Category: P

To the period immediately following a stroke or apoplexy.  

A nurse who has received special training in caring for patients who have come from surgery and are recovering from the effects of anesthesia.  

A unit to which patients are admitted after surgery for the monitoring of signs and symptoms that suggest that they may have poorly tolerated their anesthesia or operation. The typical PACU is staffed by nurses who evaluate patients for symptoms of instability (e.g., bleeding, chest pain, or labored breathing), or unstable vital signs (e.g., excessive…

An individual who has passed adolescence.  

A particle having the same mass as a negative electron but possessing a positive charge. A consequence of pair production emerges, wherein a free negative electron combines and vanishes, yielding the emergence of two photons carrying an energy equivalent to 0.51 million electron volts. A positron is one of the subatomic particles composing an atom.…

An apparatus for holding or placing the body or body part in a certain position.  

A position in which the body is lying face down with the upper trunk and head elevated, propped up by the arms, while the lower body is in contact with the supporting surface. The weight of the upper body rests on the elbows and forearms.  

A position in which the patient is lying face downward.  

In radiology, a position in which the central ray enters the posterior surface of the body and exits the anterior surface.  

In dentistry, the position of the mandible at rest when the patient is sitting upright and the condyles are in an unstrained position. The jaw muscles are relaxed.