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مشاهدة النسخة كاملة : Some medical phrases


آل باتشينو
12-13-2008, 04:59 AM
wind

Pneumonia , due to immobility & inadequate lung expansion post-op, because of pain, and infection ("Splinting" may enter into this because of restricted mobility, but I cannot find splinting as a direct cause of post-op comps.)

Atelectasis (can occur without pneumonia - a condition in which all or part of a lung becomes airless and contracts. Often seen in ventilated patients )

water

usually refers to urinary tract infections, very common when urinary catheter in situ

walking

refers to restricted mobilty. Deep vein thrombiosis is a common complication, often treated prophylactically with heparin/ compression stockings

wound

the most common site for post-op infections

wonder drugs

Some drugs can cause fever; also consider MRSA, an increasing common hospital-acquired infection caused by over-use of antibiotics.

womb

In obstetrics and gynaecology this would be the primary site for infection, and comes above drugs

MRSA

Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, also known as "the hospital super-bug".

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