Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.
Did you know?
Anesthesia awareness is a potentially disturbing adverse effect wherein patients who have been paralyzed with muscle relaxants may awaken. They may be aware of their surroundings but unable to communicate or move. Neurologic monitoring equipment that helps to more closely check the patient's anesthesia stages is now available to avoid the occurrence of anesthesia awareness.
Did you know?
Thyroid conditions cause a higher risk of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Did you know?
Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
Did you know?
During the twentieth century, a variant of the metric system was used in Russia and France in which the base unit of mass was the tonne. Instead of kilograms, this system used millitonnes (mt).
Three zones of root growth.
Common Root Words and Combining Forms Cont
Common Root Words and Combining Forms Cont.
How to shift and reflect a square root function using transformations
