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Internal Medicine |
A medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the internal organ systems of adults. |
General Internal Medicine,Medicine, Internal,Internal Medicine, General,Medicine, General Internal |
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| D007591 |
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
A private, voluntary, not-for-profit organization which establishes standards for the operation of health facilities and services, conducts surveys, and awards accreditation. |
JCAHO,Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals,Joint Commission of Accreditation, Health Care Organizations,Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations,Joint Commission on Accreditation, Health Care Organizations,Joint Commission on Accreditation, Healthcare Organizations |
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| D008504 |
Medical Staff Privileges |
Those rights or activities which are specific to members of the institution's medical staff, including the right to admit private patients. |
Medical Staff Privileges, Nonphysician,Staff Privileges, Medical,Medical Staff Privilege,Privilege, Medical Staff,Privileges, Medical Staff,Staff Privilege, Medical |
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| D002309 |
Cardiology |
The study of the heart, its physiology, and its functions. |
Angiology,Cardiovascular Disease Specialty,Vascular Medicine,Disease Specialty, Cardiovascular,Medicine, Vascular,Specialty, Cardiovascular Disease |
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| D002407 |
Catheterization, Swan-Ganz |
Placement of a balloon-tipped catheter into the pulmonary artery through the antecubital, subclavian, and sometimes the femoral vein. It is used to measure pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary artery wedge pressure which reflects left atrial pressure and left ventricular end-diastolic pressure. The catheter is threaded into the right atrium, the balloon is inflated and the catheter follows the blood flow through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle and out into the pulmonary artery. |
Catheterization, Pulmonary Artery,Swan-Ganz Catheterization,Pulmonary Artery Catheterization,Artery Catheterization, Pulmonary,Artery Catheterizations, Pulmonary,Catheterization, Swan Ganz,Catheterizations, Pulmonary Artery,Pulmonary Artery Catheterizations,Swan Ganz Catheterization |
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| D003406 |
Credentialing |
The recognition of professional or technical competence through registration, certification, licensure, admission to association membership, the award of a diploma or degree, etc. |
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| D004503 |
Education, Medical, Graduate |
Educational programs for medical graduates entering a specialty. They include formal specialty training as well as academic work in the clinical and basic medical sciences, and may lead to board certification or an advanced medical degree. |
Medical Education, Graduate,Education, Graduate Medical,Graduate Medical Education |
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| D006801 |
Humans |
Members of the species Homo sapiens. |
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man |
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| D000776 |
Anesthesiology |
A specialty concerned with the study of anesthetics and anesthesia. |
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| D012955 |
Societies, Medical |
Societies whose membership is limited to physicians. |
Medical Societies,Medical Society,Society, Medical |
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