Created by: paul01234
Number of Blossarys: 51
English (EN) A surgical procedure in which a cut or opening is made in the windpipe (trachea) and introduces a tube into the opening to bypass an obstruction to maintain a patent airway and remove secretions.
An elevated heart rhythm caused by rapid impulses from the pacemaker of the heart. It is a rate greater than the normal value of heart rate which is 60 to 100 beats per minute in adult and 140 to ...
Is a condition where there is breathing cessation due to an inadequate exchange of gas by the respiratory system as a result of unmaintained normal ranges of both arterial oxygen and carbon dioxide.
The ability to sense or feel movement, position, location and spatial orientation of the body after arising from a certain stimuli, through the use of the brain's unconscious perception.
Also known as bedsores or decubitus ulcer, are localized injuries to the skin that may include the underlying tissue and bony prominence as a result of prolonged pressure and friction applied to the ...
Multiple symmetrical nerve damage resulting in burning pain, weakness, numbness and pin-like sensation that usually starts at the hands and feet and may move to the arms and legs. It may be sudden or ...
A medical procedure done outside the body which removes the blood's plasma which contain antibodies that attack the immune system. Plasma is then frozen in order to preserve it for future use.
