Medicalprotocol can refer to Guideline medicalmedical guidelines for a medical treatment. It usually includes a treatment plan, summarized consensus statements and addresses practical issues. Clinical protocol , which has a more specific meaning. It describes a method to be used in a clinical trial e.g. of a drug or medical treatment or a medical research study. A set of rules followed by providers such as EMTs or nurses. Often considered to be stricter than a guideline, and to carry more weight with the law, but there is no hard evidence to support this view and the terms are usually used interchangeably. disambig ... more details
Wiktionary Protocol may refer to TOCright Society Protocol, etiquette Protocol diplomacy , the etiquette of diplomacy and affairs of state Protocol politics , a formal agreement between nation states The Protocols of the Elders of Zion , an antisemitic tract Kyoto Protocol , a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Protocol I , an amendment to the Geneva Conventions Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees , a United Nations convention on the status of refugees The arts Protocol band , British band Protocol film , a 1984 comedy film Protocol album , the d but album EP from Simon Phillips Science Protocol natural sciences , a predefined written procedural method of conducting experiments Clinical trial protocol , a document that plans a clinical trial Medicalprotocol disambiguation , various meanings, most prominently including guidelines for medical treatment Communications Communications protocol , a set of rules & regulations that determine how data is transmitted in telecommunications and computer networking Cryptographic protocol , a protocol for encrypting messages Proprietary protocol , a telecommunications protocol that is patented Quantum cryptography protocol , a protocol for encrypting messages Simple Mail Transfer Protocol , a set of rules for the design of an electronic mail system Computer related AAA protocol , a computer security protocolProtocol Buffers , a serialization format of computer software Protocol object oriented programming , a common means for unrelated objects to communicate with each other Routing protocol , a set of rules that determines how routers shall route communications URI scheme , often referred to as protocol See also Proto List of network protocols disambiguation ar bg ca Protocol cs Protokol da Protokol de Protokoll Begriffskl rung es Protocolo eo Protokolo fr Protocole gl Protocolo ja ko io Protokolo it Protocollo he lt Protokolas reik m s ... more details
The Beck Protocol is an alternative medicine form of therapy that includes electric currents micro currents , ozone ozonated water, colloidal silver Current alternative medicine use colloidal silver , and magnets . ref http sharinghealth.com beckprotocol whatisbp.htm Sharing Health From the Heart Beck Protocol What is The Beck Protocol Bot generated title ref It is administered through specialist equipment and was designed Robert C. Beck, D.Sc. ref http www.sota.com default.aspx?page sota products Sota Instruments and Sota Products by Sota. SOTA Instruments Inc Bot generated title ref ref http www.bobbeck.com Bob Beck Bob Beck Protocol, bioelectric protocol, Bob Beck zapper and colloidal silver Bot generated title ref References references Category Alternative medical systems Alt med stub ... more details
orphan date September 2010 The MECIF ProtocolMedical Computer Interface Protcol , is a rare communications protocol originally developed by Hewlett Packard to allow external devices e.g. computers to communicate with certain Hewlett Packard patient monitors . It is a client server based protocol that uses a modified RS 232 cable to allow a client e.g. a computer to send commands to a server e.g. patient monitor ref name description http anestit.unipa.it software TEngel Abstracts.html STA93 , A Macintosh Client for the Hewlett Packard Component Monitoring System ref . The protocol can be used to retrieve vital data from patient monitors, such as ECG, blood pressure and heart rate signals. Ownership of the protocol has changed hands many times and was most recently supported by Philips ref name ownership https woc.dei.uc.pt weboncampus getFile.do?tipo 2&id 9816 , RS232 Computer Interface Programming Guide ref . Due to the complexity of the protocol, very few software applications currently support it. References See Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references using ref ref tags which will then appear here automatically Reflist External links http www.mecifview.com MECIFView Software application for acquiring data from patient monitors using the MECIF protocol http physionet.caregroup.harvard.edu physiotools record record Software tools for communicating using the MECIF protocol Categories Category Health standards ... more details
