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University of Mississippi Medical Center. / 32.328853; -90.173159. University of Mississippi Medical Center ( UMMC) is the health sciences campus of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and is located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. UMMC, also referred to as the Medical Center, is the state's only academic medical center .
Baptist Memorial has 328 beds and is a Level III trauma facility. The hospital is the seventh largest provider of medical and surgical services in the state of Mississippi. [2] The hospital has been certified by The Joint Commission. [3] In 2009, it employed a total of 1,100 people, including 100 doctors, making it Lowndes County 's largest ...
Kuhn Memorial State Hospital. Vicksburg. Warren. 84. 1847. 1989. Founded in 1847 as the Vicksburg City Hospital. Came under control of the University of Mississippi in 1908 and name changed to Mississippi State Charity Hospital. Renamed Kuhn Memorial in 1954.
Pulmonology is considered a branch of internal medicine, and is related to intensive care medicine. Pulmonology often involves managing patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation. Pulmonologists are specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated ...
A solitary pulmonary nodule ( SPN) or coin lesion, [1] is a mass in the lung smaller than three centimeters in diameter. A pulmonary micronodule has a diameter of less than three millimetres. [2] There may also be multiple nodules. One or more lung nodules can be an incidental finding found in up to 0.2% of chest X-rays [3] and around 1% of CT ...
The pulmonary examination or respiratory examination is the portion of the physical examination where the physician examines the respiratory system for signs of disease. It is performed as a part of a complete physical examination, or the physician may choose to perform a focused respiratory exam. Classically, it is performed after the HEENT ...
Pulmonary bay is a medical term which describes a finding on the chest radiograph. In pulmonary bay, there is a concavity where you would normally find the pulmonary artery . Pulmonary bay is most commonly associated with tetralogy of Fallot , however it may also be seen in other conditions where there is a reduced outflow from the pulmonary ...
Pneumatosis is the abnormal presence of air or other gas within tissues. [1] In the lungs, emphysema involves enlargement of the distal airspaces, [2] and is a major feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Other pneumatoses in the lungs are focal (localized) blebs and bullae, pulmonary cysts and cavities .
Blood-oxygen-level-dependent imaging. Blood-oxygen-level-dependent imaging, or BOLD-contrast imaging, is a method used in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to observe different areas of the brain or other organs, which are found to be active at any given time. [1]
A pulmonary-to-systemic shunt is a cardiac shunt which allows, or is designed to cause, blood to flow from the pulmonary circulation to the systemic circulation. [1] [2] This occurs when: there is a passage between two or more of the great vessels; and, pulmonic pressure is higher than systemic pressure and/or the shunt has a one-way valvular ...