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A balloon-assisted enteroscopy utilizing a flexible endoscope with one overtube balloon control unit.

Patient-reported measure of outcome in sino-nasal disorders such as rhinosinusitis and nasal polyposis.

A technique to study CELL MIGRATION in the INFLAMMATION process or during immune reactions. After an area on the skin is abraded, the movement of cel…

Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score used to quantify organ dysfunction.

Body builds determined on the basis of certain physical characteristics of body shape and BODY COMPOSITION. A somatotyping appraisal is a composite r…

Measurement of parameters of the speech product such as vocal tone, loudness, pitch, voice quality, articulation, resonance, phonation, phonetic stru…

The observation of successive phases of MOVEMENT by use of a flashing light.

Combination or superimposition of two images for demonstrating differences between them (e.g., radiograph with contrast vs. one without, radionuclide…

Process of evaluating the health of a patient and determining if they are healthy enough for surgery.

The proportion of survivors in a group, e.g., of patients, studied and followed over a period, or the proportion of persons in a specified group aliv…

Evaluation of manifestations of disease.

Transmission of the readings of instruments to a remote location by means of wires, radio waves, or other means. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientifi…

An integrated nano-scale approach to MEDICINE which involves concurrent diagnosis, drug delivery, therapy, and monitoring of therapeutic response.

An indicator of the benefits and risks of treatment.

The ratio of the dose that produces toxicity to the dose that produces a clinically desired or effective response.

A state of insufficient flesh on the body usually defined as having a body weight less than skeletal and physical standards, such as BODY MASS INDEX…

Aspiration of fluid or air from the THORACIC CAVITY. It is coupled sometimes with the administration of drugs into the PLEURAL CAVITY.

Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the pleural cavity.

Measurement of ocular tension (INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE) with a tonometer. (Cline, et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)

A specialized form of transanal endoscopic surgery for microscopically controlled operations in the RECTUM.

Passage of light through body tissues or cavities for examination of internal structures.

Systems for assessing, classifying, and coding injuries. These systems are used in medical records, surveillance systems, and state and national regi…

Outcome anticipated or expected due to various qualities of a healthcare treatment.

A measure of the quality of health care by assessment of unsuccessful results of management and procedures used in combating disease, in individual c…

Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy…

Needle aspiration of fluid from the MIDDLE EAR through a puncture in the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE.

The condition in which reasonable knowledge regarding risks, benefits, or the future is not available.

Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the ureter.

Forced expiratory effort against a closed GLOTTIS.

A two-part radionuclide imaging that measures VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO of the lungs often used to investigate PULMONARY EMBOLISM. Image acquisitio…