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- Aphasia Severity Rating (ASR Score, Aphasia Severity Rating Scale)
- A clinician-administered ordinal scale, part of the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination, indicating the severity of a person's aphasia on a 0-5 range where 0 indicates no usable speech or comprehens…
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- A tangle of abnormal blood vessels connecting arteries and veins directly, bypassing the normal capillary network. AVMs most often occur in the brain or spinal cord and can rupture, causing hemorrhagi…
- Category 3 Blindness (ICD-10 H54 Category 3, WHO Category 3 Visual Impairment)
- A classification of severe visual impairment under the World Health Organization's ICD-10 coding for disorders of the visual system (H54). Category 3 covers blindness in which the better eye has prese…
- Confabulation (Clinical) (Clinical Confabulation)
- Confabulation in a clinical sense is the unconscious production of fabricated, distorted, or misinterpreted memories without the intent to deceive - the person genuinely believes what they are recount…
- Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)
- A standardized five-level classification system used to describe the gross motor function of children with cerebral palsy, based on self-initiated movement with emphasis on sitting, walking, and mobil…
- House-Brackmann Scale (H&B Scale, House-Brackmann Grading System)
- The House-Brackmann Scale is a clinical grading system used to assess the degree of facial nerve dysfunction in facial palsy. It ranges from Grade I (normal function) to Grade VI (total paralysis), ev…
- Intensive Care Unit (ICU, Critical Care Unit)
- A specialized hospital department that provides continuous monitoring and life-support treatment for patients with severe or life-threatening conditions. ICU patients frequently experience temporary c…
- Intubation (Endotracheal Intubation)
- A medical procedure in which a tube is inserted through the mouth or nose into the trachea (windpipe) to maintain an open airway and assist with mechanical ventilation. Intubation renders patients una…
- Laryngectomy (Larynx Removal, Voice Box Removal)
- A surgical procedure to remove all or part of the larynx (voice box), most commonly performed as treatment for laryngeal cancer. Total laryngectomy removes the entire larynx and separates the airway f…
- Tracheostomy (Tracheotomy)
- A surgical procedure that creates an opening (stoma) in the front of the neck into the trachea (windpipe), through which a tube is inserted to provide an airway for breathing. Like intubation, a trach…