slang starting with 'v'
v-tach
- Definition:
- Ventricular tachycardia. It is a tachycardia, or fast heart rhythm that originates in one of the ventricles of the heart. This is a potentially life-threatening arrhythmia because it may lead to ventricular fibrillation and sudden death.
- Usage:
- Oh my God, my patient's in v-tach! Call a code!
vanc
- Definition:
- Vancomycin. An antibiotic used to treat infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. It's often a last-resort drug, used only after treatment with other antibiotics has been unsuccessful and the abbreviation "vanc" is common in reports and charts.
- Usage:
- Pt's on vanc for his endocarditis.
vented
- Definition:
- A patient on mechanical ventilation to assist his or her breathing is said to be vented. The inability to breathe may be caused by intoxication, neurological disease/head trauma, circulatory arrest, paralysis of the breathing muscles caused by a spinal cord injury, or the result of anesthetic or muscle relaxant drugs.
- Usage:
- All six of my patients tonight are vented.
vitals
- Definition:
- Vital signs. Vital signs are measures of various physiological statistics, often taken by health professionals, in order to assess the most basic body functions. Vital signs are an essential part of a case presentation. The act of taking vital signs normally entails recording Body temperature, Pulse rate (or heart rate), Blood pressure, and Respiratory rate, but may also include other measurements. Vital signs often vary by age.
- Usage:
- What are her vitals?
vitamin L
- Definition:
- Lasix. Lasix a.k.a Furosemide is a potent diuretic (water pill) that is used to eliminate water and salt from the body. In the kidneys, salt (composed of sodium and chloride), water, and other small molecules normally are filtered out of the blood and into the tubules of the kidney. It's sometimes called "Vitamin P" because the diuretic makes you urinate.
- Usage:
- We put him on vitamin L last night and he's been urinating like Seabiscuit ever since.
vitamin Z
- Definition:
- Zoloft. Zoloft is an antidepressant that was introduced to the market by Pfizer in 1991. It is primarily used to treat major depression in adult outpatients as well as obsessive–compulsive, panic, and social anxiety disorders in both adults and children.
- Usage:
- He's on vitamin Z for depression. He's been on it since the Patriots blew their perfect season.
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