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ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
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| BASIC ACTIVITIES AND TASKS NECESSARY FOR DAY-TO-DAY CARE, SUCH AS DRESSING, BATHING, TOILETING, AND MEAL PREPARATION. |
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ARTERIAL BLOOD GASES
(ABGs)
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| A BLOOD TEST THAT MEASURES THE LEVEL OF OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE AND THE PH OF THE BLOOD. |
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| INHALATION OF FLUID OR SOLID MATTER. |
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| LISTENING TO THE LUNGS, HEART, OR ABDOMEN THROUGH THE STETHOSCOPE. |
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| PARTIAL OR COMPLETE CLOSURE OF THE BRONCHIAL TUBES. |
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| DISCHARGE AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE (AMA) |
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| SELF-DISCHARGE BY A PATIENT WHO HAS NOT NECESSARILY MET DISCHARGE CRITERIA. |
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| OBJECTIVE CRITERIA USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER A PATIENT IS SAFE FOR DISCHARGE FROM THE HEALTH CARE FACILITY. |
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| AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PATIENT THAT FOCUSES ON SPECIFIC ORGAN SYSTEMS OR REGIONS OF THE BODY. |
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| A STANDARDIZED METHOD OF MEASURING A PATIENT'S RESPONSE TO EXTERNAL STIMULI. |
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| A VERBAL AND WRITTEN REPORT FROM ONE NURSE TO ANOTHER TO PROVIDE UPDATED PATIENT INFORMATION. |
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| A COMPLETE ASSESSMENT OF THE PATIENT, ONE THAT INCLUDES ALL SYSTEMS. |
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| BODY TEMPERATURE THAT IS BELOW NORMAL. |
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| LACK OF OXYGEN IN THE TISSUE. |
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| CESSATION OF PERISTALSIS IN THE BOWEL CAUSING OBSTRUCTION. POSTOPERATIVE IT IS OFTEN CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE HANDLING OF THE BOWEL DURING SURGERY. |
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| MUSCULAR SPASM OF THE LARYNX, RESULTING IN OBSTRUCTION. |
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MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA
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| A POTENTIALLY FATAL SNYDROME OF HYPERMETABOLISM THAT RESULTS IN AN EXTREMELY HIGH BODY TEMPERATURE, CARDIAC DYSRHYTHMIA, AND RESPIRATORY DISTRESS. |
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| A PATIENT CARE PROBLEM IN WHICH A PATIENT IS PRESCRIBED MANY DIFFERENT MEDICATIONS, SOMETIMES BY DIFFERENT HEALTH CAR PROVIDERS; A COMMON PROBLEM IN ELDERY PATIENTS WHO HAVE MULTIPLE HEALTH PROBLEMS. |
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| A PREDICTION OF THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL OUTCOME. |
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