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A laboratory standard for thromboplastins, the reagents used to determine the prothrombin time (PT). Because thromboplastin contents vary, PT results performed on the same sample of blood in different laboratories can be markedly different, even though the patient’s actual level of anticoagulation is a constant. The ISI is used to calculate the international normalized ratio,…

An organization of health care professionals and scientists with an interest in the behavioral and biological aspects of mental health in the elderly.  

An international project under the auspices of the International Council of Nurses and the International Medical Informatics Association Nursing Informatics Special Interest Group to develop international standards. The project builds upon and supports data set work already done in individual countries as well as the work of the International Classification of Nursing Practice (ICNP).  

The standard measurement of oral anticoagulation, introduced by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1983 to replace the prothrombin time (PT). When a patient’s blood is tested to determine its level of anticoagulation, the sample is treated with a thromboplastin, a laboratory reagent that may vary considerably depending on its chemical constituents. As a result,…

A multinational organization that promotes the profession of obstetrics and gynecology and a wide variety of women’s international health issues.  

An international nursing vocabulary classification system standardizing nursing phenomena, nursing interventions, and nursing outcomes useful in both paper and electronic records.  

An association founded in 1920 to provide research in dental science and application of research to develop dental treatment and oral health.  

A condition marked by intermissions in the course of a disease or of a process.  

The interval between two paroxysms of a disease, e.g., the quiet period between two seizures or the comfortable period between two episodes of fever.  

Between any two contiguous metatarsals.