Chapter Five: Specialized Care
Medical Term Hotlist
Advance directive
AIDS
Alzheimer’s disease
AMI
Angina
Arteriosclerotic
Aphasia
Carbohydrates
Cardiac arrest
Cheyne-Stokes respirations
Chronic illness
Colostomy
Comatose
Congestive heart failure
Coronary arteries
CPR
CVA
Cyanosis
Debilitated
Delusion
Dementia
Diabetes
Disoriented
DNR
Dyspnea
Dysuria
Edema
Emaciated
Embolus
Emesis
End of Life Issues
Enteral nutrition
Euthanasia
Flaccid
G tube
Grief process
Hallucination
Hemiplegia
Hemorrhage
Holistic health care
Hospice
Hyperglycemia
Hypertension
Hypoglycemia
Hypotension
Hypoxia
Incontinence
Infusion-IV therapy
Intubation
Ketones
KS
Malnutrition
Mechanical ventilator
Metastasis
Nares
Nocturia
NPO
Opportunistic disease
Oxygen
Palliative care
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