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Animal Care & Nurse
Chapter 8 Animal Care and Nursing
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Analgesia | pain relief |
| Arrhythmia | abnormal heart rhythm |
| Atelectasis | lack of gas exchange within the alveoli |
| Auscultation | listening to the heart and lungs using a stethoscope |
| Bradycardia | low heart rate |
| Capillary Refill Time | the time required for blood to refill capillaries after displacement by finger pressure |
| Central catheter | a long catheter left in place for extended periods |
| Closed-suction drain | drains that use vacuum bottles and plastic conduits to draw fluid away from the wound |
| Debridement | entering neutrophil into a wound decontaminating and killing bacteria |
| Decubital Ulcer | pressure or bed sores resulting from laying on a bony prominence to long |
| Dyspnea | increased respiratory effort which results in difficulty breathing |
| Eschar | necrotic layers of tissue that slough off |
| Euthanasia | act of ending a patients life in a humane manner |
| Hyperthermia | increased body temperature |
| Hypothermia | decreased body temperature |
| Intraosseous | referring to a route of injection directly into the bone marrow |
| Lavage | to irrigate or wash |
| Mentation | mental state or status of a patient |
| Normothermia | normal body temperature |
| Nystagmus | involuntary eye movement |
| Orthopnea | respiratory distress that is exasperated by recumbency |
| Penrose Drain | surgical device placed in a wound to drain fluid |
| Percussion | tapping the body's surface to produce vibration and sound. Most commonly used on the thorax for examining the heart and lungs |
| Phlebitis | laval venous inflammation |
| Presenting Complaint | what the client perceives is the patient's problem to be |
| Tachycardia | abnormally rapid heart beat |
| Tenesmus | straining to defecate |
| Stertor | noise that results from vibration of the pharyngeal tissues due to the significant upper respiratory obstruction and subsequent turbulent airflow downstream in the upper airway |
| Stridor | high pitched, whistling sound most often heard while taking in a breath |
| Pulse Deficit | difference in a minute's time between the number of beats of the heart and the number of beats of the pulse observed in diseases of the heart |
| Tachypnea | rapid breathing |
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