Ch. 34 Kinn's Book Administering Medications
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| asymptomatic | Without symptoms of a disease process
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| bevel | Angled tip of a needle
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| bronchoconstriction | Narrowing of the bronchiole tubes
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| enteric-coated | Referring to an oral medication to which a coating has been added that resists the effects of stomach juices; designed so that medicine is absorbed in the small intestine
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| hermetically sealed | Sealed so that no air can enter
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| hypostension | Low blood pressure
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| immunosuppresant | Administering repeated injections of diluted extracts of a substance that causes an allergy; also called desensitization.
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| induration | An abnormally hard, inflamed area.
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| loading dose | A double dose administered as the first does of a medication; usually used with antibiotic therapy so that therapeutic blood levels are reached quickly
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| meniscus | The curved surface of liquids in a container
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| phlebitis | Inflammation of a vein, with the possible complication of clot formation at the site (thromophlebitis)
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| polyuria | Excretion of an unusually large amount of urine
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| scored | Slashed; for example, describes a tablet that is manufactured with an indentation for division through the center.
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| sterile | Free of all living microorganisms
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| vasodilation | Increase in the diameter of a blood vessel
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| viscosity | The quality of being thick and lacking the capability of easy movement
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| wheal | Localized area of edema or a raised lesion
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| 7 Rights of Proper Drug Administration | The right patient, the right drug, the right dose, the right route, the right time, the right technique, the right documentation
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| solid dosage oral forms | tablets, caplets, capsules and lozenges (troches)
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| liquid oral dosage forms | syrups, emulsions, gels and magmas, fluid extracts, tinctures, extracts and elixers
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| syrup | a solution of sugar and water, usually containing flavoring and medicinal substances. Cough syrups such as Robitussin are the most common
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| emulsions | a mixture of oil and water that improves the taste of otherwise distasteful products, such as cod liver oil.
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| gels and magmas | minerals suspended in water.
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| fluid extracts | combinations of alcohol and vegetable products that are more potent that tinctures. For example a belladona fluid extract has a higher % of the powdered belladonna leaf than tincture of belladonna.
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| tinctures | an alcoholic preparation of a soluable drug or chemical substance, usually from plant sources.
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| extracts | very concentrated combinations of vegetable products and alcohol or ether that are evaporated until a syrupy liquid, solid mass, or powder is formed. Extracts are many times stronger than the crude itself.
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| elixirs | an aromatic, alcholic,
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