Treatment or Punishment , commonly known as the Istanbul Protocol , is the first set of international ... document in 1999. The Istanbul Protocol is intended to serve as a set of international guidelines ... evidence in court. As such, the Istanbul Protocol provides useful guidance for doctors and lawyers ... and any other investigative bodies. Non binding document The Istanbul Protocol is a non ... in a comprehensive, effective, prompt and impartial manner. The Istanbul Protocol is a tool for doing this. The Istanbul Protocol was drafted by more than 75 experts in law, health and human rights ... Medical Association and were inspired by the daily needs and practices experienced by the HRFT and the Society ... oedema. The Turkish Medical Association carried out an independent investigation and submitted an alternative medical report which disclosed numerous flaws in the autopsy and medical assessment made by the official medical experts. The point of reference for the development of the alternative medical report was the Minnesota Protocol , the United Nations, Model Protocol for a Legal Investigation of Extra ... set out in the Minnesota Protocol. Furthermore, in light of the collected evidence and other findings ... of torture. Upon finalisation of the Istanbul Protocol in 1999, an article on the Protocol was published in the international medical journal The Lancet . ref The Lancet, Volume 354 9184 25 September 1999 p 1117 ref The Istanbul Protocol is published by the Office of the United Nations High ... Training Series in the six official UN languages. International recognition of the Istanbul Protocol The Istanbul Protocol was submitted to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on 9 August 1999 ... Council have strongly encouraged states to reflect upon the Principles in the Protocol as a useful ... independence of forensic medical services by governmental investigatory bodies and obtaining forensic ... torture. Likewise, reference was made to the Istanbul Protocol in the resolution on the competence ... more details
Euthanasia The Groningen Protocol is a text created in September 2004 by Eduard Verhagen , the medical director of the department of pediatrics at the University of Groningen University Medical Center ... protocol for the ending of life of unbearably and incurably suffering newborns 10 December 2004 ... redirected Murder or health care the Groningen Protocol ref ref cite journal author Kodish E title Paediatric ethics a repudiation of the Groningen protocol journal Lancet volume 371 issue 9616 pages 892 3 year 2008 month March pmid 18348350 doi 10.1016 S0140 6736 08 60402 X ref Origin The protocol was created by a committee of physicians and others at the University Medical Center Groningen ... viewarticle 569471 title Ending the Life of a Newborn The Groningen Protocol, Introduction publisher www.medscape.com accessdate 2009 11 03 ref The Groningen Protocol was developed in order to assist ... the information required to assess the situation within a legal and medical framework. ref name verh The protocol, as suggested by Dr. E. Verhagen, was agreed upon by the Prosecutors Office in Groningen ... verh cite journal author Verhagen E, Sauer PJ title The Groningen protocol euthanasia in severely ... doi 10.1056 NEJMp058026 ref Protocol The protocol, made up after extensive consultation between ... of the parents to termination of life Medical consultation having taken place Careful execution ... medical examiner, who in turn reports it to both the district attorney and to a review committee .... There, the medical examiner sends the report only to the regional review committee, which alerts ... for people of 12 years and older. The Groningen Protocol does not give physicians unassailable ... with the protocol, but no black letter law exists in this area. ref name origin Review In 2005 ... . In all cases, at least 2 doctors were consulted outside the medical team. In 17 of 22 cases, a multidisciplinary .... ref name Verhagen 2005 Controversy The protocol is controversial and has been attacked by anti ... more details
