thoracic compliance

  • 1compliance — 1. A measure of the distensibility of a chamber expressed as a change in volume per unit change in pressure. 2. The consistency and accuracy with which a patient follows the regimen prescribed by a …

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  • 2Compliance (physiology) — This article is about the physiological term. For other uses, see Compliance (disambiguation). Compliance is a measure of the tendency of a hollow organ to resist recoil toward its original dimensions upon removal of a distending or compressing… …

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  • 3CTh — thoracic compliance …

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  • 4Resistance — Opposition to something, or the ability to withstand it. For example, some forms of staphylococcus are resistant to treatment with antibiotics. * * * 1. A force exerted in opposition to an active force. 2. The opposition in a conductor to the… …

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  • 5CTh — • carrier specific T helper [cell] • thoracic compliance …

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  • 6Pulmonary contusion — Classification and external resources A CT scan showing a pulmonary contusion (red arrow) accompanied by a rib fracture (blue arrow) ICD 10 S …

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  • 7Tuberculosis treatment — Various pharmaceutical tuberculosis treatments their actions Tuberculosis treatment refers to the medical treatment of the infectious disease tuberculosis (TB). The standard short course treatment for TB is isoniazid, rifampicin (also known as… …

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  • 8Cardiac output — (Q or or CO ) is the volume of blood being pumped by the heart, in particular by a left or right ventricle in the time interval of one minute. CO may be measured in many ways, for example dm3/min (1 dm3 equals 1000 cm3 or 1 litre). Q is… …

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  • 9Idiopathische Lungenfibrose — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 J84 Sonstige interstitielle Lungenkrankheiten …

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  • 10Idiopathische pulmonale Fibrose — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 J84 Sonstige interstitielle Lungenkrankheiten …

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