| percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty | Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of coronary artery or arteries. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| transluminal percutaneous coronary angioplasty | <cardiology, procedure> Dilatation of an occluded coronary artery (or arteries) by means of a balloon catheter to restore myocardial blood supply. (07 Mar 2000) |
| crisis intervention | Brief therapeutic approach which is ameliorative rather than curative of acute psychiatric emergencies. Used in contexts such as emergency rooms of psychiatric or general hospitals, or in the home or place of crisis occurence, this treatment approach focuses on interpersonal and intrapsychic factors and environmental modification. (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychosocial intervention | <psychiatry> A therapeutic intervention that uses cognitive, cognitive-behavioural, behavioural and supportive interventions to relieve pain. These include patient education, interventions aimed at aiding relaxation, psychotherapy and structured or peer support. (16 Dec 1997) |
| intervention | The act or fact of interfering so as to modify. (18 Nov 1997) |
| intervention studies | Epidemiologic investigations designed to test a hypothesised cause-effect relation by modifying the supposed causal factor(s) in the study population. (12 Dec 1998) |
| percutaneous | <technique> Performed through the skin, as injection of radiopacque material in radiological examination or the removal of tissue for biopsy accomplished by a needle. Origin: L. Cutis = skin (18 Nov 1997) |
| percutaneous absorption | The absorption of drugs, allergens, and other substances through unbroken skin. Synonym: cutaneous absorption. (05 Mar 2000) |
| percutaneous cholangiography | Radiography of the biliary system after introduction of contrast medium by introducing a needle through the skin inferior to the right costal margin, and inserting it into the substance of the liver or into the gallbladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| percutaneous nephrostomy | Drainage of the collecting system through a catheter inserted through the skin of the flank under fluoroscopic control, usually using the Seldinger technique. (05 Mar 2000) |
| percutaneous stimulation | Electrical stimulation of the peripheral nerves or spinal cord by the application of electrodes to the skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography | Contrast radiographic examination of biliary system performed by injection through a percutaneously placed needle inserted into an intrahepatic bile duct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| percutaneous transluminal angioplasty | An operation for enlarging a narrowed vascular lumen by inflating and withdrawing through the stenotic region a balloon on the tip of an angiographic catheter; may include positioning of an intravascular stent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| percutaneous umbilical blood sampling | See: PUBS. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nephrostomy, percutaneous | The insertion of a catheter through the skin and body wall into the kidney pelvis, mainly to provide urine drainage where the ureter is not functional. It is used also to remove or dissolve renal calculi and to diagnose ureteral obstruction. (12 Dec 1998) |