Category: R

A pattern of providing an environment for children or other dependent persons that is sufficient to nurture growth and development and can be strengthened.  

Risk for inability of the primary caretaker to create, maintain, or regain an environment that promotes the optimum growth and development of the child.  

The apex of a renal pyramid in the kidney, enclosed by a calyx of the renal pelvis.  

Cutaneous pain caused by disease of the sensory nerve roots. Pain that originates from injury to, compression of, or illness affecting the roots of a sensory nerve. This type of pain is experienced in the skin regions served by the impacted nerve roots.  

Pain due to ischemia that comes on when sitting or lying.  

Pain with temporary abatements in severity; characteristic of neuralgia and colic.  

Pain that radiates away from the spinal column through an extremity or the torso resulting from the compression or irritation of a spinal nerve root or large paraspinal nerve. It may be accompanied by numbness or tingling.  

An electronic pacemaker that senses changes in the body’s need for adjustment of the cardiac rate as can occur in sleeping, waking, sitting, walking, or running. The device alters cardiac rate by sensing body motion, changes in breathing, or slight changes in blood temperature, which improves the quality of life for active patients. It is…

A device for oxygenating blood during extracorporeal circulation. A thin film of blood attaches to a disk as it dips into the blood flow. The portion of the disk not in the blood is rotating in an atmosphere of oxygen.  

Bony degeneration that results from the secondary hyperparathyroidism of chronic renal failure. Its hallmarks are increased bone resorption by osteoclasts, decreased new bone formation, and decreased bone mass.