STOMY | | MAY BE NEEDED TO KEEP BLOOD GLUCOSE NORMAL THERFORE INFUSED AS A DRIP DURING SURGERY |
MINOR | | TO TAKE OUT A DISEASED PART |
TRANQUILIZERS | | THE FORM THAT APPOINTS SOMEONE ELSE TO MANAGE HEALTH TREATMENT DECISION IF PT IS UNABLE |
ECTOMY | | PERMANENT OR SEMI-PERMANANT OPENING |
LIVINGWILL | | SURGICAL DECISION REST W/ PT |
GLUCOSE | | RISK OF HIGH DEGREE B/C OF PROLONGED ANESTHESIA, BLOOD LOSS, OR INCISION INTO VITAL ORGANS |
ANTICOAGULANTS | | SURGICAL FIXATION |
OPTIONAL | | CHLOROMAZINE; INCREASES HYPOTENSIVE ACTION OF ANESTHESIA;REDUCE HICCUP |
HCG | | PRE-OP,INTRA-OP, POST-OP = |
ANTISEIZURES | | PT. REQUIRES PROMPT ATTENTION 24-30 HRS |
RRHAPHY | | RESTORE FUNCTION OR APPEARANCE |
ASPIRIN | | CRITICAL VALUES INCLUDE LESS THAT 40 MG/DL AND GREATER THAN 400MG.DL AND IS USUALLY ASSSESSED PRIOR TO MORNING MEAL AND MORE FREQUENTLY IN DIABETICS |
DURABLEPOWEROFATTORNEY | | PRENISONE; CARDIO-VASCULAR COLLAPSE CAN OCCUR IF DISCONTINUED SUDDENLY |
HEALTHCAREPROXY | | FORMERLY KNOWN AS SGOT, THIS ENZYME IS PRODUCED IN LARGE AMOUNTS BY THE LIVER, MODERATE BY THE MYOCARDIAL CELLS AND SMALL AMOUNTS BY THE KIDNEYS, PANCREAS AND BRAIN |
ELECTIVE | | INHIBITS PLATELET AGGREGATION AND SHOULD BE STOPPED 7-10 DAYS PREOP |
URGENT | | HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; MAY CAUSE RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION FROM ELCTROLYTE IMBALANCE |
TRANSPLANT | | NUTRIENT THAT INCREASE THE RATE OF WOUND HEALING |
ABLATIVE | | SURGICAL REMOVAL |
EMERGENT | | PT SHOULD HAVE SURGERY ; FAILURE IS NOT CATASTROPHIC |
CONSTRUCTIVE | | DONE TO EVALUATE RESPONSE TO COUMADIN DERIVED ANTICOAGULANT THERAPIES AND TO IDENTIFY DISORDERS OF CLOTTING FACTORS II,V,VII AND X / VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY |
DIURETICS | | THIS TESTING IS DONE FOR SURGICAL PATIENTS WHO MAY BE AT RISK FOR EXCESSIVE LOSS DURING SURGERY |
PTT | | BEGINS WHEN THE DECISION FOR SURGERY IS MADE AND ENDS WHEN PT IS PLACED ON OPERATING TABLE |
BLOODGROUPINGANDCROSSMATCHING | | CRITICAL VALUES IS GREATER THAT 70 SEC. AND IS MONITORED IN PT ON HEPARIN THERAPY AND TO DETECT DEFICIENCIES IN FACTOR VIII,IX |
EVISCERATION | | ERYTHROMYCIN; COMBINED WITH A CURIFORM MUSCLE RELAXANT WILL INTERUPT NERE TRANSMISSIONCAUSING APNEA; MAY CAUSE RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS |
PLASTY | | WARFARE;INCREASE THE RISK OF BLEEDING DURING INTRA AND POST OP; MAY PRECIPATE HEMORRHAGE |
BILIRUBIN | | SUTURE |
REQUIRED | | ENZYMES THAT CATALYZES THE REVERSIBLE CONVERSIONOF LACTATE TO PYRUVATE W/IN CELLS; INDICATOR OF TISSUE DAMAGE IN LIVER, LUNG AND KIDNEY DISORDERS |
DEHISCENCE | | SURGICAL REPAIR |
PREOPERATIVE | | HORMONE SECRETED BY THE PLACENTA AT 8-10 DAYS AFTER CONCEPTION |
MAJOR | | CRUSHING |
INSULIN | | SURGICAL PUNCTURE |
ALT | | PROTRUSION OF INTERNAL ORGANS THROUGH THE SURGICAL WOUND |
CENTESIS | | SURGICAL BINDING |
SMOKING | | PERFERRED TREATMENT FOR A CONDITION THAT IS NOT IMINENTLY LIFE THREATENING ; FEW WKS- MONTHS |
FASTINGBLOODSUGAR | | REPLACES MALFUNCTIONING STRUCTURES |
LDH | | THE FORM THAT APPOINTS SOMEONE ELSE TO MANAGE HEALTH TREATMENT DECISION IF PT IS UNABLE |
AST | | SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT THE CLIENT DOES NOT WANT |
CORTICOSTERIODS | | LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; MAY NEEDED IV POST OP TO MAINTAIN THYRIOD AND PREVENT THYROTOXICOSIS |
DIAGNOSTIC | | BYPRODUCT OF HEME CATABOLISM FROM AGED RED BLOOD CELLS; VALUES GREATER THAN 15MG/DL ARE CONSIDERED CRITICAL |
ANTIBIOTICS | | LEVEL SHOULD BE UNDER 200 MG/DL |
THYROIDHORMONE | | ENZYMES PRODUCED IN HIGHEST CONC BY THE LIVER, WITH LOWER AMOUNTS IN KIDNEYS, HEART, SKELETAL MUSCLE;W/AST FOR LIVER FUNCTION |
PHENOTHIAZINES | | CONFIRMS DIAGNOSIS |
PERIOPERATIVE | | RISK OF LOW DEGREE/ LITTLE RISK WITH FEW COMPLICATION |
MAOI | | DIAZEPAM; CAUSES ANXIETY, TENSION, ANS SEIZURES IF SUDDEN WITHDRAWAL; USING DURING SURGERY TO REDUCE ANXIETY |
PTINR | | PHENELZINE SULFATE; MAY CAUSE HYPOTENSIVE ACTION ,CONTRIBUTING TO SHOCK |
PROTIEN | | RELIEVES OR REDUCES PAIN |
PALLIATIVE | | MAY BE NEEDED INTRA AND POST OP TO GUIDE AGAINST SURGERY |
DESIS | | ACT OF VEIWING |
TOMY | | INCISION |
PEXY | | PARTIAL OR COMPLETE SEPARATION OF WOUNDS |
SCOPY | | YOU SHOULD STOP 4-8WKS B/F SURGERYTO PREVENT RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS |
TRIPSY | | PROCEDURE PERFORMED IMMEDIATELY TO SAVE THE LIFE OF THE PT. W/O DELAY |