Kaiser Permanente Basic Terminology Questions And Answers Latest Updates

Inpatient - ️️person who enters a health care setting for a stay ranging from 24 hours to many years ie. acute care abscess - ️️Collection of pus underneath the skin Analgesic - ️️drug that relieves pain Angina - ️️A type of chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart Anti-viral - ️️helps fight viruses BMI (body mass index) - ️️a measure of body weight relative to height CAT scan - ️️a method of creating static images of the brain through computerized axial tomography NSAIDs - ️️nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ie ibuprofen Outpatient - ️️Seen and sent home the same day lesion - ️️tissue destruction. A naturally or experimentally caused destruction of brain tissue. Abrasion - ️️Scrape of the skin benign - ️️not harmful in effect: in particular malignant - ️️very virulent or infectious edema - ️️puffy swelling of tissue from the accumulation of fluid embolism - ️️obstruction of an artery, typically by a clot of blood or an air bubble Sutures - ️️a stitch or row of stitches holding together the edges of a wound or surgical incision Anti-bacterial - ️️destroying bacteria or inhibiting their growthAnemia - ️️A condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume.