| LAVH | laparoscopy-assisted vaginal hysterectomy |
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| NSVD | normal spontaneous vaginal delivery |
| NVD | nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea; neck vein distention; neovascularization of the disk; neurovesicle d... |
| PVC | peripheral venous catheterization; persistent vaginal cornification; polyvinyl chloride; postvoiding... |
| PVW | posterior vaginal wall |
| hysterectomy, vaginal | Removal of the uterus through a surgical incision, not of the abdomen but, within the vagina. With a vaginal hysterectomy, the scar is not outwardly visible. A vaginal hysterectomy is in contrast to an abdominal hysterectomy. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| nasal haemorrhage | <clinical sign> Nosebleed, haemorrhage from the nose. (18 Nov 1997) |
| subarachnoid haemorrhage | <neurology> A acute condition involving sudden haemorrhage into the space between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater (adjacent to the brain). Often secondary to a head injury or a blood vessel defect known as an aneurysm. The subarachnoid space also contains the cerebrospinal fluid. (11 Nov 1997) |
| subdural haemorrhage | Extravasation of blood between the dural and arachnoidal membranes; acute and chronic forms occur; chronic haematomas may become encapsulated by neomembranes. Synonym: subdural haematoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subgaleal haemorrhage | Collection of blood beneath the galea aponeurotica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep intracerebral haemorrhage | <neurology> This implies an intracerebral haemorrhage that has occurred in the deeper structures of the brain, such as the thalamus, basal ganglia, pons, cerebellum and other locations in the brainstem. (27 Sep 1997) |
| syringomyelic haemorrhage | Haemorrhage into a syringomyelic cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diffuse pulmonary haemorrhage | <radiology> Thrombocytopenia, coagulopathy, idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis, Goodpasture syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, Wegeners granulomatosis, polyarteritis nodosa, Henoch-Schonlein purpura, Behcet disease, D-penicillamine, lymphangiography (12 Dec 1998) |
| Duret's haemorrhage | Small brainstem haemorrhage resulting from brainstem distortion secondary to transtentorial herniation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intermediate haemorrhage | Haemorrhage that is recurrent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal haemorrhage | Bleeding into organs or cavities of the body. Synonym: concealed haemorrhage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intracerebral haemorrhage | <neurology> A haemorrhage within brain tissue. most often from small arterioles within the brain and can be secondary to uncontrolled hypertension or congenital arterial aneurysm. (10 Jan 1998) |
| intracranial haemorrhage | Escape of blood within the cranium due to loss of integrity of vascular channels, frequently forming haematoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intrapartum haemorrhage | Haemorrhage occurring in the course of normal labour and delivery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intraventricular haemorrhage | Extravasation of blood into the ventricular system of the brain. Grade Description, I GMH (bleed limited to germinal matrix), II GMH/IVH, without ventricular dilatation, III GMH/IVH leading to acute ventricular dilatation, IV GMH/IVH leading to extention into adjacent brain (21 Jun 2000) |