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Postmenopause
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D017698 |
[The physiological period following the MENOPAUSE, the permanent cessation of the menstrual life.
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Postmodernism
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D033302 |
[A late 20th-century philosophical approach or style of cultural analysis that seeks to reveal the cultural or social construction of concepts conventionally assumed to be natural or universal. (from E.R. DuBose, The Illusion of Trust: Toward a Medical Theological Ethics in the Postmodern Age, Kluwer, 1995)
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Postmortem Changes
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D011180 |
[Physiological changes that occur in bodies after death.
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Postnatal Care
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D011181 |
[The care provided to women and their NEWBORNS for the first few months following CHILDBIRTH.
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Postoperative Care
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D011182 |
[The period of care beginning when the patient is removed from surgery and aimed at meeting the patient's psychological and physical needs directly after surgery. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)
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Postoperative Cognitive Complications
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D000079690 |
[COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT or functional decline after a surgical procedure.
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Postoperative Complications
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D011183 |
[Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.
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Postoperative Hemorrhage
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D019106 |
[Hemorrhage following any surgical procedure. It may be immediate or delayed and is not restricted to the surgical wound.
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Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
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D020250 |
[Emesis and queasiness occurring after anesthesia.
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Postoperative Period
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D011184 |
[The period following a surgical operation.
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Postpartum Hemorrhage
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D006473 |
[Excess blood loss from uterine bleeding associated with OBSTETRIC LABOR or CHILDBIRTH. It is defined as blood loss greater than 500 ml or of the amount that adversely affects the maternal physiology, such as BLOOD PRESSURE and HEMATOCRIT. Postpartum hemorrhage is divided into two categories, immediate (within first 24 hours after birth) or delayed (after 24 hours postpartum).
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Postpartum Period
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D049590 |
[A period after PARTURITION, from the time of giving BIRTH to the complete involution of the UTERUS to its pre-pregnant state. Puerperium generally lasts about six to eight weeks.
, In females, the period that is shortly after giving birth (PARTURITION).
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Postpartum Thyroiditis
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D050032 |
[Transient autoimmune thyroiditis occurring in the POSTPARTUM PERIOD. It is characterized by the presence of high titers of AUTOANTIBODIES against THYROID PEROXIDASE and THYROGLOBULIN. Clinical signs include the triphasic thyroid hormone pattern: beginning with THYROTOXICOSIS, followed with HYPOTHYROIDISM, then return to euthyroid state by 1 year postpartum.
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Postpericardiotomy Syndrome
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D011185 |
[A nonspecific hypersensitivity reaction caused by TRAUMA to the PERICARDIUM, often following PERICARDIOTOMY. It is characterized by PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; high titers of anti-heart antibodies; low-grade FEVER; LETHARGY; loss of APPETITE; or ABDOMINAL PAIN.
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Postphlebitic Syndrome
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D011186 |
[A condition characterized by a chronically swollen limb, often a leg with stasis dermatitis and ulcerations. This syndrome can appear soon after phlebitis or years later. Postphlebitic syndrome is the result of damaged or incompetent venous valves in the limbs. Distended, tortuous VARICOSE VEINS are usually present. Leg pain may occur after long period of standing.
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Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome
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D016262 |
[A syndrome characterized by new neuromuscular symptoms that occur at least 15 years after clinical stability has been attained in patients with a prior history of symptomatic poliomyelitis. Clinical features include new muscular weakness and atrophy of the limbs, bulbar innervated musculature, and muscles of respiration, combined with excessive fatigue, joint pain, and reduced stamina. The process is marked by slow progression and periods of stabilization. (From Ann NY Acad Sci 1995 May 25;753:68-80)
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Postprandial Period
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D019518 |
[The time frame after a meal or FOOD INTAKE.
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Postsynaptic Potential Summation
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D059227 |
[Physiological integration of multiple SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL signals to reach the threshold and initiate postsynaptic ACTION POTENTIALS. In spatial summation stimulations from additional synaptic junctions are recruited to generate s response. In temporal summation succeeding stimuli signals are summed up to reach the threshold. The postsynaptic potentials can be either excitatory or inhibitory (EPSP or IPSP).
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Postthrombotic Syndrome
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D054070 |
[A condition caused by one or more episodes of DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS, usually the blood clots are lodged in the legs. Clinical features include EDEMA; PAIN; aching; heaviness; and MUSCLE CRAMP in the leg. When severe leg swelling leads to skin breakdown, it is called venous STASIS ULCER.
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Posttraumatic Growth, Psychological
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D000078002 |
[Positive change experienced as a result of the struggle with a major life crisis or a traumatic event.
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