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32 Cards in this Set
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Pain that lasts longer than 6 months. The pain can be continuous or intermittent.
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Chronic Pain
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Pain thst has a rapid onset. Pain resolves when healing occurs.
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Acute pain
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Pertaining to diseases arising spontaneously or from an obscure or unkonown cause.
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Idiopathic
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Any adverse mental or physical condition induced in a patient because of treatment by the physcician or surgeon
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Iatrogenic
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New growth.
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Neoplasm
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Not malignant or recurrent.
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Benign
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Pertiaing to or denoting progressive growth of certian tumors that may spread to other sites.
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Malignant
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An exaggerated feeling of well-being.
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Euphoria
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Cord or thread used for tying a blood vessel.
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Ligature
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depressed condition of many of the body functions caused by ineffective circulation of blood.
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Shock
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Nursing care given to patients having surgery from admission to the hospital until discharged.
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Perioperative Care
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Pertiaining to, or containing to blood.
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Sanguineous
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Care involving intense focus and assessment of the patient during surgery.
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Intraoperative Care
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Artificial replacement or enhancement of a body part
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Prosthesis
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More extensive procedure; usually calls for general anesthetic and a longer recovery period.
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Major surgery
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Less extensive procedure; may call for a local or regional anesthetic and a shorter recovery period.
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Minor surgery
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Threshold for pain is increased; produced in the brain acts as an opiate.
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Endorphin
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Containing both serum and blood.
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Serosanguineous
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Inflammation of a vein with a clot
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Thrombophlebitis
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Loss of sensation with or without unconsciousness
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Anesthesia
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Vomitting of blood
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Hematemesis
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Protrusion of intestines through an abdominal wound; removal of the internal contents of the body.
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Evisceration
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Abnormal internal or external discharge of blood.
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Hemorrhage
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Seperation of all layers of an incision of blood.
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Dehiscence
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Fluid that contains dead cells, serum, phagocytes, bacteria, or pus.
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Exudate
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Fleshy projections formed on the surface of a gaping wound.
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Granulation
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Process of pus formation.
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Suppuration
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Collapsed or airless state of the lung.
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Atelectasis
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Containing serum.
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Serous
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A symptoms that can be seen, herd, measured or felt.
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Objective symptom
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What is stated by the patient
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Subjective symptom
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Containing pus
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Purulent
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