Category: P
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Primary peritonitis
Peritonitis caused by direct infection from the blood or the lymph. Peritonitis resulting from infectious organisms transmitted through blood or lymph.
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Primary nursing
A model of nursing that involves the delivery of comprehensive, continuous, coordinated and individualised patient care through a primary nurse, who has autonomy, accountability and authority in relation to his or her patient’s care. The nursing practice system in which the entire nursing care of a patient is managed and coordinated by one nurse for…
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Primary nurse
A nurse who is responsible for planning a person’s nursing care in consultation with that person and his or her family. In the absence of the primary nurse, associate nurses provide care based on the plan designed by the primary nurse.
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Primary haemorrhage
Bleeding which occurs immediately after an injury has taken place.
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Primary dysmenorrhoea
Dysmenorrhoea which occurs at the first menstrual period.
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Primary complex
The first lymph node to be infected by tuberculosis.
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Primary cartilaginous joint
A temporary joint where the intervening cartilage is converted into adult bone.
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Primary biliary cirrhosis
Cirrhosis of the liver caused by autoimmune disease. Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a disease of the bile ducts and liver. Primarily effecting women this condition may lie dormant for years and never cause a problem. However, once triggered, PBC acts as an autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks its own cells as if…
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Primary amenorrhoea
A condition in which a woman has never had menstrual periods.
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Primaquine
A synthetically produced drug used in the treatment of malaria. Drug used to treat malaria. High doses may cause gastrointestinal upsets and blood disorders. A drug used to treat malaria. It is administered by mouth, usually in combination with other antimalarial drugs, such as chloroquine. High doses may cause blood disorders (such as methemoglobinemia or…