Transcript Recumbent Positions

Medical Terminology for Health Professions
Ann Ehrlich/Carol L.Schroeder
7th Edition
Diagnostic Procedures, Nuclear Medicine,
and Pharmacology
Chapter 15
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Overview of Diagnostic Procedures,
Nuclear Medicine, and Pharmacology
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Basic Diagnostic Procedures
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Vital signs
Auscultation
Palpation and percussion
Basic examination instruments
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Vital Signs
• Temperature: average normal is 98.6°F
(Fahrenheit) or 37.0°C (Celsius)
• Pulse: rhythmic pressure against walls of an
artery caused by beating of heart
• Respiration: number of complete breaths
per minute
• Blood pressure: force of blood against walls
of arteries
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Pulse Points of the Body
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Ausclatation
• Auscultation
– Listening for sounds within the body
– Performed through a stethoscope
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Palpation and Percussion
• Palpation
– examiner’s hands feel texture, size, consistency,
and location of body parts
• Percussion
– determines density of a body part by sound
produced by tapping surface with fingers
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Basic Examination Instruments
• Ophthalmoscope: to examine interior of eye
• Otoscope: to examine external ear canal and
tympanic membrane
• Speculum: to enlarge opening of a canal or
cavity for inspection of its interior
• Stethoscope: to listen to sounds within the body
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Examination Positions
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Recumbent positions
Sims’ position
Knee-chest position
Lithotomy position
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Recumbent Positions
• Horizontal recumbent position
– also known as supine position
– patient is lying on the back, face up
– used for examination and treatment of anterior
surface of the body and for x-rays
• Dorsal recumbent position
– patient lying on the back, face up, with the
knees bent
– used for examination and treatment of the
abdominal area and for vaginal or rectal exams
(continues)
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Recumbent Positions
• Lithotomy position
– patient lying on back, face up, with the feet and
legs raised and supported in stirrups
– used for vaginal and rectal examinations and
during childbirth
(continues)
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Recumbent Positions
• Prone position – patient lying on abdomen
face down
• Sims’ position – patient lying on left side with
right knee and thigh drawn up with left arm
placed along back
• Knee-chest position – patient lying face down
with hips bent so knees and chest rest on table
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Laboratory Tests
• Blood tests
• Urinalysis
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Endoscopy
• Visual examination
• Endoscopic surgery
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Centesis
• Centesis: a surgical puncture to remove excess
fluid or to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes
• Used alone as a noun, or as a suffix in
conjunction with the combining form, describing
the body part being treated
(continues)
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Centesis
• Examples of centesis
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abdominocentesis
arthrocentesis
cardiocentesis
pericardiocentesis
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Imaging Techniques
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Radiography (x-ray)
Computerized tomography (CT)
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Fluoroscopy
Diagnostic ultrasound
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Nuclear Medicine
• Utilizes radioactive substances for both
diagnosis and treatment purposes.
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Radiographic Projections and Positioning
• Projections
• Positioning
• Basic radiographic projections
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Terms Related to Pharmacology
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Addiction
Adverse drug reaction (side effect)
Compliance
Contraindication
Drug interaction
(continues)
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Terms Related to Pharmacology
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Palliative
Paradoxical drug reaction
Placebo
Idiosyncratic reaction
Potentiation (synergism)
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Key Word Parts and Definitions
• albumin/o
– albumin, protein
• calc/i
– calcium, lime, the heel
• -centesis
– surgical puncture to remove fluid
• creatin/o
– creatinine
(continues)
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Key Word Parts and Definitions
• glycos/o
– glucose, sugar
• -graphy
– the process of producing a picture or record
• hemat/o
– blood, relating to the blood
• lapar/o
– abdomen, abdominal wall
(continues)
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Key Word Parts and Definitions
• -otomy
– cutting, surgical incision
• phleb/o
– vein
• radi/o
– radiation, x-rays
• -scope
– instrument for visual examination
(continues)
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Key Word Parts and Definitions
• -scopy
– visual examination
• son/o
– sound
• -uria
– urination, urine
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Questions
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Question
In Sim’s position, which is used for examining
the rectal area, the patient is lying:
a. face down
b. on the left side with the right knee drawn up
c. on the back with the knees up
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Answer
b. on the left side with the
right knee drawn up
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Question
A lipid panel measures the ability of the liver to
secrete bilirubin into the bile.
