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Hospitalist
A hospital-based general physician. Hospitalists assume the care of hospitalized patients in the place of patients' primary care physician. The term 'hospitalist' was first introduced in 1996 by RM Wachter and L Goldman to describe…
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- Grief, complicated See: Complicated grief
- Tachypnea (Pronounced tack-ip-nea.) Abnormally fast breathing. A respiratory rate that is too rapid. The normal rate of…
- Defibrillator storm A condition that arises when a defibrillator implanted in the chest to right an arrhythmia (an abnormal heart…
- Vaginoscopy The use of a viewing instrument to visualize the vaginal canal. Most commonly, a form of endoscope is used in…
- Liver shunt Transjugular, intrahepatic, portosystemic shunt (TIPS), is a shunt (tube) placed between the portal vein…
- Steroid, designer See: Designer steroid
- Aura A premonition. There is often an aura before a migraine or a grand mal seizure. The aura, a symptom of brain…
- Infant in swaddling The symbol of pediatrics and child health. Also known as the della Robbia or the bambino. The infant in…
- Calor Heat, one of the four classic signs of inflammation (together with dolor, rubor and tumor). From the Latin…
- Niacin for high cholesterol Niacin or nicotinic acid, one of the water-soluble B vitamins, given to lower cholesterol. Nicotinic acid…
- Aphrasia The inability to speak or understand phrases