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Iv terms
Question | Answer |
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Infiltration | Seepage of non vesicant IV fluids or medications into surrounding tissues when IV cath penetrates vein |
PCA | Patient controlled analgesia |
Phlebitis | Inflammation of a vein, leading to the formation of a thrombus |
Diffusion | Movement of solutes to an area of higher concentration of solutes to an area of lower consentration of solutes until an equiplium is reached. |
Osmosis | movement of solvent (H20) across a semi perimable membrane |
Solute | The substance which dissolves in the solvent to form a solution |
Solvent | The substance usually a liquid in which a solute is dissolved in to form a solution |
Solution | Solute being dissolved in another substance called the solvent |
Extravasations | Leaking of a vesicant solution or medication into a surrounding tissue |
Vesicant | A drud capable of causing tissue necrosis |
Necrosis | localised tissue death |