| SSTI | Skin soft tissue infection |
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| TAE | Trans-Arterial(-Catheter) Embolization Angiography와 동시에 Gel Form과 CTx Agent의 Mixed m... |
| BCA | balloon catheter angioplasty; bicinchoninic acid; blood color analyzer; Blue Cross Association; bran... |
| Cath | cathartic; catheter, catheterize |
| CBV | capillary blood cell velocity; catheter balloon valvuloplasty; central blood volume; cerebral blood ... |
| pigtail catheter | An angiographic catheter with a tightly curled end to reduce the impact of the injectant on the vessel wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| whistle-tip catheter | A catheter with an opening at the end and side. (05 Mar 2000) |
| winged catheter | A soft rubber catheter with little flaps at each side of the beak to retain it in the bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conical catheter | A catheter with a cone-shaped tip designed to dilate the ureter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prostatic catheter | A catheter with an angular bend near the beak; used to rise over prostatic obstruction. Synonym: catheter coude, prostatic catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hickman catheter | central venous catheter |
| self-retaining catheter | A catheter so constructed that it remains in urethra and bladder until removed, e.g., indwelling catheter; Foley catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spiral tip catheter | A catheter with a helical filiform tip. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Nelaton's catheter | A flexible catheter of red rubber. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subclavian catheter | <equipment> Small, flexible plastic tube inserted into the large vein above the heart, through which drugs and blood products can be given and blood samples withdrawn painlessly. Synonym: central line, Hickman catheter. (12 Jan 1998) |
| Swan-Ganz catheter | <equipment> A special haemodynamic monitoring device (long thin catheter) that is introduced into a large vein (in the neck, chest or groin) and advanced through the right heart to the pulmonary artery. Measurements of cardiac function and blood pressure can be made with this device that can greatly increase the physician's diagnostic ability and provide a way to monitor the patients response to different medications. May be used to diagnose pulmonary hypertension. (19 Jan 1998) |
| de Pezzer catheter | A self-retaining catheter with a bulbous extremity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| double-channel catheter | A catheter with two lumens, allowing irrigation and aspiration. Synonym: two-way catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| indwelling catheter | A catheter left in place in the bladder, usually a balloon catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intracardiac catheter | <cardiology> A catheter that can be passed into the heart through a vein or artery, to withdraw samples of blood, measure pressures within the heart's chambers or great vessels, and inject contrast media. It is used mainly in the diagnosis and evaluation of congenital, rheumatic, and coronary artery lesions and to evaluate systolic and diastolic cardiac function. Synonym: cardiac catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |