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Clinical signs associated with infection are nonspecific and may include appetite loss, uncoordinated swimming, lethargy, coelomicdistention, darkening skin color, petechiae, fin erosion, and death.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Examination of the jugular veins may reveal elevated pressure (jugular venousdistention).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Used on a duodenal tube, it relieves gastric and intestinaldistentioncaused by the retention of fluid.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Also, the newborn can present with gastricdistention, cough, apnea, tachypnea, and cyanosis.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Occult bleeding into the obstructed tubes causes tubaldistentionand cyclic pelvic pain.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The background activity of the neuron was increased after the first period of ureterdistention, as shown by the activity before the second response.
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The numbers of cells showing after-discharges at eachdistentionintensity are given.
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During the last few years, he has had recurrent admissions to hospital for pleural effusions, ascites, edema anddistentionof the head and neck veins.
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Excessive pulmonary blood flow also increases the likelihood ofdistentionof the heart.
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These authors suggest that the after-discharges reflect the development of neurogenic inflammation in the ureter because ofdistention.
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Three of these also responded todistentionof the ureter.
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However, 17 of these low-threshold neurons were activated bydistentionof the ureter.
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The ureter was catheterized so that pressure could be used for itsdistention.
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Of these, three responded to ureterdistention.
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There was no jugular venousdistention.
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Closed needle tidal-joint irrigation, repeateddistentionand irrigation of the joint with saline under local anaesthesia, using a large-bore needle, followed by intra-articular corticosteroids is sometimes useful.
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One of the things to which airmen fall victim isdistentionof the intestine, leading to great pain and vomiting.
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The long, linear laceration extended around the ventral pleats, restricting theirdistention.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Histological features includedistentionor engorgement of both subscapular and inatraparenchymal sinuses by benign histiocytes which may be hemophagocytic.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Often the pressure is in the fundus of the stomach, esophagus ordistentionof the bowel.
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