Category: C

The use of algorithms (in place of individualized care) in medicine; the reliance by practitioners on protocol and rules rather than on a comprehensive, individual approach to the medical needs of a patient.  

The component of a ventilator that ends or begins the inspiratory phase of mechanical ventilation of the lungs.  

Mechanism used by the kidneys, making it possible to excrete excess solutes in the urine with little loss of water from the body.  

Technique and procedure for determining the1 immunologic and genetic characteristics of the patient’s blood so that appropriate blood may be used for transfusion.  

Applying pressure to and rubbing the carotid artery in an attempt to slow a supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). This is one of the maneuvers sometimes used prior to using drug therapy for SVT.  

The lower (abdominal) border of the front of the rib cage formed by the costal cartilages of ribs 7 to 10.  

A head presentation in which the presenting part is the face, brow, or chin.  

The designation by Edward H. Angle of the types of malocclusion based on the relative positions of the first molar in the two arches when in occlusion: Class I — normal anteroposterior relationship but with crowding and rotated teeth. Class II — the lower arch is distal to the upper arch on one or both…

A case of malaria for which the source of exposure cannot be found.  

Falciparum malaria in which the brain is affected. This fulminant disease often produces coma, shock, or sudden death. Cerebral malaria, a life-threatening complication of malaria transmitted by mosquitoes, specifically targets the brain and induces a state of unconsciousness.