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  2. Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea - Wikipedia

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    Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea or paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea ( PND) is an attack of severe shortness of breath and coughing that generally occurs at night. [1] It usually awakens the person from sleep, and may be quite frightening. [2] PND, as well as simple orthopnea, may be relieved by sitting upright at the side of the bed with legs ...

  3. List of medical abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Abbreviations are used very frequently in medicine. They boost efficiency as long as they are used intelligently. The advantages of brevity should be weighed against the possibilities of obfuscation (making the communication harder for others to understand) and ambiguity (having more than one possible interpretation).

  4. Vũng Tàu - Wikipedia

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    UTC+7 (Indochina Time) Vũng Tàu ( Hanoi accent: [vuŋm˧ˀ˥ taːw˨˩] ⓘ, Saigon accent: [vuŋm˧˩˧ taːw˨˩] ⓘ) is the largest city of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province in southern Vietnam. It is the province's economic, financial and cultural centre, and a popular tourist hub in southern Vietnam.

  5. Vương Đình Huệ - Wikipedia

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    Alma mater. Academy of Finance. University of Economics in Bratislava. Vương Đình Huệ (born 15 March 1957) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam from 2021 to 2024. He was previously Minister of Finance and head of the PCC Economic Commission (Ban Kinh tế Trung ương), a central ...

  6. Post-nasal drip - Wikipedia

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    Post-nasal drip ( PND ), also known as upper airway cough syndrome ( UACS ), occurs when excessive mucus is produced by the nasal mucosa. The excess mucus accumulates in the back of the nose, and eventually in the throat once it drips down the back of the throat. It can be caused by rhinitis, sinusitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD ...

  7. The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.

  8. Ocean Vuong - Wikipedia

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    Ocean Vuong (born Vương Quốc Vinh, Vietnamese: [vɨəŋ˧ kuək˧˥ viɲ˧]; born 14 October, 1988) is a Vietnamese American poet, essayist, and novelist. He is the recipient of the 2014 Ruth Lilly/Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation , [2] 2016 Whiting Award , [3] and the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize . [4]

  9. Trưng sisters - Wikipedia

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    The Trưng sisters ( Vietnamese: Hai Bà Trưng, 𠄩婆徵, literally "Two Ladies [named] Trưng", c. 14 – c. 43) were Luoyue military leaders who ruled for three years after commanding a rebellion of Luoyue tribes and other tribes in AD 40 against the first Chinese domination of Vietnam. They are regarded as national heroines of Vietnam.