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  • Thumbnail for Affordable Care Act
    The Affordable Care Act (ACA), formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and colloquially as Obamacare, is a landmark U...
    327 KB (30,397 words) - 00:13, 14 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Intensive care unit
    department of a hospital or health care facility that provides intensive care medicine. Intensive care units cater to patients with severe or life-threatening...
    22 KB (1,832 words) - 01:56, 21 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Coronary care unit
    A coronary care unit (CCU) or cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) is a hospital ward specialized in the care of patients with heart attacks, unstable angina...
    6 KB (761 words) - 01:53, 21 May 2024
  • and is expected to result in the death of the patient. This term is more commonly used for progressive diseases such as cancer, dementia or advanced heart...
    49 KB (6,064 words) - 05:12, 12 April 2024
  • palliative care exist. The World Health Organization (WHO) describes palliative care as "an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their...
    97 KB (11,684 words) - 13:51, 16 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Progressive supranuclear palsy
    useful for diagnosing progressive supranuclear palsy, because these movements set PSP patients apart from other parkinsonian patients. Difficulties with...
    42 KB (4,513 words) - 22:31, 9 June 2024
  • mechanisms, including: economic incentives for physicians and patients to select less costly forms of care; programs for reviewing the medical necessity of specific...
    36 KB (4,342 words) - 06:56, 24 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Stiff-person syndrome
    independently. About 10% require intensive care at some point; sudden death occurs in about the same percentage of patients. These deaths are usually caused by...
    26 KB (2,860 words) - 09:33, 14 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sanfilippo syndrome
    symptom-free interval, patients usually present with a slowing of development and/or behavioural problems, followed by a progressive intellectual decline...
    29 KB (3,059 words) - 16:55, 14 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Oncology
    Oncology (redirect from Cancer care)
    of cancer patients after successful treatment Palliative care of patients with terminal malignancies Ethical questions surrounding cancer care Screening...
    24 KB (2,589 words) - 20:56, 22 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Healthcare in the United States
    Health Care Legislation) (March 20, 2010). Manchikanti L (January 2011). "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010: Reforming the Health Care Reform...
    221 KB (23,910 words) - 11:24, 10 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Geriatrics
    this decision is guided by individual patient need and the caregiving structures available to them. This care may benefit those who are managing multiple...
    42 KB (4,769 words) - 13:27, 15 June 2024
  • during tension and relaxation so that the patient learns to recognize the contrast between the states. Progressive muscle relaxation is used in many ways...
    21 KB (2,409 words) - 04:50, 26 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Primary progressive aphasia
    2011, the classification of primary progressive aphasia was updated to include three clinical variants. Patients must first be diagnosed with PPA, and...
    17 KB (2,020 words) - 05:14, 8 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neurointensive care
    polio patients alive in the setting of an influx of patients and limited resources (only one iron Lung). The first neurological intensive care unit was...
    15 KB (1,565 words) - 12:00, 29 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Physical therapy
    profession, as well as the care provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through patient education, physical intervention...
    70 KB (7,787 words) - 23:33, 15 June 2024
  • nursing aides, caregivers, patient care associates, patient care technicians, personal care attendants (PCAs), and care assistants. Physicians At skilled...
    37 KB (4,498 words) - 17:48, 6 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pediatric intensive care unit
    providing care to the most critical patients. The nurse to patient ratio should remain low, meaning that the nurses should only be caring for 1-2 patients depending...
    23 KB (2,708 words) - 21:22, 29 April 2024
  • free and universal access to primary health care. As hospital facilities in the country are limited, patients with diseases that cannot be treated in Bhutan...
    135 KB (15,868 words) - 17:46, 19 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Multiple sclerosis
    occurring in isolated attacks (relapsing forms) or building up over time (progressive forms). In the relapsing forms of MS, between attacks, symptoms may disappear...
    164 KB (17,356 words) - 19:52, 16 June 2024
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