Surgical Procedures & Therapeutics
The transfer of blood, or blood components such as red blood cells, from a donor to a recipient
what is a blood transfusion
The pressure exerted by the blood on the wall of an artery or vein.
what is blood pressure
An agent used to alleviate or prevent cardiac arrhythmia.
what is a antiarrhythmic
BP
what is blood pressure
Disorder involving a deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin
what is amenima
The replacement of diseased bone-marrow cells in a patient with healthy bone-marrow cells from a donor
what is a bone marrow transplant
A radiograph test that uses a contrast agent (dye) and a camera to take pictures of the blood flow in arteries or veins.
what is a angiogram
An agent used to prevent the formation of blood clots. Also known as a blood thinner.
what is anticoagulant
BPM
what is beats per minute
Disorder marked by excessive destruction of RBCs.
what is hemolytic anemia
A shunt (passageway), established surgically, that allows blood to travel from the aorta to a branch of the coronary artery at a point beyond an obstruction
what is a coronary artery bypass graft
Process of listening to the internal sounds of the body using a stethoscope
what is a auscultation
Medication used to counteract high blood pressure.
what is a antihypertensive
BW
what is blood work
Condition in which the body does not have enough red blood cells due to lack of iron, which is a mineral essential for hemoglobin production.
what is iron-deficient anemia
A surgical procedure that removes plaque from the lining of an artery.
what is a endarterectomy
Passage of a tiny plastic tube into the heart through a blood vessel, usually through the femoral artery in the leg; used to diagnose heart diseases or abnormalities
what is cardiac catheterization?
Medication that helps reduce excess water in the body.
what is a diuretic
CV
what is cardiovascular
Genetic disease in which the body manufactures red blood cells that are shaped like a sickle, or crescent, rather than the normal disk shape.
what is sickle-cell anemia
The grafting of a living heart to a patient, from a donor who was clinically brain-dead but on life support.
what is a heart transplant
A record of the electrical activity of the heart
what is a electrocardiogram
Medications that help dissolve blood clots
what is a thrombolytic
DNR
what is do not resuscitate
Localized, balloon-like dilation of a blood vessel, usually an artery
what is a aneurysm