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A subcategory of drugs that reversibly blocks nerve conduction at the site of administration.
What are Local Anesthetics?
The process of getting the drug out of the body.
What is Elimination?
Stitches that go away on their own!
What are Absorbable Sutures?
What is Arthrocentesis?
Rest, fluids, and time are its trinity — but when a rhinovirus invader has taken hold of the sinuses or throat, an AT may summon this type of treatment to alleviate the malady.
What is Supportive Care?
Antibiotic drugs that bind to enzymes on the cell wall to disrupt cell wall synthesis.
What are bactericidal antibiotics?
This process occurs mostly in the liver for drugs with enteral routes of administration.
What is Metabolism?
The stitches on my face have to be in for up to ____ whole days! This is not my IG vibe.
What is 5?
Equipment that is essential for intravenous drug delivery.
When anemia drains the cell's ruby color, physicians prescribe this elemental therapy to restore hemoglobin to it's full glory.
What is iron supplement(ation)?
When a Corticosteroid in this drug category is used to treat joint disorders, it is usually delivered via intrasynovial injection, intraarticular injection, or iontophoresis.
What is a steroidal anti-inflammatory agent?
When a drug has high _______________ after absorption, most of the dose that was administered is available in body tissues.
What is bioavailability?
A tracer injection shows areas of increased metabolic activity with a special camera, particularly in bone.
In the absence of patient sensitivity, this solution is used to cleanse skin prior to joint injection.
What is Povidone-Iodine?
Blood has filled the pleural space, silencing one lung's song. Physicians confirm this grim finding by sending the patient through this imaging machine that casts shadows on film.
What is a Chest X-ray (or CT scan)?
The indications for use of antidiabetic agents by individuals with Type 2 Diabetes.
What is increased insulin production/secretion?
Factors such as a drug's pH, and water or fat solubility, will affect the degree to which ____________ occurs.
What is Distribution?
A test that combines an ECG with activity to evaluate heart function.
What is a Cardiac Stress Test?
Presence of local osteomyelitis, bacteremia, or peri-articular cellulitis are contraindications for joint aspiration because they increase the risk of ____________.
What is Infection?
Breath comes suddenly short, the chest cries out with each inhale, and the heart races as though chased — these are the proper terms for hallmark warnings that a clot may have found its way to the lungs.
What are Dyspnea, Pleuritic chest pain, and Tachycardia?
Category of drug that stimulates alpha & beta adrenergic receptors to cause vasoconstriction of nasal mucosa.
What are decongestants?
Half-life is a length of times that it takes to decrease ____________ by one-half of the administered dose.
What is blood or tissue levels of a drug?
A test to see what substances and how much of them are in whole blood.
What is a Complete Blood Count (CBC)?
To limit risk, patient with this condition are recommended to avoid arthrocentesis and joint injections if possible.
What is (Uncontrolled) Coagulopathy?
I stretch beyond my frame, long limbs tracing the air;
my spine bends in a wandering curve,
and my breastbone falls inward like a quiet sigh—
this is the genetic condition I bear.
What is Marfan Syndrome?