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Terms 2009
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is referred pain | expeierenced in a location different from its source |
| Opioid Addiction | physiological dependence characterized by craving for the drugs for use other than pain relief resulting in compulsive use |
| Palliative Surgery | relieves signs and symptoms |
| Hemoptysis | coughing up blood |
| Evisceration | body organs pertrude through an open wound |
| Dishiscence | reopening of a surgical wound |
| Topical Anesteshia | applied to area directly |
| Regional Anesteshia | blocks the conduction of nerve impulses in a specific area |
| General Anesteshia | acts on the CNS causing unconciousness, relaxation, and loss of pain perception and memory |
| Pain Assessment | Accept Clients report, determine pain status, describe location, quality, intentsity, and factors affecting it, examine site, identify coping methods, record assessment, interventions, and evaluate. |
| Stenosis | abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other organ/structure |
| Systole | time period when the heart is contracting |
| Diastole | heart is relaxing and dilating |
| Poikilothermy | cold blood |
| 1st step in managing hypertension | Diuretics |
| Cardiac Isoenzymes | measures the level of CPK,CK, and Troponin in blood. If a heart muscle is injured the enzymes will leak out of damages heart muscle cells |
| erythematic marginatum | reddened area of skin. Disc shaped with elevated edges |
| Electrocardiogram | electrodes are placed on the skin to detect electrical activity of the heart. Detects abnormalties in conduction of impulses |
| Holter Monitor | Continuous ECG monitoring over a 24-48 hour time period |
| Implantable Loop Recorder | ECG monitoring for three months at a time |
| Echocardiogram | Ultrasound used to create images of the heart. Gel is placed on skin and probe moves over the area. Detects valve abnormalties |
| Cardiac Catherterization | cathetor is passed through a vein or artery and die is injected. Images are taken to visualize the heart structures and blood vessels. BP Pulse and ECG are continuously monitored. |
| Polyphagia | excessive hunger |
| polydipsia | excessive thirst |
| Glycoseria | glucose in the urine |
| Lipohypertrophy | swelling |
| Retinopathy | Eyes |
| Post prandial | 2 hours after a meal |
| Peripheral Neuropathy | affects vessels and nerves from poor glucose control |
| Glycogenolysis | when insulin production is inhibited and stored glycogen is converted into glucose |
| By product of metabolism | fat |
| oral diebetic medications | stimulate pancreatic beta cells to secrete insulin. They increase binfing between insulin and insulin receptors |
| Aldosterone | hormone that causes the tubules of the kidneys to retain sodium and water |
| Hormone | makes stores and secretes chemical messages |
| Androgens | class of steroids produced by the zona fasiculata and reticularis of the adrenal cortex |
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