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In medicine, a presentation is the appearance in a patient of illness or disease—or sign (medical), signs or symptoms thereof—before a medical professional. In practice, one usually speaks of a patient as ''presenting'' with this or that. Examples include: * "...Many depressed patients present with medical rather than psychiatric complaints, and those who present with medical complaints are twice as likely to be misdiagnosed as those who present with psychiatric complaints." * "...In contrast, poisonings from heavy metal can be subtle and present with a slowly progressive course." * "...Some patients present with small unobstructed kidneys, when the diagnosis is easy to miss." * "...A total of 7,870,266 patients presented to a public hospital ED from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018." See also * Presentation (obstetrics) References {{reflist External links *Search thMerriam Webster Medical Dictionary for presenting and related terms Medical terminology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medicine
Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, and Health promotion, promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention (medical), prevention and treatment of illness. Contemporary medicine applies biomedical sciences, biomedical research, medical genetics, genetics, and medical technology to diagnosis (medical), diagnose, treat, and prevent injury and disease, typically through pharmaceuticals or surgery, but also through therapies as diverse as psychotherapy, splint (medicine), external splints and traction, medical devices, biologic medical product, biologics, and Radiation (medicine), ionizing radiation, amongst others. Medicine has been practiced since Prehistoric medicine, prehistoric times, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sign (medical)
Signs and symptoms are diagnostic indications of an illness, injury, or condition. Signs are objective and externally observable; symptoms are a person's reported subjective experiences. A sign for example may be a higher or lower temperature than normal, raised or lowered blood pressure or an abnormality showing on a medical scan. A symptom is something out of the ordinary that is experienced by an individual such as feeling feverish, a headache or other pains in the body, which occur as the body's immune system fights off an infection. Signs and symptoms Signs A medical sign is an objective observable indication of a disease, injury, or medical condition that may be detected during a physical examination. These signs may be visible, such as a rash or bruise, or otherwise detectable such as by using a stethoscope or taking blood pressure. Medical signs, along with symptoms, help in forming a diagnosis. Some examples of signs are nail clubbing of either the fingernails or to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presentation (obstetrics)
In obstetrics, the presentation of a fetus about to be Childbirth, born specifies which Human anatomy, anatomical part of the fetus is leading, that is, is closest to the pelvic inlet of the birth canal. According to the leading part, this is identified as a cephalic presentation, cephalic, breech presentation, breech, or shoulder presentation, shoulder presentation. A malpresentation is any presentation other than a vertex presentation (with the top of the head first). Classification Thus the various presentations are: * cephalic presentation (head first): ** vertex (crown (anatomy), crown)—the most common and associated with the fewest complications ** sinciput (forehead) ** brow (eyebrows) ** face ** chin * breech presentation (buttocks or feet first): ** complete breech ** footling breech ** frank breech * shoulder presentation: **arm **shoulder **trunk *compound presentation—when any other part presents along with the fetal head Related obstetrical terms Attitude * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
