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Phlebitis


Definition:

  • (n.) Inflammation of a vein.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The "animal" rings almost constantly caused local phlebitis, but these changes were not reflected in the patency rates at one week.
  • (2) over at least 3 days can ameliorate 5-fluorouracil (FUra) toxicity; to avoid Urd-induced phlebitis in the peripheral veins of patients, a central vein is used.
  • (3) No patient's hospital course was prolonged because of phlebitis.
  • (4) These results suggest that the latter parameter should not be considered as a criterion for diagnosis of phlebitis in the pregnant woman.
  • (5) Others, such as infection, hydrothorax, phlebitis, and thrombosis, may occur later.
  • (6) Nonhematological toxicities were minimal and consisted of nausea and vomiting, alopecia, mucositis, and phlebitis.
  • (7) The degree of phlebitis was significantly more severe with cephalothin than with cefazolin (P < 0.05); however, neither the incidence of phlebitis nor the time of onset of phlebitis was significantly different between the two drugs.
  • (8) phlebitis, pain and erythema, were self-limiting and did not necessitate early cessation of treatment.
  • (9) water retention, depression, transient staggering and phlebitis).
  • (10) The infusional phlebitis and thrombose, the technique of exact dosage of infusion fluids, the balance of nitrogen utilization and questions of the essential and unspecifical nitrogen sources, the energy requirement and the carbohydrate utilization, the dynamique of insulin secretion and possibilities of energy preparation by lipid components are especially mentioned.
  • (11) When considering vein patch angioplasty, particular attention should be directed to the gross aspect of the vein to be used as well as to any antecedent history of phlebitis.
  • (12) The effect of final filtration on the incidence of infusion phlebitis was studied in a prospective, double-blind investigation involving 146 postoperative patients.
  • (13) We compared Bioclusive transparent polyurethane (TP) dressing with a cotton gauze (CG) dressing on peripheral intravenous (IV) access sites for the incidence of phlebitis, catheter tip colonization, skin colonization, and catheter-related bacteremia.
  • (14) Many clinical types can be distinguished among the post-phlebitis varicose veins : Substitution varicose veins : pre and supra pubic varicose veins that should be left intact-superficial post-phlebitis venous insufficiency which is characterized by a saphenous insufficiency that is not significantly different as a whole in its physiopathology from the essential saphenous insufficiency, and requires therefore the same forms of therapy.
  • (15) At least one brand contained an ingredient which was locally toxic to sheep and which caused phlebitis in cannulated vessels.
  • (16) Mild or moderate degrees of thrombocytopenia, gastrointestinal side effects, alopecia and phlebitis occurred.
  • (17) Complications developed in five children, including atelectasis, otitis media, phlebitis, and tracheocutaneous fistula in two, one of whom required operative closure.
  • (18) General complications showing significant associations were: death or pneumonia with fractures, phlebitis with obesity, and myocardial infarction with fracture.
  • (19) Only a positive flush culture of the heparin-lock needle system correlated with the development of phlebitis.
  • (20) Patients were evaluated daily for the development of phlebitis.

Vein


Definition:

  • (n.) One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.
  • (n.) One of the similar branches of the framework of a leaf.
  • (n.) One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation.
  • (n.) A narrow mass of rock intersecting other rocks, and filling inclined or vertical fissures not corresponding with the stratification; a lode; a dike; -- often limited, in the language of miners, to a mineral vein or lode, that is, to a vein which contains useful minerals or ores.
  • (n.) A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
  • (n.) A streak or wave of different color, appearing in wood, and in marble and other stones; variegation.
  • (n.) A train of association, thoughts, emotions, or the like; a current; a course.
  • (n.) Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein.
  • (v. t.) To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These immunocytochemical studies clearly demonstrated that cells encountered within the fibrous intimal thickening in the vein graft were inevitably smooth muscle cell in origin.
  • (2) The statistical T value calculated for the LP-TAE group showed that the administration of LP, the tumor size, intrahepatic metastasis, portal vein infiltration, and serum total bilirubin and alpha-fetoprotein levels significantly (P < 0.01) affected the patients' survival.
  • (3) Evaluation revealed tricuspid insufficiency, a massively dilated right internal jugular vein, and obstruction of the left internal jugular vein.
  • (4) If tracer is introduced into the carotid artery after osmotic treatment, brain uptake is increased by a net factor of 50 (a factor of 70 due to elevation of PA, multiplied by 7 due to infusion by the carotid route) as compared to uptake by normal, untreated brain with infusion into a peripheral vein.
  • (5) This observation, reinforced by simultaneous determinations of cortisol levels in the internal spermatic and antecubital veins, practically excluded the validity of the theory of adrenal hormonal suppression of testicular tissues.
  • (6) An anatomic study of the peroneal artery and vein and their branches was carried out on 80 adult cadaver legs.
  • (7) An intravenous bolus of 300 micrograms.kg-1 of 3-desacetylvecuronium was rapidly injected into the jugular vein.
  • (8) In one of the cirrhotic patients, postmortem correlation of sonographic, angiographic, and pathological findings showed that the dilated vessels seen on sonography were cystic veins draining normally into the portal vein rather than portosystemic anastomoses.
  • (9) Rapid injection of 2 m Ci TC 99m into a dorsal vein of the foot produced isotope phlebograms with a Dyna camera 2 C.
  • (10) The superior mesenteric artery and the abdominal aorta made the mean angle of 35.5 degree in patients with normal left renal vein, the mean angle of 45.4 degrees in those with left renal vein compression without nutcracker phenomenon, and the mean angle of 11.9 degrees in those with nutcracker phenomenon.
  • (11) Blood samples were collected from an antecubital vein at sea level (S1), in a base camp at 1515 m prior to the summit ascent (S2), on the summit at 3285 m after 6.5 hours of climbing (S3), at base camp immediately after the descent (S4), and at sea level following a trail descent from the base camp (S5).
  • (12) The most frequent source of the pulmonary circulation thromboembolism was the lower limb veins.
  • (13) A patient with a history of hypertension had a combined central retinal artery and vein occlusion in one eye.
  • (14) It is usually associated with a left superior caval vein draining into the coronary sinus and is frequently part of a complex congenital malformation of the heart.
  • (15) It is concluded that the transcutaneous ultrasound technique provides a reliable, rapidly available, non-invasive method to confirm the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis.
  • (16) A fiberoptic flow-directed catheter inserted into the hepatic vein continuously measures hepatic venous oxygen hemoglobin saturation (ShvO2).
  • (17) The angiographic demonstration of veins was similarly improved by the 2 drugs, the effect of 60 mug.
  • (18) Attention is paid to the set of problems connected with the nonthrombotic insufficiency of the conducting veins of the leg.
  • (19) In the other, the proximal fibula was excised and the epiphysis placed across the saphenous artery and vein in the groin.
  • (20) Our results show that stenosis of about one-third of the original external diameter of the artery and vein of the pedicle in our model did not have any significant influence on the survival of the flap and ligation of the femoral artery distal to the branch to the flap did not produce any statistical difference in the viability of the flap.

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