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  2. List of abbreviations for diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

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    Diseases and disorders GAD Generalized anxiety disorder: GAN Giant axonal neuropathy: GAS disease Group A Streptococcal disease: GAVE Gastric antral vascular ectasia (see Watermelon stomach) GBS Guillain–Barré syndrome: GBS disease Group B Streptococcal disease: GCE Glycine encephalopathy: GD Gestational diabetes: GERD Gastroesophageal ...

  3. Melioidosis - Wikipedia

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    Melioidosis is an infectious disease caused by a gram-negative bacterium called Burkholderia pseudomallei. [1] Most people exposed to B. pseudomallei experience no symptoms; however, those who do experience symptoms have signs and symptoms that range from mild, such as fever and skin changes, to severe with pneumonia, abscesses, and septic shock that could cause death. [1]

  4. Micromanagement - Wikipedia

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    Merriam-Webster's online dictionary defines micromanagement as "manage[ment] especially with excessive control or attention on details." [3]The online dictionary Encarta defined micromanagement as "atten[tion] to small details in management: control [of] a person or a situation by paying extreme attention to small details."

  5. Stages of human death - Wikipedia

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    The certification applies to somatic death, corresponding to death of the person, which has varying definitions but most commonly describes a lack of vital signs and brain function. [9] Death at the level of cells, called molecular death or cell death , follows a matter of hours later. [ 10 ]

  6. Disease management (health) - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, disease management is a large industry with many vendors. Major disease management organizations based on revenues and other criteria [5] [6] include Accordant (a subsidiary of Caremark), Alere (now including ParadigmHealth and Matria Healthcare), [7] Caremark (excluding its Accordant subsidiary), Evercare, Health Dialog, Healthways, LifeMasters (now part of StayWell ...

  7. Pneumonic plague - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms include fever, headache, shortness of breath, chest pain, and coughing. [1] They typically start about three to seven days after exposure. [2] It is one of three forms of plague, the other two being septicemic plague and bubonic plague. [3] The pneumonic form may occur following an initial bubonic or septicemic plague infection. [3]

  8. Leishmaniasis - Wikipedia

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    Leishmaniasis is a wide array of clinical manifestations caused by protozoal parasites of the Trypanosomatida genus Leishmania. [7] It is generally spread through the bite of phlebotomine sandflies, Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia, and occurs most frequently in the tropics and sub-tropics of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and southern Europe.

  9. Dying - Wikipedia

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    This model is the personal reality of the dying person, where fear, refusal, and acceptance form the core of the dying person's confrontation with death. [ 35 ] Ernst Engelke took up Kastenbaum's approach and developed it further with the thesis, "Just as each person's life is unique, so is their death unique.