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The IO site can be used for 24 hours and should be removed as soon as intravenous access has been gained. Prolonged use of an IO site, lasting longer than 24 hours, is associated with osteomyelitis (an infection in the bone). [3] Intraosseous infusion-- needle insertion into anterior tibia
Abbreviation Meaning 131 I or I131: iodine-131 (aka radioactive iodine or radioiodine) IA: intra-arterial: intra-articular: IAA: insulin autoantibody IABP: intra-aortic balloon pump: IAI: intra-amniotic infection: IBC: inflammatory breast cancer: IBD: inflammatory bowel disease: IBS: irritable bowel syndrome: IC: ileocecal: immunocompromised ...
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Interventional oncology (IO) procedures are commonly applied to treat primary or metastatic cancer. IO treatments may be also offered in combination with any of the above oncological therapies in order to augment the therapeutic outcome in more complex or widespread (metastatic) cancer cases.
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
Quadrants of the abdomen Diagram showing which organs (or parts of organs) are in each quadrant of the abdomen. The left lower quadrant (LLQ) of the human abdomen is the area left of the midline and below the umbilicus. The LLQ includes the left iliac fossa and half of the left flank region. The equivalent term for animals is left posterior ...
This is a list of human anatomy mnemonics, categorized and alphabetized.For mnemonics in other medical specialties, see this list of medical mnemonics.Mnemonics serve as a systematic method for remembrance of functionally or systemically related items within regions of larger fields of study, such as those found in the study of specific areas of human anatomy, such as the bones in the hand ...
abduction, abdomen: abdomin-of or relating to the abdomen: Latin abdōmen, abdomen, fat around the belly abdomen, abdominal -ac: pertaining to; one afflicted with Greek -ακός (-akós) cardiac, celiac: acanth-thorn or spine: Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha), thorn acanthion, acanthocyte, acanthoma, acanthulus: acou-[1] of or relating to hearing