| LSS | life support station; lumbosacral spine |
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| LSTAT | life support for trauma and transport |
| LSU | lactose-saccharose-urea [agar]; life support unit |
| PALS | parietolateral lymphocyte sheath; pediatric advanced life support; prison-acquired lymphoproliferati... |
| PHTLS | prehospital trauma life support |
| hospital communication systems | The transmission of messages to staff and patients within a hospital. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| hospital distribution systems | Systems for delivering hospital supplies, food, laundry, etc., to patient care areas. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospital information systems | Integrated, computer-assisted systems designed to store, manipulate, and retrieve information concerned with the administrative and clinical aspects of providing medical services within the hospital. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sexual life | In psychiatry and psychoanalysis, the specifically erotic or sexual interests, fantasies, inclinations, and conduct of the patient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neurosecretory systems | A system of neurons that has the specialised function to produce and secrete hormones, and that constitutes, in whole or in part, an endocrine organ or system. (12 Dec 1998) |
| database management systems | Software designed to store, manipulate, manage, and control data for specific uses. (12 Dec 1998) |
| systems analysis | The analysis of an activity, procedure, method, technique, or business to determine what must be accomplished and how the necessary operations may best be accomplished. (12 Dec 1998) |
| systems integration | The procedures involved in combining separately developed modules, components, or subsystems so that they work together as a complete system. (12 Dec 1998) |
| systems theory | Principles, models, and laws that apply to complex interrelationships and interdependencies of sets of linked components which form a functioning whole, a system. Any system may be composed of components which are systems in their own right (sub-systems), such as several organs within an individual organism. (12 Dec 1998) |
| direct life cycle | <epidemiology> A life cycle in which a parasite is transmitted directly from one host to the next without an intermediate host or vector of another species. (05 Dec 1998) |
| drug delivery systems | Systems of administering drugs through controlled delivery so that an optimum amount reaches the target site. Drug delivery systems encompass the carrier, route, and target. (12 Dec 1998) |
| drug half-life | The amount of time it takes for one-half of an administered drug to be lost through biological processes (metabolism and elimination). (27 Sep 1997) |
| immediately dangerous to life concentration | <radiobiology> This is a regulatory value defined as the maximum exposure concentration in the workplace from which one could escape within 30 minutes without suffering symptoms which would interfere with escaping and without suffering any irreversible health effects. (04 Nov 1997) |
| quality adjusted life year | A year of life adjusted for its quality or its value. A year in perfect health is considered equal to 1.0 qaly. The value of a year in ill health would be discounted. For example, a year bedridden might have a value equal to 0.5 qaly. A measurement index derived from a modification of standard life-table procedures and designed to take account of the quality as well as the duration of survival. This index can be used in assessing the outcome of health care procedures or services. (12 Jul 2000) |
| quality of life | Refers to the level of comfort, enjoyment, ability to pursue daily activities. Often used in discussions of treatment options. (16 Dec 1997) |