Palabras que empiezan con H

A small tube-shaped pocket in the skin from which a hair grows.

The time it takes for the amount of a drug in the body to fall by half.

Hearing, seeing, feeling, smelling or tasting something that is not really there.

A ring shape: either a ring of light seen around lights, or a metal ring fixed to the skull to hold the neck still.

A ring of clear or pale yellow fluid around a central spot of blood when drainage dries on gauze or a sheet.

A first-generation antipsychotic drug, given by mouth or injection, used for psychosis and severe agitation.

Rules for handling tissue in surgery, set out by the surgeon William Halsted, such as gentle handling, control of bleeding and closing dead space.

A crunching or crackling sound heard over the heart in time with the heartbeat.

Cleaning the hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub.

A gesture a surgeon makes to ask the scrub for an instrument without speaking, such as for a knife, scissors, a suture, forceps or a clamp.

A retractor that a member of the team holds in place to pull tissue aside, as opposed to a self-retaining retractor that holds itself open.

The passing of information and responsibility for a client's care from one nurse or team to another.

The bony front part of the roof of the mouth.

An autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the thyroid gland, slowly reducing its hormone output.

Open entry into the abdomen for laparoscopy: a small cut down through each layer, then a blunt cannula placed under direct view.

The row of pouches along the colon, made as its bands of muscle bunch the wall up, that give the large intestine its puckered look.

Hepatitis A virus: a virus that infects the liver and spreads when traces of stool get into the mouth, as through food or water.

The tiny column that is the building block of compact bone: rings of hard matrix around a central canal for vessels and nerves; also called an osteon.

HCT written for the drug hydrocortisone: an abbreviation ISMP lists as error-prone. It is not the lab value Hct (hematocrit).

An abbreviation for hydrochlorothiazide, a thiazide diuretic; it should not be used because it can be misread.

Cancer that starts in the mouth, throat, voice box, nose, sinuses or salivary glands.

The top end of a hospital bed, where the client's head rests; orders often say how many degrees to raise it.

Pain in any part of the head.

A light worn on the surgeon's head that sends a small, intense beam into a deep or narrow space the ceiling lights cannot reach.

The licensed professional who diagnoses and prescribes for a client, such as a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant.

A person a client chooses in a legal document to make health care decisions for them if they cannot decide for themselves.

A difference in health, illness or access to care between groups of people that is linked to social, economic or environmental disadvantage.

A fair chance for every person to reach their best possible health.

The information about a client's past and present health that a nurse or provider gathers by asking questions.

A person's ability to find, understand and use health information to make decisions about their health.

A change in a person's or a group's health that results from care, a program or other factors.

Helping people take actions that keep them well and improve their health.

The official, legal record of a client's health information and the care they receive.

An infection a client gets while receiving health care that was not present or incubating when care began.

The US government's set of national health goals and measurable targets for the years 2020 to 2030.

A delay or break in the heart's electrical signal on its way from the atria to the ventricles, most often at the AV node.

A general term for any condition that affects the structure or function of the heart.

A long-term condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs.

A whooshing or swishing sound heard with a stethoscope, made by blood flowing unevenly through the heart.

How many times the heart beats per minute.

A burning feeling behind the breastbone or in the upper belly, often rising toward the throat.

A dense metal, such as lead, mercury or arsenic, that can poison the body even in small amounts.

Head, eyes, ears, nose and throat: a section of a physical exam or health history.

Softening of the lower part of the uterus, felt by the examiner in early pregnancy.

Quick, upward thrusts into the upper abdomen to push out an object that is blocking a choking person's airway.

Surgery for achalasia that cuts the muscle of the lower esophageal sphincter and upper stomach, leaving the lining intact, so food can pass.

A severe complication of pregnancy whose name stands for hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets.

A word part that means blood.

Vomiting blood, either bright red or dark and grainy like coffee grounds.

Passing bright red or maroon blood from the rectum, alone or with stool.