8 Terms
Contributors in Hospitals
Hospitals
recipient
Health care; Hospitals
In medicine, a recipient is someone who receives something like a blood transfusion or an organ transplant.
apnea monitor
Health care; Hospitals
A device that monitors breathing patterns through electrode patches placed on the chest. The machine alarms if the time between breaths becomes too long.
rejection
Health care; Hospitals
In transplantation biology, the refusal by the body to accept transplanted cells, tissues or organs. For example, a kidney transplant may be rejected.
arrhythmia (or dysrythmia)
Health care; Hospitals
lack of effective heart rhythm/heartbeat; out of rhythm - the heart is beating too fast, too slowly, or irregularly.
progressive
Health care; Hospitals
Increasing in scope or severity. In medicine, a disease that is progressive is going from bad to worse.
arterial catheter (a-line)
Health care; Hospitals
A special catheter (plastic tube) that is placed in an artery and used to check blood pressure and draw blood samples.
osteomyelitis
Health care; Hospitals
Inflammation of the bone due to infection. Osteomyelitis is sometimes a complication of surgery or injury, although infection can also reach bone tissue through the bloodstream.
