| CCC | care-cure coordination; cathodal closure contraction; chronic calculous cholecystitis; chronic catar... |
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| PCA | para-chloramphetamine; parietal cell antibody; passive cutaneous anaphylaxis; patient care assistant... |
| PCC | Pasteur Culture Collection; percutaneous cecostomy; pheochromocytoma; phosphate carrier compound; pl... |
| COSMIS | Computer System for Medical Information Systems |
| HIMSS | Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society |
| ambulatory automatism | A person's automatic performance of an action or series of actions without being consciously aware of the processes involved in the performance. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ambulatory electrocardiography | <investigation> An investigation, during which prolonged electrocardiographic recordings are made on a portable tape recorder (holter-type system) or solid-state device, while the patient undertakes normal daily activities. It measures the heart rhythm (ECG) over a 24 hour period while the patient records their symptoms and activities in a diary. After the test is complete, a correlation is made between the symptoms or activities recorded and the ECG pattern that was obtained simultaneously. It is useful in the diagnosis and management of intermittent cardiac arrhythmias and transient myocardial ischemia. (21 Jun 2000) |
| ambulatory plague | <infectious disease> A mild form of bubonic plague characterised by symptoms such as mild fever and lymphadenitis. Synonym: larval plague, parapestis, pestis ambulans, pestis minor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ambulatory schizophrenia | <psychiatry> A milder form of schizophrenia in which the patient is capable of maintaining himself or herself in society and need not be hospitalised. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ambulatory surgery | <surgery> Operative procedures performed on patients who are admitted to and discharged from a hospital on the same day. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ambulatory typhoid | walking typhoid |
| blood pressure monitoring, ambulatory | Method in which prolonged blood pressure readings are made while the patient undergoes normal daily activities. It allows quantitative analysis of the high blood pressure load over time, can help distinguish between types of hypertension, and can assess the effectiveness of antihypertensive therapy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| peritoneal dialysis, continuous ambulatory | Portable peritoneal dialysis using the continuous (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) presence of peritoneal dialysis solution in the peritoneal cavity except for periods of drainage and instillation of fresh solution. (12 Dec 1998) |
| monitoring, ambulatory | The use of electronic equipment to observe or record physiologic processes while the patient undergoes normal daily activities. (12 Dec 1998) |
| continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis | Method of peritoneal dialysis performed in ambulatory patients with influx and efflux of dialysate during normal activities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genetic information | The heritable biological information coded in the nucleotide sequences of DNA or RNA (certain viruses), such as in the chromosomes or in plasmids. (09 Oct 1997) |
| positional information | The instructions that are interpreted by cells to determine their differentiation in respect of their position relative to other parts of the organism, for example digit formation in the limb bud of vertebrates. (18 Nov 1997) |
| National Cancer Information Service | <address, organisation> National Cancer Institute, cancer Information Service, office of Cancer Communications, Building 31, Room 10A24, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 (27 Sep 1997) |
| national health planning information centre | A centre in the health resources administration division of planning methods and technology which provides access to current information on health planning and resources development. (12 Dec 1998) |
| drug information services | Services providing pharmaceutic and therapeutic drug information and consultation. (12 Dec 1998) |