Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Roy adaptation model
A conceptual model of nursing developed by Callista Roy. Individuals and groups are adaptive systems with physiological/physical, self-concept/group identity, role function, and interdependence modes of response to focal, contextual, and residual environmental stimuli. The goal of nursing is promotion of adaptation through increasing, decreasing, maintaining, removing, altering, or changing environmental stimuli.
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Roux-en-Y
An anastomosis of the distal divided end of the small bowel to another organ such as the stomach, pancreas, or esophagus. The proximal end is anastomosed to the small bowel below the anastomosis.
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Routine
A regularly performed behavioral sequence.
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Grand rounds
A medical education procedure, used especially in teaching hospitals, in which all aspects of a patient’s condition, management, and problems encountered are presented to faculty members, medical students, and health care workers. This provides an opportunity for all concerned to ask questions and provide comments on the patient’s diagnosis, care, and clinical program. The patient…
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Rototome
A device for cutting tissue, used in arthroscopic surgery.
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Rotor syndrome
A benign form of hyperbilirubinemia transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait, in which there is jaundice, but normal aminotransferase levels and normal hepatic synthesis of albumin and clotting factors.
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Roth’s spots
Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers, seen in subacute bacterial endocarditis, severe anemia, and leukemia. The condition is caused by a systemic infection, particularly acute infective endocarditis.
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Rothmund-Thomsom syndrome
A rare autosomal recessive disease in which helicase is formed abnormally. Children affected by RTS have poikiloderma; deformities of bone, nails, and hair; premature aging; and a predisposition to cancer.
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Tooth rotation
The repositioning of a tooth by turning it on its long axis to a more normal occlusal position.
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Fetal rotation
Twisting of the fetal head as it follows the curves of the birth canal downward.
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