Multiple Sclerosis
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Glossary
Definition Multi-Level Analysis focuses on how factors at different levels of analysis (e.g., apartment, housing unit, residential block, or neighborhood) impact on QOL.
Defintion The patient’s severity of illness attributable to all conditions.
Multiple Myeloma Multidisciplinary Approach to Rehabilitation Synonyms Multiprofessional Approach Definition An approach to treatment and rehabilitation involving a number of different health and medical professionals, for example, oncologist, surgeon, speech and language therapist, physiotherapist, psychologist, specialist nurse.
Definition Hematologic malignancy characterized by major life-threatening complications such as bone disease, infections, renal failure, anemia. Anemia is present in two thirds of patients at diagnosis of myeloma and reflects the course of the disease since it worsens during resistant or progressive disease, but ameliorates when the disease is controlled by treatment. rHuEpo and Darbepoetin alfa have been used in myeloma to increase Hb concentration, reduce RBC transfusion requirement and improve QOL.
Multidisciplinary Teams Definition Multidisciplinary Teams are groups of professionals from various training backgrounds and disciplines who meet together to achieve a common goal (e.g., treatment of a patient).
Multiple Regression Analyses Definition A statistical method for estimating the associations between several explanatory (or independent or predictor) variables and one outcome (or dependent) variable.
Multigravida Definition A woman who has been pregnant more than once. The births may have been interrupted by abortion, fetal death, or may have resulted in a live birth.
Multimorbidity Synonyms Ecological Analysis
Multiple Sclerosis Definition A disease of the central nervous system (CNS) marked by numbness, weakness, loss of muscle coordination, and problems with vision, speech, and bladder control. MS is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system attacks myelin, a key substance that serves as a nerve insulator and helps in the transmission of nerve signals.
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