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| microorganism-free area (specified area) |
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| (sterile technique) practices that keep an area or object free of all microorganisms |
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| a type of bandage applied to large body areas (abdomen or chest) or for a specific body part (arm sling); used to provide support |
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| a moist gauze dressing applied frequently to an open wound; sometimes medicated |
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| removal of infected an necrotic tissue |
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| the partial or total rupturing of a sutured wound; usually involves an abdominal wound in which the layers below the skin also seperate |
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| material, such as fluid and cells, that has escaped from blood vessels during the inflammatory process and is deposited in tissue or on tissue surfaces |
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| an insoluble protein formed from fibrinogen during the clotting of blood |
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| young connective tissue with new capillaries formed in the wound healing process |
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| a collection of blood in a tissue organ, or space due to a break in the wall of a blood vessel |
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| abnormal passage that develops between a hollow organ and the skin or between two hollow organs |
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| tissues torn apart, often from accidents (e.g., with machinery); Open wound; edges are often jagged. |
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| primary intention healing |
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| tissue surfaces are approximated (closed) and there is minimal to no tissue loss, formation of minimal granulation tissue and scarring |
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| an exudate consisting of leukocytes, liquefied dead tissue debris, and dead and living bacteria. |
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| an exudate containing large amounts of red blood cells |
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| secondary intention healing |
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| wound in which the tissue surfaces are not approximated and there is extensive tissue loss; formation of excessive granulation tissue and scarring. |
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| inflammatory material consisting of a combination of clear and blood-tinged drainage |
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| inflammatory material composed of serum (clear portion of blood) derived from the blood and serous membranes of the body such as the peritoneum, pleura, pericardium, and meninges; watery in appearance and has few cells. |
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| the client who does not have a fever |
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| the process of listening to sounds produced w/in the body |
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| the temporary disappearance of sounds normally heard over the brachial artery when the sphygomanometer cuff pressure is high and the sounds reappear at a lower level |
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| heart rate in an adult of less than 60 BPM |
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| Cheyne-Stokes Respiration |
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| Rhythmic waxing and waning of respirations from very deep breathing to very shallow breathing with periods of temporary apnea, often associated with cardiac failure, increased intracranial pressure, or brain damage |
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| bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by reduced oxygen in the blood |
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| (arrhythmia)a pulse with an irregular rhythm; may be random, irregular beats or "regularly irregular" (predictable pattern of irregular beats) |
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| (pyrexia, hyperthermia) body temp. above the usual range |
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| very high fever (41 C...105.8 F) |
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| the client who has a fever |
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| the proportion of red blood cells (erythrocytes) to the total blood volume |
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| excessive loss of blood from the vascular system |
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| an abnormally high blood pressure; over 140 mm Hg systolic and/or 90 mm Hg diastolic |
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| Basal metabolic rate (BMR) |
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| rate of energy utilization in the body required to maintain essential activities such as breathing - decreases with age |
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| from the Latin 'circa dies,' meaning "about a day;" Sleep and waking cycles, body temp., blood pressure, and many other physiologic functions follow these patterns (biological rhythms). |
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