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Pile Management Card
Case 3

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myocardial infarction

ejection fraction

MVA

motor vehicle accident

ECG

echocardiogram

computerized tomography

HPI

history of present illness

ET TUBE

endotracheal tube

EKG

electrocardiogram

prothrombin time

INR

international normalized ratio

THORAX

chest.

INTUBATION

the insertion of a tube into a body canal or hollow organ.

CONGESTION

swelling of blood vessels due to engorgement with blood.

ANCILLARY

supplementary.

THROMBOSIS

formation or presence of a thrombus or blood clot.

BLEB

an abnormal air-filled or fluid-filled sac.

LESION

any abnormality involving an organ or tissue due to a disease process or injury.

ETIOLOGY

cause or origin of a disease or disorder.

MALAISE

a vague feeling of bodily discomfort.

HYDROCEPHALUS

an increase in the volume of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the cerebrum (brain).

COUMADIN

trade name for warfarin sodium, an anticoagulant drug.

EFFUSION

the escape of fluid into a body part or tissue.

AMPHORIC

describing a hollow cound resulting from percussion over a lung cavity.

HYPOKINESIA

abnormally decreased motor function or activity.

PALPITATIONS

rapid or irregular heartbeats; primarily used in the plural form.

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