∗ Adopted July 16, 2006, modified July 15, 2007, February 5, 2009. Available at http://www.cspsteam.org/patientmonitoring/patientmonitoring.html. In the second part of this chapter we begin a discussion of anesthesia. The term anesthesia…
Make it Simple The word “antibiotic” takes its name from the Greek words anti, which means “against,” and bios, which means “life.” Using medical terminology word-building techniques can help you…
Caution In surgery ROCM are often referred to incorrectly as “dyes.” Do not become confused! ROCM are an entirely different category of diagnostic agents used for very different purposes. Dyes…
Make it Simple Remember to use your medical terminology skills to understand the prefixes “hyper-” and “hypo-” (as described in Chapter 8), with “hyper-” meaning excessive or above normal and…
Quick Question Which structure of your eye defines its color? For the answer, review your eye anatomy. The vascular layer of the eye is called choroid. The anterior and thickest…
Make it Simple Use medical terminology word-building skills to help you understand the terms coagulation, anticoagulation, and hemostasis. First, the word coagulation in medicine means the clotting of blood, and…
FIGURE 1-1 Atropa belladonna. (Courtesy Martin Wall Botanical Services. In Ulbrich C: Natural standard herbal pharmacotherapy, ed 1, 2010, Elsevier.) TABLE 1-1 Examples of Plant-Derived Drugs Relevant to Surgical Practice Drug Category…
Tech Tip Pharmaceutical agents used to treat cancer are called by several names: anticancer drugs, antineoplastic agents, cytotoxic therapy agents, and chemotherapy agents. Note Many of these anticancer drugs…
Emergency Situations Objectives After completing this chapter, you should be able to do the following: 1. Define terms and abbreviations related to emergency situations. 2. Identify emergency situations associated with…
