| pain, postoperative | Pain during the period after surgery. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| postoperative | <surgery> Occurring after a surgical operation. (18 Nov 1997) |
| postoperative bronchopneumonia | Patchy pneumonia developing in a postoperative patient, usually following surgery to upper abdomen, with restricted diaphragmatic movement due to pain on inspiration, resulting in hypoventilation of the dependent portions of the lungs, with corresponding inadequate movement of secretions, allowing development of infection; likelihood minimised by early postoperative mobilization, deep breathing exercises. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postoperative care | The period of care beginning when the patient is removed from surgery and aimed at meeting the patient's psychological and physical needs directly after surgery. (12 Dec 1998) |
| postoperative complications | Disorders affecting patients after surgery. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. (12 Dec 1998) |
| postoperative haemorrhage | Haemorrhage following any surgical procedure. It may be immediate or delayed and is not restricted to the surgical wound. (12 Dec 1998) |
| postoperative parotiditis | An acute inflammation of the parotid gland occurring in the postoperative period, especially in debilitated or dehydrated patients; frequently results in abscess formation and rapidly spreading cellulitis that may become fatal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postoperative period | The period following a surgical operation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| postoperative pneumonia | Pneumonia following surgery due to viral or bacterial infection or pulmonary atelectasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postoperative pressure alopecia | Loss of hair over a circumscribed area usually on the posterior scalp, resulting from continuous pressure on the occiput in a lengthy operative procedure, or unconsciousness following a drug overdose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postoperative tetany | Parathyroid tetany caused by injury to or excision of the parathyroids during thyroid removal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| attitude to death | Conceptual response of the individual to the various aspects of death, which are based on his psychosocial and cultural experience. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Black Death | <disease, organism> Yersinina pestis is a gram-negative, rod-shaped, faculatively anaerobic bacterial species in the family Enterobacteriaceae. It causes bubonic plaque, which is transmitted by rodent fleas. Historically known as the Black Plague, this disease devastated Europe and Asia in the 1300s. It still exists today and is characterised by sudden high fever, chills, excessively swollen and tender lymph nodes (buboes), followed by tissue bleeding and gangrene. Other complications include pneumonia and septicaemia. (12 Nov 1997) |
| brain death | Total cessation of brain function for 24 hours as manifested by absence of spontaneous movement, absence of spontaneous respiration, and absence of all brainstem reflexes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rate, death | The number of deaths in the population divided by the average population (or the population at midyear) is the crude death rate. In 1994, for example, the crude death rate per 1,000 population was 8.8 in the united states, 7.1 in Australia, etc. A death rate can also be tabulated according to age or cause. (12 Dec 1998) |