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Most patients will eventually need a transplanted kidney to continue to live. The survival rate for those on kidney dialysis after one year is about 80% and after two years, about 66%. However, the five year survival rate with dialysis is 29% and ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
Most patients will eventually need a transplanted kidney to continue to live. The survival rate for those on kidney dialysis after one year is about 80% and after two years, about 66%. However, the five year survival rate with dialysis is 29% and ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I
Mourning is the grieving process an individual experiences in response to the loss (often through death) of someone.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Death is the end of life, a permanent cessation of all vital functions. Dying refers to the body's preparation for death, which may be very short in the case of accidental death, or can last weeks or months in some patients such as those with cancer.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Death is defined as the cessation of all vital functions of the body including the heartbeat, brain activity (including the brain stem), and breathing.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Understanding and adjusting to death and loss at various stages of life. Almost every child or adolescent faces the death of someone close—a relative, friend, or even a pet—at some point in his or her life. In fact, it is estimated that about 5% o...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Death is the end of life, a permanent cessation of all vital functions. Dying refers to the body's preparation for death, which may be very short in the case of accidental death, or can last weeks or months in some cancer patients.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
A stroke is an interruption of the blood supply to any part of the brain. A stroke is sometimes called a "brain attack." See also: Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
Source:ADAM
Date:July 29, 2009
The following Clinical Topic Tour provides an overview of stroke and was adapted from materials published by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Source:Elsevier
A stroke is the sudden death of brain cells in a localized area due to inadequate blood flow.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
A stroke is an interruption of the blood supply to any part of the brain. A stroke is sometimes called a "brain attack." There are two major types of stroke: ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke. When a blood vessel that supplies blood to the br...
Source:ADAM
Date:July 24, 2009
Stroke is an increasing public health concern throughout the world as the leading cause of long-term disability. There is estimated to be over 3.5 million survivors of stroke in the United States.
Source:Elsevier
A stroke is an interruption of blood circulation to the brain causing a neurologic deficit reflecting the area of the brain affected. Stroke can be ischemic or hemorrhagic. 1 Ischemic stroke is most prevalent.
Source:Elsevier
A stroke is the sudden death of brain cells in a localized area due to inadequate blood flow.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
A stroke is an interruption of the blood supply to any part of the brain. Stroke is the leading cause of disability among adults in the United States. It is the country's third leading cause of death. This article discusses recovery from stroke. H...
Source:ADAM
Date:July 29, 2009
There are various clinical and pathological subtypes of stroke, and identification of the subtype is necessary for correct management. Investigations Imaging Brain imaging should be performed within the first 48 hours of the onset of stroke (see below), to determine whether the stroke is haemorrhagic or ischaemic and to exclude other causes (e.g. tumour).
Source:Elsevier
Stroke, or cerebrovascular accident (CVA), is the third leading cause of death (after heart disease and cancer) in the United States and the industrialized countries of the world. The term "stroke," which comes from subjects being suddenly "struck...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is the medical term for what is commonly termed a stroke. It refers to the injury to the brain that occurs when flow of blood to brain tissue is interrupted by a clogged or ruptured artery, causing brain tissue to di...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
A stroke, also called a cerebral infarction, is a life-threatening condition marked by a sudden disruption in the blood supply to the brain.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
A stroke, also called a cerebral vascular accident (CVA), is the sudden death of cells in a specific area of the brain due to inadequate blood flow.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Stroke is the common name for the injury to the brain that occurs when the flow of blood to brain tissue is interrupted by a clogged or burst artery. Arterial blood carries oxygen and nutrition to the cells of the body. When arteries are unable to...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Hypertensive heart disease refers to coronary artery disease, heart failure, and enlargement of the heart that occur because of high blood pressure. See also: Hypertension; Malignant hypertension.
Source:ADAM
Date:April 23, 2009
Heart failure, also called congestive heart failure, is a condition in which the heart can no longer pump enough blood to the rest of the body.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 1, 2009
A heart attack is when blood vessels that supply blood to the heart are blocked, preventing enough oxygen from getting to the heart. The heart muscle dies or becomes permanently damaged. Your doctor calls this a myocardial infarction.
Source:ADAM
Date:April 23, 2009
A heart attack is the death of, or damage to, part of the heart muscle because its blood supply is severely reduced or stopped.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
A myocardial infarction, or heart attack, is the death or damage of part of the heart muscle because the supply of blood to the heart muscle is severely reduced or stopped.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
A heart attack is the death of, or damage to, part of the heart muscle because the supply of blood to the heart muscle is severely reduced or stopped.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Acute (sudden) kidney failure is the sudden loss of the ability of the kidneys to remove waste and concentrate urine without losing electrolytes.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 11, 2008
Chronic kidney failure occurs when disease or disorder damages the kidneys so that they are no longer capable of adequately removing fluids and wastes from the body or of maintaining the proper level of certain kidney-regulated chemicals in the bl...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Chronic kidney failure occurs when disease or dis- order damages the kidneys so that they can no longer adequately remove fluids and wastes from the body or maintain proper levels of kidney-regulated chemicals in the bloodstream.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Blindness is a lack of vision. It may also refer to a loss of vision that cannot be corrected with glasses or contact lenses. Partial blindness means you have very limited vision; Complete blindness means you cannot see anything and do not see lig...
Source:ADAM
Date:August 22, 2008
Total blindness is the inability to tell light from dark, or the total inability to see. Visual impairment or low vision is a severe reduction in vision that can't be corrected with standard glasses or contact lenses and reduces a person's ability...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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