PAT 20A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 25, 26, 27, 34, 35: Low Molecular Weight Heparin, Hip Replacement, Proton-Pump Inhibitor
22 Dec 2015
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Lmw heparin, you look at platelets when assessing lab results: de ne pain. International association of the study of pain (iasp) de ned pain as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage. Pt"s self-report most valid means of assessment; nonverbal information from pts who are. Imp. to differentiate pain involving perception of noxious stimulus from pain involving. In ammation & subsequent release of chemical mediators lower excitation threshold of pans. & likelihood of transduction: this susceptibility is called sensitization & several chemicals i. e. leukotrienes, prostaglandins, and substance p are probably involved. Therapies altering either pan environment or sensitivity of pan used to prevent transduction: i. e. effects of chemicals released at periphery through nonsteroidal anti-in ammatory. Block action potential initiation transmission the conduction of the action potential from the periphery (injury site) to the spinal cord brain stem thalamus cerebral cortex, where action potential is processed.
