AHS 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Sequela, Lesion, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
○Systemic/ generalized: all over the body
○Morbidity: the risk of being sick
○Mortality: the risk of dying
○Prognosis: the chances for things getting better or worse
○Occult: hidden
○Pathogen: the organism that causes the problem
○Lesion: diseased tissue
○Recurrent: to have again
○Sequelae: a problem resulting from a disease or injury
○Pending: waiting for
●General Plan Terms
○Disposition: what happened to the patient at the end of the
visit; often used at the end of the ED notes to reference where
the patient went after the visit
○Discharge: literally to unload; to send home or fluid coming out
from a part of the body
○Prophylaxis: preventive treatment,
○Palliative: treating the symptoms, but not actually getting rid of
the cause
○Observation: watch, keep an eye on
○Reassurance: to tell the patient that the problem is not serious
or dangerous
○Supportive care: to treat the symptoms and make the patient
feel better
○Sterile: extremely clean, germ- free condition; especially
important during medical procedures and surgery
●Body Plans and Orientation: in giving directions being more specific
leads to more accurate results.
○Proxima: closer in to the center proximal and approximate
comes from the same word and mean close
○Distal: farther away from the center distal and distant copme
from the same word and mean far
○Lateral: out to the side
○Medial: toward the middle
○ventral/antral/anterior: the front
○dorsal/posterior: the back
○Cranial: toward the top
○Caudal: toward the bottom
○Superior: above
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