Hospitals

Hospitals

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Hospitals

The upper gastrointestinal (GI) series examines the upper and middle portions of the GI tract. The person being tested swallows a "shake" of barium and water (barium contrast material) followed by ...

edema

Health care; Hospitals

The swelling of soft tissues as a result of excess fluid accumulation.

nausea

Health care; Hospitals

The urge to vomit or throw-up. It can be brought by many causes including, systemic illnesses, such as influenza, medications, pain, and inner ear disease

embolism

Health care; Hospitals

The obstruction of a blood vessel by a foreign substance or a blood clot blocking the vessel. Those traveling and lodging in the brain cause strokes; if it lodges in the heart, it would cause a heart ...

traction, orthopedic

Health care; Hospitals

The use of a system of weights and pulleys to gradually change the position of a bone. It may be used in cases of bone injury or congenital defect, to prevent scar tissue from building up in ways to ...