True neurologic TOS is the only type with a clear definition that most scientists agree upon. The disorder is rare, typically painless, and caused by congenital anomalies (unusual anatomic features present at birth). It generally occurs in middle-aged women and almost always on one side of the body. Symptoms include weakness and wasting of hand muscles, and numbness in the hand. Disputed TOS, also called common or non-specific TOS, is a highly controversial disorder. Some doctors do not believe it exists while others say ...

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Thoracic outlet syndrome, Thoracic outlet syndrome - Categorization by system, Thoracic outlet syndrome - Categorization by region

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1 A B C D F G H K L M O P S T W #Characters from comics and shorts List of Disney characters - 101 Dalmatians. Ahab Anita Radcliffe/Dearly Cadpig Captain the Horse Colonel Cruella De Vil Dipstick Dirty Dawson Duchess the Cow Horace Badun Jasper Badun Little Lightning Lucky Nanny Patch Perdita Pongo Princess the Cow Roger Radcliffe/Dearly ...

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List of Disney characters, List of Disney characters - Sorted by movie/series, List of Disney characters - 101 Dalmatians, List of Disney characters - 102 Dalmatians, List of Disney characters - Adventures of the Gummi Bears, List of Disney characters - Aladdin, List of Disney characters - Alice in Wonderland, List of Disney characters - American Dragon: Jake Long, List of Disney characters - Atlantis: The Lost Empire, List of Disney characters - Bambi, List of Disney characters - Beauty and the Beast, List of Disney characters - Bonkers, List of Disney characters - Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, List of Disney characters - Brother Bear, List of Disney characters - Chicken Little, List of Disney characters - Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, List of Disney characters - Cinderella, List of Disney characters - Darkwing Duck, List of Disney characters - Dave the Barbarian, List of Disney characters - DuckTales, List of Disney characters - Dumbo, List of Disney characters - Fantasia, List of Disney characters - Fillmore!, List of Disney characters - Gargoyles, List of Disney characters - Goof Troop, List of Disney characters - Hercules, List of Disney characters - Home on the Range, List of Disney characters - Kim Possible, List of Disney characters - Lady and the Tramp, List of Disney characters - Lilo & Stitch, List of Disney characters - Mickey Mouse Works, List of Disney characters - Mulan, List of Disney characters - Oliver & Company, List of Disney characters - Peter Pan, List of Disney characters - Pinocchio, List of Disney characters - Pocahontas, List of Disney characters - Robin Hood, List of Disney characters - Sleeping Beauty, List of Disney characters - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, List of Disney characters - TaleSpin, List of Disney characters - Tarzan, List of Disney characters - Teacher's Pet, List of Disney characters - Teamo Supremo, List of Disney characters - The Aristocats, List of Disney characters - The Buzz on Maggie, List of Disney characters - The Emperor's New Groove, List of Disney characters - The Hunchback of Notre Dame, List of Disney characters - The Jungle Book, List of Disney characters - The Lion King, List of Disney characters - The Little Mermaid, List of Disney characters - The Mighty Ducks, List of Disney characters - The Rescuers, List of Disney characters - The Rescuers Down Under, List of Disney characters - The Sword in the Stone, List of Disney characters - The Weekenders, List of Disney characters - The Wuzzles, List of Disney characters - Treasure Planet, List of Disney characters - Winnie the Pooh, List of Disney characters - Characters from comics and shorts, List of Disney characters - Sorted by character, List of Disney characters - A, List of Disney characters - B, List of Disney characters - C, List of Disney characters - D, List of Disney characters - E, List of Disney characters - F, List of Disney characters - G, List of Disney characters - H, List of Disney characters - I, List of Disney characters - J, List of Disney characters - K, List of Disney characters - L, List of Disney characters - M, List of Disney characters - N, List of Disney characters - O, List of Disney characters - P, List of Disney characters - Q, List of Disney characters - R, List of Disney characters - S, List of Disney characters - T, List of Disney characters - U, List of Disney characters - V, List of Disney characters - W, List of Disney characters - Y, List of Disney characters - Z

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The terms sadism and masochism were first used consistently to describe these behaviors by the German psychiatrist Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing in his 1886 compilation of case studies Psychopathia Sexualis, a famous study of sexual perversity. Sigmund Freud, a psychoanalyst and a contemporary of Krafft-Ebing, noted that both were often found in the same individuals, and combined the two into a single dichotomous entity known as sadomasochism (often abbreviated as S&M or S/M). This observation is commonly ...

