| SOB | see order blank; shortness of breath |
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| vs | see above [Lat. vide supra]; single vibration; versus; vibration seconds; vital signs |
| HFRS | Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome [HP 849-50] = Korean Hemorrhagic Fever &nbs... |
| AFND | acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis |
| AFRD | acute febrile respiratory disease |
| FC | Febrile convulsions |
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| FN | Febrile neutropenia |
| FS | febrile seizure |
| GEFS(+) | Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus |
| febrile urticaria | Urticaria accompanied by slight constitutional symptoms. Synonym: acute urticaria, urticaria acuta, urticaria febrilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| acute delirium | Delirium of recent, rapid onset. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alcohol withdrawal delirium | An acute organic mental disorder due to recent cessation or reduction in alcohol consumption with the essential characteristic being delirium. Autonomic hyperactivity - that is, tachycardia, sweating, and elevated blood pressure - is also present. It was formerly called delirium tremens. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anxious delirium | Delirium in which the predominating symptom is an incoherent apprehension or anxiety. (05 Mar 2000) |
| collapse delirium | Delirium caused by extreme physical depression induced by a shock, profuse haemorrhage, exhausting labour, etc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posttraumatic delirium | Delirium caused by a structural traumatic brain injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile delirium | Delirium associated with senile dementia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| delirium | <neurology, psychiatry> An acute, reversible organic mental disorder characterised by reduced ability to maintain attention to external stimuli and disorganised thinking as manifested by rambling, irrelevant or incoherent speech. There are also a reduced level of consciousness, sensory misperceptions, disturbance of the sleep wakefulness cycle and level of psychomotor activity, disorientation to time, place or person and memory impairment. Delirium may be caused by a large number of conditions resulting in derangement of cerebral metabolism, including systemic infection, poisoning, drug intoxication or withdrawal, seizures or head trauma and metabolic disturbances such as hypoxia, hypoglycaemia, fluid, electrolyte or acid base imbalances or hepatic or renal failure. Synonym: acute confusional state, acute brain syndrome. Origin: L. Lira = furrow or track, i.e., off the track (13 Nov 1997) |
| delirium cordis | An obsolete term for atrial fibrillation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| delirium, dementia, amnestic, cognitive disorders | Cognitive disorders including delirium, dementia, and other cognitive disorders. These may be the result of substance use, trauma, or other causes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| delirium mussitans | Delirium common in low fevers in which the subject is unconscious, but constantly mutters incoherently. (05 Mar 2000) |
| delirium tremens | A form of acute organic brain syndrome due to alcohol withdrawal, characterised by sweating, tremor, dyspepsia, restlessness, tachycardia, fever, anxiety, chest pains, mental confusion and hallucinations (often tactile----bugs crawling on me) (27 Sep 1997) |
| toxic delirium | Delirium caused by the action of a poison. (05 Mar 2000) |
| low delirium | Delirium in which there is little excitement, either mental or motor, the ideas being confused and incoherent, but following each other slowly. (05 Mar 2000) |