Until a few decades ago, Ukraine was almost always referred to as 'the Ukraine'. Then people started dropping the definite article, and now you almost never see it. Here's why.

Early recognition of the signs and symptoms of DIC may allow for prompt diagnosis and intervention. Prompt recognition and emergent treatment are necessary to help minimize the morbidity and ...

A pregnant, primiparous 32-year-old woman at 28 weeks’ gestation presented for a routine prenatal visit. Blood work showed thrombocytopenia with platelet count of 60 (reference range 130–380) × 109/L.

Nurses caring for patients affected by DIC must provide complex nursing care in addition to psychosocial support of patients and their families.

The etymology of “incumbent” offers some impish opportunities, arising as it does from “to lie or rest upon” (consider the parallel in “recumbent”). An 18th-century cleric, living it up on the ...

There are several renal syndromes that are unique to patients with cancer, being caused either by the cancer itself or by its treatment. This Review provides nephrologists—who are essential ...

Post-transfusion purpura is a rare, often missed cause of severe thrombocytopenia in hospitalized patients. Untreated, the condition is associated with substantial morbidity and death, mainly owing to ...

26Publication date 1921 Topics English language -- Etymology Dictionaries Publisher London J. Murray Collection robarts; toronto; university_of_toronto Contributor Robarts - University of Toronto ...

This, says respected lexicologist Garner, is the correct etymology of shyster. The linking of shyster to Shakespeare's Shylock is, reports Garner, only one of several mistaken hypotheses.

A peripheral smear revealed schistocytes and the patient was treated empirically for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) with therapeutic plasma exchange. An extensive workup revealed no embolic ...