True or False?
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Answer
False. A lipid panel measures the amount of
cholesterol in a blood sample. A serum bilirubin
test measures the ability of the liver to secrete
bilirubin into the bile.
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Question
Which of these operations cannot be performed
using laparoscopic surgery?
a. appendectomy
b. cholecystectomy
c. cesarean section
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Answer
c. cesarean section
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Question
Elephants have an average pulse of 27, and for
canaries the average is 1,000. What is the
average pulse for human beings?
a. 90
b. 120
c. 65
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Answer
c. 65
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Answers to Learning Exercises
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Chapter 15 Answers
Matching Word Parts 1
15.1. lapar/o
15.2. albumin/o
15.3. calc/i
15.4. creatin/o
15.5. glycos/o
Matching Word Parts 2
15.6. -centesis
15.7. hemat/o
15.8. -otomy
15.9. -graphy
15.10. son/o
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Matching Word Parts 3
15.11. -scopy
15.12. radi/o
15.13. -uria
15.14. phleb/o
15.15. -scope
Definitions
15.16. hypnosis
15.17. speculum
15.18. computed tomography
15.19. tolerance
15.20. ultrasonography
15.21. calciuria
15.22. C-reactive protein
15.23. dorsal recumbent
15.24. bruit
15.25. pyuria
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Matching Techniques
15.26. CT
15.27. x-rays
15.28. centesis
15.29. fluoroscopy
15.30. MRI
Which Word?
15.31. idiosyncratic
15.32. positron emission
15.33. radiopaque
15.34. intraoral
15.35. brand-name
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Spelling Counts
15.36. auscultation
15.37. sphygmomanometer
15.38. fluoroscopy
15.39. contraindication
15.40. ophthalmoscope
Abbreviation Identification
15.41. erythrocyte sedimentation rate
15.42. nothing by mouth
15.43. as needed
15.44. temperature, pulse, respiration
15.45. white blood count
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Term Selection
15.46. pericardiocentesis
15.47. hematuria
15.48. naturopathy
15.49. anti-inflammatory
15.50. parenteral
Sentence Completion
15.51. projection
15.52. stridor
15.53. phlebotomist
15.54. otoscope
15.55. acupressure
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Word Surgery
15.56. abdomin/o, -centesis
15.57. cine-, radi/o, -graphy
15.58. ech/o, cardi/o, -graphy
15.59. bacteri, -uria
15.60. pharmac, -ology
True/False
15.61. True
15.62. True
15.63. False
15.64. False
15.65. True
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Clinical Conditions
15.66. ketonuria
15.67. white blood
15.68. hypothermia
15.69. palpation
15.70. crossmatch
15.71. barium
15.72. transesophageal
15.73. allopathic medicine
15.74. glycosuria
15.75. percussion
Which Is the Correct
Medical Term?
15.76. adverse
15.77. creatinuria
15.78. acupressure
15.79. MRI
15.80. lithotomy
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Challenge Word Building
15.81. hypoproteinemia
15.82. hyperalbuminemia
15.83. hyperglycosuria
15.84. cystoscope
15.85. pleurocentesis
15.86. cystogram
15.87. hypocalcemia
15.88. hypercalciuria
15.89. pyemia
15.90. hyperproteinuria
Labeling Exercises
15.91. prone
15.92. horizontal
15.93. knee-chest
15.94. dorsal
15.95. lithotomy
15.96. Sims’
15.97. intramuscular
15.98. subcutaneous
15.90. intravenous
15.100. intradermal
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