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Critical care
Intensive care. The specialized care of patients whose conditions are life-threatening and who require comprehensive care and constant monitoring, usually in intensive care units
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- Spina bifida cystica A bony defect in the vertebral column that causes a cleft in that column. The meningeal membranes that cover…
- Aphrasia The inability to speak or understand phrases
- Choana (Plural: choanae) The passageway from the back of one side of the nose to the throat. There are two choanae…
- Thyroplasty A surgical technique designed to improve the voice by altering the cartilages of the larynx (the voice box)…
- Aspartame A man-made sweetener with almost no calories used in place of sugar. A diet program with aspartame and…
- Diaper rash, yeast Rash, yeast: Infection in the diaper area caused by a yeast formerly called Monilia and now called Candida…
- Immunization, hepatitis B Hepatitis B (hep B) vaccine gives prolonged protection, but 3 shots over a half year are usually required. In…
- Therapy, salvage See: Salvage therapy
- Pneumocystis Pneumocystis jiroveci (previously classified as Pneumocystis carinii), the fungus that causes pneumocystis…