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| THE ABSENCE OF SENSORY AWARNESS OR MEDICALLY INDUCED UNCONSCIOUSNESS. |
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| A BIOTECHNICAL DEVICE USED TO DELIVER ANESTHETIC GASES OR VOLATILE LIQUIDS AND PROVIDE PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING. |
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| AN ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONAL TRAINED TO ASSIST THE ANESTHESIA CARE PROVIDER. |
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| A PHYSICAN SPECIALIST IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF ANESTHETICS AND PAIN MANAGEMENT. |
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| A DRUG THAT REDUCES OR BLOCKS SENSATION OR INDUCES UNCONSCIOUSNESS. |
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| AN INVOLUNTARY SMOOTH MUSCLE SPASM OF THE BRONCHI. |
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| NEUROLGICAL STATUS IN WHICH A PATIENT IS ABLE TO SENSE ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI SUCH AS SIGHT, SOUND, TOUCH, PRESSURE, PAIN, HEAT, AND COLD. |
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| DIRECT MANUAL PRESSURE ON THE CRICOID CARTILAGE TO PREVENT ASPIRATION AND FACILITATE INTUBATION. |
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| A BLUE OR DUSKY HUE OF THE SKIN THAT RESULTS FROM INADEQUATE PERFUSION OF TISSUE. |
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| AN ARTIFICIAL AIRWAY (TUBE) THAT IS INSERTED INTO THE PATIENT'S TRACHEA TO MAINTAIN PATENCY. |
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| WITHDRAWAL OF AN ARTIFICIAL AIRWAY. |
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| ANESTHESIA ASSOCIATED WITH A STATE OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS. IT'S NOT A FIXED STATE OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS, BUT RATHER RANGES ALONG A CONTINUUM FROM SEMIRESPONSIVENESS TO PROFOUND UNRESPONSIVENESS. |
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| INITIATION OF GENERAL ANESTHESIA WITH A DRUG THAT CAUSES UNCONSCIOUSNESS. |
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| THE PROCESS OF INSERTING AN INVASIVE ARTIFICIAL AIRWAY. |
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| A LIGHTED INSTRUMENT USED TO ASSIST ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION. |
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| A RARE STAT OF HYPERMETABOLISM THAT OCCURS IN ASSOCIATION WITH INHALATION OF ANESTHETICS AND NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS. IN EXTREME CASES, THE CONDITION CAUSES HYPERPYREXIA, SEIZURES, AND CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA. |
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MONITERED ANESTHISIA CARE
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| MONITORING OF VITAL FUNCTIONS DURING REGIONAL ANESTHESIA TO ENSURE THE PATIENT'S SAFETY AND COMFORT. |
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| CIRCULATION OF BLOOD TO SPECIFIC TISSUE, ORGAN, SYSTEM, OR THE WHOLE BODY. IT IS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN LIFE IN THE CELLS. |
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| POSTANESTHESIA RECOVERY UNIT (PACU) |
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| THE CRITICAL CARE UNIT IN WHICH PATIENTS RECOVER FROM THE SEDATION OF GENERAL ANESTHESIA. |
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| ONE OR MORE DRUGS ADMINISTERED BEFORE SURGERY TO PREVENT COMPLICATIONS REALTED TO THE SURGICAL PROCEURE OR ANESTHESIA. |
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| A MONITORING DEVICE THAT MEASURES THE PATIENT'S HEMOGLOBIN OXYGEN SATURATION BY MEANS OF SPECTROMETRY. |
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| A DRUG THAT INDUCES A RANGE OF UNCONSCIOUS STATES. THE EFFECTS ARE DOSE DEPENDENT. AT LOW DOSES, SEDATIVES CAUSE SOME DROWSINESS. INCREASING THE DOSE CAUSES CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION, ENDING IN LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. |
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| ANESTHESIA OF SUPERFICIAL NERVES OF THE SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANES. |
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| THE PHYSICAL ACT OF TAKING AIR INTO THE LUNGS BY INFLATION AND RELEASING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE LUNGS BY DEFLATION. |
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| A SUBNORMAL BODY TEMPERATURE. |
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