Pharmacology and Drug Admin
What is Albuterol? and is it fast acting or long lasting?
Bronchodilator, fast acting
An American not-for-profit organization focused on better health through information and technology.
HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society)
basis for rights-based ethical theory; each individual is protected and allowed to pursue personal projects
Liberal Individualism
Waves of contraction that propel contents through the gastrointestinal tract.
Peristalsis
Interactions between electrons of atoms that hold the atoms together in a stable group; line drawn between atoms indicates a bond H-O-H.
*Bond*
What is altephase?
Thrombolytic
A process of electronic entry of medical practitioner instructions for the treatment of patients.
CPOE (Computerized Physician Order Entry)
Comprehensive listing medical terms and codes for the uniform designation of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures; used in the US for coding physicians reimbursement and ambulatory surgical procedures
Current Procedural Terminology, 4th edition (CPT-4)
Study of the metabolism and action of drugs with particular emphasis on the time required for absorption, duration of action, distribution in the body, and method of excretion.
*Pharmacokinetics*
What is Positron Emission Tomography Agents
When a positron (a positive electron) comes into contact with a negative electron, it annihilates itself into two 511 keV photons of energy that are 180 degrees apart from each other.
Factors influencing drug movement
Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion.
What details about a patient's visit are recorded in health records?
DOS, Service Type, Physician info, Patient disposition
belief that the worth of actions is determined by their ends or consequences; actions are right or wrong according to the balance of their good and bad consequences
Consequentialism
Within a vein.
*Intravenous*
A patient with an irregular heartbeat. What type of medication might be given to treat this condition?
Antiarrhythmics, such as Digoxin.
What increase activity of the brain and spinal cord( epinephrine, dobutamine, and dopamine)?
Stimulants
What is one responsibility of a health information management practitioner in acute care?
Keeping informed of the standards for information management published in accreditation manuals
regulations established by government and applicable to people within a certain political subdivision
Laws
Formation of flaky masses resulting from precipitation or coming out of a suspension or solution.
*Flocculation*
Five rights of drug administration
Right drug, right amount, right patient, right time, right route.
Parenteral routes
Intradermal, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intravenous, bolus, drip infusion.
A networked software system for managing medical imagery and associated data.
RIS (Radiology Information System)
meaning the thing speaks for itself; legal theory requiring three elements: (1) that the type of injury did not occur except for negligence, (2) that the activity was under the complete control of the defendant, and (3) that the plaintiff did not contribute to his or her own injury in any way
res ipsa loquitur
Common chemical group, part of the water molecule, containing one atom of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen; carries a negative charge (anion) when not a part of a molecule.
*Hydroxyl*
Response to a drug that is not normative per its intended action or side effects.
*Idiosyncratic Reaction*