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RCGPThe Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is the professional body for GPs in the UK. | ||
RCPEThe Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) is here to support you throughout your career to enable you to deliver the highest standards of healthcare to patients. | ||
RCPsychThe Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) is the professional body responsible for education and training, and setting and raising standards in psychiatry. | ||
ROSCReturn of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) is resumption of sustained perfusing cardiac activity associated with significant respiratory effort after cardiac arrest. Resuscitation Council (UK) - Post-resuscitation care | ||
RRTRenal replacement therapy (RRT) includes dialysis and transplantation. NICE Guideline 107 - Renal replacement therapy and conservative management | ||
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SAHSubarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is an uncommon type of stroke caused by bleeding into the space around the brain (the subarachnoid space, found between the arachnoid and pia mater). SAH classically produces a thunderclap headache - patients report a sudden-onset headache that is the worst headache of their life. SAH can be traumatic (the most common cause), caused by head injury, or be spontaneous, typically due to a ruptured berry aneurysm. | ||
SALTSpeech and Language Therapy (SALT or SLT) is an AHP. SALT involves the support and treatment for people who have speech, language, communication or swallowing difficulties. | ||
SAS DoctorsSAS Doctors are not in training grades and nor are they consultants or GPs. Doctors who have knowledge, skills and experience in a specialty that is approved for the award of a CCT by the GMC but have gained these outside of an approved training programme (including as a SAS Doctor) may apply for entry onto the Specialist Register with a CESR in a CCT specialty. | ||
SBESubacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE) is a slowly-developing IE, typically caused by the Streptococcus species S. viridans. SBE is an infection of the inner lining of the heart (the endocardium) and is associated with vegetations on heart valve surfaces with eventual valve destruction if the infection is not treated effectively. | ||