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written instruction for health care that is recognized under state law and is related to the provision of such care when the individual is incapacitated | |
radiological scanning of the body with x-ray beams and radiation detectors that transmit data toa computer that transribes the data into quantitative measuremetns and multidimensio | |
abnormal sensation such as burning, prickling, or tingling | |
blood in the stool aht can be dtected only through a microscope or by chemical means | |
seepage of foreign substances into the interstital tissue | |
occurs when an agent is transferred to a susceptible host by contaminated inanimate objects such as water, food, milk, drugs, and blood. | |
The absence of microorganisms | |
nonlocalized pain originating in support structuressuch as tendons, ligaments, and nerves; may be a deep pain | |
infection limited to a defined area or single organ with symptoms that resemble inflammation | |
occurs when the client's visera protrude though the disrupted wound | |
a technique of positioning that promotes gravitational drainage of specific lung lobes. | |
painful urination | |
constructive phase of metabolism | |
the process by which an individual becomes consciously aware of pain | |
the intellectual ability to think | |
coordinated, rhythmic, serial contraction of the smooth muscles of the GI tract | |
smear method of examining stained exfoliative cells | |
thinning of skin surface and loss of markings; thin, flabby muscles due to reduction in muscle size and shape | |
anesthesia that causes the client to lose sensation in a particular area of the body | |
the nonvolitional delivery of nutrietns through a gastrointestinal tube. | |
infections acquired in the hospital or other health care facilities that awere not present or incubating at the time of admission | |
the sensation of pain is not felt in the organ itself but instead is perceived at the spot where the organs were located during fetal development | |
an imaging technique that uses radio waves and a strong magnetic field to make continuous cross-sectional images of the body | |
blood in the urine; microscopic - seen on microscope, gross - can be seen with naked eye | |
a malfunction of the body's immune system that causes the body to attack its own tissues | |
pain occuring when the blood supply of an area is restricted or cut off completely | |
formation of antibodies that rotect the individual against invading agents such as lethal bacteria, viruses, toxins, and foreign tissues from other animals | |
white blood cells | |
handheld transducer | |
medications used to control the client's behavior | |
a condition of fixed resistance to the passive stretch of a muscle | |
energy needed to maintain essential physiological functiosn when a person is at complete rest both physically and mentally | |
elevation of Co2 levels in the blood indicating inadequate alveolar ventilation | |
to move a body part toward the midline | |
inability to completely evacuate the bladder | |
occurs when an agent is transferred to a susceptible hose by animate means such as mosquitos, fleas, ticks, lice, and other animals | |
occurs when a susceptible host contacts droplet nuclei or dust particles that are suspended in the air | |
removal of necrotic tissue to foster the regeneration of healthy tissue | |
material and cells discharged from blood vessels | |
use of high-frequency sounds waves instead of x-ray film to visualize deep body structures; also called an echogram | |
loss of the ability to initaite, control or inhibit elimination | |
elimination of pathogens, except spores, from inanimate objects | |
a low-dose radiographic study of the breast tissue | |
the aspiration of fluids from the pleural cavity | |
refers to the chronic inabilty to sleep or inadquate quality of sleep due to sleep that prematurely ends or is inerupted by periods of wakefulness | |
process caused by a concentration difference of water | |
destructive phase of metabolism | |
sterile technique; consists of those practices that eliminate all microorganisms and spores from an object or area | |
increase in muscle size and shape due to an increase in muscle fiber | |
graphic recording of the heart's electrical activity | |
movement of molecules in a solution or a gas from an area of high concentration to one of low concentration | |
intravenous infusion of a solution containing dextrose, amino acids, fats, essential fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals | |
A substance, usually a protein that causes the formation of an antibody and reacts specifically with that antibody. | |
respiratory rate greater than 24 breaths per minute | |
collapsed alveoli | |
involintary loss of stool of sufficient duration and volume to create a social or hygienic problem | |
affects the entire body and involves multiple organs | |
to straighten a joint | |
process by which certain cells engultf and dipose of foreign bodies | |
document or legal status that enables any competent individual to name someone to exercise health-related decision-makign authority, under specific circumstances, on the individual | |
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