Preventive healthcare (redirect from Prophylaxis)
Preventive healthcare, or prophylaxis, is the application of healthcare measures to prevent diseases. Disease and disability are affected by environmental...
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antibiotics). Antibiotic prophylaxis in domestic animal feed mixes has been employed in America since at least 1970. Antibiotic prophylaxis is most commonly used...
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Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), is the use of medications to prevent the spread of disease in people who have not yet been exposed to a disease-causing...
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Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention, commonly known as PrEP, is the use of antiviral drugs as a strategy for the prevention of HIV/AIDS by people...
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Prophylaxis in medicine means measures taken to prevent, rather than treat, diseases. Prophylaxis or prophylactic may also refer to: Dental prophylaxis...
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Post-exposure prophylaxis, also known as post-exposure prevention (PEP), is any preventive medical treatment started after exposure to a pathogen in order...
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In chess, prophylaxis consists of a move or series of moves done by a player to prevent their opponent from taking some action. Such preventive moves...
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Malaria prophylaxis is the preventive treatment of malaria. Several malaria vaccines are under development. For pregnant women who are living in malaria...
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), "Gonorrheal ophthalmia neonatorum: Historic impact of Credé's eye prophylaxis", Pediatric Infectious Diseases Revisited, Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious...
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Tetanus (redirect from Tetanus prophylaxis)
antitoxin induced passive immunity in humans, and could be used for prophylaxis and treatment. Tetanus toxoid vaccine was developed by P. Descombey in...
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Plague (disease) (section Prophylaxis)
crises, pre-exposure prophylaxis might be warranted if sufficient supplies of antimicrobials are available. Postexposure prophylaxis should be considered...
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Central Nervous System Prophylaxis, or CNS prophylaxis, is a type of chemotherapy for patients at risk of cancer metastasis into the central nervous system...
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and How It Works". WebMD. Retrieved 2022-11-21. "PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis)". CDC.gov. CDC. May 25, 2021. "Definitions - Point-of-care testing"...
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Teeth cleaning (redirect from Dental prophylaxis)
levels of plaque when compared to flossing. Teeth cleaning (also known as prophylaxis, literally a preventive treatment of a disease) is a procedure for the...
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Dental antibiotic prophylaxis is the administration of antibiotics to a dental patient for prevention of harmful consequences of bacteremia, that may...
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Rho(D) immune globulin (redirect from Anti-D prophylaxis)
Postpartum RhIG should be administered within 72 hours of delivery. If prophylaxis is delayed, the likelihood that alloimmunization will be prevented is...
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Thrombosis prevention (redirect from Thrombosis prophylaxis)
Thrombosis prevention is also recommended during air travel. Thrombosis prophylaxis is effective in preventing the formation of blood clots, their lodging...
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Safe sex (section Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP))
overall effectiveness of condoms to as low as 60–70%".p. 40. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (often abbreviated as PrEP) is the use of prescription drugs by those...
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The International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICVP), also known as the Carte Jaune or Yellow Card, is an official vaccination report created...
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Scaling and root planing (redirect from Prophylaxis dental)
performed prophylactically on patients without periodontal disease. A prophylaxis refers to scaling and polishing of the teeth in order to prevent oral...
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globulin (HBIG) effectively prevents hepatitis B infection. Antibody prophylaxis of both hepatitis A and B has largely been supplanted by the introduction...
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Lamaze International, formerly the American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics or ASPO, is an organization dedicated to promoting the Lamaze technique...
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has also become more acceptable since the introduction of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). One of the most popular forms of PrEP is Truvada, a medication...
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medical research areas include the topics of pre-exposure prophylaxis, post-exposure prophylaxis, and circumcision and HIV. Public health officials, researchers...
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embolism prophylaxis in bed-ridden patients DVT prophylaxis in knee replacement surgery DVT prophylaxis in hip replacement surgery DVT prophylaxis in abdominal...
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does not constitute an exposure and does not require post-exposure prophylaxis. But as the virus is present in sperm and vaginal secretions, it might...
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Angioedema (section Prophylaxis)
"Metallopeptidase activities in hereditary angioedema: effect of androgen prophylaxis on plasma aminopeptidase P". The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology...
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Emtricitabine/tenofovir (category Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention)
(CDC) recommends the use of emtricitabine/tenofovir for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for uninfected, HIV-1 negative individuals that may be at risk...
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endocarditis are streptococcus sanguinis. Historically, the use of antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent post-operative infections, resulting from bacteraemia, and...
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Cabotegravir (section Pre-exposure prophylaxis)
pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in at-risk people under the brand name Apretude. In September 2023, it was approved for pre-exposure prophylaxis in the European...
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