slang starting with 'w'
wastebasket diagnosis
- Definition:
- A diagnosis which may be faddish, not proven to exist, or physiologically explained. It could also refer to a diagnosis described without specificity, and thus so broadly inclusive to the point of being scientifically useless
- Usage:
- Well, we could go with your wastebasket diagnosis, or we could stop trying to be Greg House and figure out what's really wrong with him.
weekend effect
- Definition:
- The idea that patients presented on nights and weekends will not be given the optimum standard of care and can result in an overall increased mortality rate. In recent studies, trauma patients appear less affected than those suffering from cardiac and neurological emergencies.
Researchers believe Level 1 Trauma Centers are best able to care for patients when the facility focuses on organization and uniform staffing and resources around the clock. - Usage:
- The stroke patient last night might of confirmed the weekend effect.
wheatie
- Definition:
- Short for Weitlaner retractor. A self-retaining instrument, shaped like a scissors but the blades open when the ratcheted handles are closed. The blades each have four downward-pointing, curved prongs which retain their position in a spread wound. Dull or blunt and sharp are popular configurations.
- Usage:
- Surgeon to tech: I need a self-retainer, how about a wheatie? After that, I'll need the skin knife again.
white coat hypertension
- Definition:
- A condition in which people experience high blood pressure only when they visit the doctor's office. People who experience it have an elevated systolic blood pressure between 140 and 180 mm Hg while at the doctor's office and a "normal" blood pressure in other situations. Most healthcare providers agree that no treatment is required. If your doctor suspects white-coat hypertension, you may be asked to monitor your blood pressure at home or asked to wear a device called an ambulatory blood pressure monitor.
- Usage:
- Despite what my husband's readings are showing, he actually has normal blood pressure. The nurse thinks it's because of white coat hypertension
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