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Chemical compound
A substance consisting of two or more chemical elements, in specific proportions and in chemical combination, for which a chemical formula can be written. Examples include water (H20) and salt (NaCl).
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Barium compound
Compounds containing barium and suitable diluents or additives. They are used in the form of insoluble barium sulfate, to visualize, that is, to outline, the hollow viscera in roentgenography. Poisoning occasionally occurs when the soluble salts are used accidentally in place of the insoluble sulfate.
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Antisense compound
Manufactured compounds that may alter disease processes by blocking the production of harmful proteins by diseased cells. These molecules seek out and impede the functioning of a diseased cell’s messenger RNA (i.e., a “sense” strand). Without this intervention, the RNA would carry basic directions for the production of disease causing proteins.
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Complicating disease
A disease that occurs during the course of another disease.
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Compliance program
A corporate or institutional program that provides guidelines for the ethical and legal behavior of employees. It is used to disseminate knowledge about, and to supervise, and enforce the conduct of health care employees, specifically their adherence to federally mandated rules that regulate health care fraud, waste, and abuse.
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Tubing compliance
The ability of ventilator tubing to expand when pressurized. It is calculated by closing the ventilator circuit and measuring the volume under pressurization.
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Static compliance
A volume-to-pressure measurement of lung distensibility with exhalation against a closed system, taken under conditions of no airflow.
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Pulmonary compliance
A measure of the force required to distend the lungs.
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Myocardial compliance
The ease with which the heart muscle relaxes as it fills with blood.
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Frequency-dependent compliance
A condition in which pulmonary compliance decreases with rapid breathing; used toidentify small airway disease.
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