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  2. Northwestern Medicine - Wikipedia

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    Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital (CDH) is a 390-bed hospital in Winfield, Illinois, US, one of seven hospitals operated by Northwestern Medicine. CDH became one of the first hospitals in the Chicago area to perform open-heart surgery on a beating heart, [ 18 ] and as of 2020 [update] was ranked 8th in the Best Hospitals in Illinois ...

  3. List of medical abbreviations: M - Wikipedia

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    magnesium sulfate (Do not use this abbreviation. Write out the name. Per the do-not-use list.) MGUS: monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (unknown or uncertain may be substituted for undetermined) MHA-TP: microhemagglutination assay for T. pallidum: MHMR mental health and mental retardation MHW: Mental Health Worker MI: myocardial ...

  4. Medical specialty - Wikipedia

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    A medical specialty is a branch of medical practice that is focused on a defined group of patients, diseases, skills, or philosophy.Examples include those branches of medicine that deal exclusively with children (paediatrics), cancer (), laboratory medicine (), or primary care (family medicine).

  5. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

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    The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS or DHHS) is a large state government agency in the U.S. state of North Carolina, analogous to the United States Department of Health and Human Services. [3]

  6. List of medical abbreviations: F - Wikipedia

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    Abbreviation Meaning F x: fracture: FA: Fanconi anemia: FAMMM syndrome: familial atypical multiple mole melanoma syndrome: FANA: fluorescent antinuclear antibody test FAP: familial adenomatous polyposis: FAST: focused assessment with sonography for trauma: FB: foreign body: FBC: Family Birth Center full blood count: FBE: full blood exam: FBG ...

  7. Early warning score - Wikipedia

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    NEWS2 chart. In the UK, the Royal College of Physicians developed the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) in 2012 to replace local or regional scores. [9] [10] [11] The NEWS score is the largest national EWS effort to date and has been adopted outside the UK. [1] A second version of the score was introduced in 2017.

  8. What Are ADLs and How They’re Measured - WebMD

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    The term ADL was first introduced by Sidney Katz in 1950. It’s a collective term for all the basic skills you need in regular daily life. ... According to a 2011 U.S. National Health Interview ...

  9. Medical statistics - Wikipedia

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    Medical statistics has been a recognized branch of statistics in the United Kingdom for more than 40 years, but the term has not come into general use in North America, where the wider term 'biostatistics' is more commonly used. [2] However, "biostatistics" more commonly connotes all applications of statistics to biology. [2]