| Simon's sign | <clinical sign> In incipient meningitis in children, the movements of the diaphragm are dissociated from those of the thorax. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Baruch, Simon | <person> U.S. Physician, 1840-1921. See: Baruch's law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Binet-Simon scale | Forerunner of individual intelligence tests, particularly the Stanford-Binet intelligence scale, and sometimes referred to as the Binet scale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Simon, Charles | <person> U.S. Physician, 1866-1927. See: Simon's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Simon, Gustav | <person> German surgeon, 1824-1876. See: Simon's position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simon nitinol ivc filter | <radiology> Introduced 1990; Nitinol Medical Technologies, Woburn, MA. BARD, thermal memory alloy:titanium and nickel;, straightened form at cool temperatures (4-10C), reforms into predetermined filter shape at body temperatures efficacy, recurrent PE: 0 - 4.8%, IVC thrombosis: 7 - 11% (by clinical symptoms), access site thrombosis: 2 - 10% advantages, narrow introducer sheath (9 Fr), largest choice of access: brachial or left CFV approach without difficulty, only mild MRI artifacts disadvantages, IVC thrombosis: symptomatic occlusion rates higher than reported wtih Greenfield or bird's nest filters, caval penetration: 1 - 33%, caudal drop: exact filter location difficult to predict (12 Dec 1998) |
| Simon's position | A position for vaginal examination; a supine position with hips elevated, thighs and legs flexed, and thighs widely separated. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Simon, Theodore | <person> French physician, 1873-1961. See: Binet-Simon scale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Flexner, Simon | <person> U.S. Pathologist, 1863-1946. See: Flexner's bacillus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abortion, septic | Infected abortion in which there is dissemination of microorganisms and their products into the maternal systemic circulation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bursitis, septic | A bursa is a closed fluid-filled sac that functions as a gliding surface to reduce friction between tissues of the body. When the bursa becomes inflamed, the condition is known as bursitis. When the bursa is infected with bacteria, the condition is called septic bursitis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| septic | Pproduced by or due to decomposition by microorganisms, putrefactive. Origin: Gr. Septikos (18 Nov 1997) |
| septic abortion | An infectious abortion complicated by fever, endometritis, and parametritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| septic arthritis | <pathology> A pus-forming bacterial infection of a joint space. Symptoms include a hot, swollen, red joint, that is very tender to any attempted movement. (27 Sep 1997) |
| septic bursitis | A bursa is a closed fluid-filled sac that functions as a gliding surface to reduce friction between tissues of the body. When the bursa becomes inflamed, the condition is known as bursitis. When the bursa is infected with bacteria, the condition is called septic bursitis. (12 Dec 1998) |