Redemptorists
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
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Redemptorists. Members of the ‘Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer’, founded by St
Alphonsus Liguori in 1732. This was instituted for mission work among the poor both in Europe and among the heathen, and it has refused to engage in purely educational activities.
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Embolus in transit.(Case Report)
Magazine article from: Southern Medical Journal; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...cardiac mass, emboli in transit, pulmonary embolus, saddle embolus...one-third of emboli in transit will proceed to pulmonary embolus within 24 hours...Key Points * Emboli in transit will...proceed to pulmonary embolus within 24 hours...
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Retinal emboli more prevalent in vascular disease
Magazine article from: Ophthalmology Times; 5/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...summary, the study found retinal emboli to be infrequent in the overall...increased with age. Retinal emboli were more frequent in individuals...Finally, those with retinal emboli in the Beaver Dam study were...ophthalmologists who detect a retinal embolus in an asymptomatic patient...
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Retinal stroke should prompt search for origin of emboli
Magazine article from: Ophthalmology Times; 5/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...thrombosis. Retinal emboli result from a number...The passage of an embolus is characterized...patients; asymptomatic emboli have a low but definitive...retinal stroke or embolus have a low risk for...Home Message Retinal emboli and stroke can cause...The source of the embolus needs ...
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Computerised tomography for the detection of pulmonary emboli in intensive care patients-a retrospective cohort study
Magazine article from: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...0.007). Pulmonary emboli were infrequently diagnosed...Key Words: pulmonary embolus, computerised tomography...possibility of pulmonary emboli frequently raised as...undiagnosed pulmonary emboli may be fatal, being...other words, pulmonary embolus as a cause for respiratory...
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Cerebral emboli common in dementia.(Disease/Disorder overview)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News; 7/15/2006; 606 words
; Spontaneous cerebral emboli are significantly more common in people...Ultrasound monitoring for just 1 hour detected emboli in up to 40% of dementia patients...monitoring for longer durations could identify emboli in many more, said Dr. Nitin Purandare...
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Cerebral emboli seen in Alzheimer's.(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Clinical Psychiatry News; 8/1/2006; 687 words
; Spontaneous cerebral emboli are significantly more common in people...hour of ultrasound monitoring detected emboli in up to 40% of dementia patients...that longer monitoring could identify emboli in many more, said Dr. Nitin Purandare...
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Bullet Embolus to the Heart after Gunshot Wound to the Neck: A Case Report
Magazine article from: The American Surgeon; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...first case of missile embolus in 1803, a wooden missile...with cardiac missile emboli from 1968 to 1988 and...intravascular space. Bullet embolus should be suspected when...Removal of a missile embolus is recommended if it...managing venous missile emboli. These emboli should...
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Shotgun Pellet Embolus to the Right Heart from Forearm Entrance
Magazine article from: The American Surgeon; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...thus determined that a pellet embolus had occurred from the right...vessels. The majority of missile emboli are arterial, but a significant...treatment of small missile emboli in the venous system must be...that 26.9 per cent of bullet emboli in the venous system lodged...
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FOCUS@HEALTH; Pulmonary Embolus a serious condition if not treated early
Newspaper article from: Filipino Reporter; 8/7/2003; 700+ words
; Filipino Reporter 08-07-2003 PULMONARY Embolus is the focus for this week's column. What is Pulmonary Embolus? The word pulmonary stands for lungs and embolus means blood clot that travels, so Pulmonary Embolus (PE...
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"The Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolus: A Clinician's Approach." (multimedia software) (Product Announcement)
Magazine article from: Information Today; 9/1/1994; 700+ words
; ...the diagnosis of pulmonary embolus starting from the patient presentation...the diagnosis of pulmonary embolus. Thirty patient cases have...program, notes, "Pulmonary emboli cause disability in thousands...The Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolus: A Clinician's Approach...
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embolus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
embolus , foreign matter circulating in and obstructing...bubble of gas or air (known as an air embolus), a globule of fat, a clump of bacterial...so small that it cannot go further. An embolus in one of the vessels leading to the lungs...
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Embolism
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...bloodstream. The clot, called an embolus, from the Greek word meaning...The plural of embolism is emboli. A blood clot that forms in...A pulmonary embolism is an embolus that has plugged a blood vessel...three general categories of emboli—coronary (arterial...
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Phlebitis
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
...producing blood clots that will break loose to form emboli. Emboli are clumps of cells that are carried by the circulation...tissues where they can lodge and block the blood supply. Emboli typically come to rest in the lungs and cause tissue...
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embolism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
...the condition in which an embolus becomes lodged in an artery...the pulmonary artery by an embolus, usually a blood clot derived...phlebothrombosis of the leg veins. Large emboli result in acute heart failure...the pulmonary artery. The embolus is often a blood clot formed...
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stroke
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...ischaemic strokes is blocking of a vessel by a so-called embolus , which forms on a pathologically abnormal wall of a...or fragments of the plaque, can themselves act as emboli. Emboli also can be formed in the heart, or, more rarely...
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