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In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. In medicine, an exacerbation is the worsening of a ...
The definition of a COPD exacerbation is commonly described as "lost in translation", [9] meaning that there is no universally accepted standard with regard to defining an acute exacerbation of COPD. Many organizations consider it a priority to create such a standard, as it would be a major step forward in the diagnosis and quality of treatment ...
Polycrisis (from the French polycrise or poly-crise), a term originally coined by French philosopher and sociologist Edgar Morin in his 1993 book Terre-Patrie, [1] describes a complex situation where multiple, interconnected crises converge and amplify each other, resulting in a predicament that is difficult to manage or resolve. [2]
The term "comorbid" has three definitions: to indicate a medical condition existing simultaneously but independently with another condition in a patient. to indicate a medical condition in a patient that causes, is caused by, or is otherwise related to another condition in the same patient. [3]
Intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED; sometimes called the tort of outrage) [1] is a common law tort that allows individuals to recover for severe emotional distress caused by another individual who intentionally or recklessly inflicted emotional distress by behaving in an "extreme and outrageous" way. [2]
Between the city’s two shelters — the other being the shiny new North Animal Campus on the edge of Haslet — dozens of animals arrive every day, mostly dogs. Barry Alexander, the ...
Positive feedback (exacerbating feedback, self-reinforcing feedback) is a process that occurs in a feedback loop which exacerbates the effects of a small disturbance. That is, the effects of a perturbation on a system include an increase in the magnitude of the perturbation. [ 1 ]
Other GOP skeptics of tariffs largely appear to be keeping their powder dry on Trump’s tax on imports. “I’m concerned about the potential of it,” Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) told ...