Ambulatory

Ambulatory: Able to ambulate, to walk about, not bed-ridden or hospitalized.
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Ambulatory pH Monitoring
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Alternate Names
: Ambulatory Electrocardiography, Electrocardiography - Ambulatory
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Ambulatory electrocardiography; Electrocardiography - ambulatory
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Normal variations in heart rate occur with activities. No significant alterations in the rhythm or ST elevations occur.
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Ambulatory ECG monitoring. Also known as Holter monitoring, this procedure records your heart rhythms for an entire 24-hour period. That means you have to wear electrodes on your chest for 24 hours and keep a diary of your activities and symptoms.
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Ambulatory monitoringECG recording over a prolonged period during which the patient can move around.
Arrhythmia or dysrhythmiaAbnormal rhythm in hearts that contract in an irregular way.
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*Ambulatory Care Visits to Physician Offices, Hospital Outpatient Departments, and Emergency Departments: United States, 1999-2000. Vital and Health Statistics. Series 13, No. 157.
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EKG
Ambulatory cardiac monitoring (for example, a Holter monitor is used for 24 hours; other monitors may be worn for two weeks or longer)
Echocardiogram
Electrophysiology study (EPS)
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Telemetry and ambulatory (Holter) monitoring are used if you need continuous monitoring of your EKG while you are in the hospital or at home.
Telemetry is used when you are hospitalized.
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Edema of the ankles and lower legs (in ambulatory patients) is characteristic of congestive heart failure, but it can accompany other conditions, including obesity, diseased leg veins, kidney disease, cirrhosis of the liver, anemia, ...
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SETTING: Ambulatory outpatient facility in an independent research institution.
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One study [2] evaluated 215 randomly selected hospitalized and ambulatory cancer patients in 3 different cancer centers and found that of this group, ...
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Peritoneal dialysis - in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), fluid in the peritoneal cavity (in the abdomen where the bowel is) is exchanged for fresh fluid.
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Essure microinsert An alternative to tubal ligation, the Essure procedure is a nonincisional method for permanent birth control performed in an ASU (ambulatory [outpatient] surgery unit) under local anesthesia; ...
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If this is the case, an ambulatory EKG may be required. During an ambulatory EKG, the patient wears a portable EKG machine called a Holter monitor, usually for 24 hours, but sometimes much longer.
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MASSIVE EXPANSION of primary care in ambulatory and community settings ...
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Assessing Ambulatory Primary Care Training Costs, Methods and Quality. Final Project Report to the Bureau of Health Professions, health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, 1997.
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Reviewed by Lisa Tartamella, M.S., R.D., an ambulatory nutrition specialist at the Yale-New Haven hospital in Connecticut and a contributor author to The Yale Guide to Children's Nutrition.
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He is presently Director at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California for both Pulmonary Ambulatory Center, the Respiratory Therapy Services, Pulmonary Physiology Laboratory and the Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine. Dr.
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information, the proliferation of affordable, relatively easy-to-use portable ultrasound machines, and the greater number of skilled clinicians have all contributed to the increased use of ultrasound in clinical decision-making in ambulatory and ...
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Naomi Himmelfarb, PhD
Veterans Administration Los Angeles Ambulatory Care Center
Alan Hirsch, MD
Vascular Medicine Specialist, University of Minnesota ...
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Your physician or therapist will instruct you how to use crutches or a walker so that you can become ambulatory.
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Outpatient surgery allows a person to return home on the same day that a surgical procedure is performed. Outpatient surgery is also referred to as ambulatory surgery or same-day surgery.
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The fluid is then drained from the abdomen, measured, and discarded. There are two different types of peritoneal dialysis: continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and continuous cyclic peritoneal dialysis (CCPD).
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