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StatusIndicated degree of medical urgency for patients awaiting transplants.
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Medical
Pertaining to Medicine.
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State University of New York (SUNY) Health Science Center
State University of New York (SUNY) Health Science Center is a hospital in Syracuse, NY (USA).
Staticin
Staticin is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): erythromycin.
Station
Station: A term used to describe the location of a baby's presenting part (usually the top of the head) relative to the mother's pelvic bones during pregnancy and labor; ranges from -5 when the presenting part is at the inlet of the maternal pelvis to +5 when it is at the outlet (and delivery is imminent).
Statistical analysis plan
A document that contains a more technical and detailed elaboration of the principal features of the analysis described in the protocol, and includes detailed procedures for executing the statistical analysis of the primary and secondary, variables and other data.
Statistical norm
The standard of what is normal as defined by what the middle 50 percent of a community represent in what they are, and in what they say and/or do.
Statistical significance
Level at which an investigator can conclude that observed differences are not due to chance alone; for example, a p value of .05 (also called significance at the .05 level) indicates that there is about 1 chance in 20 that the differences observed occurred by chance alone.
Statistics
Systematic collection, classification, and mathematical compilation of evidence or information with respect to its amount, range, frequency, or prevalence.
Statobex
Statobex is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): phendimetrazine tartrate.
Statobex-g
Statobex-g is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): phendimetrazine tartrate.
Statrol
Statrol is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): neomycin sulfate; polymyxin b sulfate.
Statutory rape
Sexual intercourse with someone who, by legal statute, is defined as unqualified to give consent, usually because of being underage; the law applies even if the accused partner, a boy, is the younger of the pair, and was actually seduced by the girl.
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Sensitization
Potential recipients are "sensitized" if there are antibodies in their blood, usually because of pregnancy, blood transfusions or previous rejection of an organ transplant. Sensitization is measured by PRA. Highly sensitized patients are more likely to reject an organ transplant than unsensitized patients.
Septal Defect
A hole or "defect" is in the heart muscle forming a wall between the left and right side of the heart. Can be an atrial septal defect (ASD) or ventricular septal defect (VSD).
Sestamibi Exercise Stress Test (Sestamibi stress test, stress perfusion scan, stress Sestamibi)
A diagnostic study, which uses a small amount of radioactive tracer, injected into the body, and a special camera, which detects the radiation, released by the substance to produce a computer image of the heart. Combined with exercise, the study can help determine if there is adequate blood flow to the heart at rest, as compared with activity.
Side Effect
An unintended effect of a drug on tissues or organs other than the drug benefits.
Sodium
A mineral found in most of the foods we eat. The largest source of dietary sodium comes from sodium chloride or table salt. Intake of sodium tends to increase the retention of water.
Status
Sternum (breastbone)
Bone in chest separated during open heart surgery.
Stress Test
See exercise stress test
Stroke (also called cerebral vascular accident or CVA)
Impaired artery blood flow to the brain. During a stroke, brain cells in the affected area are starved for oxygen and subsequently die.
Stunned Myocardium
If blood flow is returned to an area of heart muscle after a period of ischemia (lack of blood supply), the heart muscle may not pump normally for a period of days following the event. This is called "stunned" heart muscle or myocardium.
Subvalvular Aortic Stenosis
Subvalvular aortic stenosis is a narrowing of the flow of blood below the aortic valve in the left ventricle. It is usually caused by a membrane or thickening in the muscle in this area.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Medical
Pertaining to Medicine.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
State University of New York (SUNY) Health Science Center
State University of New York (SUNY) Health Science Center is a hospital in Syracuse, NY (USA).
Staticin
Staticin is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): erythromycin.
Station
Station: A term used to describe the location of a baby's presenting part (usually the top of the head) relative to the mother's pelvic bones during pregnancy and labor; ranges from -5 when the presenting part is at the inlet of the maternal pelvis to +5 when it is at the outlet (and delivery is imminent).
Statistical analysis plan
A document that contains a more technical and detailed elaboration of the principal features of the analysis described in the protocol, and includes detailed procedures for executing the statistical analysis of the primary and secondary, variables and other data.
Statistical norm
The standard of what is normal as defined by what the middle 50 percent of a community represent in what they are, and in what they say and/or do.
Statistical significance
Level at which an investigator can conclude that observed differences are not due to chance alone; for example, a p value of .05 (also called significance at the .05 level) indicates that there is about 1 chance in 20 that the differences observed occurred by chance alone.
Statistics
Systematic collection, classification, and mathematical compilation of evidence or information with respect to its amount, range, frequency, or prevalence.
Statobex
Statobex is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): phendimetrazine tartrate.
Statobex-g
Statobex-g is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): phendimetrazine tartrate.
Statrol
Statrol is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): neomycin sulfate; polymyxin b sulfate.
Statutory rape
Sexual intercourse with someone who, by legal statute, is defined as unqualified to give consent, usually because of being underage; the law applies even if the accused partner, a boy, is the younger of the pair, and was actually seduced by the girl.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Sensitization
Potential recipients are "sensitized" if there are antibodies in their blood, usually because of pregnancy, blood transfusions or previous rejection of an organ transplant. Sensitization is measured by PRA. Highly sensitized patients are more likely to reject an organ transplant than unsensitized patients.
Septal Defect
A hole or "defect" is in the heart muscle forming a wall between the left and right side of the heart. Can be an atrial septal defect (ASD) or ventricular septal defect (VSD).
Sestamibi Exercise Stress Test (Sestamibi stress test, stress perfusion scan, stress Sestamibi)
A diagnostic study, which uses a small amount of radioactive tracer, injected into the body, and a special camera, which detects the radiation, released by the substance to produce a computer image of the heart. Combined with exercise, the study can help determine if there is adequate blood flow to the heart at rest, as compared with activity.
Side Effect
An unintended effect of a drug on tissues or organs other than the drug benefits.
Sodium
A mineral found in most of the foods we eat. The largest source of dietary sodium comes from sodium chloride or table salt. Intake of sodium tends to increase the retention of water.
Status
Sternum (breastbone)
Bone in chest separated during open heart surgery.
Stress Test
See exercise stress test
Stroke (also called cerebral vascular accident or CVA)
Impaired artery blood flow to the brain. During a stroke, brain cells in the affected area are starved for oxygen and subsequently die.
Stunned Myocardium
If blood flow is returned to an area of heart muscle after a period of ischemia (lack of blood supply), the heart muscle may not pump normally for a period of days following the event. This is called "stunned" heart muscle or myocardium.
Subvalvular Aortic Stenosis
Subvalvular aortic stenosis is a narrowing of the flow of blood below the aortic valve in the left ventricle. It is usually caused by a membrane or thickening in the muscle in this area.
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