Category: T

A pulse in which a series of oscillations is felt with each beat.  

A full but not bounding pulse.  

Psychosis or schizophrenia-like illnesses occurring in people who have suffered traumatic brain injury.  

The study, treatment, and prevention of emotional and behavioral disorders in immigrants or in members of a nondominant social group within society.  

An algorithm or recipe for managing a disease or condition.  

A patient care plan initiated and carried out by a respiratory care practitioner with the approval of the hospital medical staff.  

Loss of protein into the urine that appears only briefly or occasionally (e.g., during fevers or seizures). It should be evaluated in people over 50, but in younger people it usually is benign.  

The use of an ultrasonic detection device placed in the rectum in order to guide biopsy of the prostate.  

Proctitis that results from anal or rectal injury.  

Alveolar pressure minus pleural pressure. When normal transpulmonary pressures are exceeded, air leaks may develop.