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pacer

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Definition:
Pacemaker. It's a device that uses electrical impulse to regulate the beating of a heart.
Usage:
Grandma was using her old microwave to heat up a Hot Pocket and her pacer malfunctioned. The taste of the Cheeseburger Pocket would have probably killed her anyway.

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pack-years

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Definition:
A crude indicator of a person's cumulative cigarette consumption, equal to the number of packs of cigarettes smoked/day, multiplied by yrs of consumption.
Usage:
We should really measure his consumption in pack-years. It's probably close to 150.

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painball

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Definition:
On-Q Pain Buster ball, the name is derived from the fact that it is a pain to make the ball and is used to relieve pain.
Usage:
Anesthesia wants a standard fixed rate "painball" on the total knee replacement patient.

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paint

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Definition:
Betadine or applying betadine to a surgical site. The skin is scrubbed or painted using a betadine soaked sponge on a stick.
Usage:
Will you hold her wrist, while I paint?

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paninvestigram

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Definition:
Ordering a host of medical tests to determine the cause of a patient's pain because everyone's clueless.
Usage:
The paninvestigram is underway.

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PAOP

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Definition:
Pulmonary artery occlusive pressure. This is the pressure of the left ventricle, normal range is 8-12. It can only be measured with a pulmonary artery catheter.
Usage:
Patient's PAOP is 9-10.

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patella baja

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Definition:
An abnormally low position of the patella, which may be seen in Osgood Schlatter disease after excessive displacement of the tibial tuberosity during development. Complete tears of the quadriceps tendon may occur in association with an inferior position of the patella or patella baja.
Usage:
He's riding a little low, what do you think? Patella baja?

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patient is moving

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Definition:
A phrase normally uttered by a surgeon to inform anesthesia they are not providing sufficient sedation to the patient. It can be said with varying degrees of annoyance or urgency.
Usage:
Hey, Ed, the patient is moving.

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PAWP

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Definition:
Pulmonary artery wede pressure. This is the pressure of the left ventricle, normal range is 8-12. It can only be measured with a pulmonary artery catheter.
Usage:
Patient's PAWP was is about 8-9

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PE

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Definition:
Pulmonary embolism. A common complication in hospitalized patients, specifically after surgery, caused by a DVT (deep vein thrombosis) from prolonged immobilization.
Usage:
Ms. Johnson threw a PE after her appy, so we had to intubate her.

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peanut

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Definition:
A Kittner sponge. Peanuts are used for blunt dissection similarly to a surgeon's digits, often held with a hemostat.
Usage:
Circulator to Scrub: How many peanuts?

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peanutbutter balls

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Definition:
A common treatment for scissors: Phenobarbital.
Usage:
"My baby had 'scissors', so they gave him peanutbutter balls."

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pediatron

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Definition:
Pediatrician.
Usage:
I think this was charted by the new pediatron intern--he writes like a barbarian.

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peds

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Definition:
Pronounced "peeds," it is an abbreviation for pediatrics.
Usage:
I called for my assignment this evening, and Betty said I would be in the peds ICU. Just my luck--I hate kids!

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peek and shriek

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Definition:
The process of surgically opening up a patient, discovering an incurable condition, and closing the incision immediately.
Usage:
I had a peek and shriek this morning: pancreatic cancer.

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percussive maintenance

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Definition:
The quick tap or pound that fixes faulty equipment.
Usage:
What's the deal with this thing? Is this from the machine from a tele floor? It needs some percussive maintenance.

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perfed appy

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Definition:
Perforated or ruptured appendix. Usually used when charting.
Usage:
Pt had a perfed appy, which caused his periappendiceal abscess.

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PFO

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Definition:
Pissed, fell over. Pissed is British slang for drunk. Used in charting.
Usage:
28 y/o male, PFO ...

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pharm party

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Definition:
Where kids get together to share drugs pilfered from their parents' pill bottles. Painkillers such as Percocet, Vicodin, OxyContin, and other similar drugs are preferred for their 'feel good' and numbing effect. Alcohol is routinely combined while taking the drugs.

There has been reports of kids openly sharing the pills in one communal bowl with no identifying information about the drug
or sometimes the drugs are presented mixed together in a bag they call 'trail mix.'

Some experts argue there is a lack of substantive data to label this as a phenomenon or a growing problem and more likely something sensationalized by media, law enforcement, and educators.

Usage:
What do you guys want to do tonight?
- Pharm party at Andy's. I'm trying to get some of my brother's oxycotton.

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pharmaceutically enhanced personality

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Definition:
A patient who is either stoned or heavily medicated.
Usage:
I suppose you could say that he has a pharmaceutically enhanced personality on account of all the acid he ate to watch "The Wizard of Oz."
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