Flashcards in Terminology Deck (11):
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A state of behavioral change, wherein anxiety is relieved and the patient is relaxed, although aware of its surroundings.
Tranquilization
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A state characterized by CNS depression accompanied by drowsiness. The patient is likely unaware of its surroundings.
Sedation
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A drug induced state of deep sleep from which a patient cannot be easily aroused. It may or may not be accompanied by analgesia.
Narcosis
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The combination of a neuroleptic agent and an analgesic agent to produce a state of heavy sedation and analgesia.
Neuroleptanalgesia
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Refers to a loss of sensation in a circumscribed body area.
Local anesthesia
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A loss of sensation in a larger, though limited, body area.
Regional anesthesia
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A drug-induced unconsciousness characterized by controlled, reversible depression of the CNS and loss of perception of pain. The patient cannot be aroused. Sensory, motor and autonomic reflexes are attenuated.
General anesthesia
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Induced by drugs that dissociate the thalamocortic and limbic systems.
Dissociative anesthesia
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The stage/plane of general anesthesia that provides unconsciousness, muscle relaxation and analgesia sufficient for painless surgery.
Surgical anesthesia
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Induced by a multiple drug approach. Drugs are targeted to attenuate individual components of the anesthetic state; unconsciousness, analgesia, muscle relaxation.
Balanced anesthesia
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