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PICO process. The PICO process (or framework) is a mnemonic used in evidence-based practice (and specifically evidence-based medicine) to frame and answer a clinical or health care related question, [1] though it is also argued that PICO "can be used universally for every scientific endeavour in any discipline with all study designs". [2]
Functional capacity evaluation. A functional capacity evaluation (FCE) is a set of tests, practices and observations that are combined to determine the ability of the evaluated person to function in a variety of circumstances, most often employment, in an objective manner. Physicians change diagnoses based on FCEs. [1]
In general, quality of life ( QoL or QOL) is the perceived quality of an individual's daily life, that is, an assessment of their well-being or lack thereof. This includes all emotional, social and physical aspects of the individual's life. In health care, health-related quality of life ( HRQoL) is an assessment of how the individual's well ...
weight bearing as tolerated. WBC. white blood cell. white blood cell count. WBI. whole bowel irrigation. WBRT. whole-brain radiotherapy treatment. WC.
Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents ( ESA) are medications which stimulate the bone marrow to make red blood cells. [1] They are used to treat anemia due to end stage kidney disease, chemotherapy, major surgery, or certain treatments in HIV/AIDS. [1] [2] In these situations they decrease the need for blood transfusions. [2]
total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. TAP. trypsinogen activation peptide. TAPVR. total anomalous pulmonary venous return. TAT. thematic apperception test. TAVI. transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Viz. is shorthand for the Latin adverb videlicet using scribal abbreviation, a system of medieval Latin shorthand. It consists of the first two letters, vi, followed by the last two, et, using U+A76B ꝫ LATIN SMALL LETTER ET. [5] With the adoption of movable type printing, the (then current) blackletter form of the letter z , , was substituted ...
laceration. lactate. LAD. left anterior descending (a coronary artery) leukocyte adhesion deficiency. left axis deviation (see electrocardiogram) lymphadenopathy. LAE. left atrial enlargement.