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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  ...iding medical care to Navy people and their families. They may function as clinical or specialty technicians, medical administrative personnel and health care ...d to US Navy Officers. However, obtaining the title of "FMF" is a rigorous procedure and not every Hospital Corpsman who has been with a Marine Corps unit will
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• Ketamine
  Ketamine was invented as CL369, and it was referred to as CI 581 (clinical investigation 581) during development at Parke-Davis.<ref name="Jansen23">{ ...ref> Although low-dose ketamine therapy is established as a generally safe procedure, reported side effects in some patients have included hallucinations, dizzi
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• Sodium thiopental
  ...ental is the [[Dutch people|Dutch]] Professor Jan Bastiaans, who used this procedure to help release trauma in victims of the [[Nazi]]s.<ref>{{cite journal | ur ...D''] August 1997, AANA Archives-Library</ref> Dr. John S. Lundy started a clinical trial of thiopental at the [[Mayo Clinic]] at the request of Abbott.<ref>[h
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• Metformin
  ...laborating Centre for Chronic Conditions | title=Type 2 diabetes: national clinical guideline for management in primary and secondary care (update) | location= ...in people, and in 1957, French physician Jean Sterne published the first [[clinical trial]] of metformin as a treatment for diabetes. It was introduced to the
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• Atenolol
  ...ry-care/ | date=2006-06-30 | publisher=[[National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence]] | accessdate=2009-02-03}}</ref> ...scheduled on regular dialysis, usually 50 mg are given after each dialysis procedure. In these patients, a severe hypotension may occur afterwards.
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• Acetic acid
  ...century [[Germany|German]] alchemist [[Andreas Libavius]] described such a procedure, and he compared the glacial acetic acid produced by this means to vinegar. ...d blood cell]]s in order to do manual [[white blood cell]] counts. Another clinical use is for lysing red blood cells, which can obscure other important consti
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• Morphine
  In clinical medicine, morphine is regarded as the gold standard, or benchmark, of analg ...=http://books.google.com/?id=MtOiLVWBn8cC&pg=PA20|page=20|title=Molecular, clinical and environmental toxicology|author=Andreas Luch|publisher=Springer|year=20
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• Diazepam
  ...eir [[Lethal Injection]] program.<ref>San Quentin State Prison Operational Procedure 0-770, Execution By Lethal Injection (pp. 43 & 92). http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/ * Severe [[clinical depression|depression]], particularly when accompanied by suicidal tendenci
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• Aconitum
  ...nite poisoning.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Lin CC, Chan TY, Deng JF |title=Clinical features and management of herb-induced aconitine poisoning |journal=Ann Em ...reparation of aconite is to steam it with [[ginger]] in a fairly elaborate procedure. Due to the variable levels of toxicity in any given sample of the dried h
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• Graves' ophthalmopathy
  ..., while only 3-5% will develop severe ophthalmopathy.<ref>Pathogenesis and clinical features of Graves' ophthalmopathy (orbitopathy) Terry F Davies, MD (Author ...Ultrasonography]] may detect early Graves' orbitopathy in patients without clinical orbital findings. It is less reliable than the [[CT scan]] and [[magnetic r
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• Biopolymer
  ...ε-caprolactone-poly(CL-LA) are bioabsorbable elastic materials and their clinical applications have been studied. ...ed. PGA, PLA, polydioxanone and PHD have potential roles in this area. For clinical applications, polydioxanone was recommended for ligament augmentation, for
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• Ruthenium
  ...thod to precipitate the ruthenium with ammonium chloride is similar to the procedure that [[Smithson Tennant]] and [[William Hyde Wollaston]] used for their sep ...ore selective action on tumors. NAMI-A and KP1019 are two drugs undergoing clinical evaluation against metastatic tumors and colon cancers.
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• List of eponymous surgical procedures
  ...ures, and occasionally are named after the patient who first underwent the procedure. ! Letter !! Procedure !! Name !!Field !!Description !!External link or reference
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• Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  ...mopoietic stem cell]] or [[blood]]. Stem cell transplantation is a medical procedure in the fields of [[hematology]] and [[oncology]], most often performed for ...ef><ref>{{cite journal |author=Burt RK, Loh Y, Pearce W, ''et al.'' |title=Clinical applications of blood-derived and marrow-derived stem cells for nonmalignan
  41 KB (5,684 words) - 21:26, 21 September 2010
• Tricuspid atresia
  ==Clinical manifestations== * [[Fontan procedure]] to redirect [[inferior vena cava]] and [[hepatic vein]] flow into the pul
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• Ankle brachial pressure index
  ....com/2001/march/Vowden/Doppler-assessment-and-ABPI.html}} - describes ABPI procedure, interpretation of results, and notes the somewhat arbitrary selection of " ...nsitivity,<ref>{{cite journal |author=Montgomery PS, Gardner AW,|title=The clinical utility of a six-minute walk test in peripheral arterial occlusive disease
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• Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency
  ...earch is required to determine if the benefits out weight the risks of the procedure. ...MS but has received skepticism by the majority of medical community as the procedure may lead to serious complications while its benefit has not been proven.<re
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• Electroanalgesia
  PENS used to be a term to describe a neurosurgical procedure involving implantation of temporary stimulating electrodes before an [[SCS ...with the acute application of H-wave stimulation may also be obtained in a clinical situation. Local vasodilation would result in improved perfusion of injured
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• History of general anesthesia
  The exact composition of mafeisan, similar to all of Hua Tuo's clinical knowledge, was lost when he burned his manuscripts, just before his death.< ...me formulation based on historical records but none have achieved the same clinical efficacy as Hua Tuo's. In any event, Hua Tuo's formula did not appear to be
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• Anthrax
  ...), lungs ('''inhalation'''), or skin ('''cutaneous''') and causes distinct clinical symptoms based on its site of entry. An infected human will generally be qu ...ax from community-acquired pneumonia using chest radiograph findings and a clinical algorithm. Chest. 2007 Feb;131(2):489-96.</ref> Illness progressing to the
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