Diagnostic Tests & Procedures
Process of listening to the internal sounds of the body using a stethoscope?
What is Auscultation?
The transfer of blood, or blood components such as red blood cells, from a donor to a recipient
What is a blood transfusion?
Medication used to prevent or alleviate angina
What is a antianginal?
AV
What is atrioventricular?
Disorder involving a deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin
What is Anemia?
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?
The replacement of diseased bone-marrow cells in a patient with healthy bone-marrow cells from a donor
What is a bone marrow transplant?
An agent used to alleviate or prevent cardiac arrhythmia.
what is a antiarrhythmic?
BW
What is blood work?
Disorder in which the bone marrow does not produce enough new red blood cells (RBCs), white blood cells (WBCs), and platelets.
What is aplastic Anemia?
A noninvasive diagnostic method that uses ultrasound to visualize internal cardiac structures.
What is a echocardiogram/multigated acquisition (MUGA) scan?
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?
An agent used to prevent the formation of blood clots. Also known as a blood thinner.
What is an anticoagulant.
DNR
What is do not resuscitate?
Disorder marked by excessive destruction of RBCs.
What is a Hemolytic Anemia?
A record of the electrical activity of the heart
What is a Electrocardiogram or EKG?
Procedure used to stop atrial or ventricular fibrillation (an irregular and usually rapid heartbeat) by means of drugs or an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) surgically placed in the chest or abdomen
What is defibrillation?
An agent used to prevent the formation of blood clots. Also known as a blood thinner.
What is an anti hypertensive?
DOA
What is dead on arrival?
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 machine that continuously records cardiac rhythms, often worn for 24–48 hours to assist with diagnosing an arrhythmia condition.
What is a Holter Monitor
A surgical procedure that removes plaque from the lining of an artery.
What is a endarterectomy?
A drug used to dilate (widen) arteries and reduce blood pressure, making it easier for the heart to pump blood.
What is a Calcium Channel Blocker?
HR
What is a Heart Rate.
Genetic disease in which the body manufactures red blood cells that are shaped like a sickle, or crescent, rather than the normal disk shape. Sickle-shaped RBCs disrupt blood flow in the blood vessels
What is Sickle cell Anemia?