| pathophysiology |
Interruption or interference with normal physiologic and developmental processes or structures.
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| patient advocate |
A person who helps a patient work with others who have an effect on the patient's health, including doctors, insurance companies, employers, case managers, and lawyers. A patient advocate helps resolve issues about health care, medical bills, and job discrimination related to a patient's medical condition. Cancer advocacy groups try to raise public awareness about important cancer issues, such as the need for cancer support services, education, and research. ...
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| patient-controlled analgesia |
PCA. A method in which the patient controls the amount of pain medicine that is used. When pain relief is needed, the person can receive a preset dose of pain medicine by pressing a button on a computerized pump that is connected to a small tube in the body.
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| patent ductus arteriosus |
(PDA) abnormal persistence of an open lumen in the ductus arteriosus after birth, the direction of flow being from the aorta to the pulmonary artery, resulting in recirculation of arterial blood through the lungs.
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| patent bronchus sign |
the radiologic finding of an unobstructed bronchus supplying a collapsed lung, lobe, or segment.
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