Anesthesia Terms - A Glossary of Anesthesia Terms and Other Related Medical Terms
Anesthesia Terms Starting With "P"
- Peak Expiratory Flow Rate
- The peak expiratory flow rate measures how fast a person can exhale air. It is one of many tests that measure the function of the... more
- Peak Inspiratory Pressure
- The highest circuit pressure generated during an inspiratory cycle, and provides an indication of dynamic compliance. more
- pH-stat management
- The practice of temperature-correcting gas tensions and maintaining a "normal" CO2 tension of 40 mm Hg and a pH of 7.40 during... more
- Pharmacodynamics
- The study of drug action, including toxic responses. more
- Pharmacokinetics
- The study of the relationship between a drug's dose, tissue concentration, and elapsed time. more
- Pheochromocytoma
- A catecholamine-secreting tumor that consists of cells originating from the embryonic neural crest and accounts for 0.1% of all... more
- Physiologic Dead Space
- Physiologic dead space includes all the non-respiratory parts of the bronchial tree included in anatomic dead space, but also... more
- Pickwickian syndrome
- The Pickwickian syndrome, also known as obesity hypoventilation syndrome, is the combination of severe obesity, suffering from... more
- Pneumotachograph
- A type of fixed-orifice flowmeter that functions as a spirometer. A baffle chamber provides a slight resistance to air flow. The... more
- Posttetanic Potentiation
- The ability of tetanic stimulation during a partial nondepolarizing block to increase the evoked response to a subsequent twitch. more
- Prophylaxis
- Refers to any medical or public health procedure whose purpose is to prevent, rather than treat or cure, disease. Roughly,... more
- Protamine
- Highly positively charged protein that binds and effectively inactivates heparin (a highly negatively charged polysaccharide). more
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