| VP shunt | Ventriculo-Peritoneal shunt |
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| VU shunt | Ventriculo-Ureteral shunt |
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| PCS | palliative care service; Patient Care System; patterns of care study; pelvic congestion syndrome; ph... |
| EA | 1) Esophageal Atresia Types 1. Esophageal Atresia with Dis... |
| proximal radioulnar joint | The pivot synovial joint between the head of the radius and the ring formed by the radial notch of the ulna and the annular ligament. Synonym: articulatio radioulnaris proximalis, proximal radioulnar articulation, superior radioulnar joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| proximal small bowel disease | <radiology> Giardia, eosinophilic gastroenteritis, Zollinger-Ellison (12 Dec 1998) |
| proximal spiral septum | See: spiral septum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| proximal tibiofibular joint | The plane synovial joint between the lateral condyle of the tibia and the head of the fibula. Synonym: articulatio tibiofibularis, superior tibial articulation, superior tibiofibular joint, tibiofibular articulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| proximal urethral sphincter | The complete collar of smooth muscle cells of the neck of the urinary bladder which extend distally to surround the preprostatic sportion of the male urethra. There is not a comparable structure in the neck of the femoral bladder; the internal urethral sphincter may exist to prevent reflux of semen into bladder. Synonym: annulus urethralis, internal urethral sphincter, musculus sphincter vesicae, preprostate urethral sphincter, proximal urethral sphincter, sphincter muscle of urinary bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteriovenous shunt | <anatomy, surgery> A direct connection between an artery and vein. Most often due to the surgical joining of an artery and a vein under the skin for the purpose of haemodialysis. Larger arteriovenous shunts can create significant extra workload on the heart since arterial blood is diverted back to the venous circulation before it has a chance to deliver nutrients and oxygen to the body tissues. (20 Jun 2000) |
| A-V shunt | <anatomy, surgery> A direct connection between an artery and vein. Most often due to the surgical joining of an artery and a vein under the skin for the purpose of haemodialysis. Larger arteriovenous shunts can create significant extra workload on the heart since arterial blood is diverted back to the venous circulation before it has a chance to deliver nutrients and oxygen to the body tissues. (20 Jun 2000) |
| Blalock shunt | Subclavian artery to pulmonary artery shunt to increase pulmonary circulation in cyanotic heart disease with decreased pulmonary flow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Blalock-Taussig shunt | A palliative subclavian artery to pulmonary artery anastomosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rapoport-Luebering shunt | Part of the glycolytic pathway characteristic of human erythrocytes in which 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate (2,3-P2Gri) is formed as an intermediate between 1,3-P2Gri and 3-phosphoglycerate; 2,3-P2Gri is an important regulator of the affinity of haemoglobin for oxygen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventriculoperitoneal shunt | <procedure> A surgical procedure to insert a communicating catheter to relieve intracranial pressure caused by hydrocephalus. In this procedure the cerebrospinal fluid is shunted from the ventricles of the brain into the peritoneal cavity via a surgically implanted tube. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Glenn shunt | A means of palliating cyanotic heart disease by anastomosing the right pulmonary artery to the superior vena cava. Synonym: cavopulmonary shunt, Glenn shunt. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cavopulmonary shunt | A means of palliating cyanotic heart disease by anastomosing the right pulmonary artery to the superior vena cava. Synonym: cavopulmonary shunt, Glenn shunt. (05 Mar 2000) |
| renal-splenic venous shunt | Anastomosis of the splenic vein to the left renal vein, usually end-to-side, for control of portal hypertension. Synonym: renal-splenic venous shunt. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vp shunt | <procedure> A surgical procedure to insert a communicating catheter to relieve intracranial pressure caused by hydrocephalus. In this procedure the cerebrospinal fluid is shunted from the ventricles of the brain into the peritoneal cavity via a surgically implanted tube. (27 Sep 1997) |