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| A DRUG THAT POTENTIATES THE RELEASE OR UPTAKE (OR BOTH) OF A PARTICULAR NEUROTRANSMITTER. |
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| THE ANATOMICAL PASSAGEWAY OR ARTIFICIAL TUBE THROUGH WHICH THE PATIENT BREATHES. |
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| THE LOSS OF RECALL OF EVENTS OR SENSATIONS. |
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| THE ABSENSE OF PAIN, PRODUCED BY SPECIFIC DRUGS. |
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| A LIFE-THREATENING ALLERGIC REACTION TO A DRUG OR SUBSTANCE. |
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| ANESTHESIA CAR PROVIDER (ACP) |
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| A PROFESSIONAL WHO IS LICENSED TO ADMINISTER ANESTHETIC AGENTS AND MANAGE THE PATIENT THOUGHOUT THE PERIOD OF ANESTHESIA. |
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| A DRUG THAT COUNTERACTS THE EFFECTS OF ANOTHER AGENT OR PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS. |
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| IN ANETHESIA, THE PATIENT'S INABILITY TO RECALL EVENTS THAT OCCUR AFTER THE ADMINISTRATION OF SPECIFIC DRUGS. AFTER THE DRUG IS METABOLIZED AND CLEARED FROM THE BODY, NORMAL RECALL RETURNS. |
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| A DRUG THAT REDUCES ANXIETY. |
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| A PERIOD OF CESSATION OF BREATHING. |
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| A SOMEWHAT OUTDATED TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE USE OF MULTIPLE DRUGS TO PRODUCE SEDATION, ANALGESIA, AMNESIA, AND MUSCLE RELAXATION DURING GENERAL ANESTHESIA. |
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| REGIONAL ANESTHESIA IN WHICH THE ANESTHETIC AGENT IS INJECTED INTO A VEIN. |
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BISPECTRAL INDEX SYSTEM
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| A MONITORING METHOD USED TO DETERMINE THE PATIENT'S LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND PREVENT INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS. |
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| A SINGLE DOSE OF MEDICATION ADMINISTERED ALL AT ONE TIME. |
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| THE RESERVIOR BREATHING APPARATUS OF THE ANESTHESIA MACHINE. |
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| CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST (CRNA) |
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| A REGISTERED NURSE TRAINED AND LICENSED TO ADMINISTER ANESTHETIC AGENTS. |
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| THE DEEPEST STATE OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS, IN WHICH MOST BRAIN ACTIVITY CEASES. |
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| DELIBERATE LOWERING OF THE PATIENT'S CORE BODY TEMPERATURE DURING GENERAL ANESTHESIA. |
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| A STATE OF CONFUSION AND DISORIENTATION. |
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| THE STAGE IN GENERAL ANESTHESIA IN WHICH THE ANESTHETIC AGENT IS WITHDRAWN AND THE PAITENT REGAINS CONSCIOUSNESS. |
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| A ROLLED BANDAGE MADE OF RUBBER OR LATEX THAT IS USED TO EXSANGUINATE BLOOD FROM A LIMB. |
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| THE CAPTURE AND SAFE REMOVAL OF EXTRANEOUS ANESTHETIC GASES FROM THE ANESTHESIA MACHINE. |
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| A STATE OF BALANCE IN PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS. |
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| A PHYSIOLOGICAL SOLUTION WHICH HAS GREATER SOLUTE CONCENTRATION THAN PLASMA. |
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| GRADUAL AMNINISTRATION OF A DRUG OVER A SPECIFIED PERIOD. |
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INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS
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| A RARE CONDITION IN WHICH A PATIENT UNDERGOING GENERAL ANESTHESIA IS ABLE TO FEEL PAIN AND OTHER NOXIOUS STIMULI BUT UNABLE TO RESPOND. |
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| INTRAOPERATIVE CELL SALVAGE |
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| A METHOD OF COLLECTING BLOOD AT THE SURGICL SITE AND IMMEDIATELY REUSING IT BY INFUSING IT BACK TO THE PATIENT DURING SURGERY. |