that the protocol is scientifically unproven and dangerous and cite Wiley s lack of medical and clinical ...The Wiley Protocol is a controversial form of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy BHRT devised and advocated by T. S. Wiley . The protocol claims to relieve the Menopause Symptoms symptoms of menopause but is also promoted as increasing overall health through the recreation of a pre menopausal woman s monthly hormonal cycle using rhythmic doses of hormones standardized to a uniform purity. Wiley claims the protocol is a step beyond the symptomatic treatment of conventional Hormone replacement therapy menopause hormone replacement therapy . The protocol has been criticized by members of the medical community for the dosages of the hormones used, side effects of the treatment, potential physiologic effects, Wiley s lack of medical or Clinical research clinical qualifications to design the protocol ... of interest regarding financial incentives. Specific dosing The Wiley Protocol uses Bioidentical hormone ... 19 publisher United States Senate Special Committee on Aging accessdate 2007 12 20 ref The protocol ... oral administration ref name patent The protocol also includes a follow up program to monitor the Blood ..., the most important aspect of the protocol is the specific schedule and levels of the hormone doses ... now episodes 2969 interview ts title Interview with T.S. Wiley ref A patent was granted for the protocol ... experienced significant side effects while following the protocol and have stopped using it, and that the dosages ... Protocol an analysis of ethical issues journal Menopause volume 15 issue 5 pages 1014 1022 year ... criticized by some physicians for their advocacy of the Wiley Protocol. A group of seven doctors ... author Ellin, Abby date October 15, 2006 accessdate 2007 12 01 ref The Wiley Protocol has been criticized ... Wiley Watch , a website critical of the Wiley Protocol Category Endocrine procedures Category Menopause Category Alternative medical treatments ... more details
A lightweight protocol in computer networking is any of a number of communication protocol s that are characterized by a relatively small overhead caused e.g. by bulky metadata in transmitted on top of the functional data Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Lightweight Telephony Protocol Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol Lightweight Presentation Protocol Internet Content Adaptation Protocol Skinny Call Control Protocol OpenLDAP Category Network protocols ... more details
The Sigma Protocol is the name of a novel. Sigma Protocol may also refer to Proof of knowledge Sigma protocols Sigma protocols , a type of cryptographic protocol. disambig ... more details
to distinguish medical personnel from enemy combatants, to make it easier for military commanders to avoid ... that a distinctive emblem should be worn by medical personnel on the field of battle as an indication ... of the third additional protocol to the Geneva Conventions journal Yearbook of International Humanitarian ... with neutral, humanitarian status of medical personnel in armed conflicts. These emblems are tied ... delegation finally achieved a comprehensive solution to these difficulties with the adoption of Protocol ... the Red Crystal in the context of international conflict. As of 2011, Protocol III has been ... a protective emblem Article 2 of this brief Protocol diplomacy protocol recognizes an additional distinctive ... web eng siteeng0.nsf htmlall p0876?opendocument accessdate 2009 08 05 ref Protective use. Medical ... of states that have ratified Protocol III References reflist External links http www.icrc.org ihl.nsf FULL 615 Committee of the Red Cross Full text of Protocol III with commentaries http www.icrc.org ihl.nsf WebSign?ReadForm&id 615&ps P List of countries that have ratified Protocol III http www.icrc.org ... Protocol III http www.icrc.org web eng siteeng0.nsf html emblem news 081205 OpenDocument Press release from the International Committee of the Red Cross welcoming the signing of Protocol III Geneva Conventions DEFAULTSORT Protocol Iii Category Geneva Conventions Category Treaties concluded in 2005 Category ... States es Protocolo III nl Derde Aanvullend Protocol bij de Conventies van Gen ve ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 An authentication protocol is a type of cryptographic protocol with the purpose of authentication authenticating entities wishing to communicate securely. There are many different authentication protocols such as AKA security AKA CAVE based authentication Challenge handshake authentication protocol CHAP CRAM MD5 Diameter protocol Diameter Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP Host Identity Protocol HIP Kerberos protocol Kerberos MS CHAP and MS CHAPv2 variants of CHAP LAN Manager NTLM , also known as NT LAN Manager Password authenticated key agreement protocols Password Authentication Protocol PAP Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol PEAP RADIUS Secure Remote Password protocol SRP TACACS and TACACS RFID Authentication Protocols Woo Lam 92 protocol DEFAULTSORT Authentication Protocol Category Computer access control protocols computer security stub Compu network stub ... more details