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Sadism and masochism, Sadism and masochism - The biology of S&M, Sadism and masochism - The psychology of S&M, Sadism and masochism - Sadism and masochism in real life, Sadism and masochism - Sadism as a motivation for crime, Sadism and masochism - Sadism and masochism in fiction

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List of ICD-9 codes - Intestinal infectious diseases 001-009. (001) Cholera (002) Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers (003) Other Salmonella infections (003.0) Salmonella gastroenteritis (004) Shigellosis (004.9) Shigellosis, unspec. (005) Other food poisoning (bacterial) (005.0) Staphylococcal food poisoning (006) Amoebiasis (006.0) Acute amoebic dysentery without mention of abscess (006 ...

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List of ICD-9 codes, List of ICD-9 codes - 1. Infectious and parasitic diseases 001-139, List of ICD-9 codes - Intestinal infectious diseases 001-009, List of ICD-9 codes - tuberculosis 010-018, List of ICD-9 codes - zoonotic bacterial diseases 020-027, List of ICD-9 codes - other bacterial diseases 030-041, List of ICD-9 codes - human immunodeficiency virus hiv infection 042-044, List of ICD-9 codes - poliomyelitis and other non-arthropod-borne viral diseases of central nervous system 045-049, List of ICD-9 codes - viral diseases accompanied by exanthem 050-057, List of ICD-9 codes - arthropod-borne viral diseases 060-066, List of ICD-9 codes - other diseases due to viruses and chlamydiae 070-079, List of ICD-9 codes - rickettsioses and other arthropod-borne diseases 080-088, List of ICD-9 codes - syphilis and other venereal diseases 090-099, List of ICD-9 codes - other spirochetal diseases 100-104, List of ICD-9 codes - mycoses 110-118, List of ICD-9 codes - helminthiases 120-129, List of ICD-9 codes - other infectious and parasitic diseases 130-136, List of ICD-9 codes - late effects of infectious and parasitic diseases 137-139, List of ICD-9 codes - 2. Neoplasms 140-239, List of ICD-9 codes - malignant neoplasm of lip oral cavity and pharynx 140-149, List of ICD-9 codes - malignant neoplasm of digestive organs and peritoneum 150-159, List of ICD-9 codes - malignant neoplasm of respiratory and intrathoracic organs 160-165, List of ICD-9 codes - malignant neoplasm of bone connective tissue skin and breast 170-176, List of ICD-9 codes - malignant neoplasm of genitourinary organs 179-189, List of ICD-9 codes - malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified sites 190-199, List of ICD-9 codes - malignant neoplasm of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissue 200-208, List of ICD-9 codes - benign neoplasms 210-229, List of ICD-9 codes - carcinoma in situ 230-234, List of ICD-9 codes - neoplasms of uncertain behavior 235-238, List of ICD-9 codes - neoplasms of unspecified nature 239-239, List of ICD-9 codes - 3. Endocrine nutritional and metabolic diseases and immunity disorders 240-279, List of ICD-9 codes - disorders of thyroid gland 240-246, List of ICD-9 codes - diseases of other endocrine glands 250-259, List of ICD-9 codes - nutritional deficiencies 260-269, List of ICD-9 codes - other metabolic and immunity disorders 270-279, List of ICD-9 codes - 4. Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs 280-289, List of ICD-9 codes - diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs 280-289, List of ICD-9 codes - 5. Mental disorders 290-319, List of ICD-9 codes - psychoses 290-299, List of ICD-9 codes - organic psychotic conditions 290-294, List of ICD-9 codes - other psychoses 295-299, List of ICD-9 codes - neurotic disorders personality disorders and other nonpsychotic mental disorders 300-316, List of ICD-9 codes - mental retardation 317-319, List of ICD-9 codes - 6. Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs 320-389, List of ICD-9 codes - inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system 320-326, List of ICD-9 codes - hereditary and degenerative diseases of the central nervous system 330-337, List of ICD-9 codes - other disorders of the central nervous system 340-349, List of ICD-9 codes - disorders of the peripheral nervous system 350-359, List of ICD-9 codes - disorders of the eye and adnexa 360-379, List of ICD-9 codes - diseases of the ear and mastoid process 380-389, List of ICD-9 codes - 7. Diseases of the circulatory system 390-459, List of ICD-9 codes - acute rheumatic fever 390-392, List of ICD-9 codes - chronic rheumatic heart disease 393-398, List of ICD-9 codes - hypertensive disease 401-405, List of ICD-9 codes - ischemic heart disease 410-414, List of ICD-9 codes - diseases of pulmonary circulation 415-417, List of ICD-9 codes - other forms of heart disease 420-429, List of ICD-9 codes - cerebrovascular disease 430-438, List of ICD-9 codes - diseases of arteries arterioles and capillaries 440-448, List of ICD-9 codes - diseases of veins and lymphatics and other diseases of circulatory system 451-459, List of ICD-9 codes - 8. Diseases of the respiratory system 460-519, List of ICD-9 codes - acute respiratory infections 460-466, List of ICD-9 codes - other diseases of the upper respiratory