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The administration of many drugs at the same time.
what is polypharmacy?
A metal mesh tube used to hold a vessel open
What is a stent?
Natural organic compound found in plant and animal foods and used by the body to create protein
What is amino acid?
The intentional release of a biologic agent with the intent to harm individuals.
What is bioterrorism?
A non-cancerous growth or condition
What is benign?
A specialist who cares for older adults
What is a Geriatrician?
A cancerous tumor
What is malignant?
Fats, including most vegetable oils, that are usually liquid at room temperature and tend to lower blood cholesterol.
What is unsaturated fats?
A rolling cart of emergency supplies and equipment.
What is a crash cart?
Involuntary leakage of urine
What is enuresis?
Excessive nighttime urination
What is nocturia?
Any procedure in which a scoop is used to inspect a canal or cavity within the body
what is endoscopy?
Organic substance that is essential for normal body growth and maintenance and resistance to infection.
What is a vitamin?
A state of shock resulting from insufficient blood volume in the circulatory system.
What is hypovolemic shock?
What is an eating disorder in which people eat a large quantity of food in a short period of time and then attempt to counter the effects of benching by self induced vomiting, use of laxatives, or diuretics, and/or excessive exercise.
What is bulimia nervosa?
Why are geriatric patients more prone to falling?
What is vision problems, slower reflexes, and equilibrium problems
A procedure that uses reflected some ways to test the structure and function of the heart
what is echocardiography?
A unit of food in a particular food category that provides the same amount of protein, fat, and carbohydrates as all other units of food in that category.
What is food exchange?
And abnormal heart rhythm that is the most certain cause of cardiac arrest.
what is ventricular fibrillation?
An x-ray examination of a blood vessel
What is an angiography?
Obedience in terms of following a physicians orders
What is patient compliance?
A viewing technique that uses a powerful magnetic field to produce an image of internal body structures
What is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)?
The stage of metabolism in which complex substances, including nutrients and body tissues, are broken down into simpler substances and converted into energy.
What is a catabolism?
The vomiting of blood
what is hematemesis?
An injury characterized by partial, tearing of a ligament that supports a joint, such as an ankle.
What is a sprain?