A signaling protocol is a type of Communications protocolprotocol used to identify signaling encapsulation networking encapsulation . Signalling telecommunications Signaling is used to identify the state of connection between telephones or VOIP terminals IP telephone or PCs or VoWLAN units . The following is a list of signaling protocols QSIG Session Initiation Protocol H.323 H.225.0 H.248 Media Gateway Control Protocol Megaco Signaling System No. 5 Signaling System No. 7 Dual tone multi frequency signaling Multi frequency R1 R2 signalling NBAP NBAP Node B Application Part Skinny Call Control Protocol SCCP Skinny Call Control Protocol , or Skinny for short Jingle protocol Jingle Q.931 DEFAULTSORT Signaling Protocol Category Network protocols Category Telephony signals de Signalisierungsprotokoll mk ru ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2007 orphan date November 2009 Bonding protocol is a generic name for a method of bonding or aggregation of multiple physical links to form a single logical link. Major categories Asynchronous bonding protocol Synchronous bonding protocol See also Inverse multiplexer Link aggregation DEFAULTSORT Bonding Protocol Category Bonding protocols Telecomm stub ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2009 A free protocol is a Protocol computing protocol whose full specification is freely available and for which there are no restrictions e.g. legal or technical on its use. Users may design and use variations that suit their needs, and contribute enhancements for potential incorporation into the next official version of the protocol. A free software reference implementation must be available. Free protocol are important for interoperability and choice of software. Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol XMPP is a free protocol. See also Portal Free software open standard free file format DEFAULTSORT Free Protocol Category Open methodologies Protocol Category Data transmission Category Network protocols Software type stub ... more details
The Mercer protocol is a common regimen for antibiotic prophylaxis in the context of Premature rupture of membranes preterm premature rupture of membranes PPROM during pregnancy , when immediate delivery is contraindicated due to known or suspected fetal lung immaturity. It was first described by Mercer et al . in 1997. ref cite journal last Mercer first BM coauthors Miodovnik, M, Thurnau, GR, Goldenberg, RL, Das, AF, Ramsey, RD, Rabello, YA, Meis, PJ, Moawad, AH, Iams, JD, Van Dorsten, JP, Paul, RH, Bottoms, SF, Merenstein, G, Thom, EA, Roberts, JM, McNellis, D title Antibiotic therapy for reduction of infant morbidity after preterm premature rupture of the membranes. A randomized controlled trial. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network. journal JAMA the journal of the American Medical Association date 1997 09 24 volume 278 issue 12 pages 989 95 pmid 9307346 ref Regimen The protocol consists of two stages. First, intravenously administer ampicillin 2 g and erythromycin 250 mg every 6 hours for 48 hours. After 48 hours, administer oral amoxicillin 250 mg and erythromycin 333 mg every 8 hours for 5 days. References Reflist Category Antibiotics ... more details
Since communications protocol digital communications protocols are controlled by software , protocol versioning generally follows software versioning standards. Category Network protocols computer stub ... more details
Medical Research Institute. The first patient was treated using the Edmonton Protocol in March 1999. The protocol was first published in the New England Journal of Medicine in July 2000 ...refimprove date June 2009 The Edmonton Protocol is a method of implantation of Pancreas pancreatic Islets of Langerhans islet s for the treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus , specifically Brittle diabetes brittle type 1 diabetics prone to hypoglycemic unawareness. The protocol is named for the islet transplantation group at the University of Alberta in the Canada Canadian city of Edmonton , where the protocol was first devised in the late 1990s, and published in The New England Journal of Medicine in July 2000. Procedure The Edmonton Protocol involves isolating islets from a organ donation cadaveric donor pancreas using a mixture of enzymes called Liberase Hoffmann La Roche Roche . Each recipient receives islets from one to as many as three donors. The islets are infused into the patient s portal vein , and are then kept from being destroyed by the recipient s immune system through the use of two immunosuppressants , sirolimus and tacrolimus as well as a monoclonal antibody drug used in transplant patients called daclizumab . History Islet isolation and Organ transplant transplantation was pioneered by Paul Lacy throughout the 1960s. He and Walter Ballinger together were able to restore normoglycaemia in diabetic rat s following the transplantation of isolated islets into the rodent s livers. Scientists have not yet successfully translated Dr. Lacy s success in rodents to humans. The Edmonton Protocol was primarily developed by Dr James Shapiro transplant surgeon , Jonathan Lakey ... the Edmonton Protocol remained insulin independent after an average of 12 months. Current review ..., Ricordi C, Hering BJ et al. International trial of the Edmonton protocol for islet transplantation ... br Organ transplantation https web.emmes.com study isl DEFAULTSORT Edmonton Protocol Categories ... more details
