| ECT(?) | Electro-Convulsive Therapy; 전기 경련 요법 = EST |
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| IPT | Interpersonal Psycho-Therapy |
| PT | 1) Prothrombin Time 2) Physical Therapy; 물리요법 3) Pulmonary... |
| TEF | Tracheo-Esophageal Fistula ? Tx 1. Infant Warmer ... |
| AAMFT | American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy |
| electroshock therapy | A form of treatment of mental disorders in which convulsions are produced by the passage of an electric current through the brain. Synonym: convulsive therapy, electroconvulsive therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| electrotherapeutic sleep therapy | Treatment by inducing sleep by means of nonconvulsive electric stimulation of the brain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| total push therapy | The application of all available therapy's to the treatment of a psychiatric patient in a hospital setting. (05 Mar 2000) |
| enzyme replacement therapy | A type of medical treatment for patients who lack an important enzyme, the missing enzyme is injected into the patient. (09 Oct 1997) |
| exercise therapy | Motion of the body or its parts to relieve symptoms or to improve function, leading to physical fitness, but not physical education and training. (12 Dec 1998) |
| extended family therapy | A type of family therapy that involves family members outside the nuclear family and who are closely associated with it and affect it. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external radiation therapy | Radiation therapy using a machine located outside the body to aim high-energy rays at a tumour. (12 Dec 1998) |
| family therapy | A form of group psychotherapy. It involves treatment of more than one member of the family simultaneously in the same session. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ultrasonic therapy | The use of focused, high-frequency sound waves to produce local hyperthermia in certain diseased or injured parts of the body or to destroy the diseased tissue. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ultraviolet therapy | The use of ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation in the treatment of disease, usually of the skin. This is the part of the sun's spectrum that causes sunburn and tanning. Ultraviolet a, used in puva, is closer to visible light and less damaging than ultraviolet b, which is ionizing. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fever therapy | Treatment of disease by inducing an artificial fever in the patient. Synonym: therapeutic fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fluid therapy | Therapy whose basic objective is to restore the volume and composition of the body fluids to normal with respect to water-electrolyte balance. Fluids may be administered intravenously, orally, by intermittent gavage, or by hypodermoclysis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| language therapy | Rehabilitation of persons with language disorders or training of children with language development disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| foreign protein therapy | The injection of a foreign protein to induce fever as a means of treating certain diseases. Synonym: foreign protein therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| functional orthodontic therapy | Utilization of muscle forces to effect changes in jaw position and tooth alignment by removable appliances. Synonym: functional orthodontic therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |