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Anesthesia
Anestesia
- -loss of sensation and usually consciousness without loss of vital functions
- -artificially produced by administering one or more agents that block the passage of pain impulses along the nerve pathways to the brain
Types: local, general, regional (spinal and epidural)
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Cautery
Cauterio
an agent or device used for scarring, burning, or cutting the skin or other tissues by means of heat, cold, electric current, ultrasound, or caustic chemicals
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Cryosurgery
Criocirugía
- -destruction of tissue by application of extreme cold
- -via silver nitrate and solid CO2
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Curettage and electrodessication
Curetaje y electrodesicación
curettage - removal of material from a wall or cavity or other surface by scraping with a curette
electrodessication - the drying of tissue by a high-frequency electric current applied with a needle-shaped electrode
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Debridement
Desbridamiento
the process of removing nonliving tissue from pressure ulcers, burns and other wounds
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Electrosurgery
Electrocirugía
surgery by means of electric currents that generate heat in tissues
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Endotracheal Intubation
Intubación endotraqueal
the introduction of a tube into the trachea to keep it open
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Epidural
Epidural
an injection of an anesthetic into the peridural space of the spinal cord beneath the ligamentum flavum
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Pharmacology
Farmacología
1.) the science of drugs including their origin, composition, therapeutic use, toxicology
2.) the properties and reactions of drugs especially with respect to their therapeutic value
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Radiotherapy
Radioterapia
the treatment of a disease by radiation
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