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31kidney failure — or renal failure Partial or complete loss of kidney function. Acute failure causes reduced urine output and blood chemical imbalance, including uremia. Most patients recover within six weeks. Damage to various kidney structures can result from… …
32Humoral immunity — The Humoral Immune Response (HIR) is the aspect of immunity that is mediated by secreted antibodies (as opposed to cell mediated immunity which involves T lymphocytes) produced in the cells of the B lymphocyte lineage (B cell). Secreted… …
33Rituximab — drugbox mab source = chimeric (mouse/human) target = CD20 CAS number = 174722 31 7 | ATC prefix = L01 | ATC suffix = XC02 | ATC supplemental = | PubChem = | DrugBank = BTD00014 | C=6416 | H=9874 | N=1688 | O=1987 | S=44 | molecular weight =… …
34thrombocytopenia — /throm boh suy teuh pee nee euh/, n. an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets. [1920 25; THROMBOCYTE + O + PENIA] * * * ▪ medical disorder abnormally low number of platelets (platelet) (thrombocytes) in the circulation.… …
35Nephrosis — Non inflammatory, non neoplastic disease of the kidney. Nephrosis an be caused by kidney disease, or it may be a complication of another disorder, particularly diabetes. Diagnosis is by urine testing for the presence of protein, blood testing for …
36Never events — are 28 occurrences on a United States list of inexcusable outcomes in a health care setting. The list was compiled by the National Quality Forum. They are defined as adverse events that are serious, largely preventable, and of concern to both the …
37nephritis — Inflammation of the kidneys. [nephr + G. itis, inflammation] acute n. SYN: acute glomerulonephritis. acute interstitial n. interstitial n. with variable tubular damage and …
38exogenous pyrogen — a fever producing agent of external origin; types include bacterial endotoxins and other microbial products, certain types of antigen antibody complexes, viruses, synthetic polynucleotides, incompatible blood and blood products, and androgen… …
39Clarke, Sir Cyril Astley — ▪ 2001 British physician and scientist (b. Aug. 22, 1907, Leicester, Eng. d. Nov. 21, 2000, Hoylake, Cheshire, Eng.), helped develop a vaccine against erythroblastosis fetalis (also known as Rh hemolytic disease of the newborn) a… …
40IHBT — incompatible hemolytic blood transfusion …
