PSY 402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Drug Metabolism, Ureter, Magnesium
10 Jan 2018
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Diagnosis: determination of the presence or extent of pathological abnormality (e. g. , lymph node biopsy or bronchoscopy). Cure or repair: elimination or repair of a pathological condition (e. g. , removal of a ruptured appendix or benign ovarian cyst) or repair of anatomy (e. g. , fracture repair). Palliation: alleviate the symptoms associated with diagnosis. Prevention: angelina jolie, mastectomy because of family hisotry of breast surgery. Exploration: explore nature of disease, has it spread and extent, laperotomy. Cosmetic improvement: cleft lip, repairing a burn. Surgery may arise with unexpected urgency (er) or be a carefully planned event (elective) Ambulatory (outpatient: very minor, recovery room for a couple hours then go home, usually less than 3 to 4 hours in pacu. Perioperative period: is the patient(cid:495)s total surgical experience including: preoperative period. Intraoperative period: surgery is done and then they are going to revoery room, postoperative period.
