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Angiography
A radiographic technique where a radio-opaque (shows up on X-ray) contrast material is injected into a blood vessel for the purpose of identifying its anatomy on X-ray. This technique is used to image arteries in the brain, heart, kidneys, gastrointestina... |
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Angioplasty
Also called Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA), angioplasty is a procedure using a balloon-tipped catheter to enlarge a narrowing in a coronary artery. If necessary, a stent is inserted permanently into the artery to help hold it open s... |
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Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitor Use
The percentage of residents who received at least one prescription for ACE Inhibitors (ATC codes C09A, C09B) in 2003/04. The primary use of ACE inhibitors is to lower blood pressure. Values are adjusted to reflect the total population of Manitoba (males a... |
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Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEIs)
A therapeutic class of drug commonly used to treat hypertension and other cardiovascular risks. In the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) drug classification, the first four digits of ACEI drugs are C09A and C09B. |
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Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists (A2RAs)
A therapeutic class of drug commonly used to treat hypertension and other cardiovascular risks. In the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) drug classification, the first four digits of A2RA drugs are C09C and C09D. |
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Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers (ARB)
A therapeutic class of drugs commonly used to treat hypertension and other cardiovascular risks. |
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Anglophone
The word Anglophone generally means an English-speaking person. Statistics Canada uses Anglophone to mean someone whose mother tongue is English, that is, the first language learned at home in childhood and still understood at the time of the Census. (... |
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Ankylosing spondylitis
A type of arthritis of the spine, also known as rheumatoid spondylitis. This chronic condition causes inflammation between the vertebrae (the bones forming the spine) and in the joints between the spine and pelvis. It can affect other joints in some indiv... |
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ANOVA
acronym for Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) |
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Antenatal Hospitalization
An admission to hospital for physical or psychological conditions resulting from, or aggravated by, pregnancy which does not lead to delivery. It is an indicator of maternal morbidity. For more information, including the "Reasons for Antenatal Hospital... |
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Antepartum
"Time between conception and the onset of labor; usually used to describe the period during which a woman is pregnant." (Olds SB et al., 2004). |
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Antepartum Hemorrhage
A significant amount of bleeding from the uterus occurring prior to childbirth. (Magann EF et al., 2005). In Heaman et al. (2012), a woman was considered to have had an antepartum hemorrhage by the presence of: one or more hosp... |
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Anti-Insomnia Agent
Medications with sedative and hypnotic effects that are used to induce or maintain sleep (Miller and Keane, 2003). Additional Information see Table 2.2 in Chateau et ... |
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Antibiotic Prescription
Antibiotics are a type of medication typically prescribed to treat bacterial infections. The age- and sex-adjusted percentage of residents with one or more prescriptions for antibiotics are measured over a fiscal year. Antibiotic medications were identif... |
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Antibiotic Use
Antibiotics are a type of medication typically prescribed to treat bacterial infections. Antibiotic use is measured as the percentage of people who have had at least one prescription for antibiotics (ATC codes J01 and G04A) in a fiscal year. In Brownel... |
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Anticoagulants
Drugs used to either prevent clot formation or to prevent a clot that has formed from enlarging. These are identified by the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) drug classification code: B01A A. |
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Antidepressant Prescription Follow-Up
The percent of residents (all ages) with a diagnosis of depression (ICD–9–CM codes 296 or 311) and a new (within 2 weeks of diagnosis) dispensation of antidepressants (ATC class N06A) who had at least three family physician or nurse practitioner visit... |
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Antidepressant Use / Antidepressant Prescriptions
The crude and adjusted percentage of residents with at least two prescriptions for antidepressants (ATC code N06A) in a fiscal year. |
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Antidepressants
Antidepressants are medicines used to help people who have depression, other mood and anxiety disorders, and numerous other conditions such as nerve pain (Kennedy, Lam, Cohen, Ravindran, & CANMAT Depression Working Group, 2001; Saarto & Wiffen, 2007). ... |
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Antigen
A foreign substance that evokes an immune response when introduced to the body (i.e., causes the immune system to produce antibodies against the antigen). |
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