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Rewarming
Restoring a hypothermic patient’s body temperature to normal. Techniques used include removing wet clothing; wrapping patients in blankets, hotpacks, or foils; infusing intravenous, nasogastric, or intraperitoneal fluids warmed to about 40°C; increasing the temperature of the patient’s blood with extracorporeal bypass machines, or, rarely, immersing the patient in warm water.
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Revulsion
Repugnance, hostility, or extreme distaste for a person or thing. The transfer of blood from one part of the body to another distant part.
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Revulsant
Causing transfer of disease or blood from one part of the body to another.
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Revivification
A n attempt to restore life to those apparently dead; restoration to life or consciousness; also the restoration of life in local parts, as a limb after freezing.
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Chart review
A method of quality assurance (and sometimes clinical research) that relies on the systematic analysis of individual patient records. Data may be used to determine the incidence of adverse events, the allocation of resources, the employment of specific therapies, or the degree of compliance with specified standards of care.
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Revertant
An organism that has reverted to a previous phenotype by mutation.
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Reversible ischemic neurological deficit
A transient stroke resulting from k decrease in cerebral blood flow. Symptoms typically last longer than 24 hr but less than 1 week.
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Reverse PRN dosing
A form of administration of medication in which dosages are given every few hours or less often.
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Reverse herbology
The study of the interactions between herbal and allopathic medications.
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Reverdin’s needle
A needle with an eye at the tip that can be opened and closed by a lever.
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