IPstack The Echo Protocol is a service in the Internet Protocol Suite defined in RFC 862. It was originally proposed for testing and measurement of round trip times Citation needed date November 2009 in IP networks. A host may connect to a server that supports the Echo Protocol using the Transmission Control Protocol TCP or the User Datagram Protocol UDP on the List of well known ports computing well known port number 7. The server sends back an identical copy of the data it received. The functionality of the Echo Protocol was superseded by the echo request of the Internet Control Message Protocol and the corresponding ping utility. Inetd implementation On UNIX like operating systems an echo server is built into the inetd daemon computer software daemon . The echo service is usually not enabled by default. It may be enabled by adding the following lines to the file tt etc inetd.conf tt and telling inetd to reload its configuration echo stream tcp nowait root internal echo dgram udp wait root internal See also Discard Protocol Daytime Protocol Character Generator Protocol Time Protocol External links RFC 347 Echo Process RFC 862 Echo Protocol Category Internet protocols Category Application layer protocols cs ECHO protocol da Echo protokol de Echo Netzwerkdienst ... more details
IPstack The Time Protocol is a network protocol in the Internet Protocol Suite defined in 1983 in RFC 868. Its purpose is to provide a site independent, machine readable date and time. The Time Protocol may be implemented over the Transmission Control Protocol TCP or the User Datagram Protocol UDP . A host connects to a server that supports the Time Protocol on port 37. The server then sends the time as a 32 bit unsigned integer in binary format and in network byte order , representing the number of seconds since 00 00 midnight 1 January, 1900 GMT, and closes the connection. Operation over UDP requires the sending of any datagram to the server port, as there is no connection setup for UDP. The fixed 32 bit data format means that the timestamp rolls over approximately every 136 years, with the first such occurrence on 7 February 2036. Programs that use the Time Protocol must be carefully designed to use context dependent information to distinguish these dates from those in 1900. Many Unix like operating systems used the Time Protocol to monitor and or synchronize their clocks using the rdate utility, but this functionality was superseded by the Network Time Protocol NTP and the corresponding ntpdate utility, which report times with sub second accuracy and accounts for clock drift automatically. Inetd implementation On most UNIX like operating systems a Time Protocol server is built into the inetd or xinetd daemon computer software daemon . The service is usually not enabled by default. It may be enabled by adding the following lines to the file tt etc inetd.conf tt and reloading the configuration. time stream tcp nowait root internal time dgram udp wait root internal See also Echo Protocol Discard Protocol Daytime Protocol Character Generator Protocol rdate , a tool for querying ... Time Protocol http freestone group.com fg time sync.htm freestone group.com FG Time Sync Category ... Time Protocol simple TIME protocol zh ... more details
Protocol overhead refers to metadata and network routing information sent by an computer application application , which uses a portion of the available Bandwidth computing bandwidth of a communications protocol . This extra data, making up the protocol headers and application specific information is referred to as overhead, since it does not contribute to the content of the message. Protocol overhead can be expressed as a percentage of non application byte s protocol and frame synchronization divided by the total number of bytes in the message. References http msdn2.microsoft.com en us library ms997599.aspx Common Performance Issues in Network Applications Part 1 Interactive Applications , Windows XP Technical Articles, Microsoft http www.sonic.net support docs ip atm.overhead.pdf Protocol Overhead in IP ATM Networks , Minnesota Supercomputer Center DEFAULTSORT Protocol Overhead Category Computer networking Compu network stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The MOSI protocol is an extension of the basic MSI protocol MSI cache coherency Protocol computing protocol . It adds the O wned state, which indicates that the current processor owns this block, and will service requests from other processors for the block. For any given pair of caches, the permitted states of a given cache line are as follows class wikitable style text align center M O S I M N N N Y O N N Y Y S N Y Y Y I Y Y Y Y See also Coherence protocol MSI protocol MESI protocol MOESI protocol DEFAULTSORT Mosi Protocol Category Cache coherency Compu stub ... more details
