adjunctive therapy

Adjunctive Therapy

Medspeak Any therapeutic manoeuvre ancillary to the care needed short term to stabilise a patient, but which reduces the morbidity and mortality long term.
Example Immediate therapy for an acute myocardial infarction includes O2, tPA, stenting, angioplasty, etc. Adjunctive therapy includes aspirin, beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, heparin, nitrates, calcium channel blockers, antiarrhythmic agents, magnesium, morphine, warfarin, & hypolipidemic agents—e.g., simvastin.
Psychiatry Mental health care, including occupational, recreational, or creative therapy which is ancillary to the principal intervention, which may also have a role as primary therapy.

adjunctive therapy

Medtalk A therapeutic maneuver(s) with an ancillary role in treating a disease by ↓ M&M, but not part of the immediate therapy required to stabilize the Pt. Cf Adjuvant therapy.

ad·junc·tive ther·a·py

(ad-jungk'tiv thār'ă-pē) Any accessory treatment used in combination to enhance primary treatment.

单词	adjunctive therapy
释义	adjunctive therapy Adjunctive Therapy Medspeak Any therapeutic manoeuvre ancillary to the care needed short term to stabilise a patient, but which reduces the morbidity and mortality long term. Example Immediate therapy for an acute myocardial infarction includes O2, tPA, stenting, angioplasty, etc. Adjunctive therapy includes aspirin, beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, heparin, nitrates, calcium channel blockers, antiarrhythmic agents, magnesium, morphine, warfarin, & hypolipidemic agents—e.g., simvastin. Psychiatry Mental health care, including occupational, recreational, or creative therapy which is ancillary to the principal intervention, which may also have a role as primary therapy. adjunctive therapy Medtalk A therapeutic maneuver(s) with an ancillary role in treating a disease by ↓ M&M, but not part of the immediate therapy required to stabilize the Pt. Cf Adjuvant therapy. ad·junc·tive ther·a·py (ad-jungk'tiv thār'ă-pē) Any accessory treatment used in combination to enhance primary treatment.
随便看	breakbulk ship break/bust one's ass break camp break-circuit break contact break control command transducer break cover break/cut/tear loose from somebody/something break dance break-dance breakdance breakdance crew break-danced break dancer break-dancer breakdancer break dancers break-dances break dancing break-dancing breakdancing break down breakdown break down and cry break down, break out