Palabras que empiezan con D

A word ending that means binding or fusing together by surgery.

A blood test that measures a protein fragment released when a blood clot breaks down.

An abbreviation that can mean either discharge or discontinue; it should not be used because the two are easily confused.

A word part that means tears or the tear duct.

Infection and inflammation of the lacrimal sac, the pouch at the inner corner of the eye that drains tears into the nose.

An operation that makes a new path for tears from the lacrimal sac straight into the nose, bypassing a blocked nasolacrimal duct.

An antitumor antibiotic chemotherapy drug given IV for childhood cancers such as Wilms tumor and some sarcomas.

A client's weight measured every day at the same time, on the same scale, in similar clothing.

Wiping the OR's lights, furniture and fixed equipment with a lint-free cloth and disinfectant before the first case of the day.

A synthetic hormone related to testosterone, taken by mouth for endometriosis and to prevent attacks of hereditary angioedema.

An empty, hollow feeling in the lower right abdomen when it is pressed.

White or yellow flakes of dead skin shed from the scalp.

To sit on the edge of the bed with the legs hanging over the side, before standing up.

A muscle relaxant that acts inside muscle cells, given by IV for malignant hyperthermia or by mouth for spasticity.

A rise in blood glucose in the early morning hours, roughly 4 to 8 a.m., without a low glucose during the night.

A word beginning that means down, away from, removing, or reversing.

Calming a person who is upset, angry or agitated, mainly by talking, so the situation does not grow into violence.

A space that does no useful work: in a wound, a gap between layers where fluid can pool; in breathing, air that never reaches gas exchange.

The end of life: the irreversible stopping of circulation and breathing, or of every function of the whole brain.

A noisy, gurgling or rattling sound with breathing in the last hours or days of life.

The removal of dead, damaged or infected tissue from a wound so it can heal.

A short team discussion at the end of an operation, before the patient leaves the room, that confirms what was done and records problems and lessons.

With most of the caffeine removed, as in decaffeinated coffee or tea.

A temporary drop in the fetal heart rate below its baseline, seen on a fetal monitor.

An abnormal body position with the arms and legs held stiff and straight, the arms turned inward and the toes pointed.

The person who makes a decision; in health care, the person who decides about a client's care.

The point at which an organ or the body can no longer make up for a disease, so it stops working well enough.

A drug that shrinks swollen blood vessels in the nose to relieve a stuffy nose.

Removing or destroying germs, chemicals or radioactive material from a person, surface or object to make it safe.

The walled-off dirty area of sterile processing where used instruments and equipment are received, sorted and cleaned.

An abnormal body position with the arms bent in toward the chest, the hands clenched into fists and the legs held stiff and straight.

An operation that strips a thick fibrous layer, a peel, off the surface of a lung so the trapped lung can expand again.

A nursing diagnosis used when the heart does not pump enough blood to meet the body's needs.

A blood clot in a deep vein, most often in the leg or pelvis.

Making false statements about a person that harm their good name.

Passing stool out of the body through the anus.

The person or organization being sued in a civil case, or the person accused of a crime in a criminal case.

An unconscious mental process that protects a person from anxiety or painful feelings.

An electric shock given to the heart to stop a chaotic, life-threatening rhythm so a normal rhythm can return.

A lack of something the body needs, such as a vitamin, mineral, hormone or enzyme.

A lack or loss of something that should be there, such as a body function or an amount of fluid.

A body part that is out of its normal shape or position.

The splitting open of the edges of a wound that had been closed, such as a surgical incision.

A state in which the body has lost more water than it has taken in.

To hand a specific nursing task to another trained person while the nurse stays responsible for the client.

The person who accepts a task handed over by a nurse who delegates it.

A sudden state of confusion and poor attention that comes and goes over hours or days.

The most severe form of alcohol withdrawal, with sudden confusion and overactivity of the nervous system.

The thick, triangle-shaped muscle that covers the shoulder and lifts the arm out to the side.

A firm, false belief that a person holds onto even when there is clear proof against it.