IPstack The Discard Protocol is a service in the Internet Protocol Suite defined in RFC 863. It is intended for testing, debugging, and measurement purposes. A host may send data to a host that supports the Discard Protocol on either Transmission Control Protocol TCP or User Datagram Protocol UDP port number 9. The data sent to the server is simply discarded. No response is returned. Inetd implementation On most UNIX like operating systems a discard server is built into the inetd or xinetd daemon computer software daemon . The discard service is usually not enabled by default. It may be enabled by adding the following lines to the file tt etc inetd.conf tt and reloading the configuration discard stream tcp nowait root internal discard dgram udp wait root internal The Discard Protocol is the TCP UDP equivalent of the Unix filesystem node dev null . Such a service is guaranteed to receive what is sent to it and can be used for debugging TCP and or UDP code requiring a guaranteed reception of payload sent. See also Echo Protocol Daytime Protocol Character Generator Protocol Time Protocol External links RFC 348, The Discard process RFC 863, The Discard protocol Category Internet protocols Category Application layer protocols ... more details
A binary protocol is a network protocolprotocol which is intended or expected to be read by a machine rather than a human being, as opposed to a plain text protocol such as IRC , SMTP , or HTTP . Binary protocols have the advantage of terseness, which translates into speed of transmission and interpretation. There has always been tension between two software development camps that believe new protocols should preferably be text based or binary, respectively. In recent years, with the ready availability of network bandwidth and mass storage, the text based camp has been gaining significant ground XML based systems are nearly ubiquitous but the debate continues ref http www.webservices.org weblog mark little soap for the masses A representative discussion of text and binary protocol debate, by Mark Little ref . Binary protocol is also used in the context of a protocol between exactly two parties, in contrast to a multi party protocol. Binary protocol, or binary collaboration have been used in the terminology of standards such as EbXML and EDOC ref http www.omg.org technology documents formal edoc.htm EDOC ref . An interface in the UML ref http www.uml.org Unified Modeling Language ref may also be considered a binary protocol. See also XML Telnet Binary file References references External links http www.catb.org esr writings taoup html ch05s01.html Chapter 5 of The Tao of Unix Programming champions textual formats over binary protocols. DEFAULTSORT Binary Protocol Category Network protocols Soft eng stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 In communications, a link protocol is a method and specification for transmission of data from one node on a local network or network link to another node on the same link. Link protocols are commonly categorized according to the data link layer Data Link Layer Layer 2 specification of the OSI model or placed into the more general group of Link layer Link Layer protocols of the Internet protocol suite Internet Protocol Suite . See also Internet protocol suite Internet Protocol Suite Link layer Link Layer Open Systems Interconnection Data link layer Data Link Layer DEFAULTSORT Link Protocol Category Link protocols Category Data transmission Telecomm stub ... more details
Multiple issues unreferenced August 2011 notability August 2011 Cisco IDS services communicate with each other by using the PostOffice protocol not to be confused with POP3 , SMTP , or other mail delivery protocols . It a Cisco proprietary protocol that run on port User Datagram Protocol UDP 4500. It provide a communication vehicle between the sensors and the Director platform. PostOffice protocol was later replace by Remote Data Exchange Protocol RDEP External links http ciscoarticles.com Intrusion Detection System Cisco PostOffice Protocol.html Cisco PostOffice Protocol Category Intrusion detection systems Category Cisco protocols ... more details
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