Medical Procedures And Treatments 1-23
22 entries in the Medical Procedures And Treatments compendium.
Oxygen therapyMedical use of oxygen as treatment for hypoxemia and other conditions.Palliative careInterdisciplinary care optimizing quality of life in serious illness.PalpationUsing hands to feel the body for diagnosis.Pap testCervical screening test detecting precancerous and cancerous changes.Percussion (medicine)A tapping technique to assess underlying body structures.Physical examinationA medical checkup for signs or symptoms of disease.Physical therapyA healthcare profession restoring movement and function through physical interventions.Radiation therapyIonizing radiation used to treat cancer and other conditions.Reperfusion therapyRestores blood flow in heart attacks via drugs or surgery.Root canal treatmentTreatment to remove infected pulp and save a tooth from extraction.Screening (medicine)Testing asymptomatic individuals to detect disease early.Skin graftingSurgical transplantation of skin to repair damaged tissue.Stem-cell therapyStem-cell therapy uses stem cells to treat or prevent disease.Sterilization (medicine)Medical methods of permanent birth control for males and females.SurgerySurgery is a medical specialty using manual techniques to treat conditions.Symptomatic treatmentMedical therapy that treats symptoms, not the underlying cause.TherapyTherapy is the attempted remediation of a health problem.Topical medicationMedication applied to a specific place on or in the body.Tracheal intubationPlacement of a tube into the trachea to secure the airway.Transplantation (medicine)Transplantation replaces damaged functions using organs or tissues from donors.TriageMedical sorting to prioritize treatment in emergencies.VasectomyPermanent male sterilization via sealing the vasa deferentia.
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