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Risk for autonomic dysreflexia
A lifelong threatening uninhibited response of the sympathetic nervous system for an individual with a spinal cord injury or lesion at T8 or above who has recovered from spinal shock.
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Autonomic dysreflexia
The state in which a person with a spinal cord injury at T7 or above experiences a life-threatening uninhibited sympathetic response of the nervous system to a noxious stimulus.
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Automatic tube compensation
A method of overcoming the airway resistance that is required to move gas through the resistance of an endotracheal tube.
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Automatic obedience
In catatonia, an exaggerated attempt to cooperate with a request or a command made by another person.
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Automatic exposure control
In radiology, an ionization chamber or solid-state device that terminates the radiation exposure at a preset level. It is used either to optimize radiographic technique, or to maximize patient safety, or both. The x-ray system incorporates integrated circuits that possess the capability to autonomously conclude the exposure phase as soon as the desired levels of…
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Automated dispensing cabinet
Drug storage devices or cabinets that electronically dispense medications in a controlled fashion and track medication use, replacing or supporting the traditional unit-dose drug delivery system.
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Automated decision support system
Software used in clinical medicine to suggest diagnoses and treatments based on the clinical data and algorithms for their interpretation.
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Autolysosomes
The lysosomes that enable digestion of injured portions of the cell in which they are located.
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Autologous endometrial coculture
An assisted reproduction technique in which a zygote created by in vitro fertilization is incubated in endometrial tissue harvested from an infertile woman’s uterus through the pre-embryonic period before transfer.
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Visual autokinesis
The illusion that an object in space, especially at night, moves as one continues to look at it. Thus, an aviator looking at a distant light may perceive that the light has moved even though it is stationary.
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