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  2. Gravidity and parity - Wikipedia

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    For example, a pregnant female who carried one pregnancy to term with a surviving infant; carried one pregnancy to 35 weeks with surviving twins; carried one pregnancy to 9 weeks as an ectopic (tubal) pregnancy; and has three living children would have a TPAL annotation of T1, P1, A1, L3. This could also be written as 1-1-1-3.

  3. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis - Wikipedia

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    Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is the development of a bacterial infection in the peritoneum, despite the absence of an obvious source for the infection. [1] It is specifically an infection of the ascitic fluid – an increased volume of peritoneal fluid. [2] Ascites is most commonly a complication of cirrhosis of the liver. [1]

  4. List of medical abbreviations: S - Wikipedia

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    semel in die meaning once daily. Used only in veterinary medicine. SIDS: sudden infant death syndrome: SIL: squamous intraepithelial lesion SIMV: synchronized intermittent mechanical ventilation: si op. sit: if needed (from Latin si opus sit) SIRS: systemic inflammatory response syndrome SIT

  5. Selective reduction - Wikipedia

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    On the right, the "pump twin" which supplies the acardiac twin with blood. A selective termination of the acardiac twin reduces the risk of death of the pump twin. Selective reduction is used when a mother is carrying an unsafe or undesirable number of fetuses in a multiple pregnancy, which are common in medically assisted pregnancies. The ...

  6. List of medical abbreviations: B - Wikipedia

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    twice a day (from Latin bis in die) BDD: body dysmorphic disorder: BDI: Beck Depression Inventory: BDS: two times a day (from Latin bis die sumendus) BE: barium enema base excess: BEAM: A type of high-dose chemotherapy used to treat lymphoma prior to a stem cell transplant BEP: bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (chemotherapy regimen) BF ...

  7. Vanishing twin - Wikipedia

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    A vanishing twin, also known as twin resorption, is a fetus in a multigestation pregnancy that dies in utero and is then partially or completely reabsorbed. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In some instances, the dead twin is compressed into a flattened, parchment-like state known as fetus papyraceus .

  8. Last Year, He Was Told He Has 2 to 5 Years to Live. Now He ...

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    Shay explains that the couple began trying for a baby by using IVF treatments more than a year ago and because of Tanner's cancer treatment, couldn't get pregnant the traditional way.

  9. Multiple birth - Wikipedia

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    A study in 2013 involving 106 participating centers in 25 countries came to the conclusion that, in a twin pregnancy of a gestational age between 32 weeks 0 days and 38 weeks 6 days, and the first twin is in cephalic presentation, planned Cesarean section does not significantly decrease or increase the risk of fetal or neonatal death or serious ...