| CEEA | curved end-to-end anastomosis [stapler] |
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| EEA | electroencephalic audiometry; end-to-end anastomosis |
| GIA | gastrointestinal anastomosis |
| PCA | para-chloramphetamine; parietal cell antibody; passive cutaneous anaphylaxis; patient care assistant... |
| REA | radiation emergency area; radioenzymatic assay; renal anastomosis; right ear advantage |
acute angle
| coronary bypass surgery | A surgical procedure, known as a coronary artery bypass graft, which involves replacing diseased (narrowed) coronary arteries with veins obtained from the patients lower extremities (autologous graft). During this procedure the patient is placed on a heart bypass machine (heart-lung machine) to allow the surgeon adequate time to perform surgery on the resting (nonbeating) heart. This procedure has proven to extend the lives of individuals with coronary artery disease and improve the quality of life. Recovery in the hospital is approximately 7-10 days. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| heart bypass, left | Diversion of the flow of blood from the pulmonary veins directly to the aorta, avoiding the left atrium and the left ventricle. This is a temporary procedure usually performed to assist other surgical procedures. (12 Dec 1998) |
| heart bypass, right | Diversion of the flow of blood from the entrance to the right atrium directly to the pulmonary arteries, avoiding the right atrium and right ventricle. This a permanent procedure often performed to bypass a congenitally deformed right atrium or right ventricle. (12 Dec 1998) |
| septic bursitis. Bypass | An operation in which the surgeon creates a new pathway for the movement of substances in the body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| jejunoileal bypass | A surgical procedure consisting of the anastomosis of the proximal part of the jejunum to the distal portion of the ileum, so as to bypass the nutrient-absorptive segment of the small intestine, to treat morbid obesity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| extra-anatomic bypass | A vascular bypass that does not conform to the preexisting anatomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| extracranial-intracranial bypass | A vascular shunt created by the anastomosis of an extracranial vessel to an intracranial vessel, usually, the superficial temporal artery to a cortical branch of the middle cerebral artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| femoropopliteal bypass | A vascular prosthesis that bypasses an obstruction in the femoral artery; may be synthetic material, autologous tissue, or heterologous tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left heart bypass | Any procedure that shunts blood returning from the pulmonary circulation to the systemic circulation without passing through the left heart. This is utilised during some cardiac surgery and experimentally during severe left heart failure or cardiogenic shock. (05 Mar 2000) |
| marital status | A demographic parameter indicating a person's status with respect to marriage, divorce, widowhood, singleness, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mental status schedule | Standardised clinical interview used to assess current psychopathology by scaling patient responses to the questions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| wetland indicator status | <ecology> The exclusiveness with which a plant species occurs in wetland, the different indicator categories (i.e., facultative species, and obligate wetland species) are defined elsewhere in this glossary. (09 Oct 1997) |
| health status | The level of health of the individual, group, or population as subjectively assessed by the individual or by more objective measures. (12 Dec 1998) |
| health status index | Set of measurements designed to detect short-term fluctuations in health of members of a population; the measurements usually include physical function, emotional well-being, activities of daily living, feelings, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| health status indicators | The measurement of the health status for a given population using a variety of indices, including morbidity, mortality, and available health resources. (12 Dec 1998) |