ANALYTICAL TEST THAT MEASURES OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE
ARTERIAL BLOOD GASES
A TUBE THAT CAN BE INSERTED INTO A CAVITY AND USED AS A CHANNEL FOR TRANSPORTING FLUUIDS
CANNULA
DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR DETECTING DIABETES
GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST
TYPE OF VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICE INSERTED INTO THE PERIPHERAL VENOUS SYSTEM
PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL CATHETER (PICC)
NORMAL FLORA ON SKIN
STAPH AUREUS
A PATIENT DONATES HIS OR HER OWN BLOOD FOR USE LATER
AUTOLOGOUS TRANSFUSION
CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER
CENTRAL INTRAVENOUS LINE
A CONDITION WHEREBY CHEMORECEOTORS IN THE BRAIN CAUSE A FASTER RATE OF RESPIRATION
HYPERVENTILATION
TEST GLUCOSE 2 HOURS AFTER EATING
POSTPRANDIAL GLUCOSE TEST
TREATMENT FOR POLYCYTHEMIA
THERAPEUTIC PHLEBOTOMY
BACTERIA IN BLOOD
BACTEREMIA
LOCATED IN THE GROIN AREA OF THE LEG
FEMORAL ARTERY
VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICE INSERTED INTO A BLOOD VESSEL
INTRAVENOUS (IV) CATHETER
LOCATED ON THE THUMB SIDE OF THE WRIST
RADIAL ARTERY
ELEMENTS SUCH AS ALUMINUM OR LEAD THAT MAY BE PRESENT IN THE BLOOD
TRACE METALS
YELLOW
BLOOD CULTURE
FUO
FEVERS OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN
A TEST TO DETERMINE LACTOSE INTOLERANCE
LACTOSE TOLERANCE TEST
BLOOD POISONING
SEPTICEMIA
A VARIETY OF SPECIALLY DESIGNED DEVICES TO ALLOW ENTRANCE INTO A VEIN OR ARTERY
EXAMPLE: CVC
VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICES (VADs)
LOCATED IN THE CUBITAL FOSSA OF THE ARM
BRACHIAL ARTERY
ARTIFICIAL SHUNT
FISTULA
IT CHECKS COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
MODIFIED ALLEN TEST
AN ADDITIVE TYPICALLY USED IN BLOOD CULTURE BOTTLES
SODIUM POLYANETHOLE SULFONATE (SPS)
POINT-OF-CARE TESTING PROCEDURE FOR MAINTENANCE OF BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS USING AN ANALYZER
HEMOGLOBIN A1c