tract 470-478, List of ICD-9 codes - pneumonia and influenza 480-487, List of ICD-9 codes - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and allied conditions 490-496, List of ICD-9 codes - pneumoconioses and other lung diseases due to external agents 500-508, List of ICD-9 codes - other diseases of respiratory system 510-519, List of ICD-9 codes - 9. Diseases of the digestive system 520-579, List of ICD-9 codes - diseases of oral cavity salivary glands and jaws 520-529, List of ICD-9 codes - diseases of esophagus stomach and duodenum 530-537, List of ICD-9 codes - appendicitis 540-543, List of ICD-9 codes - hernia of abdominal cavity 550-553, List of ICD-9 codes - noninfectious enteritis and colitis 555-558, List of ICD-9 codes - other diseases of intestines and peritoneum 560-569, List of ICD-9 codes - other diseases of digestive system 570-579, List of ICD-9 codes - 10. Diseases of the genitourinary system 580-629, List of ICD-9 codes - nephritis nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis 580-589, List of ICD-9 codes - other diseases of urinary system 590-599, List of ICD-9 codes - diseases of male genital organs 600-608, List of ICD-9 codes - disorders of breast 610-611, List of ICD-9 codes - inflammatory disease of female pelvic organs 614-616, List of ICD-9 codes - other disorders of female genital tract 617-629, List of ICD-9 codes - 11. Complications of pregnancy childbirth and the puerperium 630-676, List of ICD-9 codes - ectopic and molar pregnancy 630-633, List of ICD-9 codes - other pregnancy with abortive outcome 634-639, List of ICD-9 codes - complications mainly related to pregnancy 640-648, List of ICD-9 codes - normal delivery and other indications for care in pregnancy labor and delivery 650-659, List of ICD-9 codes - complications occurring mainly in the course of labor and delivery 660-669, List of ICD-9 codes - complications of the puerperium 670-676, List of ICD-9 codes - 12. Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue 680-709, List of ICD-9 codes - infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue 680-686, List of ICD-9 codes - other inflammatory conditions of skin and subcutaneous tissue 690-698, List of ICD-9 codes - other diseases of skin and subcutaneous tissue 700-709, List of ICD-9 codes - 13. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 710-739, List of ICD-9 codes - arthropathies and related disorders 710-719, List of ICD-9 codes - dorsopathies 720-724, List of ICD-9 codes - rheumatism excluding the back 725-729, List of ICD-9 codes - osteopathies chondropathies and acquired musculoskeletal deformities 730-739, List of ICD-9 codes - 14. Congenital anomalies 740-759, List of ICD-9 codes - congenital anomalies 740-759, List of ICD-9 codes - 15. Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period 760-779, List of ICD-9 codes - maternal causes of perinatal morbidity and mortality 760-763, List of ICD-9 codes - other conditions originating in the perinatal period 764-779, List of ICD-9 codes - 16. Symptoms signs and ill-defined conditions 780-799, List of ICD-9 codes - symptoms 780-789, List of ICD-9 codes - nonspecific abnormal findings 790-796, List of ICD-9 codes - ill-defined and unknown causes of morbidity and mortality 797-799, List of ICD-9 codes - 17. Injury and poisoning 800-999, List of ICD-9 codes - fracture of skull 800-804, List of ICD-9 codes - fracture of neck and trunk 805-809, List of ICD-9 codes - fracture of upper limb 810-819, List of ICD-9 codes - fracture of lower limb 820-829, List of ICD-9 codes - dislocation 830-839, List of ICD-9 codes - sprains and strains of joints and adjacent muscles 840-848, List of ICD-9 codes - intracranial injury excluding those with skull fracture 850-854, List of ICD-9 codes - internal injury of thorax abdomen and pelvis 860-869, List of ICD-9 codes - open wound of head neck and trunk 870-879, List of ICD-9 codes - open wound 870-897, List of ICD-9 codes - open wound of upper limb 880-887, List of ICD-9 codes - open wound of lower limb 890-897, List of ICD-9 codes - injury to blood vessels 900-904, List of ICD-9 codes - late effects of injuries poisonings toxic effects and other external causes 905-909, List of ICD-9 codes - superficial injury 910-919, List of ICD-9 codes - contusion with intact skin surface 920-924, List of ICD-9 codes - crushing injury 925-929, List of ICD-9 codes - effects of foreign body entering through orifice 930-939, List of ICD-9 codes - burns 940-949, List of ICD-9 codes - injury to nerves and spinal cord 950-957, List of ICD-9 codes - certain traumatic complications and unspecified injuries 958-959, List of ICD-9 codes - poisoning by drugs medicinal and biological substances 960-979, List of ICD-9 codes - toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source 980-989, List of ICD-9 codes - other and unspecified effects of external causes 990-995, List of ICD-9 codes - complications of surgical and medical care not elsewhere classified 996-999, List of ICD-9 codes - E section -- External causes of injury, List of ICD-9 codes - V codes -- Supplementary classification of factors influencing health status and contact with health services

