Peter Drier, a bank technology manager in New York City, was blindsided after neck surgery by a $117,000 bill from a doctor he did not recall meeting. Credit Joshua Bright for The New York Times.
Cushing's triad, which includes bradycardia, hypertension (with widened pulse pressure), and a change in respiratory pattern, is seen in head injuries with increased intracranial pressure (ICP).
Cushing's syndrome is a chronic syndrome caused by hyposecretion of the adrenal cortex and is characterized by darkening of the skin, loss of appetite, mental depression, and muscle weakness. false. The prefix '-syn- means: together. The suffix which means 'condition of' is: osis.