Category: F

Loss of life among hospitalized patients resulting from inadequate recognition and treatment of life threatening complications. FTR is correlated with high ratios of patients to nurses and with psychological variables (e.g., burnout). It has been used, along with complication rates of surgery and other criteria, as an indicator of the quality of hospital care.  

Problem-free or infallible, said of a device, system, or program manufactured or conceived not to malfunction.  

Persistent or recurring low back pain (with or without sciatic symptoms) in patients who have undergone one or more surgeries on a lumbar disk.  

A rare movement disorder caused by the abnormal accumulation of calcium in the basal ganglia and the cerebral cortex. The disease is dominantly inherited.  

In a patient with a fever, a pulse slower than would be expected. It may be seen in some viral infections. When an elevated body temperature coincides with a decelerated cardiac rhythm, it signifies the occurrence of a peculiar phenomenon.  

The order of trees and shrubs that includes alder, birch, and hazel. The pollen from such trees causes hay fever, principally in the early spring.  

To the face and tongue, especially to paralysis of these.  

To the face and neck, especially to progressive dystrophy of facial muscles.  

To the face and arm, especially to juvenile muscular dystrophy.  

The lion-like facial appearance seen in certain forms of leprosy.