases. [e]
- Irritable bowel syndrome [r]: A disorder with chronic or recurrent colonic symptoms without a clearcut etiology (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Ischemic colitis [r]: A medical condition in which inflammation and injury of the large intestine result from inadequate blood supply. [e]
- Lumbalgia [r]: Common musculoskeletal disorder caused by a variety of diseases and trauma that affect the lumbar spine. [e]
- Lung cancer screening [r]: Strategies used to identify early lung cancers before they cause symptoms, at a point where they are more likely to be curable. [e]
- Lung cancer [r]: Disease where epithelial tissue in the lung develop malignancy, leading to metastasis, and the invasion of adjacent tissue. [e]
- Mesenteric ischemia [r]: A medical condition in which inflammation and injury of the small intestine result from inadequate blood supply. [e]
- Methadone [r]: Synthetic, relatively long-acting oral opioid analgesic, with actions similar to those of morphine and heroin. [e]
- Myocardial infarction [r]: A heart attack, gross necrosis of the myocardium, resulting from interruption of the blood supply to the area. [e]
- National Guidelines Clearinghouse [r]: Database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents, maintained by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. [e]
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence [r]: Part of the National Health Service, in the United Kingdom. [e]
- Neutropenia [r]: A decrease in the number of neutrophilic leukocytes in the blood (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent [r]: Medication other than corticosteroids having analgesic, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory activity due to their ability to inhibit the synthesis of prostaglandins. [e]
- Obesity [r]: Excessive stores of body fat. [e]
- Osteoporosis [r]: Reduction of bone mass without alteration in the composition of bone, leading to fractures. [e]
- Pain [r]: Unpleasant feeling or hurtful sensation that is conveyed to the brain by stimulation of sensory neurons. [e]
- Palliative care [r]: Medical care or treatment that concentrates on alleviating the severity of disease symptoms, rather than striving to provide a cure. [e]
- Pancreatitis [r]: Inflammation of the pancreas, commonly acute due to alcoholic pancreatitis or gallstone pancreatitis. [e]
- Peak expiratory flow rate [r]: Measurement of the maximum amount of expelled air that leaves the lungs on forced exhalation. [e]
- Pneumococcal vaccine [r]: Vaccines or candidate vaccines used to prevent infections with streptococcus pneumoniae (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Pneumonia [r]: Inflammation of the lungs (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Preoperative care [r]: Preparation and management of a patient prior to surgery. [e]
- Prostate cancer [r]: Malignant tumour of glandular origin in the prostate, most presenting as adenocarcinomas. [e]
- PubMed [r]: Search engine for accessing the MEDLINE database of citations, abstracts and some full text articles on life sciences and biomedical topics. [e]
- Second-generation antidepressant [r]: Antidepressants characterized primarily by the era of their introduction, rather than by their chemical structure or by their pharmacological effect. [e]
- Septic shock [r]: Serious medical condition caused by decreased tissue perfusion and oxygen delivery as a result of infection and sepsis. [e]
- Sinusitis [r]: Infection or inflammation of the paranasal sinuses, which may or may not be as a result of infection, from bacterial, fungal, viral, allergic or autoimmune issues. [e]
- Syncope [r]: Transient loss of consciousness and postural tone caused by diminished blood flow to the brain (i.e., brain ischemia) (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk score [r]: The Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) Risk Score is a clinical prediction rule that can predict the likelihood of morbidity in patients with unstable angina or Non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). [e]
- Thyroid nodule [r]: Abnormal lumps which commonly arise within an otherwise normal thyroid gland. [e]
- Torsades de pointes [r]: Paroxysms of ventricular tachycardia in which the electrocardiogram shows a steady undulation in the QRS axis. [e]
- U.S. Preventive Services Task Force [r]: American panel of experts in primary care and prevention that systematically reviews the evidence of effectiveness and develops recommendations for clinical preventive services. [e]
- Urethritis [r]: inflammation of the urethra, with vague discomfort to painful urination (dysuria), urethral discharge, or both. [e]
- Vascular disease [r]: Pathological processes involving any of the blood vessels in the cardiac or peripheral circulation. They include diseases of arteries; veins; and rest of the vasculature system in the body (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Vertigo (medical) [r]: Type of dizziness, whirling or spinning movement, indicating a major symptom of a balance disorder. [e]
- Viral encephalitis [r]: Inflammation of brain parenchymal tissue as a result of viral infection. [e]
- Warfarin [r]: Rat poison also used as anticoagulant medication to prevent embolism and thrombosis [e]
