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assistant

 [ah-sis´tant]
one who aids or helps another; an auxiliary.
dental assistant see dental assistant.
first assistant a physician, physician's assistant, nurse practitioner, surgical technologist, or specially trained registered professional nurse who directly assists the surgeon by handling tissue, providing exposure, using surgical instruments and equipment, suturing, and providing hemostasis.
occupational therapy assistant see occupational therapy assistant.
personal digital assistant (PDA) a small computer used to organize and easily access information; for example, clinical guidelines can be downloaded to this device.
physician assistant see physician assistant.
second assistant an individual who assists the surgeon or first assistant during an operative procedure by carrying out technical tasks such as holding retractors; this individual does not cut, clamp, or suture tissue. This role may be performed at the same time as the scrub role.
surgeon assistant (SA) see surgeon assistant.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

PDA

Abbreviation for patent ductus arteriosus; posterior descending coronary artery.
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PDA

 
1. Patent ductus arteriosus, see there.
2. Personal desk accessory, personal digital assistant.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

PDA

Abbreviation for personal digital assistant.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

PDA

Abbrev. for PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT.
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In adult patients, it's very important to document pulmonary artery pressures and pulmonary vascular resistance before and after PDA device closure.
PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS DEVICE CLOSURE IN GROWN UP PATIENTS
When contacted, Engineer Shah Nawaz, the Pakistan Railways focal person for BRT project, claimed that the PDA didn't submit girder launching plan and safety certificate to the ministry.
Bus Rapid Transit project likely to miss March 23 deadline too
The GCG recommended the abolition of the PDA for the following reasons: the PDA performs functions or purposes that duplicate or unnecessarily overlap with functions, programs, activities or projects already provided by another government agency; and it is not producing the desired outcomes, or no longer achieving the objectives and purposes for which it was originally designed and implemented, and does not generate the level of social, physical and economic returns vis-a-vis the resource inputs.
DOF to dispose of PDA, TRC assets
He recalled that the PDA was one of 36 GOCCs that were proposed for abolition in a bill filed in 2010 by then-Representatives Rufus Rodriguez and Maximo Rodriguez Jr.
Solon hails PDA abolition
Percutaneous closure of medium and large PDAs using amplatzer duct occluder (ADO) I and II in infants: safety and efficacy.
Transcatheter closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus through only venous route
When acute pancreatitis occurs concurrently with PDA, overlapping clinical findings and confusing imaging findings often delay correct diagnosis and treatment.
Pancreas ductal adenocarcinoma with cystic features on cross-sectional imaging: radiologic-pathologic correlation
Upon completion of the acquisition, the company will own 48% of Rosales and PDA's 10% stockholder will own the remaining 52% of Rosales.
Limoneira Acquires Chilean Citrus Orchard Operations for USD 5.8m
Results: There were one hundred and twenty (120) patients who underwent transcatheter occlusion of PDA using SHSMA occluder (PDA Device Group) and one hundred and thirty (130) patients who underwent surgical ligation of PDA (Surgical Group).
Comparison of effectiveness and cost of patent ductus arteriosus device occlusion versus surgical ligation of patent ductus arteriosus
Moreover, UV polymerization of the electrospun fiber mat (EFM) results in the formation of PDA polymer within matrix polymer [13, 14].
Colorimetric Sensor for Detection of Adulteration in Gasoline using Polydiacetylene Electrospun Fibers
As an isolated lesion, patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a common congenital heart disease and represents 10–15% of all congenital heart lesions.
A Retrospective Study of 1526 Cases of Transcatheter Occlusion of Patent Ductus Arteriosus
We report the case of a 28-year-old woman with endocarditis of PDA containing large vegetation that complicated with hemolytic anemia referred from a general hospital to our center.
Conducto arterioso patente complicado por endocarditis y anemia hemolitica en un adulto
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