Incompetent cervix: A
cervix that is abnormally liable to dilate and so is not competent to keep the
fetus up in the
uterus and keep it from being spontaneously aborted (miscarried).
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Full article >>>To better protect consumers from
incompetent health professionals, the Pew Health Professions Commission, led by former Senator George Mitchell, is urging Congress and states to adopt tougher standards to regulate the health care workforce.
Full article >>>Blood clots Incompetent valves in your leg veins, which cause fluid to accumulate (
venous insufficiency)
Heart valve defects and
congenital heart disease A blocked
artery (arterial occlusion)
Narrowing (
stenosis) of an
artery ...
Full article >>>Incompetent CervixIncomplete
Abortion (Incomplete
Miscarriage)
Incomplete
MiscarriageIncreased
Intracranial Pressure
Induced Sensitivity Reaction (
Allergic Reactions)
Infant Apnea (Apparent Life-Threatening Event) ...
Full article >>>Varicose veins develop spontaneously, and are usually attributed to a hereditary
weakness of the
vein; the valves in the
vein that keep the
blood circulating upward toward the
heart are usually
incompetent.
Full article >>>Chronic venous insufficiency is a prolonged condition of
incompetent venous circulation, occuring because of
partial vein blockage or
venous valve leakage.
Full article >>>abruption, in which the
placenta detaches from the
uterus;
placenta previa, in which the
placenta grows too low in the
uterus; premature
rupture of
membranes, in which the amniotic
sac is torn, causing the
amniotic fluid to leak out;
incompetent ...
Full article >>>Advance directives are documents, written while a person is still able to
make decisions, saying that if the person becomes mentally
incompetent, then he or she no longer wants artificial life-sustaining measures.
Full article >>>Besides, in the most severe cases of
schizophrenia or other causes of
dementia, there are legal steps for having the individual judged
incompetent.
Full article >>>Regurgitation: A backward flowing. For example, of
food. Or the sloshing of
blood back into the
heart (or between chambers of the
heart) when a
heart valve is
incompetent and does not close effectively.
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Full article >>>For a living will to be legal, when you sign it there must be witnesses and you must be competent. All adults are presumed competent unless a judge has declared them
incompetent.
Full article >>>these '
primary appraisals', it's important to develop 'secondary appraisals' after the fact (when we ask ourselves if there's anything we can do about a life event we've appraised as
stressful). If we feel helpless to change things, or
incompetent ...
Full article >>>Narrowing of the
cervix (
cervical stenosis) that causes
infertility may occur (rare).
Inability of the
cervix to remain closed during
pregnancy (
incompetent cervix) may occur, causing pregnancies to end in
miscarriage or premature
labor (rare).
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