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Uptake of medication into the body through or across tissue |
Absorption |
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Medication That Binds to the receptor site and stimulate and site and stimulate the function of that drug site, a drug that mimics a function of body. |
Agonist |
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Medication that binds to the receptor site to prevent other medication from binding to those sites, cancellation or reduction of ones drugs effect by another drug. |
Antagonist |
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Pertaining to the destruction of bacteria, drugs or chemical that can destroy bacteria. |
Bactericidal |
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Inhibiting or retarded growth of bacteria; drugs or chemicals that can inhibit or retard growth of bacteria. |
Bacteriostatic |
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An uninterested injection of liquid substance into the vein. |
Continuous injection |
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Dispersion of medication particles to sites in the body. |
Distribution |
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Elimination of a medication from the body |
Excretion |
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To escape from the vessel into tissue. |
Extravasate |
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Unexpected, unusual response to a drug. |
Idiosyncratic Reaction |
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Administration of medication or an infusion that is not continuous but interrupted between doses. |
Intermittent Infusion |
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The use of a needle attached to a syringe to instill a single dose of medication into vein. |
IV injection (IV push) |
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Physical or chemical processes in the body that inactivate a drug for excretion, biotransformation. |
Metabolism |
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Old term for drug that depresses central nervous system to relieve pain and has the potential to cause habituation or addiction: |
Narcotics |
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Drug that is a synthetic analgesic with the strength of morphine like substance but is not derived from opium: |
Opiod |
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Drug containing or derived from opium. |
Opiate |
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A controlled infusion that a allows the patient to administer a predetermined amount of analgesic. |
Patient controlled analgesic (PCA) |
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Method of administering diluted nutritional substances in a peripheral IV Site. |
Peripheral parental nutrition |
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New infections that appear during the course of treatment for a primary infection: |
Superinfection |
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Processing of the drug in the body: |
Pharmacokinetics |
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Providing nutritional support through a central IV route |
Total parental nutrition (TPN) |
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Right Drug, Right Dose, Right Time, Right Route, Right patient. Right Technique, Right Documentation. |
Seven Rights |
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Genetics, preexisting conditions , genetic conditions, age. |
Alter |