WOUND CARE TERMS:

 

Accuzyme

 

Acticoat dressing

 

aerobic and anaerobic cultures

 

Allevyn foam dressing

 

alginate dressing

 

ALLCLENZ wound cleanser

 

Apligraf

 

AQUACEL Ag dressing

 

beefy red wound bed

 

callus

 

coalesced ulcer

 

Collagenase Santyl Ointment

 

debrided

 

dehiscence

 

epithelization

 

fibrinous exudate

 

fibrous base

 

granular base

 

granulation tissue

 

gritty appearance

 

HBO therapy

 

hypergranulation

 

hyperkeratotic tissue

 

Iodosorb

 

irregular margins

 

Mepilex Lite dressing

 

Mepitel dressing

 

OASIS wound matrix

 

Panafil ointment

 

PolyMem Silver dressing

 

pressure ulcer

 

Prisma wound dressing

 

Profore dressing

 

Regranex (wound healing agent)

 

Semmes-Weinstein monofilament

 

serous drainage / discharge

 

SilvaSorb Gel

 

Silverlon dressing

 

sinus tract

 

slough (sounds phonetically as sluff)

 

tunneling

 

undermining

 

Unna boots

 

viable tissue

 

Wagner ulcer grading (classification) system

 

well coapted

 

wound VAC

 

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PAIN CLINIC TERMS:

 

_____ (22, 18, etc.) gauge needle

 

aseptic technique

 

bupivacaine

 

C-arm

 

epidural spread

 

fluoroscopic imaging suite

 

fluoroscopic-guided needle placement

 

interspace (eg, L4-5 interspace)

 

intraforaminal spread

 

Isovue-M 200 dye

 

Isovue-M 300 dye

 

joint space lucency

 

Kenalog

 

lidocaine local infiltration

 

loss-of-resistance technique

 

lumbar facet

 

Marcaine

 

negative aspiration and test dose

 

negative aspiration for blood

 

neural foramen

 

no CSF leak

 

preservative-free Depo-Medrol

 

superior articular process

 

transforaminal epidural

 

Tuohy needle

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