Module 1- Terms from Harkreader Chapter 33
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Disuse | is a state (or condition) of decrease or cessation of use of an organ or a body part, restriction of activity, or immobility. Complications of disuse occur in every body system. |
| Immobility | is the inability to move the whole body or a body part. |
| Bed rest | is a prescribed or self-imposed restriction to bed for therapeutic reasons. |
| Inactivity | and immobility have a cyclic relationship with the development of complications. |
| Contracture | is an abnormal condition of joint flexion resulting from shortening of muscle fibers and associated connective tissue, with resistance to stretching and eventually to flexion and, finally, to permanent fixation. |
| Osteoporosis | is a condition in which there is a decreased mass per unit volume of normally mineralized bone (bone density), primarily from a loss of calcium, that makes bones brittle and porous. |
| Foot drop | involves plantar flexion, inversion of the ankle, and flexion of the toes. |
| Wrist drop | involves flexion of the wrist and fingers and opposition of the thumb. |
| pressure ulcer | is any lesion caused by ischemia from unrelieved pressure that leads to necrosis of underlying tissues. |
| Shear | is a mechanical force that acts on an area of skin in a direction parallel to the body's surface. |
| Valsalva maneuver | The act of holding the breath while performing work; it builds intrathoracic pressure by attempting to force expiration against a closed glottis, usually in preparation for work such as lifting or tightening abdominal muscles to assist a bowel movement. |
| orthostatic hypotension | A drop in systolic blood pressure of 20 mm Hg or more and a drop in diastolic blood pressure of 10 mm Hg or more for 1 or 2 minutes after a client moves to a standing position (orthostasis) |
| Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) | is the condition caused when a blood clot (thrombus) develops in the lumen of a deep leg vein, such as the tibial, popliteal, femoral, or iliac vein. |
| pulmonary embolus | which is a piece of the thrombus that breaks free, is carried by veins to the right heart and the pulmonary circulation, and lodges in a pulmonary blood vessel. |
| Hypostatic pneumonia | An inflammation of the lungs caused by stasis of secretions, which become a medium for bacterial growth |
| Hypomotility | Decreased peristalsis from lack of stimulation of the gastrocolic reflex. |
| Renal calculi | Stones formed in the kidney when the excretion rate of calcium or other minerals is high, as when osteoclastic activity releases calcium from the bones during immobility. |
| Risk for disuse syndrome | At risk for deterioration of body systems as the result of prescribed or unavoidable musculoskeletal inactivity. |
| Risk for impaired skin integrity | At risk for skin being adversely altered |
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