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This free medical transcription course post explains 8 important medical terms that are used on a daily basis when processing live transcription files as a daily job. 1.  Deglutition:  The process of swallowing food materials is known as deglutition. 2.  Dysphagia:  An abnormal condition of difficulty of swallowing of food stuffs by a person. 3.  Nasal Regurgitation:  Back flow of food material from the stomach to the nose. 4.  Bolus:  Food mixed with salivary juice while chewing food. 5.  Chyme:  Partially digested food material inside the mouth is called chyme. 6.  Achalasia Cardia:  Inability of lower esophageal sphincter to relax. 7.  Orifice:  Opening. 8.  Pneumonitis:  Inflammation of the walls of the air sacs or alveoli in the lungs. In the next post, we will study about important 20 gastrointestinal medical terms.  To go to the prior post CLI...

We have already learnt about normal vital signs, that are taken into consideration while diagnosing a patient's normal physical condition to come into some diagnostic conclusions during physical examination.  Normally, vital signs are temperature, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and heart rate. Apart from these normal vital signs, secondarily some vital signs are also taken into consideration are menstrual cycle, Glasgow Coma Scale, pulse oximetry, and blood glucose levels.  The knowledge of these secondary vital signs are essential while concluding some advanced diagnostics.  We will see about the fifth vital signs one by one. 1.  Glasgow Coma Scale or GCS:  It is a neurological measure of recording a conscious state of a patient in relation to the assessment of the disease condition.  The scores are the lowest of 3 and the maximum of 14 to 15. In common, GCS is calculated in a patient after a head injury to measure the score of consciousne...