The risk of bleeding from uterine atony is minimized by coordination between the surgeon and anesthesiologist to decrease the concentration of inhalation anesthetic and to administer oxytocin to contract the uterus before cutting the umbilical cord. From Wordnik.com. [Giant Neck Masses (GNM), Cervical Teratoma] Reference
To overcome this "atony" of two or more feet of the lower bowel, a little "nutritious" suppository, weighing twenty grains, is a. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
Joy is the vital air of the soul, and grief is a kind of asthma complicated by atony. From Wordnik.com. [Leaves of Life For Daily Inspiration] Reference
· Uterine atony: if uterus not contracted, exclude retained placenta (requires manual removal). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 14] Reference
If someone is writing his thesis for a fourth masters, does he ever expect to get a job, or is he a professional student? atony and lido. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Tea Party Activists Criticize Financing And Cost Of National Convention: It ‘Smells Scammy’] Reference
Taking goldenseal long-term, more than two weeks to a month, in higher dosages is generally not recommended, since it can cause gastrointestinal atony. From Wordnik.com. [THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE] Reference
The three main causes of post-partum hemorrhage are uterine atony; vaginal, cervical, or perineal lacerations; and retained placenta or placental fragments. From Wordnik.com. [Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn] Reference
The doctors used words like uterine atony and artery ligation, disseminated intravascular coagulation, but all I heard was that I couldn't have any more children. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing Acts]
I require tone in the body, but such as exists in a healthy body, in an athletic body; but if it is plain to me that you have the tone of a frenzied man and you boast of it, I shall say to you, “Man, seek the physician”: this is not tone, but atony. From Wordnik.com. [The Discourses of Epictetus] Reference
Your disease is a deficiency of blood, a constitutional atony. From Wordnik.com. [Laboulaye's Fairy Book] Reference
It is a case of disheartening atony for which there is no possible cure. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova] Reference
Massage of the stomach is indicated in all affections caused by circulatory disturbances or general weakness (atony) of the parts. From Wordnik.com. [Massage and the Original Swedish Movements] Reference
It is generally used for atony of the uterine organs, and must always be succeeded by percussion or beating of the lower part of the back. From Wordnik.com. [Massage and the Original Swedish Movements] Reference
It is caused by vicissitudes of heat and cold, violent emotions, excessive exertion, irritation of the skin, and a general atony of the system. From Wordnik.com. [The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand] Reference
Unfortunately the great majority of clinicians could not get away from the theoretical conceptions of disease, and Cullen's theory of spasm and atony exercised. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913] Reference
Philippines, is apt to cause gastro-intestinal trouble, so commonly attributed to "irritation," but really the result of a general atony of the digestive organs. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
This is a hemorrhagic phase characterized by massive hemorrhage with uterine atony and DIC; however, fatal consumptive coagulopathy may be the initial presentation. From Wordnik.com. [NHS Blog Doctor] Reference
They advertised his articles in mysterious terms which roused curiosity: and his first effort was in fact like a stone falling into a duck-pond in the atony of the little town. From Wordnik.com. [Jean-Christophe, Volume I] Reference
Dr. Twining also mentions these same properties, recommends it as a tonic and aperient of great benefit in atony of the digestive organs and expresses surprise that the Europeans make no use of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
William Cullen (1712-90) accepting irritability as his starting-point, supposes a "tonus" or fluid inherent in the nerves (Newton's ether), whose stronger or weaker motions produce either a spasm or atony. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman] Reference
"The medullary tissue" (first time of using this fine phrase for the marrow, -- why can't he say marrowy tissue -- 'tissue moelleuse'?) "appears very early struck with atony," ( 'atonic,' want of tone,) "above all, in its central parts.". From Wordnik.com. [Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers] Reference
Abdominal massage, performed by a massage therapist, may be used in patients with chronic constipation and altered motility as an adjunctive measure; it may help to stimulate the periphery of the small and large intestines and relieve bowel atony. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS Medicine: New Articles] Reference
"She has an increased risk of uterine atony, or failure, of the uterus to contract after delivery, which can cause life-threatening blood loss and may require hysterectomy," said Wenstrom, who added that women who have multiple pregnancies are at risk for a condition called placenta previa. From Wordnik.com. [ABC News: ABCNews] Reference
A loss to find a cause for the toxemia (blood-poisoning), mal-nutrition, debility and general atony. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
Uterine atony is poor uterine muscle tone, and it’s the most frequent cause of postpartum hemorrhage. From Wordnik.com. [Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn] Reference
Sorry for the typos. atony and lido. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Norquist says Haley Barbour ‘is not completely fluent in English.’] Reference
A kind of asthma complicated by atony. From Wordnik.com. [Amiel's Journal] Reference
Uterine atony. From Wordnik.com. [Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn] Reference
Uterine atony, 299, 300. From Wordnik.com. [Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn] Reference
It is also used orally for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), melancholy, atony, exhaustion, dysentery, atonic diarrhea, weight loss, and migraines. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
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