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| FLUID VOLUME WITHIN THE BLOOD VESSELS. |
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| PHYSIOLOGIC SOLUTION THAT IS EQUAL IN SOLUTE CONCENTRATION WITH PLASMA. |
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| LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY (LMA) |
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| AN AIRWAY CONSISTING OF A TUBE AND SMALL MASK THAT IS FITTED INTERNALLY OVER THE PATIENT'S LARYNX. |
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| ARTIFICIAL AIRWAY BEWTEEN THE NOSTRIL AND NASOPHARYNX; USED IN SEMICONSCIOUS PATIENTS OR WHEN AN ORAL AIRWAY IS CONTRAINDICATED. |
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| BIOCHEMICAL THAT CARRIES NERVE TRANSMISSION FROM ONE NEURON TO ANOTHER |
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| NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT |
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| A DRUG THAT BLOCKS NERVE CONDUCTION IN STRIATED MUSCLE TISSUE. |
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| NONDEPOLARIZING NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT |
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| AN AGENT THAT BINDS TO THE MUSCLE'S CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR TO INCREASE MUSCLE PARALYSIS. |
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| ARTIFICIAL AIRWAY THAT IS INSERTED OVER THE TONGUE INTO THE LARYNX; USED IN PATIENTS IN WHICH ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATON IS DIFFICULT OR CONTRAINDICATED. |
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| PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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| PART OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION AND REST, INCLUDING RELAXATION OF MUSCLE GROUPS, DILATION OF BLOOD VESSELS AND DECREASED BLOOD PRESSURE. |
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| ASSESSMENT OF THE PATIENT'S VITAL METABOLIC FUNCTIONS. |
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| AN AIR-FILLED TOURNIQUET USED TO PREVENT BLOOD FLOW TO AN EXTREMITY DURING SURGERY. |
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| POLARIZING NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCING AGENTS |
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| DRUGS USED TO CAUSE MUSCLE PARALYSIS BY STIMULATING INVOLUNTARY MUSCLES FOLLOWED BY FATIGUE. |
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| NERVOUS SYSTEM RESPONSES TO HARMFUL ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI, SUCH AS PAIN, OBSTRUCTION OT THE AIRWAY, AND EXTREME TEMPERATURE. COUGHING, BLINKING, SHIVERING, AND WITHDRAWAL (FROM PAIN). |
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| AN OBSTRUCTION IN A PULMONARY VESSEL CAUSED BY A BLOOD CLOT, AIR BUBBLE, OR FOREIGN BODY CAUSED SUDDEN PAIN AND POSSIBLE PUMONARY ARREST. |
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| ANESTHESIA IN A SPECIFIC AREA OF THE BODY, ACHIEVED BY INJECTION OF AN ANESTHETIC AROUND A MAJOR NERVE OR GROUP OF NERVES. |
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| AN AROUSABLE STATE IN WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL IS UNAWARE OF SENSORY STIMULI. DEPRESSION OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. |
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| THE ABILITY TO FEEL STIMULI IN THE ENVIRONMENT (E.G., PAIN, HEAT, TOUCH, VISUAL STIMULI, AND SOUND). |
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| SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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| PART OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR "FIGHT OR FLIGHT" RESPONSE TO DANGER AND STRESS. PHYSIOLOGIC REACTIONS INCLUDE DIVERSION OF BLOOD TO ESSENTIAL ORGANS, INCREASED HEART RATE, AND BLOOD PRESSURE. |
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| THE SMALL SPACE IN WHICH THE NEUROTRNSMITTER PASSES FROM ONE NERVE CELL TO ANOTHER. |
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| A NEUROLOGICAL STATE IN WHICH THE PERSON IS UNABLE TO RESPOND TO EXTERNAL STIMULI. CAN BE INDUCED WITH DRUGS OR MAY BE CAUSED BY TRAUMA OR DISEASE. |
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| PHYSIOLOGICAL SOLUTION WITH A SOLUTE CONCENTRATION LOWER THAN PLASMA. |
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