Category:Medical treatment
From ETHW
Treatments encountered in a medical setting such as cardiology, surgery, and noninvasive treatment
Subcategories
- Anesthesia - the pharmacologically-induced and reversible state of amnesia and loss of responsiveness, usually used to perform surgery or other procedures
- Angioplasty - the technique of mechanically widening a restricted blood vessel, most often due to atherosclerosis
- Biomarkers - a substance used as an indicator of a biological state
- Brachytherapy - "short distance" therapy, also known as internal radiotherapy, a type of radiotherapy in which the radiation source is placed inside or next to the place of treatment
- Cardiology - the medical specialty dealing with disorders of the heart
- Defibrillation - the delivery of a therapeutic dose of electrical energy to a heart with cardiac arrhythmia or other ailments
- Dentistry - the branch of medicine concerned with treatment and protection of the mouth
- Electronic medical prescriptions - doctor's prescriptions delivered electronically
- Fibrillation - the rapid, irregular and unsynchronized contraction of muscle fibers
- Geriatrics - a sub-specialty of internal or family medicine which focuses on the treatment of elderly people
- Gynaecology or gynecology, the medical specialty dealing with the health of the female reproductive organs
- Hospitals - an institution for health care using specialized staff and equipment
- Hyperthermia - an elevated body temperature due to failed thermoregulation
- Neuromuscular stimulation - the use of electricity to create muscle contractions, often used to rehabilitate muscles
- Neutron capture therapy - also known as Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT), an experimental form of radiotherapy that uses a neutron beam that interacts with boron injected into the patient
- Noninvasive treatment - any medical procedure which does not break the skin or go beyond a body orifice
- Oncology - the medical specialty dealing with the treatment of cancers and tumors
- Orthotics - the medical specialty that uses braces to correct or support a limb or the torso
- Pathology - the study and diagnosis of disease
- Pediatrics - the medical specialty that deals with the care of infants, children, and adolescents
- Surgery - the medical specialty that uses mechancial or instrumental techniques to diagnosis and treat diseases
Subcategories
This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
Pages in category "Medical treatment"
The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
