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Oedema is characterized by swelling in both feet due to an abnormal accumulation of fluid in intercellular spaces of the body.
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Oedema is an essential nutrition indicator and indicates kwashiorkor (see Annex 3).
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- Oedema caused by renal, heart or liver failure, DIAGNOSED BY A DOCTOR
Chapter 4 1993
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- Oedema caused by renal, heart or liver failure, DIAGNOSED BY A DOCTOR
Chapter 4 1993
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Oedema of the lungs during the latent period: treat prophylactically with high doses of prednisolone i.v. In addition, infusions of altogether 0.5 g THAM/kg.
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Famine Oedema has been shown in this investigation as in previous investigations to precede death from starvation by a period of three to four months, following some radical change in the intake, so the incidence of famine oedema is a good way to measure the degree of inadequate diet.
The Condition of Civilians in Western Europe at the Conclusion of the German Occupation 1947
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Mrs. Staines were really those which I have related as connecting them with Phoebe Dale and her brother; to which I will now add that Dr. Staines detailed Dick's case in a remarkable paper, entitled "Oedema of the Glottis," and showed how the patient had been brought back from the grave by tracheotomy and artificial respiration.
A Simpleton Charles Reade 1849
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The technologies are a multi-insect repellent based on diethyl phenyl acetamide, woolcare, explosives detection kit, mobile water purification system, a High Altitude Pulmonary Oedema
SiliconIndia.com 2010
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The same report also conclude Kugan's died due to "Pulmonary Oedema", which Wikipedia says due to direct damage to the tissue or a result of inadequate functioning of the heart or circulatory system.
Planet Malaysia 2009
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I discovered that there are loads of ways to die quite quickly, including HAPE (High Altitude Pulmonary Oedema - lungs fill with water) and HACE (High Altitude Cerebral Oedema - brain fills with water).
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