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A class of steroid hormones necessary for decreasing inflammation and for stress response in order to achieve homeostasis of the body. It is also responsible in the body's sleep-wake cycle.
A medical procedure done outside the body which removes the blood's plasma which contain antibodies that attack the immune system. Plasma is then frozen in order to preserve it for future use.
An introduction of pooled immunoglobulins from the plasma of donors which uses the vein as an access route in order to suppress the host's immune system. It is the treatment for patients with antibody deficiencies.
A medical intervention done by introduction of a tube into an external or internal orifice of the body for removing and adding fluids, maintaining patent airway and for alternative feeding route.
A medical diagnostic test used to assess the function, specifically the ability of electrical conduction of the motor and sensory nerves. This can check various types of peripheral nervous system problems.
A diagnostic test or procedure used to assess and record the electrical activity of muscles and nerve cells that control them. The signals are then analyzed in order to detect medical abnormalities.
Commonly known as arrhythmia or irregular heartbeat, is a term used to any condition in which the heart's electrical activity is malfunctioning causing the heart to beat too rapid, slow or inconsistent.
An elevated heart rhythm caused by rapid impulses from the pacemaker of the heart. It is a rate greater than the normal value of heart rate which is 60 to 100 beats per minute in adult and 140 to 160 beats per minute in infants.
