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2. Hypothermia cap - Wikipedia

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   A hypothermia cap (also referred to as cold cap or cooling cap) is a therapeutic device used to cool the human scalp. Its most prominent medical applications are in preventing or reducing alopecia in chemotherapy , and for preventing cerebral palsy in babies born with neonatal encephalopathy caused by hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) .

3. Chemotherapy-induced acral erythema - Wikipedia

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   Chemotherapy-induced acral erythema, also known as palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia or hand-foot syndrome is reddening, swelling, numbness and desquamation (skin sloughing or peeling) on palms of the hands and soles of the feet (and, occasionally, on the knees, elbows, and elsewhere) that can occur after chemotherapy in patients with cancer.

4. Scrubs (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   Several styles were popular, including the "bouffant" surgical cap, a utilitarian hairnet-like hat which typically comes in light blue, and the "milkmaid", a bonnet-like wrap around hat. Bouffant surgical caps are perhaps the most widely used scrub hats in hospitals, and their usage is not limited to only nurses and surgeons: hospital patients ...

5. Kate Middleton ‘Didn’t Have to Have’ Cold Cap Therapy During ...

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   Cold cap treatment, according to MD Anderson Cancer Center, is when a patient wears a silicone scalp-cooling cap to help prevent hair loss. “It reduces the blood flow to the hair follicles, so ...

6. Frey's syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Frey's syndrome (also known as Baillarger's syndrome, Dupuy's syndrome, auriculotemporal syndrome, [1] or Frey-Baillarger syndrome) is a rare neurological disorder resulting from damage to or near the parotid glands responsible for making saliva, and from damage to the auriculotemporal nerve often from surgery.

7. List of instruments used in otorhinolaryngology, head and ...

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   •Boyle Davis mouth gag: to keep the mouth open and depress the tongue to operate within or through the mouth; operations in which it is used: tonsillectomy, operation of palate, pharynx, nasopharynx. •Jenning's mouth gag-do- Draffin's bipod metallic stand and Magauran's plate: used to hold the Boyle Davis mouth gag fitted head in a ...