The biological family Felidae is a lineage of carnivorans that includes the cats. A member of this family is also called a felid. The characteristic features of cats have evolved to support a carnivorous lifestyle, with adaptations for ambush or stalking and short pursuit hunting.
Healthcare Hotspotting Healthcare hotspotting is the strategic use of data to reallocate resources to a small subset of high-needs, high-cost patients. A small number of individuals drives much of the cost in the American health care system.
Paracentesis is the procedure to drain ascites (abnormal accumulation of fluid in a person's abdominal cavity) through a needle. We might do this for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes: A diagnostic paracentesis is performed to determine the cause of ascites and if the ascites is infected. Here, the ascites fluid collected is cultured for microbes and sent to the lab for cell counts and other biochemical and microscopic tests.