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Key Terms #4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Activity tolerance | Type and amount of exercise or work that a person is able to perform without undue exertion or injury |
| Atelectasis | Complete or partial collapse of a lung or a section (lobe) of a lung |
| Foot drop | difficulty lifting the front part of the foot |
| Hemi Walker | for patients that don't need a full walker and provides wider base for support |
| Hemiplegia | Muscle weakness or partial paralysis on one side of the body that can affect the arms, legs, and facial muscles. |
| Contracture | A permanent tightening of the muscles, tendons, skin, and nearby tissues that causes the joints to shorten and become very stiff. |
| Muscle atrophy | wasting or loss of muscle tissue |
| Venous thromboembolism | blood clots in the veins |
| Acupressure | The application of pressure or localized massage to specific sites on the body to control symptoms such as pain or nausea. It is a type of complementary and alternative medicine. |
| Idiopathic Pain | pain that has no specific or determinable cause or which has multiple etiologies, meaning the causes may be biological, physiological, psychological, psycho-social or any combination of these |
| Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) | Drug delivery system that allows patients to self administer analgesic medications on demand within a therapeutic range |
| Pseudoaddiction | term that refers to patients who have under-treated pain and exhibit drug-seeking behavior that is misinterpreted as addiction. |
| Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) | Technique in which a battery powered device blocks pain impulses from reaching the spinal cord by delivering weak electrical impulses directly to the surface of the skin |
| Placebos | Dosage form that contains no pharmacologically active ingredients but may relieve pain through psychological effects |
| Primary intention | Primary union of the edges of a wound, progressing to complete scar formation without granulation |
| Secondary intention | Wound closure in which the edges are separated; granulation tissue develops to fill the gap, and finally epithelium grows in over the granulation, producing a larger scar than results with primary intention |
| Purulent | drainage that is thick and can be green, yellow, brown or tan |
| Sanguineous | bright red drainage, indicates active bleeding |
| Serous | clear, watery plasma |
| Negative pressure wound therapy | supports wound healing by reduction of edema and fluid removal, macro deformation and wound contraction, and micro deformation and mechanical stretch perfusion. |
| Vacuum-assisted closure | Device that helps in wound closure by applying localized negative pressure to draw the edges of a wound together |
| Conscious sedation | administration of CNS-depressant drugs or analgesics to relieve anxiety and/or provide amnesia during surgical, diagnostic, or interventional procedures |
| Sequential Compression Device (SDC's) | inflatable sleeves that are worn on lower legs while recovering from an illness or surgery in the hospital to help prevent the development of deep vein thrombosis. |
| Never event | Serious incidents that are wholly preventable because guidance or safety recommendations that provide strong systemic protective barriers are available at a national level and should have been implemented by all health care providers |
| Debridement | Removal of dead tissue from a wound |
| Fistula | Abnormal passage from an internal organ to the surface of the body or between two internal organs |
| Hyperbaric | involves exposing the body to 100% oxygen at a pressure that is greater than normal to help wounds heal properly and speed healing. |
| Fluctuance | Soft, boggy feeling when tissue is palpated, usually a sign of tissue infection |
| Serosangieous | type of drainage that is pale pink and watery |
| Evisceration | Protrusion of visceral organs through a surgical wound |
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