Category: V

An operation to relieve pressure caused by excessive quantities of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain ventricles. An operation for the relief of raised pressure due to the build-up of cerebrospinal fluid that occurs in hydrocephalus. Using a system of catheters, the fluid is drained into the jugular vein in the neck. Plastic surgery for the…

Inflammation of the brain ventricles. inflammation in the ventricles of the brain, usually caused by infection. It may result from the rupture of a cerebral abscess into the cavity of the ventricle or from the spread of a severe form of meningitis from the subarachnoid space.  

A condition in which blood can flow between the two ventricles of the heart, because the intraventricular septum has not developed properly. Ventricular septal defects are heart defects that are present at birth. The lower two chambers of the heart (known as ventricles) are separated by the ventricular septum. Ventricular septal defects can occur in…

Referring to the ventricles.  

A cup-like vacuum device attached to the top of an unborn baby’s head in the process of delivery, used to enable a distressed baby to be born quickly. A bell-shaped glass vessel from which the air can be removed, used for drawing blood to the surface of the skin.  

A trade name for salbutamol.  

A trademark for a type of oxygen mask.  

A failure of the lungs to oxygenate the blood correctly.  

A machine which pumps air into and out of the lungs of someone who has difficulty in breathing. A machine to assist or totally take over breathing when a person has difficulty or inability in breathing unassisted, as after a severe head injury; often called a respirator or life-support machine. Such machines are generally used…

The blocking of a vein by a blood clot. Presence of a blood clot in a vein in which the wall of the vein is not inflamed. Pain and swelling may occur.