Type of catheter used for venous access; long term, tunneled beneath the skin with subcutaneous port access via needle, in subclavian or internal jugular vein; lowest risk for CRBSI.
Letter: t
A life threatening, acute, severe inflammation of the colonic wall caused by toxins, accompanied by extreme dilatation of the colon. The expanded condition causes thinning of the intestinal wall, putting the patient at risk for perforation.
A poison, usually a protein, made by pathogenic bacteria, which is highly toxic for other living organisms. An endotoxin is contained within the bacteria and is released when the cells die or are physically damaged. An exotoxin is one that is produced by a microorganism and released without destroying the producing cell.
Total Parenteral Nutrition
A cylindrical of mucosal tissue whose shape is supported by rings of cartilage and a tough membrane sheath, approximately 4 in (11.3 cm) long, that originates at the larynx. It extends to the fifth dorsal vertebra, where it divides at a point called the carina into two bronchi, one leading to each lung. SEE bronchi, windpipe.
The trachea, bronchi, and their terminal branches. SYN respiratory tree.
Surgical incision in the trachea just below the larynx through which a tracheostomy tube is inserted as an artificial airway.
Bundles of nerve fibers that run through the CNS.
The pressure difference (PI – P2) along the conducting tube of the airways; it is the pressure difference between the mouth pressure (Prn) at the proximal end and the alveolar pressure (Palv) at the distal end of the conducting tube.
Link in the chain of infection in which passing of infection to a host occurs; requires a susceptible host, means of transmission, infectious agent, reservoir (source), and means of escape (how it will be transmitted to the next host).