Category: P

Any drug used to gain an advantage in sports. Such drugs may improve endurance or strength or accelerate healing after injury.  

A dressing applied for the purpose of preventing injury or infection to the treated part.  

A device used to evacuate fluids from the pleural cavity. Most PDUs consist of three chambers: one to collect fluids such as blood or pus, a second to maintain a water seal, and a third to control suction.    

A spray projected upward from a bidet, placed just above the floor; the patient sits on the seat and receives the douche on the perineum.  

An initial, large dose given to provide a high blood level as soon as possible.  

In radiation therapy the ratio of the absorbed dose at a given depth to the absorbed dose at a fixed reference depth. It is dependent on four factors: energy, depth, field size, and source-to-skin distance.  

Dornase prepared from beef pancreas, used to loosen thick pulmonary secretions.  

An instrument for separating the corneal portion of the pterygium.  

An agent that stimulates the kidneys to excrete water and sodium while retaining potassium. Drugs from this therapeutic class are used to treat hypertension, fluid retention in cirrhosis, and congestive heart failure.  

Excessive fluid excretion after childbirth, typically more than 3 L/day.