Category: C

Any device with letters, pictures, or words that lets patients with impaired physical and verbal ability express themselves.  

Retinal edema and bleeding occurring after blunt ocular trauma.  

Sudden death following blunt chest trauma. At autopsy, no pathological findings are demonstrated. The syndrome is believed to be caused by ventricular fibrillation.  

Any of the U.S. policies designed to protect the rights and interests of citizens who choose to participate in government-funded biomedical research. Those who choose to participate in biomedical research often suffer from life-altering or life-threatening illnesses. As a result they may be more psychologically vulnerable than others and may agree to become investigative subjects…

The ability of an amplifier to amplify a signal in the presence of electrical noise. The higher the number, the better the amplification.  

A portable toilet that enables a patient to sit comfortably while defecating or urinating. For many patients using a bedside commode is less stressful than using a bedpan.  

An accreditation agency that works with the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Programs to ensure the educational quality of programs that provide professional education in respiratory care.  

The surgical joining of the parts of a commissure to decrease the size of the opening.  

The reduction of a solid body to varying sizes by crushing, grating, hammering, pulverizing, slicing, granulating, and other processes.  

The time during which public discussion of health care regulations is invited, e.g., by federal health care agencies. When new governmental rules affecting health care are enacted, their potential effects are usually discussed in advance during open meetings. During this period members of the public, health care insurers, hospitals, clinics, and other agencies make known…