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ICD-10 Chapter N: Diseases of the genitourinary system - N00-N08 Glomerular diseases. (N00) Acute nephritic syndrome (N01) Rapidly progressive nephritic syndrome (N02) Recurrent and persistent haematuria (N03) Chronic nephritic syndrome (N04) Nephrotic syndrome (N05) Unspecified nephritic syndrome (N06) Isolated proteinuria with specified morphological lesionSee also:

ICD-10 Chapter N: Diseases of the genitourinary system, ICD-10 Chapter N: Diseases of the genitourinary system - N00-N39 - Diseases of the genitourinary system: urinary system, ICD-10 Chapter N: Diseases of the genitourinary system - N00-N08 Glomerular diseases, ICD-10 Chapter N: Diseases of the genitourinary system - N10-N16 Renal tubulo-interstitial diseases, ICD-10 Chapter N: Diseases of the genitourinary system - N17-N19 Renal failure, ICD-10 Chapter N: Diseases of the genitourinary system - N20-N23 Urolithiasis, ICD-10 Chapter N: Diseases of the genitourinary system - N25-N29 Other disorders of kidney and ureter, ICD-10 Chapter N: Diseases of the genitourinary system - N30-N39 Other diseases of urinary system, ICD-10 Chapter N: Diseases of the genitourinary system - N40-N99 - Diseases of the genitourinary system: pelvis genitals and breasts, ICD-10 Chapter N: Diseases of the genitourinary system - N40-N51 Diseases of male genital organs, ICD-10 Chapter N: Diseases of the genitourinary system - N60-N64 Disorders of breast, ICD-10 Chapter N: Diseases of the genitourinary system - N70-N77 Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs, ICD-10 Chapter N: Diseases of the genitourinary system - N80-N98 Noninflammatory disorders of female genital tract, ICD-10 Chapter N: Diseases of the genitourinary system - N99 Other disorders of genitourinary tract

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PCA has passed into medical jargon to mean the electronically controlled infusion pump that delivers a prescribed amount of intravenous or epidural analgesic to the patient when he or she activates a button. Opioids are the medication most often administered through PCAs. PCA was introduced by Dr. Philip H. Sechzer in the later 1960s and described in 1971. Patient-controlled analgesia - Benefits. Among the benefits of this device are: It saves time between when the patient feels ...

