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Acute radiation syndrome (ARS), also known as radiation sickness or radiation poisoning, is a collection of health effects that are caused by being exposed to high amounts of ionizing radiation in a short period of time. [1]
The nuclear stress test exhibits a sensitivity of 81% and a specificity ranging from 85 to 95%. [22] To arrive at the patient's post test likelihood of disease, the interpretation of the stress test result necessitates the integration of the patient's pretest likelihood with the test's sensitivity and specificity.
Medicare will cover a nuclear stress test if your doctor deems it medically necessary. To be covered, all cardiovascular nuclear stress tests must be referred and performed by a doctor or another ...
non-stress test (see cardiotocograph) NSTEMI: non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: NSU: nonspecific urethritis: NSVD: normal spontaneous vaginal delivery NT: not tested nontender nuchal translucency NTBS: needs to be seen NTD: neural tube defect NTG: nitroglycerin: n/t: numbness and tingling NTP: Nortriptyline: NTS: nucleus tractus solitarii ...
When Chris Kirmsse couldn’t complete a nuclear stress test this fall because her blood pressure was too high, she had to monitor it at home. Her daughter, Christine Kirmsse, a travel nurse ...
Stress can affect the physiology of the gut and cause many different GI symptoms, like indigestion, bloating, and “altered bowel habits,” including diarrhea and constipation, says Kevin Beyer ...
The underlying principle is, under conditions of stress, diseased myocardium receives less blood flow than normal myocardium. MPI is one of several types of cardiac stress test. As a nuclear stress test, the average radiation exposure is 9.4 mSv, which when compared with a typical 2 view chest X-ray (.1 mSv) is equivalent to 94 Chest X-rays. [83]
Her condition worsened, and she developed hair loss and internal bleeding, especially of the limbs, eyes, and digestive tract. She suffered mental confusion, diarrhea, and acute renal insufficiency before dying on October 23, 1987, the same day as her niece, of "septicemia and generalized infection", [20] [23] about a month after exposure.