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124 patient care
Caring for patients needing assistance
Term | Definition |
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asphyxiation | severe hypoxia leading to hypoxia, hypercapnea, loss of consciousness, and death. |
barotrauma | injury due to pressure pharmaceutical preparation, e.g., an opaque conctrast medium given intravenously or swallowed |
cannula | a tube used to allow fluids, gases or other substances into or out of the body. |
cystostomy | surgical opening into the urinary bladder |
dyspneic | having shortness of breath or difficulty breathing |
esophageal varices | a complex of longitudinal, tortuous veins at the lower end of the esophagus, swollen as a result of portal hypertension |
fowlers position | the head of the patients bed is rasied 18-20 inches above the level with the knees elevated |
french scale or measurement | a system used to indicate diameter of tubes, catheters, or instruments; each unit on the scale is approximately 1/3 mm |
gastrostomy | the creation of an opening in the stomach to provide food and liquid administration |
hemostat | a clamplike instrument used to control flow of fluids or blood |
intima | the innermost coat of a blood vessel |
lavage | the process of washing out an organ, usually the stomach, the bladder, or the bowel |
nasogastric tube | a tube of soft rubber or plastic that is inserted through the nostril and into the stomach |
saline solution | a solution consisting of a percentage of sodium chloride and distilled water that is of the same osmolarity as body fluids |
semipermeable | permitting passage only of certain molecules |
stoma | an artificial opening from the bowel to the body surface |
suspension | solid particles mixed, but not dissolved, in a fluid or another solid. |
suture material | an absorbable or nonabsorbable material used for surgical stitches |
symptomatology | combined symptoms of a disease |
technetium (Te) | a radioactive metallic element |
ulcerative colitis | a chronic, episode inflammatory disease of the large intestine characterized by profuse watery diarrhea, bleeding, and infection. |