cerebrovascular accident
51CVA — The term CVA can be: *Cranio Vertebral Anomalies *Cape Volunteer Artillery (CVA) *Carrabassett Valley Academy, a ski and snowboard Academy based in Carrabassett Valley, ME *Cerebrovascular accident, also known as a stroke *Costovertebral angle,… …
52Jules Cotard — (June 1,1840 August 19,1889) was a French neurologist who is best known for first describing the Cotard delusion, a patient s delusional belief that they are dead, do not exist or do not have bodily organs.He studied medicine in Paris and later… …
53Rapid eye movement behavior disorder — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D020447 Rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is a sleep disorder (more specifically a… …
54Apoplexy — is a medical term, which can be used to describe bleeding in a stroke (formerly described as a cerebrovascular accident). Without further specification, it is rather outdated in use. Today it is used only for specific conditions, such as… …
55Ophthalmoscope — The ophthalmoscope (or funduscope) is an instrument used to examine the eye. Its use is crucial in determining the health of the retina and the vitreous humor. In patients with headaches, the finding of swollen optic discs, or papilledema, on… …
56Infarction — In medicine, an infarction is the process resulting in a macroscopic area of necrotic tissue in some organ caused by loss of adequate blood supply. Supplying arteries may be blocked from within by some obstruction (e.g. a blood clot or fatty… …
57Cushing's triad — is a clinical triad variably defined as either hypertension, bradycardia, and irregular respiration [1], or less commonly as widened pulse pressure (with elevated systolic and a either elevated or normal diastolic BP), irregular respiration, and… …
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59AbioCor — is an artificial heart developed by the Massachusetts based company ABIOMED (see AbioMed). It is fully implantable within a patient, due to a combination of advances in miniaturization, biosensors, plastics and energy transfer that has made this… …
60List of medical emergencies — The following is a list of symptoms and conditions that signal or constitute a possible medical emergency and may require immediate first aid, emergency room care, surgery, or care by a physician or nurse. Please note that not all medical… …
