There are multiple definitions:
confidence interval(English)
color index(English)
cardiac index(English)
- cardiac output normalized to BSA
- CO, BSA, HR, CCO, SV
- Cardiology, Hemodynamics, Product-based metric
cochlear implant(English)
cumulative incidence(English)
chronotropic incompetence(English)
- i.e. pacemaker not matching physiological activity
- HR, CC
- Electrophysiology, Cardiology
computational intelligence(English)
chemical injury [syndrome](English)
conventional incubator(English)
- aka COI or standard incubator
- COI, SI, IVF, TLI
- Embryology /reproduction
- https://doi.org…0815-012-9750-x
cardioinhibition(English)
- major factors lowering blood pressure in tilt-induced vasovagal syncope are reduced stroke volume and cardioinhibition
- BP, HR, SV, TTT, VASIS, VVS
- Stress (test), Nervous activity - (para)sympathetic, Cardiology
- https://doi.org…SAHA.120.316662
chromosomal integron(English)
- present in certain bacterial species; aka sedentary chromosomal integron
- SCI
- Bacteriology, Genetics
- https://doi.org…168-020-00950-6
cognitive interviewing(English)
- refers to a means of examining and understanding the cognitive processes of respondents as they answer survey and instrument questions. This approach has been used to examine how well an instrument generates the intended data when tested with prospective respondents. Challenges exist in applying a theory-based traditional approach derived from experimental psychology when considering a more clinically-oriented nursing research, while capturing the nursing care perspectives of hospitalized participants
- PRO, CAMS
- Cognitive function, Nurse / nursing
- https://doi.org….1002/nur.21567
co-contraction index(English)
- a commonly used method for quantifying muscle co-contraction (i.e. the simultaneous activation of muscles on opposite sides of a joint) during human movement; also denoted as CCI
- BIC, ECR, EMG, FCR, FMA, TRI, CCI
- Robotics, Musculoskeletal system, Rehabilitation, Electrophysiology, Myocyte / muscle
- https://doi.org…kin.2008.04.002
- https://doi.org…ioe.2020.588908
cephalic index(English)
- used in the evaluation of individuals with craniosynostosis
- BPD, OFD
- Neonatal situation
- https://doi.org…000000000000444
colonization index(English)
- multiple-site colonization with Candida spp. is commonly recognized as a risk factor for invasive fungal infection in critically ill patients
- ICU, CCI
- Microbiology, Mycology, Screening
- https://doi.org…90/ijms12107038
cascade impactor(English)
combination index(English)
- method of Chou-Talalay is based on the multiple drug effect equation derived from the median-effect principle of the mass-action law
- Pharmacology / pharmaceutics
- https://doi.org…428190802353591
colonic ischemia(English)
- the most common manifestation of ischemic injury to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. This usually self-limited disease is being diagnosed more frequently, and the list of known causes is increasing
- GI
- Gastroenterology
- https://doi.org…jvs.2008.03.040
contrast-induced(English)
- acute kidney injury is a serious complication of the use of iodinated contrast agents. This problem is particularly acute in interventional neurology and interventional cardiology
- AKI
- Medical imaging, Nephrology
- https://doi.org….1111/jon.12356
ceramic inlay(English)
centrally involved(English)
- refers to grid and/or focal laser photocoagulation therapy for patients with DME
- DME, IVC, NCI, PDR, VA
- Ophthalmology, Laser technique
- https://doi.org…55/2022/2256779
cerebral ischemia(English)
- a condition in which there is insufficient blood flow to the brain to meet metabolic demand
- ECA, CCA, ICA
- Brain (dys)function, Vascular disease
- https://doi.org…360-022-00620-3
chronically ill(English)
cervical insufficiency / incompetence(English)
- defined as the inability of the uterine cervix to retain a pregnancy in the second trimester in the absence of clinical contractions, labor, or both. One of the main causes of premature birth or miscarriage in the second trimester. Also described as incompetent cervix
- IC, IUA, RC
- Obstetrics
- https://doi.org…atm.2019.12.148
clinical inertia(English)
- divided into three main categories, which include healthcare provider-related, patient-related, and healthcare system-related CI
- Specialist / expert, Patient-centered (interest group), Asthma, Disability
- https://doi.org…533-023-00356-5
cranial index(English)
chronotropic index(English)
- calculated as = [HRpeak exercise - HRrest] / [220 - age- HRrest]
- HR
- Cardiology, Exercise & Training
- https://doi.org…acc.2021.08.073
- https://doi.org…LURE.118.004969