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Insult (medical) In medical terms, an insult is the cause of some kind of physical or mental injury. For example, a burn on the skin (the injury) may be the result of a thermal, chemical, radioactive, or electrical event (the insult). [1] Likewise sepsis and trauma are examples of foreign insults, [2] and encephalitis, multiple sclerosis, and ...
v. in·sulted, in·sulting, in·sults. n. (ĭn′sŭlt′) a. Medicine A bodily injury, irritation, or trauma. b. Something that causes injury, irritation, or trauma: "the middle of the Bronx, buffeted and poisoned by the worst environmental insults that urban America can dish out" (William K. Stevens). in·sult′er n.
In medical terms, an insult is the cause of some kind of physical or mental injury. For example, a burn on the skin (the injury) may be the result of a thermal, chemical, radioactive, or electrical event (the insult). Likewise sepsis and trauma are examples of foreign insults, and encephalitis, multiple sclerosis, and brain tumors are examples ...
ESR. erythrocyte sedimentation rate (a type of blood test used to help diagnose conditions associated with inflammation) EUA. examination under anaesthetic. FBC. full blood count (a type of blood test) FOBT. faecal occult blood test (a test to check for blood traces in your poo) FIT.
AbbreviationMeaning#broken bone (fracture)A&Eaccident and emergencya.c.before mealsa.m., am, AMmorningSummary. Surgery of any kind represents a traumatic insult to the body and is accompanied by a verifiable stress response dependent on the magnitude of the insult. While the general principles of broad-based anaesthesia have been covered in Section 1, Chapters 2, 3 and 4, the purpose of this chapter is to alert the reader to operative ...
- Colin Pinnock, Robert Haden
- 2009
HAPE: High altitude pulmonary edema. HPS: Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. A type of contagious, infectious disease is transmitted by rats infected with the virus. IBS: Irritable bowel syndrome (A medical disease that involves the gastrointestinal tract.) IDDM: Insulin -dependent diabetes mellitus.
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The use of certain abbreviations can be dangerous and lead to patient injury or death. Examples of error-prone medical abbreviations include: IU (international unit): may be confused with “IV” (intravenous) µg (microgram): may be confused with mg (milligram) U (unit): may be mistaken for “0” (zero), increasing the dose tenfold.