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Patient-controlled analgesia, Patient-controlled analgesia - General use, Patient-controlled analgesia - Hospital use, Patient-controlled analgesia - Benefits, Patient-controlled analgesia - Disadvantages, Patient-controlled analgesia - Reference

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Esophageal cancer - General approaches. The treatment is determined by the cellular type of cancer (adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma vs. other types), the stage of the disease, the general condition of the patient and other diseases present. On the whole, adequate nutrition needs to be assured, and adequate dental care is vital. If the patient cannot swallow at all, a stent may be inserted to keep the esophagus patent. A nasogastric tube may be necessary to continue feeding while treatment for the ...

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Esophageal cancer, Esophageal cancer - Signs and symptoms, Esophageal cancer - Cause and risk factors, Esophageal cancer - Increased risk, Esophageal cancer - Decreased risk, Esophageal cancer - Diagnosis, Esophageal cancer - Staging, Esophageal cancer - Treatment, Esophageal cancer - General approaches, Esophageal cancer - Tumor treatments, Esophageal cancer - Follow-up and prognosis, Esophageal cancer - Epidemiology

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The Seven Valleys was written around 1860 in Baghdad, in response to questions posed by a certain judge, who was a follower of the Qádiríyyih Order of Sufism. About the time of writing to Bahá'u'lláh, he quit his job, and spent the rest of his life wandering around Iraqi Kurdistan. This work has been called by Shoghi Effendi his "greatest mystical composition", and in the West was one of the earliest available books of Bahá'u'lláh, first translated d ...

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Seven Valleys, Seven Valleys - Seven Valleys, Seven Valleys - The Valley of Search, Seven Valleys - The Valley of Love, Seven Valleys - The Valley of Knowledge, Seven Valleys - The Valley of Unity, Seven Valleys - The Valley of Contentment, Seven Valleys - The Valley of Wonderment, Seven Valleys - The Valley of True Poverty and Absolute Nothingness

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Published in 54 volumes, The Great Books of the Western World covers topics including fiction, history, poetry, natural science, mathematics, philosophy, drama, politics, religion, economics, and ethics. The first volume, titled The Great Conversation, contains an introduction and discourse on liberal education by Hutchins. The next two volumes, "The Great Ideas: A Syntopicon", were conceived by Adler as a way of emphasizing the unity of the set and, by extension, of Western thought in general. A team of indexers spent months c ...

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Great Books of the Western World, Great Books of the Western World - History, Great Books of the Western World - The works, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 1, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 2, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 3, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 4, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 5, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 6, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 7, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 8, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 9, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 10, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 11, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 12, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 13, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 14, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 15, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 16, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 17, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 18, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 19, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 20, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 21, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 22, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 23, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 24, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 25, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 26, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 27, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 28, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 29, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 30, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 31, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 32, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 33, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 34, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 35, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 36, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 37, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 38, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 39, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 40, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 41, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 42, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 43, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 44, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 45, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 46, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 47, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 48, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 49, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 50, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 51, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 52, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 53, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 54, Great Books of the Western World - Second edition, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 20, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 23, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 31, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 34, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 43, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 44, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 45, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 46, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 47, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 48, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 52, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 55, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 56, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 57, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 58, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 59, Great Books of the Western World - Volume 60, Great Books of the Western World - Criticism

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The brand name Aspirin was coined by the Bayer company of Germany. In some countries the name is used as a generic term for the drug rather than the manufacturer's trademark. In countries in which Aspirin remains a trademark, the initialism ASA is used as a generic term (ASS in German-language countries, for Acetylsalicylsäure; AAS in Spanish- and Portuguese-language countries, for ácido acetilsalicílico). The name "aspirin" is composed of a- (from the acetyl group) -spir- (from the spiraea flower) and -in (a common ending for drugs at the time). Bayer registered it ...

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Aspirin, Aspirin - Name, Aspirin - Discovery, Aspirin - Synthesis of aspirin, Aspirin - How it works, Aspirin - Indications, Aspirin - Contraindications and warnings, Aspirin - Common side-effects, Aspirin - Overdose

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