Medicina: Ematologia: Talassemie e trapianto del midollo osseo
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| dyspepsia |
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| Attestation |
3
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| Part of speech |
Noun
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| Grammatical label |
Countable
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| Definition |
Dyspepsia refers to a condition in which there are upper abdominal symptoms which may include upper abdominal pain, bloating (a feeling of abdominal fullness without objective abdominal distention), early satiety (a feeling of unusual fullness with very little intake of food), nausea, or belching. The symptoms often are provoked by eating. Dyspepsia is considered a functional disease. Attempts have been made to subcategorize dyspepsia into ulcer-like, dysmotility-like, reflux-like, and unspecified; however, the utility of this categorization is unclear.
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| Definition source |
MedicineNet. Medterms Medical Dictionary.
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| Context |
Patients with continuing dyspepsia need to be referred for endoscopy if they are over 15 years old at first presentation (some would say over 12 years old), or they have unintentional weight loss, dysphagia, haematemesis, melaena, anemia, vomiting, or previous gastric surgery.
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| Context source |
Chik KW., et al. (1996). ‘Autologuous marrow recovery in a multitransfused beta-thalassemia major patient after umbilical cord blood transplantation’. Blood 88(2):755. (RISCEN76)
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| Subject field |
Haemopoiesis
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| Sub-field (level 1) |
Thalassemias
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| it |
Dispepsia
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| Reliability code |
3
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