Solutions
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Solutions. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Solutions.
Sub-Categories
Terms
Cardioplegic Solutions - Solutions which, upon administration, will temporarily arrest cardiac activity. They are used in the...
Contact Lens Solutions - Sterile solutions used to clean and disinfect contact lenses....
Dialysis Solutions - Solutions prepared for exchange across a semipermeable membrane of solutes below a molecular size de...
Glucose Solution, Hypertonic - Solution that is usually 10 percent glucose but may be higher. An isotonic solution of glucose is 5 ...
Hemodialysis Solutions - Solutions prepared for hemodialysis. The composition of the pre-dialysis solution may be varied in o...
Hypertonic Solutions - Solutions that have a greater osmotic pressure than a reference solution such as blood, plasma, or i...
Hypotonic Solutions - Solutions that have a lesser osmotic pressure than a reference solution such as blood, plasma, or in...
Isotonic Solutions - Solutions having the same osmotic pressure as blood serum, or another solution with which they are c...
Ophthalmic Solutions - Sterile solutions, essentially free from foreign particles and suitably compounded and dispensed, fo...
Organ Preservation Solutions - Solutions used to store organs and minimize tissue damage, particularly while awaiting implantation....
Pharmaceutical Solutions - Homogeneous liquid preparations that contain one or more chemical substances dissolved, i.e., molecu...
Rehydration Solutions - Fluids restored to the body in order to maintain normal water-electrolyte balance....
Saline Solution, Hypertonic - Hypertonic sodium chloride solution. A solution having an osmotic pressure greater than that of phys...
Sclerosing Solutions - Chemical agents injected into blood vessels and lymphatic sinuses to shrink or cause localized THROM...
Solutions - The homogeneous mixtures formed by the mixing of a solid, liquid, or gaseous substance (solute) with...
Common Chronic Illnesses
Coronary Disease
An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
A subtype of DIABETES MELLITUS that is characterized by INSULIN deficiency. It is manifested by the sudden onset of severe HYPERGLYCEMIA, rapid progression to DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, and DEATH unless treated with insulin. The disease may occur at any age, but is most common in childhood or adolescence.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY.
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Hypertension
Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
Mesothelioma
A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Osteoarthritis
A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
