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Primary injury
Cell death immediately associated with a traumatizing force and unrelated to subsequent hypoxic or enzymatic reactions.
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Inhalation injury
Damage to the oropharynx, nasopharynx, trachea, bronchi, or lungs from exposure to smoke or heated gas. Inhalation injury is a potentially life-threatening complication of exposure to smoke and fire. It is often present in those who have suffered facial burns. Early complications of inhalation injury include bronchospasm, airway edema, airway obstruction, and respiratory failure. Late…
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Acute lung injury
A clinically severe, sudden decline in lung function, marked by infiltrates in both lung fields and significantly diminished arterial oxygen saturation. There is no evidence that the condition is caused by left-sided heart failure. The disease is similar to adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Like ARDS, ALI may be life threatening. ALI is distinguished from…
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Acceleration-deceleration injury
An injury caused when the body at motion abruptly comes to a stop and the body structures are contused from within (e.g., whiplash or brain contusion, rupture of the splenic or hepatic capsules).
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Acceleration injury
Head injury caused when the head remains stationary and is hit by a moving object (e.g., a batter being hit in the head by a baseball).
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Pressure injector
A device that delivers a substance to be injected, often controlled by a timing mechanism, at a specified pressure.
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Injection site rotation
The administration of parenteral medications such as insulin into a different part of the body each day to avoid local tissue trauma, atrophy, or lipodystrophies. Subcutaneous injections of insulin are typically rotated around the abdomen from the right upper quadrant, to the midepigastrium, left upper quadrant, left lower quadrant, hypogastrium, and right lower quadrant before…
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Injection site
A part of the body into which any medicine, e.g., insulin, an anticoagulant, or a vaccine, is injected.
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Z-track injection
An injection technique in which the surface (skin and subcutaneous) tissues are pulled and held to one side before the needle is inserted deep into the muscle tissue in the identified site. The medication is injected slowly, followed by a 10-sec delay, at which time the needle is removed and the tissues are quickly permitted…
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Vaginal injection
A historical term describing the instillation of fluid into the introitus; douche.
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