Nutrition
Provide most of the body's energy and fiber. Each gram produces 4kcal.
Carbohydrates
A bowel pattern of difficult and infrequent evacuation of hard, dry feces.
Constipation
A mixed drainage of pus and blood.
Purosanguineous
Opacity of the lens, which blocks the entry of light rays into the eye.
Cataracts
Course, loud, low-pitched rumbling sounds during either inspiration or expiration resulting from fluid or mucus, can clear when coughing.
Rhonchi
Fat soluble vitamins.
A, D, E, and K.
Use of a lighted instrument by the provider to visualize and collect tissue samples for biopsy or remove polyps from the colon or lower small bowel.
Colonoscopy
A partial or total rupture of a sutured wound, usually with separation of underlying skin layers.
Dehiscence
Structural eye disorder that causes an increase in intraocular pressure and can lead to blindness.
Glaucoma
The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs through inspiration and expiration.
Ventilation
BMI between 25 to 29.9
Overweight
Use of a lighted instrument to visualize, treat, and obtain specimens from the bladder and urethra.
Cytoscopy
Purple fading to green or yellow overtime, variable in size, flat.
Ecchymosis
Leakage and blockage of retinal blood vessels, which can lead to retinal hypoxia, retinal hemorrhage, and blindness.
Diabetic retinopathy
Contributes to the growth, maintenance, and repair of the body tissue. Each gram produces 4kcal.
Protein
An inflammatory process that may be triggered by a virus, medications, toxins, autoimmune disorder or other pathogens affecting the liver's ability to function normally.
Hepatitis
Less than 50mL
Vascular lesion that has a red center with radiating red legs, up to 2cm, possibly raised.
Spider angioma
An alteration in the middle ear that blocks sound waves before they reach the cochlea of the inner ear.
Conductive hearing loss
Legal document that expresses the patient's wishes regarding medical treatment in the event the patient becomes incapacitated and is facing end-of-life issues.
Living will
Thickening of the pyloric muscle resulting in a narrowing of the pyloric sphincter between the stomach and small intestine. Typically occurs before 6 months of age and diagnosed by 12 weeks of age.
Pyloric Stenosis
Medications that decrease urgency and alleviate pain from a neurogenic or overactive bladder.
oxybutynin and dicyclomine
Raised ecchymosis
Hematoma
The amount of cerebral spinal fluid within an adult's central nervous system at any given time.
100 to 150mL
Medication that have a potential for misuse and dependence and have a "schedule" classification.
Controlled substance